Counsels on Stewardship -- Study Guide

Chapter 4 — The Conflicting Principles of Christ and Satan

Conflicting principles determined the divergent life styles of Christ and Satan. Which principles dominate your daily “use of life” and determine your lifestyle? Please read CS 24-26 or CSA 20-22.

  CS-SG 9.3

23. Fill in the blanks. CS 24:2, 3 or CSA 20:2, 3 CS-SG 9.4

A. “Selfishness is the _______________________ of _______________________.” CS-SG 9.5

B. “_______________________, _______________________, and _______________________ are filled with a desire to make _______________________ a _______________________.” CS-SG 9.6

C. “Selfishness _______________________ Christlikeness, filling man with _______________________.” CS-SG 9.7

D. “But _______________________ is blind to the _______________________ which God _______________________.” CS-SG 9.8

24. What is generally— CS 25:2 or CSA 20:4
A. The strongest human impulse?_______________________
B. The weakest impulses?_______________________ CS-SG 9.9

25. Circle True or False. CS 25:3, 4 or CSA 21:1, 2
A. It is both wise and safe to give or withhold money or service based on our emotions, sympathies, and interests. True False
B. Fixed principles should be the basis for self-denial and self-sacrifice. True False
C. The keynote of Christ’s teachings is self-sacrifice. True False CS-SG 9.10

26. “The _______________________ of _______________________ always reveal themselves in a _______________________ of duty, and a _______________________ to use God’s _______________________ for the _______________________ of His _______________________.” CS 26:2 or CSA 21:3 CS-SG 9.11

27. Circle True or False. CS 26:3 or CSA 21:4
A. Christ asks us “to give our lives as a sacrifice for others.” True False
B. Selfishness can be overcome only by manifesting love to God and to our fellow men. True False CS-SG 9.12