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BEREAN QUESTIONS IN SCRIPTURE STUDIES

Series VI., Study XVI.

THE PRESENT INHERITANCE OF THE NEW CREATION

OCTOBER 5

Read p. 659 to p. 661 par. 1.

(1) What are the first-fruits of the Spirit—a foretaste of future blessings—which are possessed by the New Creation in the present life? P. 659, first 18 lines.

(2) What is the nature of earthly hopes and joys? P. 659, 18th line to end of par.

(3) How do the joys, hopes, ambitions of the New Creation differ from those of the natural man? P. 660, par. 1, 2.

TRUE VERSUS FALSE HOPES

(4) When and for what purpose does Satan transform himself into an “angel of light”? P. 660, par. 3.

(5) What false hope respecting the dead has been introduced by the Adversary? P. 661, par. 1.

OCTOBER 12

Read p. 661, par. 2, to p. 663, par. 2.

(6) How has Satan deceived the Church by a false hope respecting the time for the rewarding of the Lord’s faithful followers? P. 661, par. 2.

(7) How have these false hopes been especially injurious to the Lord’s people? P. 662, par. 1.

(8) In view of the foregoing, what is the reason for our present hope of an instantaneous change for the faithful members of the New Creation? P. 662, par. 2.

(9) What is our hope as respects the faithful of the entire Gospel Age prior to 1878, and of those who have died and are dying since that date? P. 663, par. 1.

(10) How have the hopes of the New Creation become the dread of the “Christian World”? P. 663, par. 2.

OCTOBER 19

Read p. 664, par. 1, to p. 668, par. 1.

(11) Why do nominal Christians dread the resurrection of the dead? P. 664, par. 1.

(12) Note the joyful hopes of the Second Advent of Christ, and the Resurrection, as set forth in Scripture. Pp. 664 to 666.

THE THIEF IN PARADISE

(13) What is the proper interpretation of the incident of “the Thief on the Cross”? Luke 23:42,43. P. 667, par. 1.

(14) In order to properly understand this Scripture, how must we consider the circumstances, surroundings and connections? P. 667, par. 2, 3, 4.

(15) Did the thief request the Lord to take him to Heaven? And how does changing the position of the comma clarify the whole subject? P. 668, par. 1.

OCTOBER 26

Read p. 668, par. 2, to p. 671, par. 1.

(16) What further explanation might the Lord have given the repentant thief? P. 668, par. 2, 3.

(17) What is the Scriptural significance of the word Paradise? P. 669, par. 1.

(18) Explain why we have a perfect right to change the position of the comma, and cite other instances in which the word “today” is similarly used. P. 669, par. 2, to P. 670.

ST. PAUL’S EARNEST DESIRE

(19) How does the Emphatic Diaglott render Phil. 1:21-24, and how does this translation differ from the Common Version? P. 670, par. 1, 2.

(20) How is the word Analusai, “return,” used in Greek literature, and in the only other instance in the New Testament, namely, Luke 12:36? P. 671, par. 1.

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