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BEREAN QUESTIONS IN SCRIPTURE STUDIES

Series VI., Study VI., Order and Discipline in the New Creation

NOVEMBER 5

(38) In case the trouble does not cease after a personal appeal, and further proceedings become necessary, what course of action should be strictly followed by all concerned? P. 292, par. 1.

(39) What is the object of withdrawing fellowship from those who “walk disorderly”? P. 292, par. 2.

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ELDERS

(40) What two principles are recognized by the Apostle in 1 Tim. 5:19, R.V.? P. 293, par. 1.

(41) What should faithful Elders as well as other members of the New Creation expect, if they follow closely in the Master’s steps?

(42) Should hearsay evidence be considered at all? If not, what kind of evidence should be required? and what course of action followed? P. 293, par. 2; P. 294, par. 1,2.

NOVEMBER 12

MISTAKEN CALLS TO PREACH

(43) What is the popular impression respecting a call to preach? P. 294, par. 3.

(44) How are all the members of the New Creation called to preach? Give Scriptural proof. P. 295, par. 1.

(45) With respect to teachers, what should the Church expect of the Lord, and how should self-seeking and ambitious brethren be regarded? P. 295, par. 2; P. 296, par. 1,2.

(46) Distinguish between a proper and an improper ambition among the members of the New Creation. P. 296, par. 3; P. 297.

(47) Is 1 Thess. 5:14,15 applicable only to the Elders, or to the entire Church? P. 298, par. 1.

NOVEMBER 19

“WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY.”

(48) How should we chiefly consider our own defects, rather than each other’s? P. 298, par. 2.

(49) What method of reasoning should be used with the unruly? P. 298, par. 3.

(50) While sympathetically regarding disorderliness as perhaps inherited, should it be permitted to injure the Church or hinder the service of the Truth? P. 299, par. 1.

ADMONISHING NOT A GENERAL ORDER

(51) Why is admonishing the special duty of the Elders? P. 300, par. 1.

(52) What is the application of 1 Thess. 5:12,13, in this connection? P. 300, par. 2.

NOVEMBER 26

(53) What conditions would necessitate a public rebuke? and how and by whom should it be administered? P. 301.

(54) To what extent may the Church as a whole admonish the disorderly, or exclude them from the assembly? P. 302, par. 1, first half.

(55) What is the “sin unto death,” how does it manifest itself, and what are the Apostle’s injunctions to us respecting those who commit this sin? P. 302, par. 1, last half.

(56) How apply our Lord’s words, “Let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican,” to those who “walk disorderly”? P. 303.

“COMFORT THE FEEBLE-MINDED”

(57) How shall the Elders and the Church in general follow this exhortation? P. 304, par. 1,2.

(58) How does the Lord regard the feeble-minded or faint-hearted ones, and what lesson does this teach us? P. 305, par. 1.

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— October 15, 1911 —