Counsels on Stewardship -- Study Guide

Chapter 3 — Why God Employs Men as His Almoners

Why does God want you to become a giver? What happens within you if you don’t? Please read CS 20-23 or CSA 17-19.

  CS-SG 8.1

16. How is “the spirit of beneficence in the giver’s heart” strengthened? CS 20:2 or CSA 17:2

  CS-SG 8.2

17. Fill in the blanks. CS-SG 8.3

A. “_______________________ the good gifts of God to man will prove only a _______________________, unless he employs them to _______________________ his fellow men, and for the _______________________ of _______________________ in the earth.” CS 20:2 or CSA 17:2 CS-SG 8.4

B. “It is this increasing _______________________ to _______________________, the selfishness which the desire for _______________________ begets, that deadens the _______________________ of the church, and removes the _______________________ of God from her.” CS 20:3 or CSA 17:3 18. With whom is our great conflict? CS 21:4 or CSA 18:3 CS-SG 8.5

19. Circle True or False. CS 22:2 or CSA 18:4
A. God places us on trial in this world. True False
B. Selfishness and character development are unrelated. True False
C. The use of temporal possessions has nothing to do with eternal life or riches. True False CS-SG 8.6

20. List six specific gifts from God, for the use of which we must render an account to Him. CS 22:3 or CSA 18:5 CS-SG 8.7

A. _________________ B. ________________ C. ___________________ CS-SG 8.8

D. _________________ E. ________________ F. ___________________ CS-SG 8.9

21. How can wealth become a golden bond of gratitude and affection between us and our fellow men and a strong tie to bind our affections to our Redeemer? CS 22:4 or CSA 19:2

  CS-SG 9.1

22. Suffering and calamity can awaken within us which three attributes of God’s character? CS 23:2 or CSA 19:3
A. ________________ B. _________________ C. __________________ CS-SG 9.2