Counsels for the Church -- Study Guide
Lesson 9
Reading Assignment, pages 292-321
51. The Prayer Meeting
1. What can be done to make the prayer meeting more interesting? (CCh 292.1)
CCh-SG 39.1
2. What is often behind long, tedious prayers offered in public? (CCh 293.1)
CCh-SG 39.2
3. What should we take to God in prayer? (CCh 294.1)
CCh-SG 39.3
52. Baptism
1. Name two “monumental pillars” upon which God’s name is inscribed. (CCh 295.1)
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2.
CCh-SG 39.4
2. Of what is baptism a sign? (CCh 295.1)
CCh-SG 39.5
3. What two things do those who are baptized “ declare publicly”? (CCh 295.1)
1.
2.
CCh-SG 39.6
4. Besides the doctrines of the church, what else is to be made plain to those who are preparing for baptism? (CCh 295, 296.1)
CCh-SG 39.7
5. What is the responsibility of parents in preparing their children for baptism? (CCh 296, 297.1)
CCh-SG 39.8
Thought Question: What is the proper age when young children may be baptized?
CCh-SG 40.1
53. The Lord’s Supper
1. How are the purposes of the Passover service and the Lord’s Supper similar? (CCh 298.1)
CCh-SG 40.2
2. What lesson can we learn from Jesus as He washed the feet of His disciples? (CCh 299, 300.1)
CCh-SG 40.3
3. Describe the spiritual condition of the disciples as they gathered for the Passover. (CCh 300, 301.1)
CCh-SG 40.4
4. What is embraced in the preparatory service? (CCh 301.1)
CCh-SG 40.5
5. What is accomplished within the soul of the worshiper by the communion service? (CCh 302.1)
CCh-SG 40.6
6. What was the communion service designed to do? (CCh 302.1)
CCh-SG 40.7
54. Prayer for the Sick
1. What are we to expect today in regard to the healing of the sick? (CCh 303.1)
CCh-SG 40.8
2. What is the condition upon which God will heal? (CCh 303, 304.1)
CCh-SG 40.9
3. What is to be the attitude of those who pray for the sick? (CCh 305.1)
CCh-SG 40.10
4. In what ways can the sick cooperate with God while praying for divine healing? (CCh 306, 307.1)
CCh-SG 40.11
55. The Medical Work
1. What is medical missionary work, and how is it conducted? (CCh 308.1)
CCh-SG 41.1
2. Where is the Christian to begin in elevating the moral standards of those to whom the gospel is preached? (CCh 309.1)
CCh-SG 41.2
3. How has the medical missionary work been described in relation to the gospel ministry? (CCh 309.1)
CCh-SG 41.3
4. What broad type of ministry has promise of great success? (CCh 310.1)
CCh-SG 41.4
5. What twofold work may be done by missionary nurses? With what results? (CCh 311.1)
CCh-SG 41.5
56. Relations With Those Not of Our Persuasion
1. How are God’s people to relate to those who do not believe as we do? (CCh 312.1)
CCh-SG 41.6
2. When will the society of unbelievers do God’s children no harm? (CCh 312.1)
CCh-SG 41.7
3. What is God’s desire for non-Adventist ministers? (CCh 313.1)
CCh-SG 41.8
57. Our Relation to Civil Rulers and Laws CCh-SG 41.9
1. What will the child of God do when confronted with human laws that conflict with God’s law? (CCh 314, 316, 317.1)
CCh-SG 41.10
2. Why did Jesus not attempt civil reforms, nor attack national abuses? (CCh 314, 315.1)
CCh-SG 41.11
3. Is it right for a Christian to testify under judicial oath? (CCh 315, 316.1)
CCh-SG 42.1
4. Should Seventh-day Adventists participate in political strife? Why, or why not? (CCh 316.1)
CCh-SG 42.2
5. What should God’s people do when Sunday laws are enforced? (CCh 317, 318.1)
CCh-SG 42.3
58. Satan’s Deceptive Work
1. What is the responsibility of each person in his conflict against the forces of evil? (CCh 319.1)
CCh-SG 42.4
2. What spiritual lesson can be learned from the experience of King Ahaziah? (CCh 320.1)
CCh-SG 42.5
Fill in the blanks: CCh-SG 42.6
3. “At the sound of fervent ________, Satan’s whole ________ trembles.” (CCh 319.1)
CCh-SG 42.7
4. “All who do not earnestly search the _______ and ______ every ______ and ______ of life to that unerring test, all who do not seek God in _________ for a knowledge of His _______, will surely _______ from the ________ path and ________ under the ________ of _______.” (CCh 320.1) CCh-SG 42.8
5. What are the differences between Satan’s approach to Christ in the wilderness and the way he approaches us with temptations now? (CCh 321.1)
CCh-SG 42.9
Thought Question: Where is the chief interest of your life? Who or what is it that commands your attention and affection?.
CCh-SG 42.10