Counsels for the Church -- Study Guide
Lesson 3
Reading Assignment, pages 72-106
9. The Publications of the Church
1. For what specific purpose has God established the publishing work? (CCh 72.1)
CCh-SG 13.1
2. What importance does God place upon the canvassing work? (CCh 72.1)
CCh-SG 13.2
3. What is the divine plan for the minister and the canvasser?(CCh 73.1)
CCh-SG 13.3
4. How will canvassing work benefit students? (CCh 73.1)
CCh-SG 13.4
10. Belief in a Personal God
1. How do we know that God is a personal being? (CCh 74.1)
CCh-SG 13.5
2. What does the incarnate Son teach about God? (CCh 75.1)
CCh-SG 13.6
3. What did the Holy Spirit enable the disciples to do? (CCh 76.1)
CCh-SG 13.7
Fill in the missing words: CCh-SG 13.8
4. “The __________ that __________between __________and His __________does not __________the __________of either. They are one in __________, in __________, in __________, but not in __________. It is thus that ___________ and __________ are one.” (CCh 76, 77.1) CCh-SG 13.9
11. Christians to Represent God
1. What is the ideal of Christian character? (CCh 78.1)
CCh-SG 13.10
2. With what unit of time are Christians to be concerned? (CCh 79.1)
CCh-SG 13.11
3. What are the results of keeping the mind and thoughts fixed on God? (CCh 79, 80.1)
CCh-SG 14.1
4. Name the sin that causes the most spiritual disorders. (CCh 80.1)
CCh-SG 14.2
5. Describe t he unpardonable sin. (CCh 81.1)
CCh-SG 14.3
12. In the World But Not of the World
Fill in the blanks: CCh-SG 14.4
1. “In every business _________ be rigidly _________.” (CCh 83.1) CCh-SG 14.5
2. Describe an honest person. (CCh 83-85.1)
CCh-SG 14.6
13. The Bible
What are the evidences that Ellen White believed the Bible to be the Word of God? (CCh 86-90.1)
CCh-SG 14.7
14. The “Testimonies for the Church”
1. What was God’s purpose in having Ellen White’s testimonies put into published form? (CCh 91.1)
CCh-SG 14.8
2. What relationship exists between the Bible and the Testimonies for the Church? (CCh 92, 93.1)
CCh-SG 14.9
3. What does Ellen White mean when she says that the Testimonies are to be judged by their fruits? (CCh 93.1)
CCh-SG 14.10
4. Give the true reason why the Testimonies are rejected by some. (CCh 93.1)
CCh-SG 14.11
5. By what means does Satan work to weaken faith in the Testimonies? (CCh 93.1)
CCh-SG 15.1
6. What happens when a person loses faith in the Testimonies? (CCh 93, 94.1)
CCh-SG 15.2
7. How have the Testimonies been misused? (CCh 94, 95.1)
CCh-SG 15.3
8. Outline the right and the wrong attitude toward reproof. (CCh 96, 97.1)
CCh-SG 15.4
15. The Holy Spirit
1. Why are God’s people to plead for the Holy Spirit? (CCh 98.1)
CCh-SG 15.5
2. At what point did the disciples receive the power of the Holy Spirit? At what point will we receive this power? (CCh 98-100.1)
CCh-SG 15.6
16. Keep Clear God’s Connection With Man
1. Through what medium does God communicate with man? (CCh 101.1)
CCh-SG 15.7
2. What happens if this means of communication is disturbed? (CCh 101.1)
CCh-SG 15.8
3. How does Ellen White look upon moderate drinking? (CCh 102.1)
CCh-SG 15.9
Supply the missing words: CCh-SG 15.10
4. “Tobacco is a ____________, ____________, but most ____________ poison. In whatever ____________ it is used, it tells upon the ____________; it is all the more ___________because its effects are __________, and at first ____________ perceptible.” (CCh 103.1) CCh-SG 15.11
5. “Tea ___________ as a ___________, and to a ___________extent, produces ___________. The action of ___________ and many other ___________drinks is __________.” (CCh 104.1) CCh-SG 16.1
6. “The only ____________course is to _____________ not, ____________ not, _____________ not, _____________. _____________, ____________, ______________, ______________, and ______________ drinks.” (CCh 105.1) CCh-SG 16.2