Christian Service -- Study Guide

Lesson 8 - Incentives And Variety Of Service

READING ASSIGNMENT:
Christian Service, pp. 211-222. ChS-SG 26.1

STUDY TEXT:
“I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” Romans 1:14-16. ChS-SG 26.2

1. List several ways in which the missionary meetings of the church can be made more interesting. (Pp. 211, 212.)
a._____________________________________________________________________
b._____________________________________________________________________
c.______________________________________________________________________ ChS-SG 26.3

2. “Far more than we do, we need to speak ______________________.” (P. 212, par. 3.) ChS-SG 26.4

3. Prayer is a Christian’s duty; but what is just as much a duty as prayer? (P. 213, par. 2.)
________________________________________________________________________________ ChS-SG 26.5

4. The “exercises” of thanks and praise to God for His goodness contain a reward for the Christian:
a. They “drive ____________________;”
b. “They expel the _______________________________.”
c. “They cultivate those ______________________.” (P. 213, par. 2.) ChS-SG 26.6

5. What reason do some give for neglecting prayer and attendance at church meetings? (P. 214, par. 1.)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Actually, what losses do they incur because of this reasoning?
_______________________________________________________________________________ ChS-SG 26.7

6. List the various miscellaneous lines of missionary work in which we can take part. (Pp. 215-222.)
a. _______________ _______________
b. _______________ _______________
c. _______________ _______________
d. _______________ _______________
e. _______________ _______________ ChS-SG 26.8

7. What special care does God give to the blind? (P. 215, par. 1.)
________________________________________________________________________________ ChS-SG 26.9

8. What should be the Christian attitude toward orphans (Pp. 215, 216.)
_______________________________________________________________________ ChS-SG 26.10

9. True or false: (Pp. 216, 217.)
_____ a. Those who refuse to take care of orphans do so because it will cost too much money to clothe and feed extra members of the family.
_____ b. Heaven is for those who have worked for Christ.
_____ c. The King threatened terrible punishment for those on His left hand because of awful crimes they had committed.
_____ d. We should work for the orphans of the church merely from the standpoint of duty.
_____
_____ e. God will not hearken to the prayer of His people while the orphan, the fatherless, the lame, the blind, and the sick are neglected. ChS-SG 27.1

10. When Christians obey the Word of God, what will happen to the wall of separation that has been built up between the whites and the blacks? (P. 217, par. 3.)
___________________________________ ChS-SG 27.2

11. Of what two privileges were the black people robbed by slavery? (Pp. 217, 218.)
a. _____________________ b. ____________________ ChS-SG 27.3

12. Why is the white race under obligation to labor for the black people? (P. 218, par. 4)
_______________________________________________________________________________ ChS-SG 27.4

13. In what ways can Seventh-day Adventist laymen help the temperance work? (Pp. 218, 219.)
_______________________________________________________________________________ ChS-SG 27.5

14. Why is follow-up work so important after a series of public meetings? (P. 219, par. 5.)
_______________________________________________________________________________ ChS-SG 27.6

15. Money cannot be taken into heaven with us. But in what way can money be used to place a “treasure” in the heavenly courts? (Pp. 220, 221.)
_______________________________________________________________________________ ChS-SG 27.7

16. Who keeps the record books of heaven? What is recorded in these books? (P. 222.)
_______________________________________________________________________________ ChS-SG 27.8