Chapter 113.
The Two Resurrections
1. WHAT comes to all men as the result of the fall?
"In Adam ______________." 1 Cor. 15:22. See also Rom. 5:12.
2. Where do all go at death?
"All go unto ____________; all are of ____________, and __________________." Eccl. 3:20.
3. In what condition is man while in the grave? "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;
for __________________________________________." Eccl. 9:10.
NOTE.-That is, man, when dead, has no use of the powers of mind or body. He cannot, therefore, while in the grave, praise God, or even think of Him (Ps. 6:5); for in the day he dies his thoughts perish. Ps. 146:2-4. See preceding reading.
4. What has been promised in order that man may be redeemed from this condition?
"________________________________________: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction." Hosea 13:14.
5. Through whom will come this redemption from the grave?
"For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, ______________________________________." 1 Cor. 15:21,22.
6. What would have been the result to the dead had not Christ procured their release from the grave?
"For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then ____________________________." Verses 16-18.
7. Why did God give His only begotten Son to the world?
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, ________________________________, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.
8. What did the Sadducees in Christ's time deny?
"Then came to Him certain of the Sadducees, __________________________." Luke 20:27.
9. How did Christ, from the Old Testament Scriptures, prove the resurrection?
"Now that the ______________________________________________." Verses 37,38.
NOTE.-That is, in view of the resurrection- of the fact that there is to be a resurrection- all live unto God. In His purpose, all are alive. It is in this sense that Paul speaks of God as the one "who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were." Rom. 4:17.
10. Under what illustration from nature are the resurrection and the final salvation of the righteous taught?
"That ___________________________________." 1 Cor. 15:36. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, ______________________________________________." John 12:24.
NOTES.-The seed dies to spring forth into new life. In this we are taught the lesson of the resurrection. All who love God will spring forth to life, and live again through endless ages in the earth made new.
The Open Grave.- The truth of the resurrection has been forcibly illustrated by the following incident: In the city of Hanover, Germany, is a grave known as "The open grave." It is that of a woman, an infidel German princess, who died over one hundred years ago, and who, on her death-bed, gave orders that her grave should be covered with a great marble slab, weighing perhaps a ton, surmounting solid blocks of stone firmly bound together with clasps of iron, with this inscription placed on the lowermost stone of the tomb: "This grave purchased for eternity, must never be opened." But no human device can thwart the plans of God, or hinder the workings of life from Him. It happened, providentially no doubt, that a birch-tree seed was buried with the princess. Soon it began to sprout. Its tiny shoot, soft and pliable at first, found its way up through the ponderous stones of the massive masonry. Slowly and imperceptibly, but with irresistible power, it grew, until at last it burst the bands of iron asunder, and opened this never-to-be-opened grave, leaving not a single stone in its original position. What a rebuke to infidelity! and what a mute but striking promise that, erelong, in God's own time, all graves shall be opened, and the sleeping ones awake from their dusty beds!
11. Where are the dead when they hear the voice of Christ calling them to life?
"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are __________________ shall hear His voice, and shall come forth." John 5:28,29.
12. How many distinct classes will have a resurrection?
"There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the ___________________." Acts 24:15.
13. By what terms did Christ refer to the two resurrections?
"All that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto ___________________________; and they that have done evil, unto ______________________________." John 5:28,29.
14. When will the resurrection of the just occur?
"For _____________________________________, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: ____________________________." 1 Thess. 4:16. See also 1 Cor. 15:23.
15. When are the righteous to be recompensed?
"For thou shalt be recompensed ______________________________." Luke 14:14.
16. In what condition did David expect to rise?
"As far me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, __________________________________________." Ps. 17:15.
17. What great contrast will be seen between the present body and the one to be put on in the resurrection?
"So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in _________________; it is raised in _________________: it is sown in ______________; it is raised in _________; it is sown in _____________; it is raised in _____________; it is sown a _____________; it is raised a _________________." 1 Cor. 15:42-44.
18. After whose body will these resurrected ones be fashioned?
"We look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned ___________________________." Phil. 3:20,21.
19. What will the righteous do upon rising from the grave?
"Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. ______________________________: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead." Isa. 26:19.
20. In what words will their triumph over death and the grave be expressed? ,
"O death, ____________________________________?" 1 Cor. 15:55.
21. How long will they live?
"______________________: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." Luke 20:36.
22. How long do the other class wait after the first resurection before they are raised?
"And they [the righteous] lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. _________________________________________." Rev. 20:4,5.
23. What is to be their fate?
"And _____________________________________________." Verse 9.
24. Who are to share this fate?
"But the _____________, and ________________, and the _______________, and ___________, and _____________, and ______________, and ____________, and _____________, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." Rev. 21:8.
25. What is the last enemy to be destroyed?
"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is ___________." 1 Cor. 15:26. See Rev. 20:13,14.
26. How will the righteous ever afterward appear?
"Then shall the righteous ___________________________ in the kingdom of their Father, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." Matt. 13:43.
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BIBLE STUDY: CHAP.112 -- THE INTERMEDIATE STATE
Chapter 112.
The Intermediate State
1. By what figure does the Bible represent death?
"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are __________, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope." 1 Thess. 4:13. See also 1 Cor. 15:18,20; John 11:11-14.
NOTE.-In sound sleep one is wholly lost to consciousness; time goes by unmeasured; and the mental functions which are active during consciousness are suspended for the time being.
2. Where do the dead sleep?
"And many of them that ________________________shall awake." Dan. 12:2. See also Eccl. 3:20; 9:10.
3. How long will they sleep there?
"So man lieth down, and riseth not: _______________________, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." Job 14:12.
4. For what did Job say he would wait after death?
"If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, ____________________________." Verse 14.
5. Where did he say he would wait?
"__________________________: I have made my bed in the darkness." Job 17:13.
6. While in this condition, how much does one know about those he has left behind?
"His sons come to honor, and _______________________; and they are brought low, but ___________________." Job 14:21.
7. What becomes of man's thoughts at death?
"His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; ________________________." Ps. 146:4.
8. Do the dead know anything?
"For the living know that they shall die: ______________________, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten." Eccl. 9:5.
9. Do they take any part in earthly things?
"Also their __________, and their ___________, and their _________, is now ________________________________________." Verse 6.
NOTE.-If one continued in consciousness after death, he would know of the promotion or dishonor of his sons. But Job says he does not know this. Not only so, but in death one loses all the attributes of mind,- love, hatred, envy, etc. Thus it is plain that his thoughts have perished, and that he can have nothing more to do with the things of this world. But if, as taught and held by some, man's powers of thought continue after death, he lives; and if he lives, he must be somewhere. Where is he? Is he in heaven, or in hell? If he goes to either place at death, what then is the need of a future judgment, or of a resurrection, or of the second coming of Christ? If the judgment does not take place at death, but men go to their reward at death, then their rewards precede their awards, and there would arise the possibility that some have at death gone to the wrong place, and must needs be sent to the other, after having been in bliss or torment for ages, perhaps.
10. What does the psalmist say about the dead praising God?
"____________________________, neither any that go down into silence." Ps. 115:17.
11. How much does one know of God when dead?
"For in death _____________________." Ps. 6:5.
NOTE.-There is not even a remembrance of God. As already seen, the Bible everywhere represents the dead as asleep. If they were in heaven or in hell, would it be fitting to represent them thus? Was Lazarus, whom Jesus loved, in heaven when the Saviour said, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth"? John 11:11. If so, calling him to life was really robbing him of the bliss of heaven that rightly belonged to him. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus, recorded in Luke 16, was given to teach, not consciousness in death, but that in the judgment riches will avail nothing unless rightly and beneficently used, and that poverty will not keep one out of heaven.
12. But are not the righteous dead in heaven?
"For __________________________." Acts 2:34.
13. What must take place before the dead can praise God?
"Thy dead men shall live, together with My dead body shall they arise. __________________________: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead." Isa. 26:19.
14. When did David say he would be satisfied?
"As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, _____________________________." Ps. 17:15.
15. Were there to be no resurrection of the dead, what would be the condition of those fallen asleep in Christ?
"For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. _______________________________." 1 Cor. 15:16-18.
16. When is the resurrection of the righteous to take place?
"For ____________________________ with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: _____________________________." 1 Thess. 4:16.
NOTES.-If, as stated in Eccl. 9:5, the dead know not anything, then they have no knowledge of the lapse of time. "Six thousand years in the grave to a dead man is no more than a wink of the eye to the living." To them, consciousness, our only means of measuring time, is gone; and it will seem to them when they awake that absolutely no time has elapsed. And herein lies a most comforting thought in the Bible doctrine of the sleep of the dead, that in death there is no consciousness of the passing of time. To those who sleep in Jesus, their sleep, whether long or short, whether one year, one thousand years or six thousand years, will be but as if the moment of sad parting were followed instantly by the glad reunion in the presence of Jesus at His glorious appearing and the resurrection of the just.
It ought also to be a comforting thought to those whose lives have been filled with anxiety and grief for deceased loved ones who persisted in sin, to know that they are not now suffering in torments, but, with all the rest of the dead are quietly sleeping in their graves. Job 3:17.
Again, it would mar the felicity of one's enjoyment in heaven could he look upon earth and see his friends and relatives suffering from persecution, want, cold, or hunger, or sorrowing for the dead. God's way is best,-that all sentient life, animation, activity, thought, and consciousness should cease at death, and that all should wait till the resurrection for their future life and eternal reward. See Heb. 11:31,40.
________________________________________
SLEEP on, beloved! sleep, and take thy rest;
Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast.
We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best-
Good night.
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The Intermediate State
1. By what figure does the Bible represent death?
"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are __________, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope." 1 Thess. 4:13. See also 1 Cor. 15:18,20; John 11:11-14.
NOTE.-In sound sleep one is wholly lost to consciousness; time goes by unmeasured; and the mental functions which are active during consciousness are suspended for the time being.
2. Where do the dead sleep?
"And many of them that ________________________shall awake." Dan. 12:2. See also Eccl. 3:20; 9:10.
3. How long will they sleep there?
"So man lieth down, and riseth not: _______________________, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." Job 14:12.
4. For what did Job say he would wait after death?
"If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, ____________________________." Verse 14.
5. Where did he say he would wait?
"__________________________: I have made my bed in the darkness." Job 17:13.
6. While in this condition, how much does one know about those he has left behind?
"His sons come to honor, and _______________________; and they are brought low, but ___________________." Job 14:21.
7. What becomes of man's thoughts at death?
"His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; ________________________." Ps. 146:4.
8. Do the dead know anything?
"For the living know that they shall die: ______________________, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten." Eccl. 9:5.
9. Do they take any part in earthly things?
"Also their __________, and their ___________, and their _________, is now ________________________________________." Verse 6.
NOTE.-If one continued in consciousness after death, he would know of the promotion or dishonor of his sons. But Job says he does not know this. Not only so, but in death one loses all the attributes of mind,- love, hatred, envy, etc. Thus it is plain that his thoughts have perished, and that he can have nothing more to do with the things of this world. But if, as taught and held by some, man's powers of thought continue after death, he lives; and if he lives, he must be somewhere. Where is he? Is he in heaven, or in hell? If he goes to either place at death, what then is the need of a future judgment, or of a resurrection, or of the second coming of Christ? If the judgment does not take place at death, but men go to their reward at death, then their rewards precede their awards, and there would arise the possibility that some have at death gone to the wrong place, and must needs be sent to the other, after having been in bliss or torment for ages, perhaps.
10. What does the psalmist say about the dead praising God?
"____________________________, neither any that go down into silence." Ps. 115:17.
11. How much does one know of God when dead?
"For in death _____________________." Ps. 6:5.
NOTE.-There is not even a remembrance of God. As already seen, the Bible everywhere represents the dead as asleep. If they were in heaven or in hell, would it be fitting to represent them thus? Was Lazarus, whom Jesus loved, in heaven when the Saviour said, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth"? John 11:11. If so, calling him to life was really robbing him of the bliss of heaven that rightly belonged to him. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus, recorded in Luke 16, was given to teach, not consciousness in death, but that in the judgment riches will avail nothing unless rightly and beneficently used, and that poverty will not keep one out of heaven.
12. But are not the righteous dead in heaven?
"For __________________________." Acts 2:34.
13. What must take place before the dead can praise God?
"Thy dead men shall live, together with My dead body shall they arise. __________________________: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead." Isa. 26:19.
14. When did David say he would be satisfied?
"As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, _____________________________." Ps. 17:15.
15. Were there to be no resurrection of the dead, what would be the condition of those fallen asleep in Christ?
"For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. _______________________________." 1 Cor. 15:16-18.
16. When is the resurrection of the righteous to take place?
"For ____________________________ with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: _____________________________." 1 Thess. 4:16.
NOTES.-If, as stated in Eccl. 9:5, the dead know not anything, then they have no knowledge of the lapse of time. "Six thousand years in the grave to a dead man is no more than a wink of the eye to the living." To them, consciousness, our only means of measuring time, is gone; and it will seem to them when they awake that absolutely no time has elapsed. And herein lies a most comforting thought in the Bible doctrine of the sleep of the dead, that in death there is no consciousness of the passing of time. To those who sleep in Jesus, their sleep, whether long or short, whether one year, one thousand years or six thousand years, will be but as if the moment of sad parting were followed instantly by the glad reunion in the presence of Jesus at His glorious appearing and the resurrection of the just.
It ought also to be a comforting thought to those whose lives have been filled with anxiety and grief for deceased loved ones who persisted in sin, to know that they are not now suffering in torments, but, with all the rest of the dead are quietly sleeping in their graves. Job 3:17.
Again, it would mar the felicity of one's enjoyment in heaven could he look upon earth and see his friends and relatives suffering from persecution, want, cold, or hunger, or sorrowing for the dead. God's way is best,-that all sentient life, animation, activity, thought, and consciousness should cease at death, and that all should wait till the resurrection for their future life and eternal reward. See Heb. 11:31,40.
________________________________________
SLEEP on, beloved! sleep, and take thy rest;
Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast.
We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best-
Good night.
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BIBLE STUDY: CHAP.111 -- LIFE ONLY IN CHRIST
Chapter 111.
Life Only In Christ
1. WHAT is the wages of sin?
"The wages of sin is ____________." Rom. 6:23.
2. Through whom only is there salvation from sin?
"_________________________: for there is none other name under .heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12.
NOTE.-If men do not die, why should Christ die to save them from death? And what need of the resurrection and the second advent?
3. Why did God send His only begotten Son to this world?
"That whosoever believeth in Him should not ______________, but have __________________________." John 3:16.
4. What does Christ declare Himself to be?
"I am the way, the truth, and _____________." John 14:6.
5. What does He say He gives to those who follow Him?
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and _____________________________; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand." John 10:27,28.
6. Upon what is the possession of this life conditioned?
"Except ye __________________________, ye have no life in you." John 6:53.
7. In whom is the life eternal?
"And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, ________________." 1 John 5:11.
8. Who only have this life?
"______________________; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." Verse 12. "_____________________________________, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." John 5:24.
9. What is Christ therefore fittingly called?
"When Christ, who is _________________, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory." Col. 3:4.
________________________________________
THERE Is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel's veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.
Thou dying Lamb! Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till all the ransomed church of God
Are saved, to sin no more.
E'er since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.
Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared,
Unworthy though I be,
For me a blood-bought, free reward-
Eternal life for me.
There in a nobler, sweeter song,
I'll sing Thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stam'ring tongue
Is ransomed from the grave.
WILLIAM COWPER.
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Life Only In Christ
1. WHAT is the wages of sin?
"The wages of sin is ____________." Rom. 6:23.
2. Through whom only is there salvation from sin?
"_________________________: for there is none other name under .heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12.
NOTE.-If men do not die, why should Christ die to save them from death? And what need of the resurrection and the second advent?
3. Why did God send His only begotten Son to this world?
"That whosoever believeth in Him should not ______________, but have __________________________." John 3:16.
4. What does Christ declare Himself to be?
"I am the way, the truth, and _____________." John 14:6.
5. What does He say He gives to those who follow Him?
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and _____________________________; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand." John 10:27,28.
6. Upon what is the possession of this life conditioned?
"Except ye __________________________, ye have no life in you." John 6:53.
7. In whom is the life eternal?
"And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, ________________." 1 John 5:11.
8. Who only have this life?
"______________________; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." Verse 12. "_____________________________________, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." John 5:24.
9. What is Christ therefore fittingly called?
"When Christ, who is _________________, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory." Col. 3:4.
________________________________________
THERE Is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel's veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.
Thou dying Lamb! Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till all the ransomed church of God
Are saved, to sin no more.
E'er since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.
Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared,
Unworthy though I be,
For me a blood-bought, free reward-
Eternal life for me.
There in a nobler, sweeter song,
I'll sing Thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stam'ring tongue
Is ransomed from the grave.
WILLIAM COWPER.
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BIBLE STUDY: CHAP.110 -- WHAT IS MAN?
Chapter 110.
What is Man?
1. IN what condition was man created?
"Thou madest him ___________________________." Ps. 8:5.
2. What will be the final condition of the righteous?
"_____________________________; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." Luke 20:35,36.
3. What are angels called?
"And of the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels ___________________, and His ministers a flame of fire." Heb. 1:7.
4. What is the difference between the two Adams?
"The first man Adam was made _______________; the last Adam was made a _________________________________." 1 Cor. 15:45.
5. Are our present bodies natural or spiritual?
"Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but _______________; and afterward that which is spiritual." Verse 46.
6. When will the righteous have spiritual bodies?
"It is sown a natural body; __________________________. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body." Verse 44.
7. To what does the sowing here spoken of refer?
"That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it ________." Verse 36.
NOTE.-Man does not now possess the undying, spiritual nature of the angels, except as he holds it by faith in Christ; nor will he until the resurrection. Then, if righteous, he will be made immortal, and he cannot die any more (Luke 20:36), because he will be "equal unto the angels."
8. How is man's nature defined?
"Shall __________________________-?" Job 4:17. Mortal: "Subject to death."-Webster.
9. What is God's nature?
"Now unto the King __________________________-, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." 1 Tim. 1:17.
Immortal: "Exempt from liability to die."-Webster.
10. Of what was man formed in the beginning?
"And the Lord God formed man ________________________." Gen. 2:7, first part.
11. What act made him a living soul?
"And [God] ________________________________--; and man became a living soul." Same verse, last part.
NOTES.-The living soul was not put into the man; but the breath of life which was put into man, made him- the man, made of the earth- a living soul, or creature.
The original for "living soul" in this text is nephesh chaiyah. On the use of this expression in Gen. 1:24, translated "living creature," Dr. Adam Clarke says: "A general term to express all creatures endued with animal life, in any of its infinitely varied gradations, from the half-reasoning elephant down to the stupid potto, or lower still, to the polyp, which seems equally to share the vegetable and animal life.
12. Are other creatures besides man called "living souls"?
"And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea;
and it became as the blood of a dead man: and _________________________." Rev. 16:3. See also Gen. 1:30, margin.
13. Do others besides man have the "breath of life"?
"And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of ____________, and of __________, and of _________, and of ______________ that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: _______________________________." Gen. 7:21,22.
14. Is their breath the same as man's?
"As the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, _______________________; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity." Eccl. 3:19.
NOTE.-That is, here men, as well as beasts, die. This present life, with them, as with the rest of the animal creation, is dependent upon their breath. When this is gone, they, the same as beasts, die. In this respect they have no preeminence over beasts. But men have a future unending life held out before them, and may, if they will, die in hope of eternal life, which is a very great preeminence over the rest of the animal creation.
15. What does Job call that which God breathed into man's nostrils?
"All the while my breath is in me, and _____________________." Job 27:3.
16. When man gives up this spirit, what becomes of it?
"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and _______________________." Eccl. 12:7.
NOTE.-That is, the spirit of life by which man lives, and which is only lent him of God, at death goes back to the great Author of life. Having come from Him, it belongs to God, and man can have it eternally only as a gift from God, through Jesus Christ. Rom. 6:23. When the spirit goes back to God, the dust, from which man was made a "living soul" in the beginning, goes back as it was, to the earth, and the individual no longer exists as a living, conscious, thinking being, except as he exists in the mind, plan, and purpose of God through Christ and the resurrection. In this sense "all live unto Him" (Luke 20:38), for all are to be raised from the dead. See John 5:28,29; Acts 24:15; Rom. 4:17.
17. Who only have hold of the life eternal?
"____________________________; and ______________________________." 1 John 5:12.
NOTE.-The veriest sinner has this temporal life; but when he yields up this life, he has no prospect nor promise of the life eternal, That can be received only through Christ.
18. Why was Adam driven from the garden of Eden and, excluded from the tree of life?
"And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and _____________________." Gen. 3:22.
19. What was done to keep man away from the tree of life?
"So He drove out the man; and _____________________________, to keep the way of the tree of life." Verse 24.
20. How are all men in the natural state regarded?
"We all . . . were by nature the ____________________, even as others." Eph. 2:3.
21. If the wrath of God abides on a person, of what does it deprive him?
"He that believeth not the Son ______________________-; but the wrath of God abideth on him." John 3:36.
22. Through whom is the sinner saved from wrath?
"Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath __________________." Rom. 5:9.
23. With whom is the Christian's future life hid?
"For ye are dead [to sin], and your life ___________________________." Col. 3:3.
24. When will this life be bestowed upon the believer?
"___________________________, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory." Verse 4.
NOTE.-The word immortal occurs but once in the English Bible (1 Tim. 1:17), and is there applied to God.
25. Who only possesses inherent immortality?
"Who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; __________________________________." 1 Tim. 6:15,16.
NOTE.-God is the only Being who possesses original life or immortality in Himself. All others must receive it from God. See John 5:26; 6:27; 10:10,27,28; Rom. 6:23; 1 John 5:11.
26. Through whom has immortality been brought to light?
"But is now made manifest by the appearing of _______________________." 2 Tim. 1:10.
27. To whom is eternal life promised?
"To them who by patient continuance in well-doing ________________________, eternal life." Rom. 2:7.
NOTE.-One does not need to seek for a thing which he already possesses. The fact that we are to seek for immortality is proof in itself that we do not now possess it.
28. When will the faithful be changed to immortality? "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but ______________________________: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." 1 Cor. 15:51,52.
29. What is then to be swallowed up?
"So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, ______________________________." Verse 54. See verse 57.
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What is Man?
1. IN what condition was man created?
"Thou madest him ___________________________." Ps. 8:5.
2. What will be the final condition of the righteous?
"_____________________________; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." Luke 20:35,36.
3. What are angels called?
"And of the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels ___________________, and His ministers a flame of fire." Heb. 1:7.
4. What is the difference between the two Adams?
"The first man Adam was made _______________; the last Adam was made a _________________________________." 1 Cor. 15:45.
5. Are our present bodies natural or spiritual?
"Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but _______________; and afterward that which is spiritual." Verse 46.
6. When will the righteous have spiritual bodies?
"It is sown a natural body; __________________________. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body." Verse 44.
7. To what does the sowing here spoken of refer?
"That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it ________." Verse 36.
NOTE.-Man does not now possess the undying, spiritual nature of the angels, except as he holds it by faith in Christ; nor will he until the resurrection. Then, if righteous, he will be made immortal, and he cannot die any more (Luke 20:36), because he will be "equal unto the angels."
8. How is man's nature defined?
"Shall __________________________-?" Job 4:17. Mortal: "Subject to death."-Webster.
9. What is God's nature?
"Now unto the King __________________________-, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." 1 Tim. 1:17.
Immortal: "Exempt from liability to die."-Webster.
10. Of what was man formed in the beginning?
"And the Lord God formed man ________________________." Gen. 2:7, first part.
11. What act made him a living soul?
"And [God] ________________________________--; and man became a living soul." Same verse, last part.
NOTES.-The living soul was not put into the man; but the breath of life which was put into man, made him- the man, made of the earth- a living soul, or creature.
The original for "living soul" in this text is nephesh chaiyah. On the use of this expression in Gen. 1:24, translated "living creature," Dr. Adam Clarke says: "A general term to express all creatures endued with animal life, in any of its infinitely varied gradations, from the half-reasoning elephant down to the stupid potto, or lower still, to the polyp, which seems equally to share the vegetable and animal life.
12. Are other creatures besides man called "living souls"?
"And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea;
and it became as the blood of a dead man: and _________________________." Rev. 16:3. See also Gen. 1:30, margin.
13. Do others besides man have the "breath of life"?
"And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of ____________, and of __________, and of _________, and of ______________ that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: _______________________________." Gen. 7:21,22.
14. Is their breath the same as man's?
"As the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, _______________________; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity." Eccl. 3:19.
NOTE.-That is, here men, as well as beasts, die. This present life, with them, as with the rest of the animal creation, is dependent upon their breath. When this is gone, they, the same as beasts, die. In this respect they have no preeminence over beasts. But men have a future unending life held out before them, and may, if they will, die in hope of eternal life, which is a very great preeminence over the rest of the animal creation.
15. What does Job call that which God breathed into man's nostrils?
"All the while my breath is in me, and _____________________." Job 27:3.
16. When man gives up this spirit, what becomes of it?
"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and _______________________." Eccl. 12:7.
NOTE.-That is, the spirit of life by which man lives, and which is only lent him of God, at death goes back to the great Author of life. Having come from Him, it belongs to God, and man can have it eternally only as a gift from God, through Jesus Christ. Rom. 6:23. When the spirit goes back to God, the dust, from which man was made a "living soul" in the beginning, goes back as it was, to the earth, and the individual no longer exists as a living, conscious, thinking being, except as he exists in the mind, plan, and purpose of God through Christ and the resurrection. In this sense "all live unto Him" (Luke 20:38), for all are to be raised from the dead. See John 5:28,29; Acts 24:15; Rom. 4:17.
17. Who only have hold of the life eternal?
"____________________________; and ______________________________." 1 John 5:12.
NOTE.-The veriest sinner has this temporal life; but when he yields up this life, he has no prospect nor promise of the life eternal, That can be received only through Christ.
18. Why was Adam driven from the garden of Eden and, excluded from the tree of life?
"And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and _____________________." Gen. 3:22.
19. What was done to keep man away from the tree of life?
"So He drove out the man; and _____________________________, to keep the way of the tree of life." Verse 24.
20. How are all men in the natural state regarded?
"We all . . . were by nature the ____________________, even as others." Eph. 2:3.
21. If the wrath of God abides on a person, of what does it deprive him?
"He that believeth not the Son ______________________-; but the wrath of God abideth on him." John 3:36.
22. Through whom is the sinner saved from wrath?
"Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath __________________." Rom. 5:9.
23. With whom is the Christian's future life hid?
"For ye are dead [to sin], and your life ___________________________." Col. 3:3.
24. When will this life be bestowed upon the believer?
"___________________________, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory." Verse 4.
NOTE.-The word immortal occurs but once in the English Bible (1 Tim. 1:17), and is there applied to God.
25. Who only possesses inherent immortality?
"Who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; __________________________________." 1 Tim. 6:15,16.
NOTE.-God is the only Being who possesses original life or immortality in Himself. All others must receive it from God. See John 5:26; 6:27; 10:10,27,28; Rom. 6:23; 1 John 5:11.
26. Through whom has immortality been brought to light?
"But is now made manifest by the appearing of _______________________." 2 Tim. 1:10.
27. To whom is eternal life promised?
"To them who by patient continuance in well-doing ________________________, eternal life." Rom. 2:7.
NOTE.-One does not need to seek for a thing which he already possesses. The fact that we are to seek for immortality is proof in itself that we do not now possess it.
28. When will the faithful be changed to immortality? "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but ______________________________: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." 1 Cor. 15:51,52.
29. What is then to be swallowed up?
"So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, ______________________________." Verse 54. See verse 57.
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BIBLE STUDY: CHAP.109 -- ORIGIN, HISTORY, AND DESTINY OF SATAN
Chapter 109.
Origin, History,
and Destiny Of Satan
1. HAVE any others than the human family sinned?
"God spared not ___________________, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved, unto judgment." 2 Peter 2:4.
2. What is the name of the one who led the angels to sin?
"Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for ___________ and his angels." Matt. 25:41.
3. By what other names is he known?
"And the great ______________was cast out, that old _______________, called the Devil, and ___________, which deceiveth the whole world." Rev. 12:9. See also Isa. 14:12, where he is called "Lucifer."
4. What was Satan's condition when created?
"______________ in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee." Eze. 28:15.
5. What description is given of him by the prophet Ezekiel?
"Thus saith the Lord God; _________________________________________. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, . . . the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire." Verses 12-14.
NOTE.-From this it is evident that Satan was a high and exalted angel before he fell, a masterpiece of wisdom and beauty. From the reference to his "tabrets" and "pipes" it seems probable that he was chorister of heaven, and led the angelic host in song. In the earthly sanctuary the cherubim overshadowed the mercy-seat. Ex. 25:16-22; Heb. 9:3-5; Ps. 99:1.
6. What unholy, ambitious spirit took possession of Satan, and led to his fall?
"For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, _____________________ above the stars of God: _______________________, in the sides of the north: ______________________________________." Isa. 14:13,14.
7. Did pride also contribute to his fall?
"______________________________, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy ______________." Eze. 28:17.
8. What does Solomon say precedes destruction and a fall?
"____________ goeth before destruction, and an __________________ before a fall." Prov. 16:18.
9. How does the prophet Isaiah describe Satan's fall?
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! _________________________________________!" Isa. 14:12.
10. Why was Satan cast from his high position?
"By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, ___________________________: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire." Eze. 28:16.
11. When cast out of the mountain of God, to what place were Satan and his angels banished, to be kept till the judgment?
"For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but _________________________, to be reserved unto judgment." 2 Peter 2:4.
NOTE.-This, we understand, is the darkness surrounding this world, and is symbolic of the darkness of utter hopelessness and despair in rebellion and sin. When Satan led man to sin, darkness was brought upon this world. But God did not leave man to hopelessness. In His mercy and great love He caused "the light of the glorious gospel of Christ" to shine, to call men "out of darkness into His marvelous light." That Satan and the angels who fell with him had a period of probation and opportunity to repent, there can be no doubt. Their fate is the result of stubborn rebellion and persistence in sin in spite of the overtures of mercy and the offers of pardon. For this they were cast out of heaven. The wicked angels are kept in everlasting chains of darkness.
12. How is the conflict which took place in heaven between Christ and Satan described by the revelator?
"_____________________: ______________________________________; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great ____________________: he was cast ___________________________________." Rev. 12:7-9.
13. In what terms did Christ refer to Satan's fall?
"And He said unto them, ___________________________________." Luke 10:18.
14. Has Satan ever appeared before God since his fall?
"Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, __________________________________." Job 1:6. See also chapter 2:1.
15. When asked whence he came, what was Satan's reply?
"Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, ______________________________." Job 1:7. See Job 2:2.
NOTE.-By tempting man to sin, Satan usurped man's dominion over the earth. Rom. 6:16; 2 Peter 2:19. This he now claims as his kingdom (Luke 4:6); hence the temptation in offering the kingdoms of this world to Christ. As the "god" and ruler of this world, Satan, for four thousand years before the crucifixion of Christ, appeared before God among the representatives of other worlds, as the representative of this world. After accomplishing the death of Christ, the Son of God, the sinless One, Satan was cast out of this council, or assembly, and has not been permitted to enter it since. This was his second fall, and the one doubtless, to which Christ, just before His crucifixion, alluded when he said, "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out." John 12:31. His final fall and destruction are still future.
16. What has been the character of Satan since his fall?
"He that committeth sin is of the devil; for ___________________________." 1 John 3:8.
17. Was he ever in the truth?
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and ______________________, because there is no truth in him." John 8:44.
NOTE.-The expression "abode not in the truth" implies that Satan was once in the truth, but that he did not remain there.
18. What is the only "beginning" of which we have record?
"In the beginning God ___________________________." Gen. 1:1.
19. What besides a murderer did Christ say Satan is?
"When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for _____________________." John 8:44.
20. What did God tell Adam and Eve would be the result if they transgressed by partaking of the forbidden fruit?
"Thou shalt ________________________." Gen. 2:17.
21. What did Satan say to Eve concerning this?
"And the serpent said unto the woman, ____________ NOT _________." Gen. 3:4.
NOTE.-This, as far as the record shows, was the first lie,- a direct denial of the word of God. By persuading Eve to accept and believe it, Satan led our first parents to commit sin; and, as "the wages of sin is death," by it, also, he caused their death, and so became, in reality, the first murderer. A lie, therefore, is a twin brother to murder, and one of the most hateful things to God, the "God of truth." See Prov. 6:16-19. "The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment." Prov. 12:19. "All liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." Rev. 21:8. See also Rev. 21:27; 22:15.
22. What has been the result of sin's entrance into the world?
"By one man sin entered into the world, and ________________." Rom. 5:12. "By one man's disobedience ________________." Verse 19. "____________________." 1 John 5:19. "In Adam _____________." 1 Cor. 15:22.
23. When Christ came to redeem man, what did Satan do?
"And immediately the Spirit driveth Him into the wilderness. And He was there in the wilderness forty days, __________________." Mark 1:12,13. See also Matt. 4:1-11.
24. How severely was Christ tempted of Satan?
"For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was _______________________, yet without sin." Heb. 4:15.
25. What has the church suffered since the days of Christ?
"And when the dragon [Satan] saw that he was cast unto the earth, ______________________________[the church]." Rev. 12:13.
NOTE.-Many millions of the people of God have been put to death since the beginning of the Christian era, under pagan and papal persecutions, all of which have been instigated by Satan. See Buck's Theological Dictionary, any commentary or church history on the subject of persecution, and the readings in Chapters 51., 59., 60. and 108. of this book.
26. Is the remnant church to feel his wrath, and why?
"And the ___________________________________________ Christ." Verse 17.
27. How will Satan deceive men in the last days?
"And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth ______________________." Rev. 13:14.
NOTE.-This, we understand, refers to Spiritualistic manifestations and miracles to be wrought to fasten men in error and deception.
28. What will influence the nations to gather for the great battle of Armageddon?
"They are _________________________, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, _______________________________." Rev. 16:14.
29. Why will men be allowed thus to fall under the delusion of Satan?
"____________________________, that they might be saved. _________________ ________________: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 2 Thess. 2:10-12. See 1 Kings 22:20-23.
30. For how long is Satan to be bound at the second advent?
"And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and ________________________________." Rev. 20:1,2.
31. What is to take place at the close of the thousand years?
"And when the thousand years are expired, ___________________________, and shall ___________________________ which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, ___________________________: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea." Verses 7,8.
NOTE.-Satan's evil career began in rebellion against God in heaven, and ends in rebellion against Him on earth.
32. As Satan and his host compass the camp of the saints, what will take place?
"And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and ______________________________________." Verse 9.
33. What is to be Satan's final doom?
"_________________________________ in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and __________________________." Eze. 28:18,19.
NOTE.-A gladsome thought! Satan, sin, and sinners are finally to come to an end, and be no more. Then God will have a clean universe.
34. Why did Christ partake of our nature?
"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; ___________________________________." Heb. 2:14.
35. What exhortations are given to Christians in view of Satan's hatred against God and all that is good?
"_______________________; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom _____________________." 1 Peter 5:8,9. "____________________, and he will flee from you." James 4:7.
36. With what weapon did Christ successfully meet Satan's temptations?
The Word of God. "It is _______, . . . It is ________, . . . It is _________." Matt. 4:4-10.
NOTE.-The Word of God is the "sword of the Spirit." Eph. 6: 17. If Christ met and vanquished the enemy with this, so also may we. But no one can use it who is unfamiliar with it. How important, then, that we search, study, and know it! See first readings in this book, and reading on "Importance of Sound Doctrine."
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GRACIOUS Father, guard Thy children
From the foe's destructive power;
Save, O save them, Lord, from falling
In this dark and trying hour!
Thou wilt surely prove Thy people,
All our graces must be tried;
But Thy Word illumes our pathway,
And in God we still confide.
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Origin, History,
and Destiny Of Satan
1. HAVE any others than the human family sinned?
"God spared not ___________________, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved, unto judgment." 2 Peter 2:4.
2. What is the name of the one who led the angels to sin?
"Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for ___________ and his angels." Matt. 25:41.
3. By what other names is he known?
"And the great ______________was cast out, that old _______________, called the Devil, and ___________, which deceiveth the whole world." Rev. 12:9. See also Isa. 14:12, where he is called "Lucifer."
4. What was Satan's condition when created?
"______________ in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee." Eze. 28:15.
5. What description is given of him by the prophet Ezekiel?
"Thus saith the Lord God; _________________________________________. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, . . . the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire." Verses 12-14.
NOTE.-From this it is evident that Satan was a high and exalted angel before he fell, a masterpiece of wisdom and beauty. From the reference to his "tabrets" and "pipes" it seems probable that he was chorister of heaven, and led the angelic host in song. In the earthly sanctuary the cherubim overshadowed the mercy-seat. Ex. 25:16-22; Heb. 9:3-5; Ps. 99:1.
6. What unholy, ambitious spirit took possession of Satan, and led to his fall?
"For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, _____________________ above the stars of God: _______________________, in the sides of the north: ______________________________________." Isa. 14:13,14.
7. Did pride also contribute to his fall?
"______________________________, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy ______________." Eze. 28:17.
8. What does Solomon say precedes destruction and a fall?
"____________ goeth before destruction, and an __________________ before a fall." Prov. 16:18.
9. How does the prophet Isaiah describe Satan's fall?
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! _________________________________________!" Isa. 14:12.
10. Why was Satan cast from his high position?
"By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, ___________________________: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire." Eze. 28:16.
11. When cast out of the mountain of God, to what place were Satan and his angels banished, to be kept till the judgment?
"For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but _________________________, to be reserved unto judgment." 2 Peter 2:4.
NOTE.-This, we understand, is the darkness surrounding this world, and is symbolic of the darkness of utter hopelessness and despair in rebellion and sin. When Satan led man to sin, darkness was brought upon this world. But God did not leave man to hopelessness. In His mercy and great love He caused "the light of the glorious gospel of Christ" to shine, to call men "out of darkness into His marvelous light." That Satan and the angels who fell with him had a period of probation and opportunity to repent, there can be no doubt. Their fate is the result of stubborn rebellion and persistence in sin in spite of the overtures of mercy and the offers of pardon. For this they were cast out of heaven. The wicked angels are kept in everlasting chains of darkness.
12. How is the conflict which took place in heaven between Christ and Satan described by the revelator?
"_____________________: ______________________________________; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great ____________________: he was cast ___________________________________." Rev. 12:7-9.
13. In what terms did Christ refer to Satan's fall?
"And He said unto them, ___________________________________." Luke 10:18.
14. Has Satan ever appeared before God since his fall?
"Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, __________________________________." Job 1:6. See also chapter 2:1.
15. When asked whence he came, what was Satan's reply?
"Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, ______________________________." Job 1:7. See Job 2:2.
NOTE.-By tempting man to sin, Satan usurped man's dominion over the earth. Rom. 6:16; 2 Peter 2:19. This he now claims as his kingdom (Luke 4:6); hence the temptation in offering the kingdoms of this world to Christ. As the "god" and ruler of this world, Satan, for four thousand years before the crucifixion of Christ, appeared before God among the representatives of other worlds, as the representative of this world. After accomplishing the death of Christ, the Son of God, the sinless One, Satan was cast out of this council, or assembly, and has not been permitted to enter it since. This was his second fall, and the one doubtless, to which Christ, just before His crucifixion, alluded when he said, "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out." John 12:31. His final fall and destruction are still future.
16. What has been the character of Satan since his fall?
"He that committeth sin is of the devil; for ___________________________." 1 John 3:8.
17. Was he ever in the truth?
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and ______________________, because there is no truth in him." John 8:44.
NOTE.-The expression "abode not in the truth" implies that Satan was once in the truth, but that he did not remain there.
18. What is the only "beginning" of which we have record?
"In the beginning God ___________________________." Gen. 1:1.
19. What besides a murderer did Christ say Satan is?
"When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for _____________________." John 8:44.
20. What did God tell Adam and Eve would be the result if they transgressed by partaking of the forbidden fruit?
"Thou shalt ________________________." Gen. 2:17.
21. What did Satan say to Eve concerning this?
"And the serpent said unto the woman, ____________ NOT _________." Gen. 3:4.
NOTE.-This, as far as the record shows, was the first lie,- a direct denial of the word of God. By persuading Eve to accept and believe it, Satan led our first parents to commit sin; and, as "the wages of sin is death," by it, also, he caused their death, and so became, in reality, the first murderer. A lie, therefore, is a twin brother to murder, and one of the most hateful things to God, the "God of truth." See Prov. 6:16-19. "The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment." Prov. 12:19. "All liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." Rev. 21:8. See also Rev. 21:27; 22:15.
22. What has been the result of sin's entrance into the world?
"By one man sin entered into the world, and ________________." Rom. 5:12. "By one man's disobedience ________________." Verse 19. "____________________." 1 John 5:19. "In Adam _____________." 1 Cor. 15:22.
23. When Christ came to redeem man, what did Satan do?
"And immediately the Spirit driveth Him into the wilderness. And He was there in the wilderness forty days, __________________." Mark 1:12,13. See also Matt. 4:1-11.
24. How severely was Christ tempted of Satan?
"For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was _______________________, yet without sin." Heb. 4:15.
25. What has the church suffered since the days of Christ?
"And when the dragon [Satan] saw that he was cast unto the earth, ______________________________[the church]." Rev. 12:13.
NOTE.-Many millions of the people of God have been put to death since the beginning of the Christian era, under pagan and papal persecutions, all of which have been instigated by Satan. See Buck's Theological Dictionary, any commentary or church history on the subject of persecution, and the readings in Chapters 51., 59., 60. and 108. of this book.
26. Is the remnant church to feel his wrath, and why?
"And the ___________________________________________ Christ." Verse 17.
27. How will Satan deceive men in the last days?
"And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth ______________________." Rev. 13:14.
NOTE.-This, we understand, refers to Spiritualistic manifestations and miracles to be wrought to fasten men in error and deception.
28. What will influence the nations to gather for the great battle of Armageddon?
"They are _________________________, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, _______________________________." Rev. 16:14.
29. Why will men be allowed thus to fall under the delusion of Satan?
"____________________________, that they might be saved. _________________ ________________: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 2 Thess. 2:10-12. See 1 Kings 22:20-23.
30. For how long is Satan to be bound at the second advent?
"And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and ________________________________." Rev. 20:1,2.
31. What is to take place at the close of the thousand years?
"And when the thousand years are expired, ___________________________, and shall ___________________________ which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, ___________________________: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea." Verses 7,8.
NOTE.-Satan's evil career began in rebellion against God in heaven, and ends in rebellion against Him on earth.
32. As Satan and his host compass the camp of the saints, what will take place?
"And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and ______________________________________." Verse 9.
33. What is to be Satan's final doom?
"_________________________________ in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and __________________________." Eze. 28:18,19.
NOTE.-A gladsome thought! Satan, sin, and sinners are finally to come to an end, and be no more. Then God will have a clean universe.
34. Why did Christ partake of our nature?
"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; ___________________________________." Heb. 2:14.
35. What exhortations are given to Christians in view of Satan's hatred against God and all that is good?
"_______________________; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom _____________________." 1 Peter 5:8,9. "____________________, and he will flee from you." James 4:7.
36. With what weapon did Christ successfully meet Satan's temptations?
The Word of God. "It is _______, . . . It is ________, . . . It is _________." Matt. 4:4-10.
NOTE.-The Word of God is the "sword of the Spirit." Eph. 6: 17. If Christ met and vanquished the enemy with this, so also may we. But no one can use it who is unfamiliar with it. How important, then, that we search, study, and know it! See first readings in this book, and reading on "Importance of Sound Doctrine."
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GRACIOUS Father, guard Thy children
From the foe's destructive power;
Save, O save them, Lord, from falling
In this dark and trying hour!
Thou wilt surely prove Thy people,
All our graces must be tried;
But Thy Word illumes our pathway,
And in God we still confide.
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