The Story of Redemption -- Study Guide

B. Study Questions

1. What caused the church to degenerate again into formalism after the Protestant Reformation? (p. 354)

SR-SG 74.2

2. After the Reformation, Christians allied themselves, not with pagans, but with what class? (pp. 354, 355)

SR-SG 74.3

3. When Satan could no longer keep the Bible from people he “led thousands to accept false ______________________ and unsound ________________, without searching the Scriptures to learn the ________________ for themselves.” (p. 355) SR-SG 74.4

4. At what point in history was the first angel’s message given? (p. 356)

SR-SG 74.5

5. What class of people did most of the “preaching” in the early advent movement? (p. 358)

SR-SG 74.6

6. Though ascension robes were not made, what inward preparation was made by waiting Advent believers in 1844? (p. 362)

SR-SG 74.7

7. How did the Adventists who prepared in fear for Christ’s return react to the Disappointment? (p. 363)

SR-SG 75.1

8. What had been the purpose of the first angel’s message? (p. 364)

SR-SG 75.2

9. In what way is the second angel’s message connected with the first message? (pp. 364, 365)

SR-SG 75.3

10. “The ________________ which He sends becomes _______________ to those who _______________ it.” (p. 364) SR-SG 75.4

11. At what point in history was the second angel’s message given, and with what results? (p. 365)

SR-SG 75.5

12. What problem arose among the Adventists that brought reproach upon the body of believers? (p. 368)

SR-SG 75.6

13. The preaching of the midnight cry was free from ______________________. (p. 370) SR-SG 76.1

14. What helped some to stand firm after the Disappointment? (p. 373)

SR-SG 76.2

15. When had there been a greater disappointment in history? (pp. 372, 373)

SR-SG 76.3

16. After the Disappointment their only safe course was to--
a.
b.
c. (p. 374) SR-SG 76.4

17. Quote the scripture that was the foundation of the Advent faith. (p. 375)

SR-SG 76.5

18. When Christ did not come in 1844, how did most of the Adventists explain the error? (p. 375)

SR-SG 76.6

19. As the rest of the Adventists could see no error in their explanation of the prophetic periods, they examined more closely the subject of the ______________________________. (p. 376) SR-SG 77.1