Counsels for the Church -- Study Guide
Lesson 8
Reading Assignment, pages 254-291
46. Treatment of the Erring
1. Upon whom “especially” did Christ bestow His most earnest labors? (CCh 254.1)
CCh-SG 35.1
2. In what cases do the instructions of Galatians 6:1 and Romans 15:1 apply? (CCh 254.1)
CCh-SG 35.2
Fill in the blanks: CCh-SG 35.3
3. “________ measures, _______ answers, and _______ words are much better fitted to _________ and _________, than ________ and ________.” (CCh 254.1) CCh-SG 35.4
4. What chapter in the New Testament provides specific counsel for dealing with erring church members? (CCh 255, 256.1)
CCh-SG 35.5
5. Under what circumstances only are the names of people to be removed from the church books? (CCh 257.1)
CCh-SG 35.6
6. What should be the church’s attitude toward those who have been disciplined? (CCh 257, 258.1)
CCh-SG 35.7
7. Which sins are especially offensive to God? (CCh 259, 260.1)
CCh-SG 35.8
47. The Observance of God’s Holy Sabbath CCh-SG 35.9
1. List the various things of which the Sabbath is a sign. (CCh 261, 262.1)
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CCh-SG 35.10
Fill in the blanks: CCh-SG 36.1
2. “To those who __________ His holy __________ the Sabbath is a _______ that God __________ them as His __________ people.” (CCh 262.1) CCh-SG 36.2
3. When is preparation to be made for the Sabbath? (CCh 263.1)
CCh-SG 36.3
4. List three practical things that ought to be done before sunset on Friday. (CCh 263.1)
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CCh-SG 36.4
5. What is meant by the expression, “guard the edges of the Sabbath”? (CCh 263.1)
CCh-SG 36.5
6. How should sundown worship be conducted? (CCh 263, 264.1)
CCh-SG 36.6
7. What lessons may be drawn from nature during a Sabbath afternoon walk? (CCh 264, 265.1)
CCh-SG 36.7
8. What is the object of the Sabbath school? (CCh 266.1)
CCh-SG 36.8
9. How particular is God about Sabbath keeping? (CCh 269.1)
CCh-SG 36.9
48. Counsels on Stewardship
1. What single word reveals the spirit of heaven? What reveals the spirit of worldlings? (CCh 272.1)
CCh-SG 36.10
2. What is the giving of offerings calculated to do for the giver? (CCh 272.1)
CCh-SG 37.1
3. What would be the condition within the church if all were faithful in tithing? (CCh 274.1)
CCh-SG 37.2
4. What rule does Paul lay down for giving to God’s cause? What results follow? (CCh 277, 278.1)
CCh-SG 37.3
5. What is the responsibility of each child of God while he is alive? (CCh 278.1)
CCh-SG 37.4
6. To what extent is a pledge made to God binding upon the one who made the pledge? (CCh 280.1)
CCh-SG 37.5
49. The Christian Attitude Toward Want and Suffering
1. Who is it that truly loves God and his fellow men? (CCh 283.1)
CCh-SG 37.6
2. What should be written upon the conscience “as with a pen of iron upon a rock”? (CCh 283.1)
CCh-SG 37.7
3. What four things does God call for? (CCh 284.1)
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CCh-SG 37.8
4. Describe the two classes of poor within the church. (CCh 284.1)
CCh-SG 37.9
5. What two questions should we consider when we give to the poor? (CCh 285.1)
CCh-SG 38.1
6. What does Ellen White mean when she says that widows and the fatherless “are lent to Christians in trust for God”? (CCh 286.1)
CCh-SG 38.2
50. Christians in All the World Become One in Christ
1. What spiritual lesson may be drawn from the Jewish temple? (CCh 287, 288.1)
CCh-SG 38.3
2. Why does God want His people of different nationalities to mingle together? (CCh 288.1)
CCh-SG 38.4
Fill in the blanks: CCh-SG 38.5
3. “Christ recognized no distinction of _________ or _________ or ________. . . . But Christ came to break _________ every _________ of partition. He came to show that His gift of _______ and _______ is as _______ as the _____, the _____, or the showers of _______ that ________ the earth.” (CCh 288.1) CCh-SG 38.6
4. Where is the “secret of unity” found? (CCh 289-291.1)
CCh-SG 38.7
Thought Question: Did Brother Howland go too far when he visited the fisherman and knelt before him? Do our own hard hearts need to be broken?
CCh-SG 38.8