STUDY I.
THE FACT AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE ATONEMENT.
1. What lies at the foundation of the Christian religion? Is its understanding essential? 15.
2. Do Christians generally understand the philosophy of the Atonement? If not, why not? What advantages result from its being clearly understood? 15.
3. State the so-called orthodox view of Atonement. 16.
4. State the unorthodox but growingly popular view. 16.
5. State the Bible teaching on this subject, quoting Scriptures supporting same under the following divisions of the subject: Did man fall from perfection into sin? 17 ¶ 2.
6. How have God's character attributes operated in sentencing mankind and arranging for his release? 17 ¶ 3.
7. Why was a ransom necessary? 17 ¶ 4.
8. What besides a ransom was necessary? 17 ¶ 5.
9. What prevented Jesus from uplifting our race without redeeming it by his death? 18 ¶ 1.
10. Describe Jesus' two-fold work of Atonement. 18 ¶ 2.
11. What has Satan done with the fallen race? How does this affect its future? Its present? 18 ¶ 3.
12. Was God's provision of Atonement merely for the few or for all? Give Bible proofs. 19 ¶ 1.
13. What is the divine order for extending the blessings of the Atonement to every creature? 19 ¶ 2.
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14. Do any now enjoy the blessings of the Atonement? Who? Why do not all share this blessing now? 19 ¶ 3.
15. How will this be changed? Give proofs. 19 ¶ 4.
16. What are the two phases of Atonement? Show the harmony between these as one Atonement work. 20 ¶1.
17. What will be its final result? 20 ¶ 2.
18. Is the Bible doctrine of Atonement in accord with the modern theory of Evolution? 20 ¶ 3.
19. What does Evolution deny and claim? 21 ¶ 1.
20. Would it be just for God to punish mankind for evoluting, if that were the law of their organism? 21 ¶ 1.
21. Could Justice have demanded a ransom or any sin sacrifice, had Adam not been intelligent and a transgressor and justly under the sentence of death? 21 ¶ 1.
22. Is the belief or disbelief of Evolution optional with Christian believers? Why so? 21 ¶ 2.
23. How does the Evolution theory destroy true faith? How are the very elect protected? 21 ¶ 2.
24. What do the Scriptures teach on man's creation? 22 ¶ 1.
25. Was Adam deceived into sin? 22 ¶ 1.
26. What has uniformly been God's method for revealing knowledge in the past—to Abraham and others? 22 ¶ 1.
27. Do the angels have all knowledge? Matt. 24:36.
28. Will the saints ever know perfectly? 1 Cor. 13:10, 12.
29. What penalty was pronounced on Adam and shared by his posterity? 22 ¶ 2—Rom. 5:12.
30. What does salvation, then, imply? 22 ¶ 2.
31. What was predicted as respected Messiah and his work? 22 ¶ 2.
32. How would the Evolution theory agree with St. Peter's declaration as to the "times of restitution"? 23 ¶1, 2.
33. To what do the Scriptures point us, in explanation of sin, redemption and salvation? 24 ¶ 1.
34. When did sin enter the world? 24 ¶ 2.
35. Is it correct or incorrect for us to speak of the world as "children of wrath," and why? Rom. 5:8, 9; Eph. 2:3.
36. Is "the Fatherhood of God" to all humanity and the "brotherhood of all mankind" Biblical? John 8:44.
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37. If the relationship of sons of God belongs only to consecrated believers, who is "our neighbor"? Gal. 6:10. 38. Has reconciliation, or at-one-ment, yet been completed between God and any of Adam's race? 25 ¶ 1.
39. Will reconciliation ultimately reach beyond the Church to the race in general? Give proofs. 25 ¶ 1, 2.
40. Does the world recognize the Church and her spiritual hopes and ambitions? 26 ¶ 1; Matt. 11:27; John 15:15; 1 Cor. 2:11; 1 John 3:1.
41. What are the world's earnest expectations? When will these be more than realized? 26 ¶ 1; Rom. 8:19-23.
42. How did God state this blessing to Abraham? 26 ¶ 1.
43. Since "condemnation passed upon all men," and since God changeth not, what grounds have we for faith or hope as to the salvation of Adam and his race? 26 ¶ 2.
44. What difference is there between the Little Flock and the world as to God's love and redemption? 26 ¶ 2.
45. What may properly be inferred from the Church being called a "first-fruits"? James 1:18; Rev. 14:4.
46. How many parts are there to the work of Atonement? Name them and describe their operation. 27 ¶ 1.
47. Are the Little Flock included in the first part of the Atonement work—the reconciliation for iniquity?
48. Will the Little Flock share with the world in its experiences under the New Covenant? Or will this class be counted "not of the world," but chosen-out ones for association with their Redeemer, as members of the Body of the great Mediator between God and mankind? Z '07, 7.
49. Does the invitation to the Church to follow Jesus in sacrifice, to drink of His cup of the New Covenant, signify joining with him in providing the blood (sacrifice) wherewith the New Covenant will by and by be sealed?
50. If by nature "we were children of wrath even as others," whence and how does this privilege come to us? How were we made acceptable as joint-sacrificers with Christ? 28 1; Rom. 12:1; 1 Cor. 4:7; Eph. 2:3.
51. Will the world's justification be instantly or gradually effected? How? When? 29 ¶ 1.
52. How long a time will the mediations of the New Covenant God-ward require? How long man-ward? 29 ¶ 2.
53. When did Jesus become the Head of the world's
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Mediator? At his birth, baptism, or resurrection? 1 Tim. 2:5, 6.
54. When was it that Jesus "gave himself a ransom"? At consecration? Was it finished at Calvary?
55. When do we join our Lord as members of his body? At birth, at justification, at consecration and receiving of the Spirit, or in the resurrection?
56. Does our part in "his resurrection" begin when the Lord accepts our consecration? And is it finished when we experience our final "change"? Phil. 3:7-11.
57. Will Christ's Mediatorial work ever have an end? When? Why? What will by that time have been accomplished? Why will it not be prolonged? 30 ¶ 1, 2.
58. Accepting Abraham as typing God, and Isaac as typing The Christ, and Abraham's three wives (Sarah, Hagar and Keturah) as typing the three great Covenants between God and all from the human family who shall eventually become sons of God, which typed the Law Covenant? which the New Covenant? and which the original or Abrahamic Covenant? Gal. 4:22-31; Jer. 31:31-34.
59. Is there room for doubt as to which were the children of Agar or Hagar, the people under the Law Covenant?
60. Is there room for doubt as to which are the children of Sarah, "the Seed of Abraham according to promise," or children of God under the original or Abrahamic Covenant? Gal. 3:16, 17; 4:28; Heb. 13:20; 11:17; Jas. 2:21.
61. Is there room for doubt that the "New Covenant" cannot have been the oldest or the original or "Abrahamic Covenant," nor the "Law Covenant" added four hundred and thirty years after it, but must be the one typed by Keturah, Abraham's last wife, accepted after the death of Sarah? (Gen. 25:1-4.) Is there any doubt that the New Covenant and its effects belong to the future? Jer. 31:27-34.
62. Is it not the New Covenant that the Apostle refers to in Rom. 11:27? If not, what Covenant is signified?
63. How could Israel partake of restitution except under the New Covenant? and how could this signify their obtaining mercy through the Church's mercy, except as the Church as the Spiritual Seed of the original promise (Gal. 3:29) becomes partaker with her Lord in the sealing of the New Covenant? (Rom. 11:26, 31.) 30, 31, 32.
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STUDY II.
THE AUTHOR OF THE ATONEMENT.
1. Who was the Author of the great plan of Atonement? Has He accomplished His purposes? 33 ¶ 1.
2. Are the prevalent views on the relations between God and Jesus correct? If not, wherein is the error? 33 ¶ 2.
3. State the proper view of the matter. What is God's relationship to the Plan of Atonement? Christ's? 34.
4. State the error of the view that our Lord Jesus stands weeping for sinners and importuning the Father for their forgiveness and, as the hymn declares,
"Five bleeding wounds He shows,
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5. Quote five texts on the subject from the Apostolic writings, in each case showing how they apply. 35.
6. Quote from Jesus' own words on this subject eleven texts and show how each applies. 35 ¶ 7-36.
7. What does the "scroll" of Rev. 5 represent? Whose was it originally and in whose possession was it when Jesus died? 36 ¶ 11.
8. What is signified by the giving of the scroll to the Lamb, for him to open it and fulfill its provisions? 37.
9. Did that scroll represent the Abrahamic promise or Oath-bound Covenant? Heb. 6:17-20.
10. Why should we specially honor Jesus? 37.
11. If the scroll is the Covenant, how is our Lord Jesus the Servant or "Messenger of the Covenant"? And how does he fulfil this service of the Covenant?
12. Has Christ through his Spirit, the Holy Spirit, made known to some the "hidden mystery"—"Christ in you the hope of glory"? Has he shown us "things to come"? Rev. 1:1; 4:1; John 16:13-15; Ps. 16:11; 25:14.
13. Jesus' exaltation illustrates what Divine law? 38 ¶ 1.
14. Cite Scriptures showing that Jesus' exaltation was dependent on his faithfulness to the Father's will, and that it is a proof of his faithfulness even unto death. 38 ¶ 2.
15. What was our Lord's reward? Is he now equal to God? What Bible proof? 39.
16. Give the meaning of the name Jehovah. 40.
17. Cite and elucidate Scriptures in proof of Jehovah's excellent glory, honor, dignity and power. 40, 41.
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18. To whom only is the name Jehovah applied in the Bible? 41 ¶ 2.
19. In what text is it supposed by some that the name Jehovah belongs also to our Lord Jesus? 42 ¶ 1.
20. Explain and apply the term Jehovah-Tsidkenu. 42 ¶ 2, 3.
21. Are other Hebrew words used in the Bible to compound with the word Jehovah? Give instances. 43 ¶ 1.
22. Is the fact that Jesus appeared among men before he was "made flesh" (before he assumed the human nature) a justification for the application of the Father's exclusive name, Jehovah, to him? Why not? 43 ¶ 2, 3.
23. Does 1 Cor. 2:8, compared with Ps. 24:7-10, indicate that Jesus is Jehovah? Why not? 44 ¶ 1.
24. How are Is. 2:2-4 and Micah 4:1-3 said to prove that Jesus is Jehovah? What is the proper thought? 44 ¶ 2, 3.
25. What is the proper thought on the sixth objection, based on Ps. 90:1, 2, and Micah 5:2? 45 ¶ 1, 2, 3.
26. What is the seventh claim on this subject and how should we understand Is. 25:6-9? 45 ¶ 4-46 ¶ 1.
27. Do the titles of Is. 9:6 prove that Jehovah is another proper name or title for Jesus? Why not? 46 ¶ 2, 3.
28. Do the Scriptures which refer to Jesus as the Arm of Jehovah prove that Jehovah is the proper title for our Lord Jesus? If not, why not? 46 ¶ 4-47 ¶ 5.
29. Examine the tenth proof—text—Is. 6:1-and show what is and what is not its true signification. 47 ¶ 6-48.
30. How should we view Is. 8:13, 14? 49 ¶ 1.
31. Examine and explain Ps. 110:1, 4, 5. 49 ¶ 2, 3, 4.
32. Since Jesus is styled the Great Teacher, does not Is. 54:13 apply the name Jehovah to him? Why? 50-54.
33. Find and read a Bible text containing the word Trinity.
34. Does the Bible teach the doctrine of the Trinity?
35. Quote the strongest text that seemingly implies three Gods instead of one. Compare 1 John 5:7 with Deut. 5:6-11.
36. Does Trinitarianism teach that there is one God who sometimes assumes three distinct manifestations, or three Gods equal in glory and honor? Did you ever know anybody able or willing to give a positive answer? 54 1.
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37. How does the Trinity doctrine fit 1 Cor. 11:3? 55 ¶ 1. 38. What objection is there to 1 John 5:7? Does it teach three Gods in one person, or three distinct Gods? 55 ¶ 2.
39. Were the translators of our Common Version to blame for the insertion of the spurious text? Why not? 56 ¶ 1.
40. Do scholars of all denominations admit that most of 1 ¶ John 5:7 is not a part of the original Bible? 56 1.
41. Which words in that text are spurious?
42. Would the passage make as good sense or better if the interpolation were omitted? Read it as corrected. 56 ¶ 2.
43. What versions omit these words? Cite the comment by the "Improved Version," also by Lang. 57.
44. Name some prominent Bible scholars who have pronounced the passage an interpolation. 57 ¶ 7.
45. Quote Dean Alford's words. 58 ¶ 1.
46. Quote Dr. C. Tischendorf on the subject. 58 ¶ 2.
47. Quote Prof. T. B. Wolsey. 58 ¶ 3.
48. Quote Dr. Adam Clarke on this passage. 58 ¶ 4.
49. Quote John Wesley on this subject. 58 last ¶.
50. Why was there more excuse for misunderstanding on this matter a century or two ago than now? 58 last ¶.
51. Explain the oneness between God and Jesus. 59 ¶ 1.
52. Are they spoken of in the Bible as equal, in the sense that neither has a superiority over the other? 59 ¶ 1.
53. What do the terms Father and Son imply? 60 ¶ 1.
54. Are all things of the Son and all things by the Father, or vice versa, and what does this statement imply? 60 ¶ 1.
55. The doctrine of the Trinity is called a mystery. Why? In what sense is it mysterious? 60 ¶ 2.
56. Would Satan over-honor Christ? Why, then, would he propagate this error? What has he effected? 61 ¶ 1, 2.
57. How old is the error on this subject, and how did it get so firm a footing in Christendom? 62, 63.
58. Was faith in it made a test of orthodoxy and how was its disbelief threatened and the error fastened? 64.
59. Is the Hebrew name Jehovah properly shown in the A. V.? How many times does it occur? How many times
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is it correctly rendered and how many times incorrectly? 65 ¶ 3.
60. What motive seems to have led to this kind of hiding of the Truth? 65, foot-note.
61. How often does the word elohim occur? What does it signify, and to whom is it applied? 66 ¶ 3.
62. What Hebrew words apply to Jesus? 66 ¶ 4.
63. When, in Ps. 8:5, elohim is translated angels, is it a mistaken translation or not? Prove it. 67 ¶ 2.
64. Is the Hebrew word elohim ever applied to false gods? How often? Give some illustrations. 67 ¶ 3-68 ¶ 2.
65. Is this same word elohim ever applied in the Scriptures to men in olden times? If so, give illustrations. 68 ¶ 3-8.
66. Is elohim ever applied to the saints? If so, give quotation and explain. 68 ¶ 9, 10-69, foot-note.
67. Is elohim otherwise rendered? 69 ¶ 1.
68. What are the facts as to the terms God and Lord in the New Testament? Give illustrations. 69 2-71 ¶ 3.
69. How many times does the word Godhead occur, and is it always from the same Greek word? 71 ¶ 4.
70. What is ordinarily understood by Godhead, and is it the proper thought of any of the three Greek words used?
71. Give the meaning of each of these words. 71 ¶ 5 to 8.
72. Did the fact that Jesus was worshiped by his disciples and others, and that he received such worship without protest, prove that He was Jehovah, his own Father?
73. Prove the answer by Scriptural citations. 72, 73.
74. Does John 10:30 prove that Jesus was both Father and Son, or that one person filled both offices? 75 ¶ 1, 2.
75. When Jesus prayed for his followers, that they all may be one (John 17:21), what did he mean? What not?
76. How, then, must v. 22 be understood, viz.: "that they may be one even as we are one"? 75 ¶ 3, 4.
77. If "no man can see God and live" (Ex. 33:20), what could Jesus have meant when he said, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father"? (John 14:7-10.) 76, 77.
78. To whom does 1 Tim. 6:15, 16, apply? Why? 78.
79. Does this ignore the Father? Why not? 78 ¶ 3.
80. Similarly explain 1 Cor. 15:27; Col. 2:10. 79 ¶ 1.
81. Would the text "thought it not robbery to be equal with God" prove the Trinity doctrine? Why not? 79 ¶ 2, 3.
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82. What did Jesus testify respecting his equality with the Father? And did he not tell the truth? 79 ¶ 2.
83. What is Paul's argument in Phil. 2:6? 79 ¶ 3.
84. Prove that this verse is mistranslated. 80 ¶ 1.
85. Give eleven other translations. 80 ¶ 2-81 ¶ 9.
86. In view of all this array of scholarship, what must we conclude that the passage teaches? 81 ¶ 10.
87. Who took the opposite course? Give proof. 81 ¶ 10.
88. What quality in Jesus shines out pre-eminently in contrast with what quality in Satan? 81 ¶ 10.
89. What reward was bestowed on the Son by the Father? and on what account? Cite the Scriptures. 82, top.
90. Can this be harmonized with the idea of oneness of person or with original equality between God and Jesus? 82 ¶ 1.
91. How are we to honor the Son? 82 ¶ 2.
92. Quote a text showing the separateness of God and Jesus as persons, and the relationship of their work. 82 ¶ 2.
93. Does Eph. 1:2-18 favor the thought that Father and Son are one in person? Note entire passage. 82 ¶ 3.
STUDY III.
THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE ATONEMENT.
THE ONLY BEGOTTEN ONE.
1. Whom has Jehovah exalted to be the Savior? What great honor is due him? 83.
2. What was Jesus before he was made flesh? 84 ¶ 1.
3. Was he then a god? What was his name? 84 ¶ 2.
4. In that pre-human existence, was he in some sense before all other creatures in time as well as in rank? 84 ¶ 3.
5. Why did he stoop to human conditions? 84 ¶ 4.
6. Was this humiliation to be eternal? Why? 84 ¶ 5.
7. To what did Jesus' resurrection restore him? 84 ¶ 6.
8. Of what station is our Lord Jesus now? 85 ¶ 1.
9. Why was our Lord in his pre-human existence known as The Word or The Logos? 85 ¶ 2.
10. What does Dr. Clarke say of this term? 85 ¶ 2.
11. Show its fitness to the Son. Illustrate. 85 ¶ 3.
12. Does the Greek text of John 1:1 show two persons and refer to both as God? 86 ¶ 1.
13. Is there anything in the Greek text to differentiate these two Persons who are both styled God? How should
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the verse be translated to show its Greek value? 86 ¶ 1, 2.
14. What beginning is here referred to? 86 ¶ 3.
15. What was the beginning of Jehovah God's creative work? Give three or more Bible proofs of this. 86 ¶ 3.
16. Whence came angels and men, and all else that has been created? By whom were these created? 87 ¶ 1.
17. How should we understand the declaration that our Lord was rich and for our sakes became poor? 87 ¶ 1.
18. How will this comport with his reference to his glory with the Father before the world was? 87 ¶ 1.
19. How can these Scriptures be answered by those who deny our Lord Jesus' pre-human existence? 87 ¶ 2.
20. How are these Scriptures confirmed by 1 John 4:9? What does Only Begotten imply as to others' creation? 88 ¶ 1.
21. What other texts declare that God sent His Son into the world, thus proving his pre-human existence? 88 ¶ 2.
22. Who directly created the world? (John 1:10.) 88 ¶ 2.
23. By what power did he do it? Prove it. Did Jesus claim to be the Father as well as the Son, and to have sent himself into the world? Quote a text in proof. 89 ¶ 1.
24. Quote four other texts where Jesus represents himself as having come down from a heavenly condition. 89 ¶ 1, 2.
25. Did Jesus claim that His existence antedated that of Abraham? Where? 89 ¶ 2-90 ¶ 1.
26. How was our Lord before Abraham? 90 ¶ 2.
27. Explain Matt. 11:27 and John 17:25. 91 ¶ 1.
28. What is the key to this knowledge? Why cannot all understand now? When will they? 91 ¶ 2; 92 ¶ 1.
29. Why was Nicodemus refused a knowledge of heavenly things? Why is it necessary to first believe God's revelation respecting earthly things? 92 ¶ 2.
30. How was our Lord's pre-existent condition referred to in Prov. 8:22-30? 92 ¶ 3-93 ¶ 1.
31. How could Jesus be the first and the last? 93 ¶ 2.
32. What is the ordinary theory of incarnation? 93 ¶ 3.
33. Explain John 1:14. 93 ¶ 3-94 ¶ 1.
34. When the Bible refers to Jesus as a man, does this imply that he was an imperfect man? 95 ¶ 1.
35. Quote two Scriptures in proof. 95 ¶ 1.
36. If our Lord had been of fallen human nature, could He have been our Redeemer? If not, why not? 95 ¶ 2-96.
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STUDY IV.
THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE ATONEMENT.
THE UNDEFILED ONE.
1. What is the purpose of this chapter? 97.
2. Is the philosophy of Atonement important? 98 ¶ 1.
3. What is the Roman Catholic view of the "Immaculate Conception"? How does our view differ? 98 ¶ 2.
4. Are there other miracles (exceptions) in nature? 98 ¶ 3.
5. Give illustrations of two substances in nature which act contrary to the ordinary so-called laws of nature. 98 ¶ 3.
6. As to life, what is the office of a father? 99 ¶ 1.
7. What is the office of the mother? 99 ¶ 1.
8. What is the significance of the word father? 99 ¶ 2.
9. Why are children said to be of or from their fathers and borne by their mothers? Give illustrations. 9 ¶ 3.
10. Apply this as respects Adam and Eve. How does science agree with the Bible in this teaching? 100 ¶ 1, 2.
11. Illustrate this from the egg of a fowl. 100 ¶ 2, 3.
12. Could, therefore, a perfect child be born of a perfect father, even if the mother were imperfect? 100 ¶ 4.
13. Why is one man's meat another's poison? 101 ¶ 1.
14. Applying this principle, could a perfect race have been born had mother Eve sinned and become imperfect, and father Adam remained sinless and perfect? Why? 101 ¶ 2.
15. Suppose that Adam had sinned and mother Eve had remained sinless and perfect, could the race thus have retained its perfection through the mother? 101 ¶ 3-102 ¶ 1.
16. Does Job 14:4 refer, then, to Adam or to Eve—to the male or to the female? 102 ¶ 2.
17. How may a mother's mind affect her offspring before birth, and how may the facts be seen to comport with Jesus' being holy and separate from sinners, while his mother was imperfect like the rest of the race? 102 ¶ 3.
18. Was she holy-minded? Give proofs. 102 ¶ 3.
19. Whence came the perfect life principle, which resulted in the birth of Jesus—"holy, harmless, undefiled"? 103 ¶ 1.
20. If life comes from the father and nature from the
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mother, of what nature was the "Man Christ Jesus"? 103 ¶ 2.
21. Is this same principle, that the mother gives nature, the father life, borne out in Gen. 6:1-5? If so, how? 103 ¶ 3.
22. What would have become of Adam's race had the fallen angels been permitted to continue generating a new
race of humans, contrary to the Divine arrangement? 104 ¶ 1.
23. Did the Nephilim dominate and intimidate humanity, and what would their continuance have led to? 104 ¶ 1, 2.
24. How is the principle of life from the father and form from the mother illustrated in God as Life-giver to angels of various grades, to man, to beasts, fowl and fishes? 104 ¶ 3.
25. Explain the mother of the New Creation? 104 ¶ 3.
26. How is this same principle illustrated in the Jewish Age as to how each child ranked in favor? 105 ¶ 1.
27. How in the birth of our Lord Jesus? 105 ¶ 2.
28. In harmony with the foregoing, show how Jesus was a pure and holy being, undefiled by sin. 105 ¶ 2.
29. If Jesus is now of the divine nature, and will be Father and Life-Giver to humanity in its regeneration, what nature will they have—human or divine? 105 ¶ 3.
30. Show how this and related items are illustrated in Sarah, Hagar and Keturah. 105 ¶ 3.
31. Was Jesus' birth a miracle wholly out of accord with Jehovah's usual procedures, or was it in harmony? 106 ¶ 1.
32. Illustrate by Adam's father and mother? 106 ¶ 1.
33. What is signified by the Apostle's statement that such an one "became us"—how and why? 106 ¶ 1.
STUDY V.
THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE ATONEMENT.
"MADE LIKE UNTO HIS BRETHREN."
"TOUCHED WITH A FEELING OF OUR INFIRMITIES."
1. State briefly the two popular, erroneous views respecting Jesus' relations to God and man. 107 ¶ 1.
2. State briefly the Scriptural view. 107 ¶ 1.
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3. Could Jesus have kept the Divine Law had his life not come from above, but from Adam? Why? 108 ¶ 1. 4. Since we were not by nature undefiled and separate from sinners, how was he "made like unto his brethren"? 108 ¶ 2.
5. Who are Jesus' "brethren"? In what respect was he made like us? 108 ¶ 2.
6. Cite seven Scriptures showing that we are Jesus' brethren only after justification. 109.
7. Was our Lord tempted in all points as the world is tempted? Why not? 110 ¶ 1.
8. In our Lord's wilderness temptations, what was Satan's first suggestion, and was this a temptation to Jesus as a New Creature or as a man? 110 ¶ 3.
9. Are his "brethren" similarly tempted? How? As New Creatures or natural men? 110 ¶ 3.
10. Describe and apply our Lord's second temptation. Did it test him as a New Creature or as a man? 111 ¶ 1.
11. Are his "brethren" tempted in like manner? As men or as New Creatures? Give illustrations. 111 ¶ 2.
12. Name one of the chief battles of the Christian as a good soldier, loyal to the Captain of his salvation. 112 ¶ 1.
13. Why is fixity of will essential to our victory? 112 ¶ 1.
14. What was our Lord's third temptation? Explain and apply Satan's intimations and suggestions. 112 ¶ 2.
15. What in Satan's past career probably led to this request? What ambitions of his were not fully satisfied? Why would he evidently prefer Jesus as a partner in earth's dominion and under better conditions? 113 ¶ 1.
16. What did Satan's suggestion imply? What may we reasonably surmise as to Satan's motives, etc.? 114 ¶ 1.
17. Describe our Lord's decision. 114 ¶ 2.
18. How are his brethren similarly tempted? 114 ¶ 3.
19. How did Satan tempt the Church to seek other means of saving the world than that which God outlined in the Bible? Why did they to many seem preferable? 114 ¶ 3, 4.
20. Does this temptation to the brethren come in various forms? If so, state some of these. 115 ¶ 1-116 ¶1.
21. Since Jesus was not fallen, depraved, how could he be "tempted in all points like as we are"? 117 ¶ 1.
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22. Distinguish between humanity's weaknesses and the temptations of our Lord and his "brethren." 117 ¶ 1.
23. Explain the relationship between the weaknesses of the flesh and temptations of the spirit or new nature. 117 ¶ 2.
24. How was Jesus perfect in three stages of existence? To what does Heb. 2:10 apply? 118 ¶ 1, 2.
25. What motive influenced Jesus in his consecration and sacrifice? Quote the Scripture proving this. 118 ¶ 3.
26. What four different features of joy actuated our Lord? Let us discuss each of these. 118 ¶ 4-119 ¶ 1, 2, 3.
27. Was this joy a certainty or contingent on faithfulness? To whom was he to be faithful? To what degree? 119 ¶ 4.
28. Did Jesus learn obedience through the things which he suffered in order that he might become a Son of God? For what did he suffer? Quote proof texts. 120 ¶ 1, 2.
29. To whom did our Lord Jesus demonstrate or prove his fidelity and what results followed? 120 ¶ 3.
30. Apply this same principle to the Church, and explain fully what we should expect in ourselves, in each other, and in God's dealings with us. 120 ¶ 4.
31. What is meant in Rom. 8:1-4 by Jesus being "in the likeness of sinful flesh"? Was he a sinner? Was he just like a sinner? Paraphrase for the proper thought. 121 ¶ 1.
32. What bearing would the Ransom have on the above questions? If Jesus had been born of a human father and thus had a fallen, human nature, like sinful flesh in general, could he have been our Ransom? Why? 122 ¶ 1.
33. Do Matt. 8:17 and Is. 53:4, 5, signify that Jesus was born with human infirmities? Explain them. 122 ¶ 2.
34. How could Jesus be less vigorous than some of his disciples and some other men at the time of his death if they were born imperfect and he was a perfect being, unblemished? Explain the philosophy. 122 ¶ 3-123 ¶ 1.
35. Does Matthew's Gospel offer an explanation of Isaiah's words under consideration, "Himself bare our sicknesses"? What is the inferable explanation? 124 ¶ 1, 2.
36. Did Jesus heal sickness by his own physical strength or by special outside strength supplied? 124 ¶ 3.
37. If vitality went from Jesus to heal the sick, did it cause him proportionate weakness, pain, sickness? Can
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similar instances be cited of others to a less degree? 125-126.
38. Should we say, then, that suffering is the wages of sin which our Lord bore for mankind? 126 ¶ 2.
39. How did our Lord pour out his soul unto death? What part of his experience paid our penalty? 127 ¶ 1.
40. To whom did Jesus cry, "My God! My God! Why hast thou forsaken me?" What did the expression imply? Was such an experience necessary? Why? 127 ¶ 2.
41. What was the effect of these trials? What purpose was served? Who will profit by them, and how? 128 ¶ 1.
STUDY VI.
THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE ATONEMENT.
DAVID'S SON AND DAVID'S LORD.
1. Does Matt. 22:42-45 speak of the Man Christ Jesus or of the Logos? 129.
2. Explain the conflict between the accounts in Matt. 1 and Luke 3 on Jesus' genealogy. Explain why they differ, the value of the two, and why one says that Joseph was the son of Heli while the other declares him the son of Jacob. 129.
3. If Jesus was David's descendant by both Joseph's and Mary's lineage, to which is he really accredited? Quote the Scriptures proving the point. 130-132.
4. Why and how was the line of our Lord's descent changed from Solomon's to Nathan's? 133.
5. To what did Mary's song on putting down the mighty and exalting those of low degree refer? 133 ¶ 4.
6. When did Jesus become the branch of David's stock? When did he become David's root? What different thought do the two words express? 134 ¶ 1, 2; 135 ¶ 3; 136.
7. In John 1:1 the Logos is called a God; and in Matt. 22:43, 44, we read: "Jehovah said unto my Lord," etc. Explain the relationship of these statements? When did Christ become Lord both of the dead and living? 134-136.
8. When our Lord is styled the Second Adam, what feature of his work is referred to? 137 ¶ 1.
9. When did he become the Second Adam? How and when will he regenerate the first Adam and his race? 137-138.
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10. Did it cost our Lord anything to become the Second Adam? If so, what? 138 ¶ 3-139 ¶ 1.
11. How will the Lord's first work for his Church correspond with his whole work for the world by and by? 139 ¶ 2.
12. How do the terms root and branch fit in the figure of Christ and the Church (a grape-vine)? 140.
13. What titles are given to our Lord in Isaiah 9:6?
14. How do the titles, Mighty God, Wonderful One, Counselor, and Prince of Peace apply to Jesus? 141 ¶ 2.
15. Does the application of the title, the Everlasting Father, to Jesus in any manner conflict with the application of such a title to Jehovah? If not, why not? 141 ¶ 3.
16. Quote Scriptures which refer to the Heavenly Father as one person, and to the Son of the Father as another person, and to Jehovah as the Father of Jesus. 141 ¶ 3.
17. Is Jesus now the Everlasting Father? When and how will this be to him a proper title? 141 ¶ 3, 4.
18. What relationship will the perfected world hold to the Son—and what to the Father? 141 ¶ 4.
19. Explain Ps. 45:16. Who are the fathers and whose children will they become? By what process? 142 ¶ 3.
20. Is Jesus ever spoken of as the Father of the Church? Why not? Who is the Church's Father? 143 ¶ 1.
21. What is the relationship between Christ and the Church? Prove your view by several quotations. 144.
22. If this relationship between Christ and the Church is the "mystery," explain it and show why. 145-147.
STUDY VII.
THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE ATONEMENT.
"THE SON OF MAN."
1. What two extreme views are held on this title, "The Son of Man," as applied to Jesus? Disprove each. 149.
2. Cite texts where Jesus applied this title to himself. 150.
3. Is this to be applied to our Lord merely respecting his earthly ministry or also his glory of the future? 150.
4. Since Jesus was not Joseph's son, and since his human
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nature was sacrificed forever, why should he adopt this title which so clearly identifies him with humanity? 151.
5. Who was the man of the human race, aside from our Lord Jesus? 152 ¶ 1.
6. Quote from the Psalms showing that Adam was ordained of God to be the head of his race. 152 ¶ 1.
7. Is Christ to inherit that which was originally Adam's? Quote a Scripture in proof of this. 152 ¶ 2.
8. If Adam's inheritance was lost through sin, how does it come to Christ as The Son of the man? 152 ¶ 2.
9. Does the Greek text connected with Jesus' title, "The Son of Man," show any peculiarity? If so, what? 153 ¶ 1.
10. In what ages does this title apply? Why? 153 ¶ 2.
11. How did even enemies concede that Jesus was a remarkable personage? Cite proofs. 153 ¶ 3.
12. What was the significance of Pilate's expression, "Behold the Man"? Where should the emphasis be laid and what significance should be attached to his words? 154.
13. Quote Rousseau's eulogy on Jesus. 154 ¶ 2.
14. Describe Napoleon Bonaparte's eulogy. 155.
15. Why should the world be excusable for considering Jesus more than a man? 155 ¶ 4.
16. How was he more than a mere man? 155 ¶ 4.
17. Quote the text of Isaiah 53:2, 3, and show comparison with Leeser's or Young's translation.
18. Does this Scripture imply that our Lord Jesus was of mean personal appearance? 156 ¶ 2.
19. Describe various views of honorableness, beauty, etc. Which of these did Jesus disappoint? Why? 156 ¶ 3.
20. What were the Jews expecting in Messiah and his reign? and how did he disappoint them. 157-158 ¶ 1.
21. In what respect was our Lord's appearance undesirable and disappointing to them? 158 ¶ 2.
22. What of the expression, "His visage was so marred"? Is it in harmony with what we should expect of a perfect man and with other texts referring to Jesus? 158 ¶ 3.
23. Give a better translation of the passage of this prophecy and show its application. 159 ¶ 1, 2.
24. If Jesus was touched with a feeling of our infirmities, might this show in his face? Explain. 159 ¶ 3.
25. Would our Lord, the perfect one, suffer more or less from his environment because of his perfection? 160 ¶ 1.
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26. How did these outward conditions probably affect his personal appearance? And would they assist in his appreciating human conditions sympathetically? 160 ¶ 2.
27. Point out what beauty there is in the expression, "The Chiefest among ten thousand." 161 ¶ 1.
STUDY VIII.
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE ATONEMENT.
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD.
1. Does the holy Spirit have an important part in connection with the At-One-Ment of the Church of God? What is its part? Why could we not without it appreciate the divine will or understand the "deep things"? 163.
2. Will the holy Spirit be instrumental in blessing the world also during the Millennium? Prove this. 164 ¶ 1.
3. Why is the blessing of the world probably mentioned by Joel in advance of the blessing of the Church, when other Scriptures show the reverse order? 164, foot-note.
4. What does Rev. 22:17 show as to the holy Spirit during the Millennium? 165, top.
5. What doctrine arose in the Church after the death of the Apostles, beclouding the truth in general and the operations of the holy Spirit in particular? 165 ¶ 1.
6. Does the word Trinity or Trinitarian occur in the Bible? By what authority are these terms so generally applied as names of doctrines, churches, etc.? Are the Scriptures consistent and harmonious on the subject of the relationship of the Father to the Son and the holy Spirit? How? 165 ¶ 2.
7. Is the expression, "These three, the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit, one in substance, equal in power and glory," a Scriptural quotation? Where is it found? 165 ¶ 2.
8. How could three persons be one person, or one person be three persons? If merely one in kind or substance be meant, and not one in person, where could be the proof of their equality, since the Father is always mentioned first—as the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ? 166.
9. Give sixteen different terms or titles in the New Testament for the holy Spirit. 167. Mention some terms applied in Scripture to an opposing spirit, the wrong spirit,
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found in those who are in harmony with sin and Satan. 168 ¶ 1.
10. Is the term Holy Ghost the same in meaning as holy Spirit? Why the two translations? Which is preferable? Cite standard authorities. 168 ¶ 2.
11. What authority is there for speaking of the holy Spirit as the "third person" of the Trinity? Prove that it signifies, not a person, but the spirit of a person. 169 ¶ 1.
12. When the pronouns he, whom, him and his are used in respect to the holy Spirit, what is the signification? Does this teach or imply personality? 170 ¶ 1, 2.
13. Do other translations use the same terms? Cite some illustrations where the same Greek word is rendered in the feminine and in the neuter genders. 170 ¶ 3-172.
14. Define the term spirit, as used in the Bible. What qualities or powers are represented by the term? Illustrate the use of the words ruach and pneuma. 173, 174.
15. What sense attaches to the word "spirit," when we say that God is a Spirit? 174, last ¶.
16. How is the word spirit used in Gen. 1:2? 175 ¶ 1.
17. In 2 Pet. 1:21? How did it move them? 175 ¶ 1.
18. Give an illustration of the Spirit of God working in the hearts of craftsmen. How did it work? 175 ¶ 2.
19. How was it put upon Moses, Saul and David? What was its operation? Is there anything to indicate that it was a person that was put on them? 176 1.
20. Was the holy Spirit manifested in the same way before Pentecost as since? Cite proofs. 176 ¶ 2, 3.
21. In what sense was the holy Spirit granted at Pentecost different from any previous presentation? To whom and for what purpose was it granted? 177 ¶ 1.
22. How do this and previous manifestations of the Spirit differ? Give Bible proofs. 177 ¶ 2-178 ¶ 1.
23. Does the holy Spirit in the Church always manifest itself in the same manner? Give proof. 178 ¶ 2.
24. Is there a difference between the holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit? What relationship do they bear to each other? Give Bible quotations proving the answer. 179 ¶ 1.
25. Were the gifts of the Spirit to vanish away? Does this signify that the Spirit would cease to operate, or that thereafter it would be differently manifested? 179 ¶ 2.
26. Is there a difference between the gifts of the Spirit
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and the personally developed fruits of the Spirit? Explain the difference with Bible references. 180 ¶ 1.
27. What are the fruits of the Spirit, and how do they differ from its gifts? 180 ¶ 2.
28. Explain the different manifestations of the Spirit and the different objects served. 181 ¶ 1.
29. Are the terms, Spirit of God and spirit or mind of man, sometimes used similarly? Give instances. 182.
30. Give three senses in which the term Spirit of God may be understood; also some illustrations. 183.
31. Distinguish between the Spirit of God in measure and without measure. Could these thoughts be applied to a person or only to the spirit of a person? 184 ¶ 1.
32. Can any but the consecrated receive the holy Spirit? How may these increase their measure? 185 ¶ 1.
33. Quote a number of the uses of the word spirit and explain, if possible, how these could be used of a person-"spirit of truth," "spirit of the Father," etc. 185-186 ¶ 1.
34. If the Spirit of the Father means another God, how should we understand the words "spirit of the world," "spirit of error," "spirit of Satan," etc. 186 ¶2.
35. What is meant by the term spirit of Anti-Christ, and how should we be on guard against it? 187 ¶ 1.
36. Do the holy and unholy influences or spirits in the world imply that there is no personal God or Satan? 187 ¶2.
37. Distinguish between God as a holy Spirit and God's holy Spirit. 188 ¶ 1.
38. Who besides the Creator must by his arrangement have the holy Spirit if they would have his approval? 188 ¶ 1.
39. If Satan is a spirit being, has he also a spirit or disposition? and have his associates, the demons? 188 ¶ 1.
40. What two spirits battle in the world? Where is the battle-ground? When did the contest begin? 189.
41. Which gains the victory? Why? What is the two-fold mission of the Spirit of holiness? Explain fully. 190, 191.
42. Why the apparent weakness of the right spirit, and its subjects? Will it always be thus? Give proofs. 192.
43. Does the same principle apply to the individual? How is this matter generally understood? 193 ¶ 1, 2.
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44. Wherein do many consecrations fail? What kind secures the begetting of the holy Spirit. 194 ¶ 1-195 ¶ 1.
45. What is it to be spiritually minded? Does this condition now lack perfection? Why? 195 ¶ 2, 3.
46. What is the thought behind the word holy? 196 ¶ 1.
47. What of the "spirit of fear" and the "spirit of error"? How get rid of these? 196 ¶ 2, 3-197 ¶ 1.
48. What do we know of the "spirit of faith"? the "spirit of Truth?" the "spirit of holiness"? 197 ¶ 2-199.
49. What is a dual being? Who only are such? Give the proofs of the answer. 199 ¶ 2.
50. What does Paul say regarding the conflict between the flesh and the spirit in the Spirit-begotten? 200.
51. How are the Spirit-begotten children of God taught of God through the Spirit? Give illustrations. 201.
52. How may the Spirit-begotten ones know things which the natural man cannot appreciate, and why? 202.
53. Why is the holy Spirit styled the Comforter? Give illustrations of the operation of the holy Spirit. 203.
54. Does the use of the term Comforter either directly or indirectly imply another God or that a number of Gods is necessary to the work being done or to be done? 204 ¶ 1.
55. Does the word he as used in referring to the holy Spirit imply personality? Explain the matter. 204 ¶ 2.
56. Through what agency does God supply the holy Spirit or disposition? Why is it called the Spirit of Truth? 204 ¶ 3.
57. Explain the expression, "Be ye filled with the Spirit." Is the filling instantaneous or how is it? 205 ¶ 1.
58. If "filled" with the Spirit, is a further filling possible? Why? How? 205 ¶ 1.
59. Is knowledge essential to this filling? Does it always result in it? What rules operate in this matter? 205 ¶ 2.
60. Is the "Spirit of the Truth" one of the gifts of the Spirit? Is it one of the fruits of the Spirit? 205 ¶ 3.
61. Illustrate these matters by the Vine. 206 ¶ 1.
62. Explain the difference between the "fruits" and the "gifts" of the holy Spirit. 206 ¶ 2.
63. Enumerate some of these gifts and fruits. Show why and how these matters are as they are. 207, 208.
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STUDY IX.
THE BAPTISM, WITNESS AND SEAL
OF THE
SPIRIT OF AT-ONE-MENT
1. What particular thought is marked by "The Day of Pentecost"? 209.
2. Why is the blessing of the holy Spirit called a "spirit of sons"? Who are made sons? And why? 210, top.
3. When the holy Spirit is said to have been shed forth, does it convey the thought of personality? Can a person be shed forth? Could a spirit or influence be shed forth? 210.
4. If the Father, the Son and the holy Spirit are as some claim, "one in person," how could the Son receive the holy Spirit from the Father and shed it forth? Is it not much more reasonable and Biblical to understand that the Father is one Person, the Son another Person, separate and distinct, yet one in the sense of being fully in harmony? Is it not reasonable to think of this holy influence, this divine power, as proceeding forth from the Fountain of all grace, the Father, and coming properly to the Son, highly exalted to divine glory and power? And is it not proper to think of the Son's receiving this holy Spirit as the Advocate or Attorney for the "household of faith," and for the members of his Body, the Church, and dispensing it upon them? 211 ¶ 1.
5. Some urge prayer for fresh Pentecostal blessings. Is this suggestion Scriptural or not? Why? 211 ¶ 2.
6. Which was the first baptism of the holy Spirit and what was its effect? How was it manifested? 211 ¶ 3.
7. Who baptized Jesus with water? Who with the holy Spirit? Who baptized the Church at Pentecost? 212 ¶ 1.
8. What was the outward evidence of the Spirit's baptism in Jesus' case? What in the Church's case at Pentecost? What in the case of Cornelius? 212 ¶ 2-213 ¶ 1.
9. Why was there a special manifestation of the holy Spirit in the case of Cornelius? 213 ¶ 2.
10. Otherwise, what would have been the effect upon all of us who by birth are Gentiles and not Hebrews? 213 ¶ 3.
11. Do we know of any other Gospel-Age baptism of the holy Spirit than these three? Are we deprived of some
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blessing in that we have no such outpouring? Why? Explain the philosophy of it. 214 ¶ 1-215 ¶ 1, 2.
12. What relationship subsists between water baptism and the baptism of the holy Spirit? 215 ¶ 3.
13. How should we regard some who, contrary to the Scriptures, pray and agonize for a Pentecostal blessing? 216.
14. Will there ever be another baptism of the holy Spirit? If so, when, where, upon [for] whom? 217 ¶ 1, 2.
15. What will be the effect of that baptism? 217 ¶ 3.
16. Will the outpouring of the holy Spirit upon [for] all flesh signify that all will be eternally saved? 218 ¶ 1.
17. What is peculiar in the wording of Joel's prophecy? Explain it in harmony with other Scriptures. 219.
18. Will the old men (the Ancient Worthies) in the Millennium dream dreams (receive revelations from heaven) as Christ's representatives in the earthly phase of the Kingdom? Gen. 28:12; Is. 32:1; A289-293.
19. Is it the correct thought that those consecrating after Spirit-begettal and the high calling end, but before Satan's empire is fully overthrown and the Kingdom set up, will, if faithful, be associated with the Ancient Worthies as Youthful Worthies, the "young men" who will "see visions"? F156, 157; Z'11, 181 ¶ 6, 7; Z'15, 269 ¶ 11, 12.
20. Will the holy Spirit, granted during the Millennium, be the same spirit that Christians now enjoy? 220 ¶ 1.
21. Will those receiving it be similarly thrown out of harmony with the world? Why not?
22. Will baptism of the Spirit then, as now, cost the baptized ones suffering and self-denial? Why not? 220 ¶ 2.
23. Will it then mean, as now, the begetting of the holy Spirit to a change of nature? Why not? 220 ¶ 3.
24. What will it signify? 221 ¶ 1, 2.
25. Was Jesus in the flesh the Second Adam? 221 ¶ 3.
26. When did he become the Second Adam? Give Bible proof, and explain how a Spirit Being could be the Father of restored humanity on the earthly plane. 221 ¶ 3.
27. While we are not to pray for new Spirit baptisms, may we pray for a filling of the holy Spirit? 222 ¶ 1.
28. Prove that we may pray for the holy Spirit. 222 ¶ 2.
29. How will such prayers be answered? 223.
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30. Is more than prayer necessary to the obtaining of the holy Spirit? If so, what more is essential? 223 ¶ 2.
31. Quote and explain a Scripture which urges us to be filled with all the fullness of God? 224 ¶ 1.
32. Does Luke 11:13 imply that the Father would wish us to ask for another God, a third person in a trinity of Gods? Is such a thought reasonable or warranted? 224 ¶ 2.
33. Where and how are we to seek and find God's further blessing and holy Spirit. 225.
34. Why is the doctrine of the witness of the Spirit important to the people of God? 226 ¶ 1.
35. What is meant by "our spirit," in Rom. 8:16?
36. Why should we consider the holy Spirit another God separate and distinct from the Father and Son, if we do not consider our spirit a separate person from ourselves?
37. Is there any danger of trusting too much to "feelings," and what is the remedy? 226.
38. Quote some hymns to show that doubt and distress prevail and show the real difficulty and the cure. 227.
39. Distinguish between Faith and Credulity. 228.
40. How may we obtain the Spirit's witness? 229.
41. How may we be sure that we made the proper start in the Heavenly way? That we are still on it? And that we shall make our calling and election sure? 230 ¶ 1, 2.
42. Is our "full assurance of faith" based upon our perfection, or what? 231 ¶ 1.
43. Are tribulations a witness of the holy Spirit to God's people? What testimony do they bear? 231 ¶ 2.
44. Are the Lord's dealings with us all alike, or alike to all? If not, why not? 233.
45. Why do some need more disciplining than others?
46. Are all chastenings proofs of God's displeasure? Explain other reasons for them, and their service. 234 ¶ 1.
47. What prunings should we note, and what results should we expect? 234 ¶ 2, 3.
48. Quote several Bible texts showing the Spirit's witnesses to us, and explain how these should be understood as witnesses, and how they should influence our lives. 235.
49. What did Jesus' experiences witness as to God's favor with him? Explain his sufferings as in full accord with the Spirit's witness, and show how ours correspond. 236
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50. Would our Lord's witness of the Spirit have been the same had he taken a different course? 236-237 ¶ 1.
51. Explain 1 John 5:4, showing how its fulfillment is a witness, and to whom it applies. 237 ¶ 2-238 ¶1.
52. Is our knowledge of holy things and of "things to come" a witness? Of what? 238 ¶ 2-239 ¶ 1.
53. What should every Christian resolve as to the witness of the Spirit? 239 ¶ 2.
54. Will the holy Spirit witness to Millennial-Age converts? How will the witness differ from ours? 239 ¶ 3.
55. Distinguish between a real witness of the Spirit and the unsatisfactory reliance upon "feelings." 240.
56. Why should those possessing the true "witness" rejoice, and those not possessing it seek it? 241 1 ¶ 1.
57. What is it to be sanctified by the holy Spirit? What are the needful steps to this end? 241 ¶ 2-242 ¶ 1.
58. What did St. Paul mean by his prayer that God would sanctify his people "wholly"? 242 ¶ 2.
59. Are there degrees of sanctification? Are these degrees easily attained? 243 ¶ 1 to 3.
60. Explain sanctification "in Christ." 243 ¶ 4.
61. Is a filling of the holy Spirit attainable? If so, is it of sudden or of gradual attainment? 244 ¶ 1-245.
62. Could we properly be said to be filled with a spirit person? Could the same person fill many persons and still retain personality? Is personality divisible? 268 ¶ 3.
63. What is the Apostle's illustration of our being filled with the holy Spirit? Show the application. 245 ¶ 1.
64. Can we be filled with the holy Spirit without conforming to the divine conditions? Must we, then, know the conditions? Does this imply study of God's Word and obedience thereto? 245 ¶ 2-246 ¶ 1.
65. Is the sealing of the Spirit the same thing as the witness of the Spirit? Are we sealed with or by the Spirit? 246.
66. What is meant by the seal of the Spirit? When and how is it obtained? Suddenly or gradually? 246-248.
STUDY X.
THE SPIRIT OF A SOUND MIND.
1. In 2 Tim. 1:7, what is the contrast? What is the antithesis to the spirit of a sound mind? 249 ¶ 1.
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2. In this Scripture are we to understand that the four spirits mentioned are persons? Are any of them persons? or are they merely qualities of mind? 249 ¶ 1.
3. If a Christian has a spirit of fear, to what should it be attributed? What does he lack when his mind is under the control of such spirit or influence? What is the remedy for such an undesirable condition of spirit or mind? 249 ¶ 2.
4. Does the Spirit of Christ take hold upon the strong-minded or the strong-bodied merely, or upon the weak-minded and weak-bodied merely? What is the result in either case? Give Scripture proofs. 250 ¶ 2.
5. In 2 Tim. 1:7, what is meant by the "spirit of power"? Does it refer to physical or spiritual strength? 250 ¶ 2.
6. Similarly explain the "spirit of love" in this text. Is it natural love, or what kind? How does it operate? Does it abide or will it pass away? Cite Scripture. 250 ¶ 3.
7. Are the Lord's people naturally more sound of mind—better balanced mentally—than the remainder of the world? How do they compare on the average? 251 ¶ 1.
8. What is the effect of the Truth upon the fully consecrated believer begotten of the holy Spirit and taught of God? How does he compare with the average man? 251 ¶2.
9. Explain why there is such diversity of mind. Are there any of strictly sound mind? Quote proofs. 251 ¶ 3.
10. State some causes of mental unbalance. How does the holy Spirit rectify this? 252 ¶ 1, 2.
11. Given an illustration of the manner in which the spirit of a sound mind rectifies an imperfect judgment. 252 ¶ 2.
12. Give some evidences of mental unsoundness common to the world and often to the Church. 253 ¶ 1.
13. What is the most general mental ailment as evidenced by asylum statistics, and is the same mental weakness a besetment to Christians? 254, top.
14. Which is the greatest need among men, restitution of bodies or of morals or of sound minds? What would the last have to do with correcting the former two? 254 ¶2.
15. What quality of mind is the source of the greatest trouble to the world and to the Christian? What is the antidote or remedy which the Scriptures set forth? 254 ¶ 2.
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16. What is the antidote for that poisoned state of mind styled the "spirit of fear"? Give proof. 255 ¶ 1, 2.
17. Does the spirit of the Truth correct over-confidence and under-confidence? How? Cite the Scriptures. 255 ¶ 3.
18. Why is it that the heavenly hopes and promises appeal to some and not to others equally educated and intelligent otherwise? Explain the philosophy. 256, 257.
19. How does the spirit of a sound mind answer our Lord's inquiry, "For what will a man exchange his soul?" 258 ¶ 1.
20. How were we redeemed from vain conversation, and how does the spirit of a sound mind give a new viewpoint to every affair of life? 258 ¶ 2-259 ¶ 1.
21. Which ambitions are restrained by the heavenly promises, and which encouraged and developed thereby? Cite pertinent Scriptures and show their application. 259 ¶ 2, 3.
22. Show the philosophy of how the spirit of a sound mind deepens and broadens character. What, if anything, opposes this? Cite the Scriptures. 260 ¶ 1.
23. If patience, sympathy, generosity, love, godlikeness are elements of a sound mind, show how these qualities become more developed and appreciated. 260 ¶ 2.
24. What is the effect of the spirit of a sound mind in the home? How does it operate? What is the motive or mainspring? 260 ¶ 3.
25. Will the spirit of a sound mind make its possessor the best husband or wife, the best sister or brother, the best parent or child? Why? State the philosophy. 261.
26. What is this spirit sure to effect? 262 ¶ 1.
27. Cite another evidence of the unsoundness of human judgment. Cite the Bible admonition on this. 262 ¶ 2.
28. Who may have this spirit now? Is there hope that others may have it soon? Cite Scriptures. 262 ¶ 3.
29. Is there anything to suggest that the spirit of a sound mind, of wisdom, of common sense, is a spirit being which comes into us, or is it simply an instruction, a basis of sound reason?