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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
an in-depth, interactive study
of the Word of God.
I'm glad you joined us we're in the middle
of a series on "The gospel in Galatians."
Actually, we just started,
but we're already learning amazing lessons
for our lives today,
The precious Good News,
and how when we try to share it,
sometimes people resist the truth
as it is in Jesus.
Our topic today: Paul's Authority and Gospel,
and there are amazing lessons for us.
So we're glad you joined us for Hope Sabbath School.
And hello to the team; we're back again.
The Gospel in Galatians,
what did we learn
from the first part of our series
about Paul being transformed?
What was the most important takeaway lesson for you?
Well, we'll share that as we study today.
I hope you were with us.
If you missed the first part of this series,
you can go to our website: hopetv.org/hopess.
You can watch part one
of "The Gospel in Galatians."
And we're always happy to hear from you.
You can write to us at sshope@hopetv.org.
Here are just a few emails.
You know, we know of 150 countries.
You say, "Derek, how do you know?"
Well, we have one Android app
that's being used in 150 countries,
so there's a lot of people joining us
for Hope Sabbath School.
And we've got an Apple app.
By the way, for those of you
who have an iPhone or an iPad,
you can download Hope Sabbath School.
It's free, and you can access the program.
Got an email just a few weeks ago
from someone who in China watched one program,
went back and watched 100 hours
of interactive Bible studies in our archives.
So it's there for you.
Here are a few notes.
One from Albert in Namibia,
that's former German West Africa,
you know, just north of South Africa,
and Albert writes, "It's so edifying
to watch and listen
to you explain the Bible so clearly.
My wife and I enjoy
your Bible study every Friday evening
in preparation for the Sabbath.
I am a teacher, and I gain
a lot of knowledge from your classes,
which I apply during my class," good?
That's what we want, download the outline.
"What I want to know is
whether your class is consisting
of all student pastors
because you all seem to know the Bible."
I guess you could tell, Albert, by the way
that everybody laughed
that they're not all student pastors.
"May the Good Lord continue blessing
and giving you spiritual wisdom
as you share the Good News
with the whole world," amen?
(Team) Amen.
(Derek) So what's the takeaway there?
And the answer is,
we can all do something for Jesus, right?
Whether we're teachers or counselors
or physicians or homemakers
or construction workers or pastors, right? Bible teachers.
We can all do something for Jesus.
Thanks for writing to us, Albert.
Here's a note from Kwasi in Ghana.
Anyone with Ghanaian roots?
Oh, Joshua! Ghanaian roots, all right.
Have a little wave here for Kwasi. Okay.
"I live in a ?Craw," he writes