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Can This World Depend On God's Word When Everything Has Failed?
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1. Can This World Depend On God's Word When Everything Has Failed?
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In the annals of human history, the growth of nations, the rise and fall of empires, appear as if
dependent on the will and prowess of man; the shaping of events seems, to a great degree, to be
determined by his power, ambition, or caprice. But in the word of God the curtain is drawn aside, and
we behold, above, behind, and through all the play and counterplay of human interest and power and
passions, the agencies of the All-merciful One, silently, patiently working out the counsels of His
own will. Ellen White, Prophets and Kings, page 499.
Is the Bible perfect? The messages of the Bible are perfect. The translations of the Bible are not
perfect but that does not make the Bible in error.
The Bible contains many apparent mistakes and inconsistencies. However, the Bible reveals just the
Savior every human heart needs. How can an uninspired book contain all the principles so perfectly
adapted to the wants and desire of a fallen world?
The following are seven reasons why we believe the Bible is true and is the only source of truth:
1. Evidence of Internal Consistency. The Bible consists of different 66 books written by 37 different
authors over a period of about 1,500 years on three different continents. Probably the most
controversial and volatile subject in all human history is Is there a God? Lets choose another
subject not nearly as controversial, for example, food. Now select 37 different authors from the US to
compile their thoughts and ideas about food. Do you think if we compiled all their writings together
we would be in harmony? One author may say the best food is raw meat, the other green leafy
vegetables, the other fruits. If there isnt harmony between 37 contemporary authors who all come
2. from the same background to agree on something as simple as food doesnt it strike you as
incredible that 37 different authors over a period spanning of 1,500 years on 3 continents from a
myriad of cultures from various different social-economic backgrounds could write on the most
controversial subject in history and they could be in harmony.
3. Evidence of History. All true and genuine history confirms and corroborates the Bible record.
4. Testimony of Archeology. US News stated that there has never been a single evidence of archeology
in history that has contradicted what the Bible said.
5. Testimony of Science. All true science agrees with the Bible. In fact many of the great scientists of
history have been Bible believing Christians (Newton, Einstein, Kepler, Copernicus, Galileo, Sir Francis
Bacon, Gregor Mendel, William Thomson Kelvin, to name a few). There is no contradiction between
true science and the Bible.
6. Testimony of Relevancy. The Bible began 1500 BC. When people pick up this book in search of the
truth they find what they are looking for. All their needs are met. The Bible was relevant in the time
of Moses, it was relevant in the time of Jesus and it is just as relevant to today. It is incredible that a
book could speak so eloquently to a modern generation.
7. The Testimony of a Changed Life. Any Christian that you meet that has surrendered their life to
Jesus will tell you that their life has changed when they began to read the Bible. The drunkard man
will become sober man, the thief becomes an honest man. The Bible has the power to change the life
and heart of man.
8. The testimony of prophecy. Prophecy is the prediction of future events; a forecast. To forecast the
future reliably you would have to know what will happen before it happens. One-third of the Bible
contains specific prophecies that have been fulfilled. Who ever inspired this book knew not only the
past and the present but knew the future as well.
Inspiration of the Scriptures

1. By what name or title did Jesus and the holy men of God refer to the sacred writings of the
Old Testament, the Bible of their day?
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the
same is become the head of the corner? Matthew 21:42. Wherefore also it is contained in the
scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him
shall not be confounded. 1 Peter 2:6. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of
truth Daniel 10:21. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:4. And he answered and said unto them, My mother and
my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. Luke 8:21. And it came to pass the
same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying 1 Chronicles 17:3. Every word of God is
pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Proverbs 30:5.
Answer: They all refer to it as scriptures or word of God.
In fact, there are 32 verses in KJV that refer to the sacred writings as the "Scriptures" and 47 verses
as the word of God. It is also interesting to note that the word Bible does not occur in the Bible
itself. It is derived from the Latin biblia, which came from the Greek biblos, meaning "book."
2. How were the Scriptures given?
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God." 2 Timothy 3:16.
Answer: By Divine prompting or guidance.
Holy Scripture comes to us in four steps from God the Father Himself. "The Revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave unto him. And he [Jesus] sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant
John: who bare record of the word of God .... Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear."
Revelation 1:1-3.
3. By what agency did holy men of God speak for Him?
"For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were
moved by the Holy Ghost." 2 Peter 1:21.
The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 2 Samuel 23:2.
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify. . . 1
Peter 1:11.
Answer: By the Holy Spirit- The Spirit of God and Christ His only-begotten Son. But ye are not in
the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the
Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Romans 8:9. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the
Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Galatians 4:6.
4. Who, therefore, did the speaking through these men?
"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by
whom also he made the worlds;." Hebrews 1:1-2.
Answer: The spirit of Jesus Christ.
"The Bible points to God as its author; yet it was written by human hands; and in the varied style of
its different books it presents the characteristics of the several writers. The truths revealed are all
given by inspiration of God (2 Timothy 3:16); yet they are expressed in the words of men. The
Infinite One by His Holy Spirit has shed light into the minds and hearts of His servants. He has given
dreams and visions, symbols and figures; and those to whom the truth was thus revealed have
themselves embodied the thought in human language." The Great Controversy, v. 3.
The Bible Imparts True Knowledge

5. For what reasons were the Scriptures written?
"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through
patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." Romans 15:4. Now all these things
happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of
the world are come. 1 Corinthians 10:11. For profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness, That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all
good works. 2 Timothy 3: 16, 17.
Answer:
A. For our learning
B. For our admonition
C. For doctrine
D. For reproof
E. For correction
F. For instruction in righteousness
G. To be perfect
H. To be throughly furnished unto all good works
6. What does God design that His Word shall be to us in this world of darkness, sin, and death?
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Psalm 119: 105. For the
commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life Pr 6:23.
Answer: His Word shall be to us a lamp to our feet and light to our path.
7. What three general divisions did Jesus refer to in the writings of the Old Testament?
"And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that
all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
psalms, concerning me." Luke 24:44.
Answer:
A. The Law of Moses
B. The Prophets
C. The Psalms
"The law of Moses" was a common Jewish term for the first five books of the Old Testament. In "the
prophets" they included Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve minor prophets; also Joshua,
Judges, I and 2 Samuel, and I and 2 Kings. "The psalms" included all the remaining books.
The writings of the apostles also were recognized as part of the Scriptures.
2 Peter 3:15-16 says: "Even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him
hath written unto you; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some
things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the
other Scriptures, unto their own destruction."
Peter here considers the Apostle Paul's writings as part of the Scriptures, and doubtless he felt the
same about the writings of the other apostles.
8. Upon what proof did Jesus base His Messiahship?
"And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the
things concerning himself." Verse 27.
Answer: Old Testament prophecies.
Much of the beauty and depth of divine truth is lost to those who read only the New Testament. Jesus
referred particularly to the Old Testament prophecies as proof of His Messiahship. When Christ
spoke of the Scriptures, He meant the Old Testament, for the New Testament had not yet been
written. The references in the New Testament to the word, "Scriptures," refer to the Old Testament.
Consider the following scriptures for further studies about Jesus: Genesis 3:15; 22:18; 26:4; 49:10;
Numbers 21:9; Deuteronomy 18:15; Psalms 16:9-10; 22:1-31; 132:11; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; 40:10-11;
50:6; 53:1-12; Jeremiah 23:5; 33:14-15; Ezekiel 34:23; 37:25; Daniel 9:24; Micah 7:20; Malachi 3:1;
4:2; Luke 24:45; John 1:45.
There are more than 250 direct quotations from the Old Testament in the New Testament. One will
find that there is complete harmony between the Old and New Testaments. They are a unit, standing
or falling together. The Old is the foundation for the New.
9. What is God called in the Scriptures?
"He is... a God of truth." Deuteronomy 32:4. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6 In hope of eternal life, which God, that
cannot lie Titus 1:2. That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie
Hebrews 6:18.
Answer: God of Truth.
Gods Word to Become a Part of Us

10. What, therefore, must be the character of His word?
"Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." John 17:17.
Answer: His word is truth.
11. To what extent has God magnified His word?

"Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name." Psalm 138:2.
Answer: Above His name.
A man's name stands for his character. It is the same with God. When God places His word above
His name, His character becomes the foundation of His word and the pledge that His word will be
fulfilled. (Hebrews 6: 13, 14.)
12. What proof do we have that Jesus expressed His conviction and belief in Scripture?
"But he answered and said It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone... It is written again, Thou
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God... it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve." Matthew 4:4, 7, 10.
Answer: It is His habit to quote the scripture as the final authority in all situations He finds Himself.
The Sure Word Of Prophecy

13. What has God included in the scripture to help us build confidence in its divine inspiration?
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I
tell you of them. Isaiah 42:9. "Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none
else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient
times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.
Isaiah 46:9 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am
he. John 13:19 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye
might believe." John 14:29.
Answer: Bible prophecies. Notice the following examples of fulfilled Bible prophecies:
A. Tyre, a flourishing maritime port of the ancient Phoenicians. This large, rich city was wicked in
the sight of God and He made a prediction of doom upon the city. In Ezekiel 26:7-14 God foretold
six things that would happen to Tyre:
1. He would bring Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon against Tyre.
2. Many people in Tyre would be killed.
3. The ruins of the city would be thrown into the sea.
4. The city area would be scraped free of rubble, like the top of a rock.
5. Fishermen would use this site to spread fishing nets.
6. It would never be rebuilt.
The old city was scraped free of rubble like the top of a rock and Alexander marched his army to the
island and conquered the new Tyre. Today it is common to see fishermen spread their nets where the
old city once stood. Three attempts to rebuild the city have all failed. Ezekiel 26:14 states, I will
make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be
rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken, says the Lord God. This remarkable prediction was fulfilled in
every detail.
B. EGYPT. Surely Egypt enjoys a glorious past. But what of today? God's word records a prediction.
Anciently, Egypt was famous for her supply of Papyrus, or paper to the world. The Papyrus reed
grew bountifully along the river Nile, and other waterways. However, God foretold that the paper
reeds by the brooks and rivers would wither and vanish away, and be no more in the land of Egypt.
And even this minute detail has been fulfilled. The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the
brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. Isaiah
19:7.
C. BABYLON. The greatest city of the ancient world, is often spoken of as the golden city of a
golden age. Jeremiah prophesied concerning Babylon:
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be
desolate for ever, saith the LORD. Jer 51:26. And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for
dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. Jer 51:37
But the prophecy is still more definite in the book of Isaiah 13:20,21: It shall never be inhabited,
neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there;
neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and
their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance
there. Isa 13:20, 21. The mighty palaces and hanging gardens of Babylon are only a memory, but the
Arab still lives in his tents.
14. Are revelations of science and the experiences of life in harmony with the testimony of
Scripture?
Answer: Yes. Here are a few facts of the natural world that have been confirmed by science:
A. He ... hangs the earth upon nothing. Job 26:7.
The suspension of the earth in space was described by Copernicus in 1543.
B. He looks to the ends of the earth: to make the weight for the winds. Job 28:24, 25.
Galileo, (1564-1642) was the first to affirm that air had weight.
C. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span,
and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the
hills in a balance? Isaiah 40:12.
Only in recent years has it been realized how important are the proportions and balance of the land
masses and oceans on the earths surface.
D. They [the heavens and the earth] shall perish; but Thou remains; and they all shall wax old as
cloth a garment. Hebrews 1:11.
Not until the twentieth century was the progressive aging and disintegration of matter by
radioactivity discovered. Nature is going down. The downward journey is easy, while the upward is
either hard or impossible.-Sir lames H. Jeans, The Universe Around Us, page 306.
E. For the life of all flesh is the blood thereof. Leviticus 17:14.
The circulation and function of the blood was discovered by William Harvey in 1615.
Prophecy and miracle confirm the word; science and revelation are co-witnesses to the same God;
astronomy hints His eternity, immensity, infinity, natural philosophy tells of His omniscience,
omnipotence, omnipresence; physiology suggests His wisdom and goodness the beginnings of life, of
consciousness, of intelligence and of conscience, are miracles which cannot be accounted for without
Almighty power, and ought to make both atheism and pantheist alike impossible. While the heart of
man and the history of man unite to witness to a need and a craving never filled except by Christ
Jesus.-Arthur T. Pierson, Many Infallible Proofs, page 19.
15. Are there health principles in the Bible that can be followed today?
Answer: Yes. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations..
Psalms 67:2. "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy
soul prospereth." 3 John 2.
A. Freedom from disease and sickness by OBEDIENCE: Exodus 15:26.
B. Eat neither fat nor blood: Leviticus 3:17; 7:23, 26; 17:10-14
C. a difference between the clean and the unclean: Lev. 11:2-11
D. A warning against excess sweets: Proverbs 25:16, 27
E. GLUTTONY or Overeating is harmful: Proverbs 23:2; Eccl. 10:17
F. HYGIENE- Washing the body and clothes to control germs: Leviticus 15:2-11
G. LABOUR- Importance of work: Exodus 20:9; 1 Timothy 5:8
H. REST- Our bodies need proper rest: Mark 6:31
I. MORALITY- Moral living prevents sexual diseases such as AIDS epidemic, abortion etc: 1
Corinthians 3:17; 6:19; 10:8.; Proverbs 5:1-12
J. Human body waste should be buried: Deuteronomy 23:12,13
K. QUARANTINE to control contagious disease: Leviticus 13:46; Numbers 5:1-4
L. Sterilization: Numbers 31:22,23
M. Happy heart- The health benefits of a positive attitude: Proverbs 17:22; 1 Timothy 6:6
N. To love and help others- Hatred and bitterness destroy health: Matthew 25:34-40; Exodus
23:4,5,9,25
O. Hatred and bitterness destroy health: Leviticus 19:17,18; Proverbs 15:17
Creative Power of the Word

16. Through what agency did God create the heavens?
"By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth
.... For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast." Psalm 33:6-9.
Answer: By His Word.
17. What change is wrought in one who is in Christ?

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature [literally, "a new creation"]: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new." 2 Corinthians 5:17.
Answer: He is a new creature and all things become new.
18. How do the heavens witness to the Bibles revelation of God and of His power?
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Psalms 19:1.
Answer: Everything points with overwhelming force to a definite event, or series of events, of
creation at some time or times, not infinitely remote. The universe cannot have originated by chance
out of its present ingredients, and neither can it have been always the same as now.
19. What witness do all created things give to their Maker and to the truth of the Bible record?
For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by
the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead. Romans 1:20.
Answer: All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more
strongly the truths contained in the Sacred Scriptures.
Science is compelled to accept the idea of creative power.-Lord Kelvin, quoted by Bernard
Heywood, This Is Our Faith, page 36.
In our study of natural objects we are approaching the thoughts of the Creator, reading His
conceptions, interpreting a system that is His and not ours.-1,ouls J. R. Agassiz, Methods of Study
in Natural History, 19th ed., page 14.
Cleansed and Kept by His Word

20. To a world alienated from God through disobedience to His word, what assurance does the
Bible bring?
I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that
believes. Romans 1:16.
Answer: Grace and Power to obey God.
The Bible finds us where we are, and, if permitted, takes us where we ought to go.... What the Bible
promises is fabulous but not fable.-Raymond Irving Lindquist, The Word of God, Theology
Today, vol. 3, No. 2, p. 158.
The multitudes go to the Bible, not for knowledge, but for power; they go to renew their sense of
spiritual realities, and to catch again the vision splendid. This book passes beyond a classic and
becomes to men a word of God, because it voices those ultimate truths which give to life its meaning.
These are the truths upon which our faith rests, which bring comfort to our hearts, and keep burning
the fires of hope.
21. What transformation is made possible through the word?

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and
abides forever. 1 Peter 1:23.
Answer: To be born again
22. How does the word bless the transformed life?
A. It gives understanding. The entrance of Thy words gives light; it gives understanding unto the
simple. Psalm 119:130.
B. It keeps from sin. Thy word have 1 hid in mine heart that I might not sin against Thee. Verse 11.
C. It guides in the way of life. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Verse
105.
D. It builds. Now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to
build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. Acts 20:32.
E. It gives hope. For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we
through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Romans 15:4.
The Word Was Christ

23. Numerous times in this lesson we have mentioned the word of God; who is the word?
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:1, 14
Answer: The Word of God is not just a book. The word of God is a being, namely Jesus Christ, and
the written Word reveals His character.
24. Since it is dangerous to base our beliefs on one verse of Scripture, what should we do?
"Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are
weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon
precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little." Isaiah 28:9-10
"Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy
Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual." 1 Corinthians 2:13
Answer: We should compare scripture with scripture before forming our belief.
25. How important is it to pray for the guidance of the the Father's holy Spirit before we study
the Bible?
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach
you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." John
14:26
"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak
of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."
John 16:13. [1 Corinthians 2:10, 14; Romans 8:14]
Answer: The office of the Holy Spirit is distinctly specified in the words of Christ: "When He is
come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment." John 16:8. It is the
Holy Spirit that convicts of sin. If the sinner responds to the quickening influence of the Spirit, he
will be brought to repentance and aroused to the importance of obeying the divine requirements.
To the repentant sinner, hungering and thirsting for righteousness, the Holy Spirit reveals the Lamb
of God that taketh away the sin of the world. ""He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you,"
Christ said. "He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I
have said unto you." John 16:14; 14:26." Acts of the Apostles, page 52.
26. Is it safe to accept someone else's conviction as to what constitutes truth?
"Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose
heart departeth from the LORD." Jeremiah 17:5 (Also read, Acts 17:11; Isaiah 30:1).
Answer: "God has given us His word that we may become acquainted with its teachings and know
for ourselves what He requires of us... It is not enough to have good intentions; it is not enough to do
what a man thinks is right or what the minister tells him is right. His soul's salvation is at stake, and
he should search the Scriptures for himself. However strong may be his convictions, however
confident he may be that the minister knows what is true, this is not his foundation. He has a chart
pointing out every waymark on the heavenward journey, and he ought not guess at anything. It is the
first and highest duty of every rational being to learn from the Scriptures what is truth, and then to
walk in the light and encourage others to follow his example. We should day by day study the Bible
diligently, weighing every thought and comparing Scripture with Scripture. With divine help we are
to form our opinions for ourselves as we are to answer for ourselves before God." The Great
Controversy, page 598.
Are you grateful to God that you can confidently rely on His word for my life?

1. Can This World Depend On God's Word When Everything Has Failed?
Go To Lesson #1
QUIZ
1. What should we do before we study the Bible ? (1)
o Pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
o Fast for hours.
o Ask for permission from our church pastor or priest.
2. Is it safe to accept someone else's conviction as to what constitutes truth? (1)
o Yes
o No
o Not sure
3. Who is the word of God? (1)
o Lucifer
o Angel Gabriel
o Jesus Christ
o Adam
4. What is God called in the Scriptures? (1)
o God of hatred
o God of Truth
o A lying God
5. What is the character of Gods word? (1)
o Truth
o False
o Mystery
o Clean
6. Gods Word shall be to us in this world as a? (2) ( 2 answers )
o An inner feeling in our belly.
o An exposer of the thoughts of others.
o A lamp to our feet.
o A shadow to our feet.
o A light to our path.
7. How were the Scriptures given? (1)
o By traditions and experiences of holy men.
o By Divine prompting or guidance.
o By wisdom of the priests.
8. Holy men of God spoke for Him by which means? (1)
o By means of dreams.
o By reading palms.
o By the Holy Spirit.
9. What are the names that Jesus used in referance to the writings of the Old Testament? (3) ( 3
answers )
o The epistles
o The gospels
o The law of Moses
o The history
o The prophets
o The Psalms
10. In the Bible, Jesus refers to the sacred writings of the Old Testament as (2) ( 2 answers )
o Word of God
o Magazine
o Scripture
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
o Mills and Boon

o Literature
The writings of the apostles also were recognized as part of the Scriptures. (1)
o No
o Yes
Which fulfilled prophecies confirm the Bible's inspiration? (3) ( 3 answers )
o Tyre shall never be rebuilt.
o 9/11 happened in New York City.
o Papyrus would no longer be used in the land of Egypt.
o Love for truth will increase in the last days.
o Africa would have a 20-year drought.
o Babylon, once destroyed, would never be inhabited again.
The Bible mentions some scientific facts from the list below, tick the correct ones. (4) ( 4 answers )
o The earth is squared.
o The earth is suspended in space.
o Air has weight.
o Mountains are full of rocks.
o Nature is going down.
o The circulation and function of the blood.
o The evolution of the human race.
For what purpose were the Scriptures written? (8) ( 8 answers )
o To be throughly furnished unto all good works.
o To be perfect.
o To recite it on the road.
o For instruction in righteousness.
o For correction.
o For reproof.
o For the argument.
o For doctrine.
o For our admonition.
o For reference.
o For fear of hell.
o For our learning.
I want to depend on God's word as the only source of truth. (1)
o Not now
o No
o Yes

2. How To Study The Bible?
It is the first and highest duty of every rational being to learn from the Scriptures what is truth, and
then to walk in the light, and encourage others to follow his example. We should day by day study
the Bible diligently, weighing every thought, and comparing scripture with scripture. With divine
help, we are to form our opinions for ourselves, as,we are to answer for ourselves before God. -The
Great Controversy, 1884 ed, page 416.
Allow no one to be brains for you, allow no one to do your thinking, your investigating, and your
praying. This is the instruction we need to take to heart today. Many of you are convinced that the
precious treasure of the kingdom of God and of Jesus Christ is in the Bible which you hold in your
hand. You know that no earthly treasure is attainable without painstaking effort. Why should you
expect to understand the treasures of the word of God without diligently searching the Scriptures?
It is our duty to read the Bible daily.But casual reading of the Scriptures is not enough. The
knowledge of God is not to be gained without mental effort, without prayer for wisdom in order that
you may separate from the pure grain of truth the chaff with which men and Satan have
misrepresented the doctrines of truth. Satan and his confederacy of human agents have endeavored to
mix the chaff of error with the wheat of truth.
The study of the Bible demands our most diligent effort and persevering thought. As the miner digs
for the golden treasure in the earth, so earnestly, persistently, must we seek for the treasure of God's
word.
We should diligently seek for the hidden treasure, and seek wisdom from heaven in order to separate
human inventions from the divine commands. The Holy Spirit will aid the seeker of truth. The Lord
says, "If any man willeth to do His will, he shall know of the teaching." John 7:17
You Can Understand the Bible

1. Does God intend that we should understand the Scriptures?
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto
us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29. And
he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. Mark 4:11.
Answer: Yes
2. Why do some people find it difficult to understand the Bible?
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the
things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Romans 8:5. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which
the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because
they are spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:13, 14. This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord,
that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the
understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto
lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Ephesians 4:17-19.
Answer: They are not with the Spirit of God
3. Can the unconverted fully understand Gods word?
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus
by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can
do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus
saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's
womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it
cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John 3:1-8.
Answer: No, it is not possible. It is foolish things to him.
4. Are some parts of the Bible more difficult to understand than others?
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also
according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in
them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned
and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 2 Peter 3:15, 16.
Answer: Yes, Apostle Peter attested to it.
5. Is there any relationship between obedience and the understanding of God's word?
Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. Give me
understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me to go
in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and
not to covetousness. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. Turn away my reproach which I fear:
for thy judgments are good. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy
righteousness. Psalm 119:33-40.
Answer: Yes, Jesus said that If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it
be of God, or whether I speak of myself. John 7:17.
6. As we seek to understand God's word, who will help us?
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures Luke 24:45. That
the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may
know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working
of his mighty power. Ephesians 1:17-19.
Answer: The Father Himself have promised to help us to understand His words. Consider what I
say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. 2 Timothy 2:7.
7. Through whom does this help come?
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for
ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. . . . But the Comforter,
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and
bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:16, 17, 26.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak
of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John 16:13.
Answer: Through the Spirit of God.
A true knowledge of the Bible can be gained only through the aid of that Spirit by whom the word
was given. And in order to gain this knowledge we must live by it. All that God's word commands,
we are to obey. All that it promises, we may claim. The life which it enjoins is the life that, through
its power, we are to live. Only as the Bible is thus held can it be studied effectively.
Principles Of Bible Study

8. Of what value is Bible study?
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of
me. John 5:39. And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make
thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of
God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That
the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
You will have eternal life.
9. How important was God's word to Job?
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his
mouth more than my necessary food. Job 23:12.
More necessary than food.
10. What noble example of Bible study is recorded in the Bible?
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness
of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Acts 17:11.
The Bereans because they searched the scriptures daily.
11. What should be our purpose in the study of the Bible?
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15.
The student of the Bible should be taught to approach it in the spirit of a learner. We are to search its
pages, not for proof to sustain our opinions, but in order to know what our heavenly Father says.
Precept upon precept, line upon line

12. How are we to arrive at a correct interpretation of Bible truth?
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,
and there a little Isaiah 28:10. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be
Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 1
Corinthians 12:13.
Answer: The Bible explains itself by comparing verse with verse.
13. As we read the Bible, what else should we do?
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 1
Timothy 4:15.
Answer: Meditate upon it.
In daily study the verse-by-verse method is often most helpful. Let the student of the word take one
verse, and concentrate the mind on ascertaining the thought that God has put into that verse for him,
and then dwell upon the thought until it becomes his own. One passage thus studied until its
significance is clear is of more value than the perusal of many chapters with no definite purpose in
view and no positive instruction gained.
Faith and Godly Wisdom

14. As we study Gods word, for what should we pray?
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Psalms 119:18. If any of
you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall
be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the
sea driven with the wind and tossed. James 1:5,6.
Answer: We must pray for faith, Godly wisdom and proper understanding of His words.
NOTE: Never should the Bible be studied without prayer. Before opening its pages we should ask
for the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, and it will be given. . . . Jesus will see us. . . . in the secret
places of prayer if we will seek Him for light that we may know what is truth. Angels from the world
of light will be with those who in humility of heart seek for divine guidance. Steps to Christ, page
91.
15. Of what personal benefit is the study of the Bible to the Christian?
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. . . .
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psalms 119:9,19.
Answer: Faith in God's word, prayerfully studied and practically applied will be our shield from
Satan's power, and will bring us off conquerors through the blood of Christ.
NOTE: Only those who have been diligent students of the Scriptures, and who have received the
love of the truth, will be shielded from the powerful delusion that takes the world captive. By the
Bible testimony these will detect the deceiver in his disguise. To all, the testing time will come. By
the sifting of temptation, the genuine Christian will be revealed. Are the people of God now so firmly
established upon his Word that they would not yield to the evidence of their senses?
Would they, in such a crisis, cling to the Bible, and the Bible only? Satan will, if possible, prevent
them from Obtaining a preparation to stand in that day. He will so arrange affairs as to hedge up their
way, entangle them with earthly treasures, cause them to carry a heavy, wearisome burden, that their
hearts may be overcharged with the cares of this life, and the day of trial may come upon them as a
thief. The Great Controversy 1888 ed, page 625.
Suggested Methods Of Bible Study

1. Read it reverently. The holy angels who are ever before the throne of God cover their faces as
they sing His praise. We should shut out of our minds all worldly thoughts when we open the pages
of our Heavenly Father's word.
2. Read it slowly. its truths have time to take root. "Be still, and know" (Psalm 46:10), says the
Mighty One. Be quiet, unhurried, that you may hear His voice. Only so can you know your Bible.
"The Bible in the hand won't do; the Bible in the head won't do; but the Bible in the heart means
eternal life."
3. Read it submissively. Bible is God's message to you. Through its pages, He will speak to your
heart, leading you into all truth. Come to this reading in a submissive, teachable, obedient spirit, and
you will be truly taught of Him.
4. Read it prayerfully. Take your Bible to Christ, that He may give you understanding. Think not so
much of the number of chapters and verses as of your need, and the help which your Father is waiting
to send you through His word. And remember that your progress in comprehension at the Bible will
be measured by your earnestness in prayer.
5. Read it daily. I am sorry for the men who do not read the Bible every day," said President Wilson.
"Today," is the word of inspiration. "Today ... hear, His voice"- and every day. Do not miss one, or
say to yourself, "Tomorrow." What if, for you, tomorrow should not come?
6. Read it first. The Bible ought to have the best time in the day; and for most, men, the best time in
the day is the early morning hour." No matter what other books press their claims upon your time and
thought, do not open one till you have spent some time with the Bible.
7. Read it last.Come to the Book at nightfall. The day may bring temptation and defeat, toil and
weariness, grief and humiliation. Whatever has come, we still need that which Jesus alone can
bestow. "Come unto Me, ... and I will give" (Matthew 11:28), is His gracious invitation. There is
only one condition-Come. And how better can we come to Him than to sit down for a little space
with His word, telling Him our heart's need, and listening to His message to us?
Is it your desire to let Jesus teach you truth through His Word? Will you endeavor to study His
Word every day in the way God has told us to study it?

2. How To Study The Bible?
Go To Lesson #2
QUIZ
1. Why were God's people in ancient times destroyed? Hosea 4:6 (1)
o Because they went after other 'holy' books
o Because they knew what was right but did not follow it
o Because they did not know what is in the Bible
2. What did Jesus says was the basic theme of the Scriptures? John 5:39 (1)
o God's law
o Eternal life
o Love
3. Who wrote in which *in the Scriptures+ are some things hard to be understood? (1)
o Paul
o Peter
o Moses
4. What condition does God sets forth for understanding the Bible? ( 1 )
o Be humble and teachable.
o Go to church pastor to confirm that what you understood in the Bible is correct.
o You need to study Hebrew and Greek to really understand the Bible.
5. Does God really want us to understand the Scriptures? (1)
o No
o Yes
6. For what should we pray before we study the Bible? (1)
o Patience and ability to teach.
o The Holy Spirit to give true understand and God's wisdom.
o The ability to do miracles.
7. We should study everything the Bible says on a subject to make sure we are not misinterpreting a
given passage. (1)
o False
o True
8. What did Jesus call those who do not believe all that the Bible says? Luke 24:25 (1)
o Fools
o Hypocrites
o Infidels
9. We must let the Bible interpret itself by comparing Scripture with Scripture. (1)
o True
o False
10. Why where the Bereans commended as being "more noble? (1)
o They listened to and obeyed everything the Apostle Paul had to say.
o They gave generously to support the evangelism of the disciples.
o They searched the Scriptures daily comparing what they heard in church with the Bible.
11. What is to guide us into all truth? (1)

o The Spirit of God
o Our Pastors
o Dreams and visions
12. What factor is indispensable in order for us to believe the Bible? ( 1 )
o Miracles
o Faith
o Feelings
13. By God's grace I will study the Bible for myself daily to learn the way of salvation. (1)
o No
o Yes

3. How To Receive Answers To Prayer?
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will
heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this
place. 2 Chronicles 7:14, 15.
One of the most astounding facts of the spiritual life is that God hears and answers prayer. The Bible
abounds with the testimony of those whose prayers have been signally answered, and every sincere
Christian can add his own personal experiences in which God has opened the windows of heaven and
granted his petitions.
Prayer puts man in touch with God. It forms the connecting link between human weakness and Gods
omnipotence. Out of weakness men are made strong. See Hebrews 11:34.
The Privilege of Prayer
1. What is prayer?
He said unto them. When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven. Luke 11:2. For we have not
an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points
tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we
may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need, Hebrews 4:15-16. And since Jesus is the
friend of sinners, He invites the most sinful to come to God through Him.
Answer:
A. The cry of a soul in need.
Prayer is the cry of a soul in need, but it is much more than that. Have mercy upon me, 0 Lord, for I
am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. Psalm 31:9. God is our
refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1.
B. The opening of the heart to God.
Real prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend. It is not just asking for things. It isn't all
talking on man's part or on God's part. It is some of each, and more. It may be communion in utter
silence at times-just a sacred sense of His holy, presence. Be still, and know that I am God (Psalm
46: 10). God asks us to call Him Father; therefore we may freely come to Him with our problems and
our joys.
Prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven's storehouse, where are treasured the
boundless resources of Omnipotence Steps to Christ page 94.
2. What prayer is not?

Answer: Prayer is not an act of merit that earns God's favor. Jesus said: He. . sendeth rain on the just
and on the unjust. Matthew 5:45.
If prayer would get us anything we wanted, we probably would pray not so much for holiness as for
temporal benefits which would not be used to our good or God's glory. Many are already like the
little boy who failed to say grace at the table one morning. His father asked why. The answer came,
We don't need to pray for bread today. I looked in the bread box and there is enough for three days.
Prayer is not ostentation and show (Matthew 6:1-8). It is not a set form of words for a set occasion
recited to the accompaniment of spinning prayer wheels or moving beads, though many who pray
thus are sincere and true. Prayer is communion with God, and may take place whenever and
wherever the soul of man reaches out sincerely for his Creator.
3. Why do we pray?
Four questions will help to find the answer:
A. Is it to give God information?
0 Lord. Thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising.
Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art
acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, 0 Lord, thou knowest it
altogether. Psalm 139:1-4.
Does God need information? No! Your Father knowest what things ye have need of, before ye ask
Him (Matthew 6:8). Still He never wearies of our coming to Him in sincere prayer. Unburden your
heart. Take all the time you need. Don't rush. Think when you pray. If you were talking to the
president of your country, you would be alert, wouldn't you? Be alert and reverent when you talk to
God, and your prayers will be heard in heaven.
B. Is it to make God willing?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him? Luke 11:13.
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance; it is taking hold of God's willingness: Prayer does not
make Him willing, for He is always willing to help us.
C. Is it to change God?
I am the Lord, I change not. Malachi 3:6.
Do we pray to change God? No! With Him is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James
1:17). God's promises are conditional; therefore answers vary. But God never changes. Jesus Christ is
the same yesterday, and today, and for ever (Hebrews 13:8). His invitation is, Come now, and let us
reason together (Isaiah 1:18).
D. Is it to change us?
Prayer is the greatest unused force in the universe to change what most needs to be changed- men.
We pray in order to enable us to receive Him. Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up
to Him. Read Paul's experience in Acts 9: 10-18.
Gods Willingness to Answer
4. How did Jesus illustrate the willingness of our Heavenly Father to give us what we need
when we ask?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him? Luke 11:13.
Answer: Jesus looked upon those who were assembled to hear His words, and earnestly desired that
the great multitude might appreciate the mercy and loving-kindness of God. As an illustration of their
need, and of Gods willingness to give, He presents before them a hungry child asking his earthly
parent for bread.No man with a fathers heart would turn from his son who is hungry and is asking
for bread. Would they think him capable of trifling with his child, of tantalizing him by raising his
expectations only to disappoint him? Would he promise to give him good and nourishing food, and
then give him a stone? And should anyone dishonor God by imagining that He would not respond to
the appeals of His children?
Power of Prayer
5. How did Jesus illustrate the limitless power that every believing disciple can receive in
answer to prayer?
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall
not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou
removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in
prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Matthew 21:21, 22.
NOTE: From the secret place of prayer came the power that shook the world in the Great
Reformation. The Great Controversy, Page 210.
Nothing is more needed in our work than the practical results of communion with God. We should
show by our daily lives that we have peace and rest in the Saviour. His peace in the heart will shine
forth in the countenance. It will give to the voice a persuasive power. Communion with God will
ennoble the character and the life. Men will take knowledge of us, as of the first disciples, that we
have been with Jesus. This will impart to the worker a power that nothing else can give. Of this
power he must not allow himself to be deprived. The Ministry of Healing, Page 512.
6. What is our part in getting our prayers answered?
Answer: Before you go one step further, read the story of the Pharisee and the publican in the
Temple (Luke 18:10-14). This will help you to see that sincerity of purpose means much with God.
Now go and note carefully these eight points:
A. Recognize your need of God.
I will pour water upon him that is thirsty. Isaiah 44:3.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6.
We must recognize our need. That's what the publican did and what the Pharisee did not do. A
French nobleman said, God would think twice before damning a person of my quality. Such conceit
short-circuits prayer.
B. Recognize God as your indispensable helper.
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much
fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing. John 15:5.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights.
James 1:17.
As a man sentenced to death by the highest court looks to the governor as his only hope, so should
we in all things look to God. It is only at the altar of God that we can kindle our tapers with divine
fire (Isaiah 50: 10-11).
C. Pray in faith.
lf any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not;
and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering James 1:5-6. See (verses 7-8).
To pray without faith is like plugging up a water pipe and then opening up the faucet. Nothing
happens. Prayer without faith is like a key with no hand to turn it in the lock. Ask in faith (Hebrews
11:6).
D. Confess and forsake all your sins.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have
mercy. Proverbs 28:13.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me Psalm 66:18. See (Proverbs 28:9).
Confess and forsake. We must not wait for feeling. We must act. Be specific with God. Israel found
peace only when they said, We have added unto all our sins this evil. to ask us a king (1 Samuel 12:
19).
Sin is the transgression of the law (1 John 3:4). We must forsake sin, ( which is lawlessness.
Obedience must be the rule of our lives. It is the fruit of true faith. Faith without works is dead
(James 2:20).
E. Pray according to God's will.
He went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, 0 my Father, if it be possible, let this
cup pass from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt Matthew 26:39. See (verse 42).
We know not what we should pray for as we ought (Romans 8:26).
If it was fitting for Jesus to pray, Thy will be done, how much more appropriate for us. No wise
parent will give a child everything he asks for. The answer sometimes is No; sometimes it is a
substitute, as a rubber ball instead of scissors. And sometimes the answer may be, Not now; this is a
postponement. Thus we must trust God.
F. Persevere with God.
Read Luke 18:1-8 -the story of the importunate widow.
So many times we rush through the circle of prayer and scarcely remember what we prayed for. We
are like a boy who can't stop to eat his breakfast on Christmas morning. Perseverance in prayer is not
so much urging our wills upon God as it is being instant in prayer- keeping an attitude of prayer. Yet
it does mean earnestness, as in the case of Elijah's praying for rain and sending his servant seven
times to the hilltop to look for signs of rain.
G. Pray in Jesus' name.
Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. John
14: 13.
To pray in the name of Jesus is to pray in the mind and spirit of Jesus while we believe His promises,
rely upon His grace, and work His works.
H. Listen as well as talk.
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto
me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. Habakkuk 2:1.
Some preacher has said, The prayer room is not so much the oratory room as the observatory room.
Waiting for God to speak in prayer sometimes provides the only answer we need to our petitions.
Conditions for Answers
7. Why are some prayers not answered?

Answer: In order to have our prayers answered, we should remove all the obstacles that block the
prayer channel. Think of these four things:
A. We must forgive others.
If ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not
men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses Matthew 6:14-15 See (Matthew
18:21-35).
B. We must pray for others.
The Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends Job 42:10. See (Matthew 5:44).
A man whose prayer is always, 0 Lord bless me, can never become like God in character. We must
have not only the inward look, but the outlook. John Knox prayed, Lord. give me Scotland or I die.
He prayed for his enemies.
If we do not pray for those who despitefully use us, we shall surely despise them. Sincere prayer for
them is essential for our own sakes.
C. We must confess our faults one to another.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed James 5:16. See
(Matthew 5:23-24).
We must confess faults to others we have injured. This is simple decency. If you break a man's leg,
do your best to fix it. If you break his heart, you are the only human being who can help patch it up.
Do this now with kindness and words of sincerity.
D. We must restore anything taken by fraud or robbery.
If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without
committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die Ezekiel 33:15. See (the example of
Zacchaeus, in Luke 19:1-9).
8. In what manner does James say God will answer the prayer of faith?
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not;
and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a
wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. James 1:5, 6.
NOTE: The God whom we serve is no respecter of persons. He who gave to Solomon the spirit of
wise discernment is willing to impart the same blessing to His children today. If any of you lack
wisdom, His word declares, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not;
and it shall be given him. James 1:5. When a burden bearer desires wisdom more than he desires
wealth, power, or fame, he will not be disappointed. Such a one will learn from the Great Teacher not
only what to do, but how to do it in a way that will meet with the divine approval. Prophets and
Kings page 31.
9. With what power did Jacob prevail at the Brook Jabbok?
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And
when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of
Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name?
And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince
hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Genesis 32:2428.
Answer: With power of faith. Importunate prayer.
NOTE: Jacob prevailed because he was persevering and determined. His victory is an evidence of
the power of importunate prayer. All who will lay hold of Gods promises, as he did, and be as
earnest and persevering as he was, will succeed as he succeeded. The Great Controversy, Page 621.
It was through faith and prayer that Jacob, from being a man of feebleness and sin, became a prince
with God. It is thus that you may become men and women of high and holy purpose, of noble life,
men and women who will not for any consideration be swayed from truth, right, and justice. The
Ministry of Healing, Page 511.
10. What does John say is necessary if we are going to experience the power of prevailing
prayer?
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those
things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask
any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we
know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 1 John 3:22; 5:14, 15.
NOTE: Those who decide to do nothing in any line that will displease God, will know, after
presenting their case before Him, just what course to pursue. And they will receive not only wisdom,
but strength. Power for obedience, for service, will be imparted to them, as Christ has promised.
Whatever was given to Christthe all things to supply the need of fallen menwas given to Him
as the head and representative of humanity. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we
keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 1 John 3:22. The Desire
of Ages, Page 668.
Praise in Prayer
11. What does Paul say will always be connected with true prayer?
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known unto God. Philippians 4:6.
NOTE: Our devotional exercises should not consist wholly in asking and receiving. Let us not be
always thinking of our wants and never of the benefits we receive. We do not pray any too much, but
we are too sparing of giving thanks. We are the constant recipients of Gods mercies, and yet how
little gratitude we express, how little we praise Him for what He has done for us. Steps to Christ,
Page 102, 103.
The soul may ascend nearer heaven on the wings of praise. God is worshiped with song and music in
the courts above, and as we express our gratitude we are approximating to the worship of the
heavenly hosts. Ibid., Page 104.
12. When Paul and Silas mingled praise with their prayers, what happened?
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and
immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. Acts 16:25, 26.
Answer: In the prison at Philippi, while suffering from the cruel stripes they had received, their feet
fast in the stocks, Paul and Silas prayed and sang praise to God; and angels were sent from heaven to
deliver them. The earth shook under the tread of these heavenly messengers, and the prison doors
flew open, setting the prisoners free.
Private and Public
13. What counsel has Jesus given to His disciples in regard to their personal prayer life?
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Matthew
6:6.
NOTE: Have a place for secret prayer. Jesus had select places for communion with God, and so
should we. We need often to retire to some spot, however humble, where we can be alone with
God.In the secret place of prayer, where no eye but Gods can see, no ear but His can hear, we may
pour out our most hidden desires and longings to the Father of infinite pity, and in the hush and
silence of the soul that voice which never fails to answer the cry of human need will speak to our
hearts.
14. What other kind of prayer does Jesus endorse with the promise of His presence?
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall
ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:19, 20.
NOTE: We should not come together to remain silent; those only are remembered of the Lord who
assemble to speak of His honor and glory and tell of His power; upon such the blessing of God will
rest, and they will be refreshed. If all moved as they should, no precious time would run to waste, and
no reproofs would be needed for long prayers and exhortations; all the time would be occupied by
short, pointed testimonies and prayers. Ask, believe, and receive. There is too much mocking the
Lord, too much praying that is no praying and that wearies angels and displeases God, too many vain,
unmeaning petitions.
Posture in Prayer
15. What example has Daniel and Paul left us in regard to the physical attitude of prayer?
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being
open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and
gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down,
and prayed with them all. Daniel 6:10; Acts 20:36.
Please take time to read [Luke 22:41; Acts 9:40; 7:59, 60; 21:5; Ezra 9:5, 6; 2 Chronicles. 6:113; Ephesians 3:14.]
NOTE: Both in public and private worship it is our duty to bow down upon our knees before God
when we offer our petitions to Him. This act shows our dependence upon God. . . Is it possible that
with all the light that God has given to His people on the subject of reverence, that ministers,
principals, and teachers in our schools, by precept and example teach young men to stand erect in
devotion as did the Pharisees? Shall we look upon this as significant of their self-sufficiency and selfimportance? Are these traits to become conspicuous?
Cultivate the habit of talking with the Saviour when you are alone, when you are walking, and when
you are busy with your daily labor. Let the heart be continually uplifted in silent petition for help, for
light, for strength, for knowledge. The Ministry of Healing, Page 510, 511.
16. In what manner has God declared He would have us approach Him in prayer during public
worship?
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. Psalm 95:6.
NOTE: We hope that our brethren will not manifest less reverence and awe as they approach the
only true and living God than the heathen manifest for their idol deities, or these people will be our
judges in the day of final decision.Men and women, do not dishonor God by your irreverence and
pomposity. Do not stand up in your Phariseeism and offer your prayers to God.And when you
assemble to worship God, be sure and bow your knees before Him. Let this act testify that the whole
soul, body, and spirit are in subjection to the Spirit of truth.
And when you assemble to worship God, be sure and bow your knees before Him. Let this act testify
that the whole soul, body, and spirit are in subjection to the Spirit of truth. Who have searched the
Word closely for examples and direction in this respect? . . .
Man must come on bended knee, as a subject of grace, a suppliant at the footstool of mercy. And as
he receives daily mercies at the hand of God, he is ever to cherish gratitude in his heart, and give
expression to it in the words of thanksgiving and praise for these unmerited favors.
The prayer offered by Solomon during the dedication of the temple, was not made while he stood
upon his feet. The king knelt in the humble position of a petitioner.
Herein is a lesson for God's people today. Our spiritual strength and our influence are not increased
by conformity to a worldly attitude during prayer. . . . Let man come on bended knee, as a subject of
grace, a suppliant at the footstool of mercy. Thus he is to testify that the whole soul, body, and spirit
are in subjection to his Creator.
17. Why are we especially admonished to pray now?
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation
nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the
works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Romans 13:11, 12.
Answer: We are in the last days, dear friend, and Jesus is coming soon. Said Peter: The end of all
things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 1 Peter 4:7.
If we are to stand in the time of trouble that is just ahead, we must get the daily prayer habit, and pray
always. Morning, noon, and night we should lift our souls to God. Jesus said: Take heed to
yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of
this life, and so that day come upon you unawares . . Watch ye therefore and pray always, that ye,
may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the
Son of man. Luke 21:34, 36.
Our heavenly Father waits to bestow upon us the fullness of His blessing. It is our privilege to drink
largely at the fountain of boundless love. What a wonder it is that we pray so little! God is ready and
willing to hear the sincere prayer of the humblest of His children, and yet there is much manifest
reluctance on our part to make known our wants to God. What can the angels of heaven think of poor
helpless human beings, who are subject to temptation, when God's heart of infinite love yearns
toward them, ready to give them more than they can ask or think, and yet they pray so little and have
so little faith? The angels love to bow before God; they love to be near Him. They regard communion
with God as their highest joy; and yet the children of earth, who need so much the help that God only
can give, seem satisfied to walk without the light of His Spirit, the companionship of His presence.
Steps to Christ page 94.
Will you commit yourself to become better acquainted with Christ Jesus by setting apart some
time every morning to talk with Him in personal, private prayer?

3. How To Receive Answers To Prayer?
Go To Lesson #3
QUIZ
1. What is as essential as our daily food? (1)
o Daily shower
o Drinking one glass of milk daily
o Going to church
o Daily prayer
2. By God's grace I will study the Bible for myself daily to learn the way of salvation. (1)
o Listening to other wise men
o Reading other religious books
o Asking in faith
o Giving penance
3. What will always be connected with true prayer? (1)
o Crying
o Dancing and singing
o Asking and receiving
o Thanksgiving
4. Tick the correct facts about prayer? (3) ( 3 answers )
o The cry of a soul in need
o Incantation
o Mumbo Jumbo
o The opening of the heart to God
o It is just asking for things
o The key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven's storehouse
5. Tick the correct reasons why we need to pray: (6) ( 6 answers )
o To have God notice us
o To pray for grace to resist temptation
o To take the place of obedience
o Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up to Him
o Unburden our heart
o To give God information
o To make God willing
o To ask for our needs
o To enable us to receive Him
o To change us into His Likeness
6. How should we end our prayers? (1)
o In the name of Jesus, amen (because our Father will always honor a prayer signed by His only
begotten Son)
o Selah
o Amen
7. According to Bible examples, which position should we take while praying (in private or public
worship)? (1)
o Hands and face must be lifted up to the heavens
o The position is of not importance, the only thing that matters is the heart
o Standing posture
o Lying down flatly
o Bowing down upon our knees
8. Do we need to have a special place for our private prayers?
o Yes
o No
9. What must we do to experience the power of prevailing prayer? (2) ( 2 answers )
o Fast on water and bread
o Pray the Lord's Prayer
o Keep His Commandments
o Attend night vigils once a week
o Ask according to His will
o Ask pastors to pray for us
o Recite the prayers of the saints
10. What are the conditions in getting our prayers answered? (8) ( 8 answers )
o Partaking of communion
o Recognize our need for God
o Attend church services every Sabbath
o Confess and forsake all our sins
o Pray according to God's will
o Recognize God as our indispensable helper
o Donate large offerings
o Help the poor around us
o Pray in faith
o Persevere with God
o Fast for forty days
o Pray in Jesus' name
o Listen to God's still small voice as well as talk to Him
11. Some prayers cannot be answered because (8) ( 8 answers )
o They are too insignificant for God to answer
o Prayers for healing cannot be answered if we continue to violate God's laws of health
o God sees that we do not deserve to have the prayer answered
o They are too difficult for God to answer
o Our hearts are not right with God
o God's timing is perfect, and He sees we are not yet ready to receive an answer to our prayers
o God was too busy to hear us
o They will be for our harm
o We refused to forgive others
o We do not restore anything taken by fraud or robbery
o We have not been praying for others
o We do not consecrate ourselves by fasting
o We do not confess our faults one to another
12. Prayer is not (3) ( 3 answers )

o The best method to unburden the heart
o Communion with God
o Ostentation and show
o Pouring ones heart to God as to a friend
o A set form of words
o An act of merit that earns God's favour
13. Will you make a commitment to pray to God first thing in the morning and last thing before you go
to bed?
o No
o Yes

4. How Many Gods Are In Heaven?
What set the children of God apart from surrounding pagan nations was their belief in only one God.
The heathen countries believed in many gods.
The Jews held that there was only one God, and the Christian faith comes out of that thinking.
However, as the Jewish believers went out to the Gentiles with the gospel message they had to deal
with the monotheism [one God] of the Jewish-Christian belief verses [sic] the polytheism [many
Gods] of the Gentiles. The problem arose when trying to explain who Christ and the Holy Spirit are.
The Trinity doctrine was the result of trying to solve this problem. Gary Strong, A Close Look at
The Trinity, p. 84)
The language of the Bible should be explained according to its obvious meaning. The Great
Controversy, page 598.
God
1. How many gods does the Bible teach exist?
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Exodus 20:3.
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD." Deuteronomy 6:4.
"hath not one God created us?" Malachi 2:10.
"And this is life eternal that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you
have sent." John 17:3.
"there is none other God but one." 1 Corinthians 8:4.
"But to us there is but one God." 1 Corinthians 8:6.
"One God and Father of all." Ephesians 4:6.
"For there is one God." 1 Timothy 2:5.
"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." James
2:19.
2. What is the common title given in the Bible to the One God?
"Have we not all one father?" Malachi 2:10.
"But to us there is but one God, the Father." 1 Corinthians 8:6.
"Grace be to you and peace from God the Father." Galatians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:2; Romans 1:7.
"According to the will of God and our Father." Galatians 1:4.
"One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." Ephesians 4:6.
"Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father."1 Corinthians 1:3; Ephesians 1: 2; Philippians
1:2; Colossians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:2.
3. Is the one God, our Father, the father of Jesus Christ as well?
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ." Ephesians 1:3.
"I ascend unto my Father, and your Father." John 20:17.
"One God and Father of all." Ephesians 4:6.
Conclusion: The Bible teaches that there is but one God, who is the Father of all.
Christ
4. Who is Christ?
"And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God." John 6:69.
5. Is the Son of living God a mere title given to Christ or is He in reality the very son of the
Father?
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given." Isaiah 9:6.
"Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath
bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and
what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?" Proverbs 30:4.
6. If Christ is a real son of God, has the Bible confirmed a beginning to His existence?
"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee
shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old,
from everlasting." Micah 5:2.
And the Son of God declares concerning Himself: 'The Lord possessed Me in the beginning of His
way, before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting. . .When He appointed the foundations of
the earth: then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him: and I was daily His delight, rejoicing
always before Him.' Proverbs 8:22-30." Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 34
7. Does the New Testament confirm the Old Testament regarding the true and literal sonship of
Christ?
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the
only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14.
"No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he
hath declared him." John 1:18.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.
"He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because
he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:18.
"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into
the world, that we might live through him." 1 John 4:9.
Conclusion: The One God at one point from everlasting begat Christ, His only begotten son. And if
what God gave was not His real and only begotten, then Abrahams test would not have been a
meaningful type.
The Only-Begotten Son

8. What did the one God, the Father of all, pass unto His only begotten?
"For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself." John 5:26.
"The brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person." Hebrews 1:3.
9. What does it mean that God passed His glory to His only begotten Son?
"And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass."
Exodus 33:18, 19.
"It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell." Colossians 1:19.
10. Did the one God pass on His name to His only begotten Son?
"For unto which of the angels said he God at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten
thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? But unto the Son he saith,
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever." Hebrews 1:5, 8.
11. What else was passed by the Father unto His only begotten?
"But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any
man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." Romans 8:9.
Conclusion: God passed unto His only begotten Son, unconditional life in Himself. As the baby
becomes independent of the mother once he is born, Christ became self-existent once He was
begotten of the Father. Self-existence was inherent in His birth. In addition to self-existence, the Son
received from His Father His very character [goodness], and thus His express image. There was
nothing that the Father had which was not passed unto the His only begotten Son. Even the very
Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, is shared by His Son. Christ naturally inherited the name of His Father
God. Christ was not, however, co-existent with His Father, being the Son.
Relationship Between Father And Son

12. What did Christ say about His relationship to His Father?
"If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than
I." John 14:28.
"The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do." John 5:19.
"I can of mine own self do nothingbecause I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father
which hath sent me." John 5:30.
13. How did Christ regard His Father?
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God." John 17:3.
"Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I
ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." John 20:17.
" I and my Father are one." John 10:30.
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God." Philippians 2:6.
14. In what manner was Christ one with the Father?
Christ, the Word, the only begotten of God, was one with the eternal Father--one in nature, in
character, in purpose--the only being that could enter into all the counsels and purposes of God.
Patriarchs and Prophets, page 34.
Conclusion: Christ was one with the Father in nature, character, and purpose. But did not regard
Himself as an equal to His Father. God invested in Christ every authority and made Him equal.
Submission of Son to Father

15. How does the Bible demonstrate the submission of Son to His Father, the one God?
"And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's." 1 Corinthians 3:23.
"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the
man; and the head of Christ is God." 1 Corinthians 11:2.
"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom
and revelation in the knowledge of him." Ephesians 1:17.
"One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and
in you all." Ephesians 4:5, 6.
"For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under [him, it is]
manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be
subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him,
that God may be all in all." 1 Corinthians 15:27, 28.
Conclusion: The one God, the Father, has made His son His equal in nature, character, and purpose;
His full and only co-partner. This reality does not negate, however, the submission of the Son to His
Father, who is the one God, who rules over all including the Son.
16. Does the Biblical fact of Christs submission to His Father affect our worship of the Son?
"That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son
honoureth not the Father which hath sent him." John 5:23.
Conclusion: Our worship of the Son is not affected one iota by His submission to His Father. We
willingly and happily worship Christ for in Him dwells the full deity of His Father, the one God. We
also worship the Son for He is our Saviour, Redeemer, and Advocate before His and our Father.
Lastly, we worship Him because He is the only begotten Son of the one God.
Holy Spirit
17. Who is the Holy Spirit?
"But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any
man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." Romans 8:9.
"And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba,
Father." Galatians 4:6.
"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for
ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you
comfortless: I will come to you." John 14:16-18.
Conclusion: The Holy Spirit is none other than the very Spirit of Christ which proceeded from the
Father, the one God, "of whom [are] all things." 1 Corinthians 8:6.
Taking It Further
There are several conflicting beliefs about the Godhead. This stems from the fact that these beliefs
were born from various traditions and customs. This study clings to what the plain and beautiful
truths of the Bible reveal.
What is the Trinity?
1.
2.
3.
4.
One god made up of three persons.

Three gods made up of one person.
One god acting as Father, other times as Son, and other times as Holy Ghost.
Three seperate gods all of who are called one God in the BIble because they are in
agreement in everything.
All of these beliefs are sometimes referred to as the Trinity, or the Triune God. These ideas have
been around for hundreds of years, yet they are not true!
1. Does the Bible teach that God consists of three beings or is a Trinity?
No, the Bible teaches contrary to this idea. The Bible speaks of God and of His Son Jesus, and of
Gods Spirit, which is God's invisible holy presence.
2. Who is God?
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. 1 Corinthians 8:6.
The head of Christ is God 1 Corinthians 11:3.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou
hast sent. John 17:3. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:6.
Answer: Yes. God is the Father. It is He who is the greatest Being in the universe. (See Mark 12:2934.)
NOTE: This is an extremely important question because Jesus Christ, the Son of God, told us that
those who worship God should worship Him in Spirit and in truth (John 4:24). If we do not worship
God in truth can we be saved? The Scripture says that those who believe a lie will be damned. (2
Thessalonians 2:10-12.)
O that everyone would realize the great love, the self-sacrifice, the benevolence, and the kindness of
our heavenly Father, in giving his Son to die for us that we might, if we believe and do his
commandments, have a sweet peace, the Father's joy, the Father's love, and unite with him, heart,
soul, mind, and strength, to maintain righteousness and to draw in even lines with Christ. It is not the
sacrifice of Christ only; it is the Father's sacrifice also. The Father, in union and loving sympathy,
with his Son, subjected himself to suffer with his Son. He spared not his only begotten Son but freely
delivered him up for us all. This gift of Christ is the crowning truth of God's love, and this
Fatherhood, through all time and through eternity. Here is the love of God in his Fatherhood. Let us
drink in this love, that we may know by experience what a real, tender, joyful, experience there is in a
realization of the Fatherhood of God.
3. Who is Jesus Christ?
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 1 John
4:15.
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. John 6: 69.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. Isaiah 9:6.
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath
bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name,
and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? Proverbs 30:4.
Answer: Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
NOTE: The Sovereign of the universe was not alone in His work of beneficence. He had an
associate--a co-worker who could appreciate His purposes, and could share His joy in giving
happiness to created beings. 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.' John 1:1, 2. Christ, the Word, the only
begotten of

4. How Many Gods Are In Heaven?
Go To Lesson #4
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Is the Trinity a Biblical belief? ( 1 )

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Is there a, "God the Father, God the Son & God the Holy Spirit" in the Bible? (1)
Yes
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How many divine beings are in heaven? (1)
Three
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Is the Holy Spirit a being? (1)
No
Yes
Who is the Holy Spirit? ( 2 ) ( 2 answers )
It is the Spirit of God the Father.
He is the third being of the Godhead.
Jesus living in your heart.
How many mediators? (1)
Three
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Who is our mediator? (1)
Jesus Christ
Holy Spirit
Angel Gabriel
How many intercessors? (1)
Two
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Three
Who is our intercessor? (1)
Holy Spirit
Jesus Christ
Michael
10. Is Jesus the son of the Father, or the Holy Spirit? (1)
o The Son of God the Father.
o The Son of the Holy Spirit.
11. How do we know that Jesus loves us? (3) ( 3 answers )
o He forgave us of all our future sins.
o We feel His love.
He bore our punishment that we may gain His reward.

o He gives us all that we ask for.
o He was willing to be eternally seperated from the Father.
o He was willing to give His life for you even if you were the only human on earth.
12. How do we know that the Father loves us? (3) ( 3 answers )
o He endured the agony of watching His Son's crucifixion to adopt us as His children.
o He became Christ to save us.
o He gave his only begotten Son to save us.
o He gave Heaven's most precious Gift to save us.
o He died for us.
13. I believe there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
are all things, and they share the same spirit, the holy Spirit of God. (1)
o No
o Amen
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5. God's Greatest Gift For This World
At Christ's incarnation, sin had become a science. Rebellion had struck its roots deep into the heart of man. It
was demonstrated before the universe that, apart from God, humanity could not be uplifted. A new element
of life and power must be imparted by Him who made the world.
"With intense interest the unfallen worlds had watched to see Jehovah arise, and sweep away the
inhabitants of the earth. And if God should do this, Satan was ready to carry out his plan for securing
to himself the allegiance of heavenly beings. He had declared that the principles of God's government
make forgiveness impossible. Had the world been destroyed, he would have claimed that his
accusations were proved true. He was ready to cast blame upon God, and to spread his rebellion to
the worlds above. But instead of destroying the world, God sent His Son to save it. Though
corruption and defiance might be seen in every part of the alien province, a way for its recovery was
provided. At the very crisis, when Satan seemed about to triumph, the Son of God came with the
embassage of divine grace. Through every age, through every hour, the love of God had been
exercised toward the fallen race. Notwithstanding the perversity of men, the signals of mercy had
been continually exhibited. And when the fullness of the time had come, the Deity was glorified by
pouring upon the world a flood of healing grace that was never to be obstructed or withdrawn till the
plan of salvation should be fulfilled." The Desire of Ages, page 37.
God's Eternal Gift

1. How does God feel toward mankind separated from Him through sin?
I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.
Jeremiah 31:3.
Answer: We are to regard Jesus as having loved us personally and individually. Let us consider
how much pains God has taken to make us feel that He cares for us personally. It is so in His
providence, and so also in His gospel. He would fain make us single ourselves from the mass and feel
that His loving eye and heart are upon us individually. Charies G. Finney, Sermons on Gospel
Themes, pages 307, 308.
2. What evidence is there for us to see that God really love us?
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.
"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into
the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved
us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 4:9, 10.
Answer: Because He loved us so much that He was willing to see His only begotten Son suffer and
die rather than be separated from you and me for eternity. We will not be able to understand it, but
He did it--just for you!
3. Was Jesus Christ the Son of God?

God testified. "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Matthew 3:17
Jesus . . asked His disciples, "Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say
that Thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith
unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ,
the Son of the living God." Matthew 16:13-16.
Answer: Yes.
The testimony of the prophets; Jesus' power to heal the sick and raise the dead; His peerless teaching;
His own resurrection; The testimony of His friends; The admission of His enemies; lives transformed
by His power, all testify that Jesus is the Son of God.
JesusThe Son Of God

4. What was the relationship of Jesus to God the Father?
"Jesus Christ, is the Son of God." Mark 1:1.
5. Did Christ exist before He was born in Bethlehem?
"Now, O Father, glorify thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before
the world was." John 17:5.
"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee
shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler of in Israel; Whose goings forth have been from of
old, from everlasting." Micah 5:2.
Answer: Yes. Before anything existed, Jesus came forth from God, as his only begotten Son!
6. In what respect was the birth of Jesus supernatural?
"Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,
and shall call His name Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14
"Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph,
before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. . Now all this was done, that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying Behold, a Virgin shall be
with child, and shall bring forth a son." Matthew 1:18, 22-23.
Answer: You see, the Scriptures teach that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born in the
flesh, of a virgin. This is known as the incarnation. Christ was not a new being, but He appeared in
human form. "The Word was made flesh." John 1:14. "Who being in the form of God thought it not
robbery to be equal with God; but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men." Philippians 2:6-7. "They shall call His name
Emmanuel. . . God with us." Matthew 1:23.
Our Saviour
7. What was Christ's purpose in coming into the world?
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people
from their sins. Matthew 1:21. "To call ... sinners to repentance." Matthew 9: 13.
8. Did Jesus leave us an example to follow in His struggle with temptation?
"Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps: who did no sin,
neither was guile found in His mouth." 1 Peter 2:21-22.
I have kept My Father's commandments." John 15:10.
"[Jesus] was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. " Hebrews 4:15.
"Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered." Hebrews 5:8.
"What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Romans 8:3-4
So the Son of God overcame in the flesh, demonstrating that God's law can be kept, and He is ready
to dwell in us by His Spirit and fulfill His will in us. As we yield to the Spirit, we receive power to
obey God.
Answer: Yes, the Scriptures declare that Jesus overcame temptation and lived a sinless life, and
because the Son of God lived a sinless life in the flesh, He accomplished five things:
A. He demonstrated that, by the indwelling power of God, the law of God could be kept by converted
man;
B. His righteous life in the flesh is now available to cover man's past sins;
C. He is able to sympathize with man in his struggle against sin;
D. He has successfully revealed God to man;
E. He is in a position to impart overcoming power to all who are tempted.
Power To Save
9. How fully can Christ save men from sin?
"Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever
liveth to make intercession for them." Hebrews 7:25. "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me." Philippians 4:13.
Answer: He is in a position to impart overcoming power to all who are tempted to sinning.
10. What does the Bible say will take away sin?
"The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." 1 John 1:7.
Answer: The Scripture also affirms that it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should
take away sins. Hebrews 10:4.
11. Was it necessary for Christ to die in His own behalf?
No, Pilate, after carefully examining Him, declared, "I have found no cause of death in him." Luke
23:22. He had no sin, and therefore was under no condemnation.
Deep Sympathy For Us

12. For what reason, then, did He die?
"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned
with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man." Hebrews 2:9.
Answer: It was for sinful, fallen humanity that He died.
13. What sentence had been pronounced upon the human family?
"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all
men, for that all have sinned." Romans 5:12.
"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that
every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God." Romans 3:19.
14. How could the death of Christ help to free man from his sins?
"The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 53:6.
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of
God in him." 2 Corinthians 5:21.
Answer: He took the sinner's place and assumed the guilt as if it were His own.
15. When Jesus died, therefore, for whose sins did He die?
"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of
our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53:5.
"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures." 1 Corinthians 15:3.
16. What did the death of Jesus achieve for us?

"God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 5:8.
"He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of It; for this is My blood
of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission [forgiveness] of sins." Matthew
26:27-28.
Answer: When a sinner accepts Christ as his Saviour, God counts the death of Christ as punishment
for his sins. The sinner is forgiven and goes free. He is "redeemed" from death through the sacrifice
of Christ. You see, since the holy law of God is as sacred as God Himself, only one equal with God
could make atonement for its transgression. That someone was Jesus, wonderful Jesus. The human
mind may never fully fathom the science, philosophy, or theology of the atonement, but we can
accept it; and all who will accept the sacrifice of Calvary will have the joy of a changed heart.
"Christ was treated as we deserve, that we might be treated as He deserves. . He suffered the death
which was ours, that we might receive the life which was His. 'With His stripes we are healed.' By
His life and His death, Christ has achieved even more than recovery from the ruin wrought through
sin. It was Satan's purpose to bring about an eternal separation between God and man; but in Christ
we become more closely united to God than if we had never fallen. In taking our nature, the Saviour
has bound Himself to humanity by a tie that is never to be broken. Through the eternal ages He is
linked with us." The Desire of Ages page 25.
Our Mediator And High Priest

17. Is the resurrection of Jesus important to us?
"I am the first and the last: I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore,
Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." Revelation 1:17-18.
"If, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being
reconciled, we shall be saved by His life." Romans 5:10 (See 1 John 5:12).
Paul goes so far as to say: "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then
they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished." 1 Corinthians 15:17-18.
Answer: The Scriptures teach that Jesus rose a victor over death, to save us by His life and to assure
us of our resurrection from the grave. Moreover, the resurrection of Jesus from the dead is a doctrine
that distinguishes Christianity from all other world religions. Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed, and
the founders of other religious movements are dead. Jesus alone points to an empty tomb as evidence
of divine power and of conquest over death. No fact connected with the life of Christ is so firmly
supported as the fact of the resurrection. The resurrected Christ is a living Christ. It is only the power
of the living Christ, the power of the resurrection that can change the life of man and save him. Paul
sought to know the power of His resurrection as a daily experience, that he might at last be raised in
the resurrection of the dead (Philippians 3:10-11). The resurrection of Christ is thus a sample and
pledge of ours. "Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at His coming." 1 Corinthians
15:23.
18. Where is Jesus now and what is He doing?

"While they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they
looked stedfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is
taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven."
Acts 1:9-11.
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. Luke 24:51-52.
Answer: According to the Bible, Jesus ascended to heaven and is now mediating in our behalf. Forty
days after the resurrection Jesus ascended to heaven and His disciples were left behind.
A. Christ ascended to heaven, to become our mediator and high priest. "There is one God, and one
mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" 1 Timothy 2:5. See Hebrews 8:1; 7:25.
B. We need a representative in heaven who understands our problems. Jesus does. "For we have not
an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities." Hebrews 4:15.
C. He was "made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful. . high priest." Hebrews 2:17.
We may come in reverent boldness to the throne of mercy, grace, and power Hebrews 4:16.
19. Will Jesus come again?
"In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." John 14:2-3.
The disciples were still looking earnestly toward heaven when, "behold, two men stood by them in
white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same
Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go
into heaven." Acts 1:10, 11.
"So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He
appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Hebrews 9:28. (See Revelation 19:11-16).
Answer: Yes, the Scriptures testify that Jesus will come again. Let us be ready to meet Him. The
second coming of Christ is the climax of the gospel. It is the time of reward. Without it the cross
loses its meaning. The cross is the seed sowing of God's love, the second coming is the harvest time.
It is the homecoming of God's people.
The promise of Christ's second coming was ever to be kept fresh in the minds of His disciples. The
same Jesus whom they had seen ascending into heaven, would come again, to take to Himself those
who here below give themselves to His service. The same voice that had said to them, "Lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end," would bid them welcome to His presence in the heavenly kingdom.
The Acts of the Apostles, page 33.
The loving invitation of Jesus to you is, My son, [daughter] give me thine heart (Proverbs
23:26). Will you give Him your heart today?

5. God's Greatest Gift For This World
Go To Lesson #5
QUIZ
1. God's greatest gift is (1)
o Garden of Eden
o Christ
o Heaven
2. How did God demonstrate His love for this world? (1)
o By giving the Ten commandments.
o By giving Jesus, His only begotten Son.
o By blessing His church with the power to heal and speak in tongues.
o In giving the Bible.
3. Who is Christ? (2) ( 2 answers )
o One of the prophets.
o Word of God.
o Ancient of Days.
o Son of God.
o One of the angels.
4. What is Christ said to be? (1)
o Carpenter
o Ancient of Days
o Mediator
o Adversary
5. How did Peter regard Christ? (1)
o One of the prophets.
o Word of God.
o Ancient of Days.
o Son of God.
o John the Baptist.
6. What did Jesus say regarding His origin? (1)
o He did not have a beginning.
o He was begotten.
o He was born in Bethlehem.
o He was created.
7. What was accomplished by the death of Jesus? (1)
o Love for everyone.
o Christian followers.
o Freedom of worship.
o Forgiveness of our sins.
8. Who did Jesus sacrifice His life for ? (1)
o Christians
o Everyone
o The Jews
o The wicked
o The righteous
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Where is Jesus now and what is He doing? (1)

In the churches watching the faithfuls.
In heaven and mediating in our behalf.
In Jerusalem preaching and healing.
In Vatican and praying for us.
In heaven and looking down on us.
What will take away sin? (1)
Good works.
Blood of Jesus Christ.
Blood of Bulls and goats.
Prayer and fasting.
Water and Blood.
How many of our temptations did Christ have to meet? (1)
All
None
He did not have our nature.
Some
Most
Is Jesus coming back? (1)
May be
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Can we gain victory over sin in this life through Christ? (1)
No, we will keep sinning until Christ comes.
Yes, Christ's grace is sufficient.
What do we need to do to maintain our love for Christ? (4) ( 4 answers )
Make yearly pilgrimages to Jerusalem to visit His tomb.
Share the truth with others.
Talk to Him by prayer throughout the day.
Obey His voice when he speaks to us through His word or the convictions of the Holy Spirit.
Encourage others to attend church.
Study the Bible daily.
Do you believe that you can overcome all inherited and acquired bad habits and sins in your life
through the grace of God? (1)
Yes, His strength is made perfect in my weakness.
Yes, I can do it.
No, I don't believe that is possible.

6. Jesus Is Coming Again
The second coming of Christ is the great hope of the church, the grand climax of the gospel and plan
of salvation. Patriarchs, in the Old Testament, looked forward to it (Jude 14; Job 19:25-27); and it has
also been the blessed hope of the church in the New Testament (Titus 2: 13; Acts 3:19-21).
"So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear
the second time without sin unto salvation." Hebrews 9:28.
When Jesus died on Golgotha, that act made possible the redemption of man from sin and from sin's
influence and results. He did not at that time actually complete His redemptive work. After His
resurrection He ascended up to heaven, leaving His followers behind in a sin-cursed world. Most of
the saints of past ages were still sleeping in their graves.
He had announced to His disciples, "I go to my Father," and to Simon Peter, "Whither I go, thou
canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards." John 13:36. Lets take a few minutes
to study the second coming of Jesus Christ.
The Promise
1. Who was the first prophet to speak of the Second Coming of Christ?
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with
ten thousands of his saints. Jude 14.
Answer: Enoch was the first prophet among mankind. He foretold by prophecy the Second Coming
of Christ to our world, and his work at that time. His life was a specimen of Christian consistency.
Holy lips alone should speak forth the words of God in denunciation and judgments. His prophecy is
not found in the writings of the Old Testament. We may never find any books which relate to the
works of Enoch, but Jude, a prophet of God, mentions the work of Enoch.
2. How did Job show his understanding of the closing events of this earths history?
Answer: For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see
for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Job 19:2527.
The doctrine of the Second Advent is the very keynote of the Sacred Scriptures. The coming of the
Lord has been in all ages the hope of His true followers.
3. Before Jesus ascended to heaven, what definite promise did He make to His disciples?
"If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again." John 14:3.
Answer: Jesus promised them that He would come again. "Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man
sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." Matthew 26:64. This
promise, made under the oath, and can be depended upon - He will come again.
4. What assurance was given to the disciples as they watched their ascending Lord disappear
into heaven?
"This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have
seen him go into heaven." Acts 1:11. See verses 9 and 10.
Answer: The disciples were assured that Jesus will return to this earth in the same manner that He
left at His ascension--in a visible, literal, bodily, personal manner. He will come in the clouds
literally, as a personal being with a body of flesh and bones (Luke 24:36-43, 50, 51), and His coming
will be visible. This rules out a spiritual seeing at conversion or at death.
It was the compassionate Saviour, who, anticipating the loneliness and sorrow of his followers,
commissioned angels to comfort them with the assurance that he would come again in person, even
as he went into heaven. The Great Controversy, 1888 Edition, page 339.
5. Will His coming be secret?
"Behold, he cometh with clouds; and , and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth
shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen." Revelation 1:7.
"For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be." Matthew 24:27.
"Then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds
of heaven with power and great glory" Matthew 24:30.
"Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, He is in the desert; go not forth: behold, He is in the
secret chambers; believe it not." Matthew 24:26.
Answer: No. The Bible plainly teaches that when Jesus comes again, every one of our senses will be
bombarded with evidence! From time to time suggestions have been made that Jesus will appear in
this or that remote place, and temples have been built for His reception. All such hopes are vain. The
reference to the secret chamber undoubtedly has reference to the secrecy of the spiritualist seance.
But Satan, not Christ, will be found there.
The secret rapture so commonly believed and taught today is not in the Bible. It is a human
invention. Nor is the second coming a spiritual coming into the heart at conversion. It does not take
place at a man's death, nor is it figurative--to be manifested by better world conditions. These
theories are all of human origin. The second coming will be a literal, worldwide, visible, personal
appearance of Christ in the clouds to bring this world to an end and to reward or punish all.
6. What glory will attend the person of Jesus when He comes?
"For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed,
when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels." Luke 9:26.
Answer: His glory, His Fathers glory and that of the holy angel.
The effect of this glory upon the inhabitants of earth we can only faintly imagine. If, at the time of
Christ's resurrection, the appearance of one angel prostrated the Roman guards as dead men
(Matthew 28:2-4), it is no wonder that many will try to hide from the glory of Christ, praying for the
rocks and mountains to fall on them (Revelation 6:14-17) when He appears in His glory, the glory of
His Father and of all the holy angels.
His Coming Will Not Be In Secret

7. Will everyone be expecting Jesus when He comes?
"The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night." 1 Thessalonians 5:2.
"Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." Matthew
24:44.
Answer: No, in the clearest language, Jesus Christ taught that although His coming would be open,
announced, personal, literal, visible, and that good and bad alike would see Him come. He was to
come as a "thief in the night" only in the sense that the wicked would be taken by surprise.
8. Will everyone be taken by surprise?
"But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the
children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us
not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober." 1 Thessalonians 5: 4-6.
Answer: No, only those who closed their eyes to the signs of the times would be taking by surprise.
The Jews misinterpreted and misapplied the word of God, and they knew not the time of their
visitation. . . So today the kingdom of this world absorbs men's thoughts, and they take no note of the
rapidly fulfilling prophecies and the tokens of the swift-coming kingdom of God. The Desire of
Ages, page 235.
The watchmen upon the walls of Zion should be the first to catch the tidings of the Saviour's advent,
the first to lift their voices to proclaim him near, the first to warn the people to prepare for his
coming. But they were at ease, dreaming of peace and safety, while the people were asleep in their
sins. The Great Controversy, 1884 Edition, page 200.
9. Will Christ's followers be expecting Him when He comes?
"Unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Hebrews
9:28.
"And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this
is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation." Isaiah 25:9.
Answer: Yes, they will be waiting and watching. Those who love His appearing will be ready and
expecting.
We are pilgrims and strangers who are waiting, hoping, and praying for that blessed hope, the
glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. If we believe this and bring it into our
practical life, what vigorous action would this faith and hope inspire; what fervent love one for
another; what careful holy living for the glory of God; and in our respect for the recompense of the
reward, what distinct lines of demarcation would be evidenced between us and the world.
10. What blessing is promised to those who are ready and watching for Him?
"Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto
you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve
them." Luke 12:37.
11. What will happen to the righteous people when Jesus comes the second time?
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever
be with the Lord." I Thessalonians 4: 16.
"We shall all be changed, ... and the dead shall be raised incorruptible. For ... this mortal must put on
immortality." 1 Corinthians 15:51-53.
"We look for ... the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like
unto his glorious body." Philippians 3:20, 21.
Answer: The righteous dead will be raised from their graves, given perfect, immortal bodies like that
of Christ, and caught up into the clouds to meet the Lord. Then the righteous living will also be given
bodies like Christ and will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. And Jesus will take the righteous
to heaven with Him. Note that Jesus does not touch the earth at His second coming. The saints meet
Him "in the air." So God's people will ignore any report that Christ is in here or there etc. False
christs will appear and do miracles on the earth (Matthew 24:23-27), but Jesus will remain in the
clouds above the earth at His second coming.
12. What will happen to the wicked at Christ's coming?
"And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with
his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the
presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power." 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9.
With the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked." Isaiah 11:4.
"And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of
the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the
ground." Jeremiah 25:33.
Answer: The wicked will be slain by Jesus.
"When the divine Presence was manifested upon Sinai, the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire
in the sight of all Israel. But when Christ shall come in glory with His holy angels the whole earth
shall be ablaze with the terrible light of His presence. 'Our God shall come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him. He shall
call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people.' Psalm 50:3, 4. A
fiery stream shall issue and come forth from before Him, which shall cause the elements to melt with
fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 'The Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know
not God, and that obey not the gospel." 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 8.'"Patriarchs and Prophets, page 339.
13. In view of all this, what are we all exhorted to do?
"And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it
come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that
ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the
Son of man." Luke 21: 34-36.
The Time Of Jesus Coming

14. Has the exact time of Christs coming been revealed?
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only. Matt.
24:36.
Answer: No, the Bible does not tell us exactly when Jesus will come again, but it does tell us many
of the events that will transpire just before Christ returns. Here are a few:
Wars and rumours of wars. (Matthew 24:6)

Famines, diseases and earthquakes in many different places. (Matthew 24:7)
Gods people will be persecuted, killed, and hated by every nation in the world. (Matthew
24:9)
The mark of the beast crisis will be fully engaged to persecute Gods people. (Revelation
3:15-18)
A system will be set up where only those who receive the mark of the beast will be allowed to
buy and sell. (Revelation 13:17)
Many false prophets and preachers will be in the world doing great signs and wonders and
will deceive many people. (Matthew 24:11, 24)
Sin will be very abundant throughout the world, and love will grow cold. (Matthew 24:12)
The good news about Gods love will be preached in all the world. (Matthew 24:14)
False Christs will appear throughout the world with great signs and wonders. The second
coming of Christ will be so successfully impersonated that many people will be deceived into
thinking that Christ has returned, even though it is Satan himself or one of His agents.
(Matthew 24:23-26)
Christ will come in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory. (Matthew 24:30)
All the people who have openly rejected Christ, or who have been deceived by Satan, will cry
for the rocks and mountains to fall on them to hide them from the presence of Christ.
(Revelation 6:15, 16)
When Christ comes, Gods faithful people will say, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for
him, and he will save us. (Isaiah 25:9)
MOST IMPORTANT SIGN:

The Bible does reveal that we are living at the time of the last human pope, Benedict XVI, the next
pope will be a demon impersonating John Paul II, this demonic impersonation will catapult the final
events just before the second coming of Christ. This understanding is taken from the prophecy in
Revelation chapter 17.
Jesus will soon come in glory for all to see. Will you give Him the crown, throne, and scepter of
your life today?

6. Jesus Is Coming Again
Go To Lesson #6
QUIZ
1. Before Jesus returned to heaven, what did He promise? John 14:1-3 (2) ( 2 answers )
o That we will see greater miracles after His resurrection than before
o He will receive us to Himself when He came again, not before He comes
o That we will be caught up to meet Him in heaven
o He will prepare for us mansions to live in
2. What work of judgment will Jesus do at His coming? Matt. 25:31-34 (1)
o He will decide who are the saved and will then send them out to witness to the world as He did in His
first coming
o He will seperate the righteous from the wicked and execute judgment upon the inhabitants of the
earth
o What historical event did Jesus use to illustrate this seperation? Matt. 24:36-41 (1)
o Abraham leaving his country, home and relatives; as Abraham did this Christians will need to do the
same
o Noah's ark in the flood; as the wicked were taken away in death by the flood, and others were left
alive in the ark, so will it be at Jesus' second coming
3. Millions will be deceived regarding the manner and time of Christ's return because (1)
o God does not want all to be saved.
o They did not have enough opportunities to learn the truth
o They did not study their Bibles to learn the truth.
4. Will Christ's coming be secret and silent, as a thief in the night? 2 Peter 3:10-12 (1)
o No, it will be a surprise as when a thief breaks in, but it will not be secret or silent
o Yes, it will be just as He forewarned in Matthew, chapter 24, that is why the Lord asks us to be
waiting and watching
5. Will Christ's coming be silent? 1 Thess. 4:15-18; John 5:28, 29; 1 Cor. 15:51-55 (1)
o As Christ's first coming was quiet, His second coming will be in the same manner
o It will be the loudest global event ever to happen in the earth's history
6. Check the statements below that tell the truth about Christ's second coming: (4) ( 4 answers )
o He will come secretly.
o The second coming is the experience of conversion.
o He will come in the clouds.
o Christ comes for us at the hour of our death.
o The wicked will not see Him.
o All the angels will be with Him.
o His feet will not actually touch the earth.
o It is possible to know the day and hour of His coming.
o Everyone will see Him.
7. When Jesus returns to this earth (1)

o Only the righteous will see Him.
o Every eye will see Him.
o People will not know it until it is announced on TV.
8. At Jesus' second coming, what will happen to the righteous who are still living? 1 Thess. 4:15-18;
John 5:28, 29; 1 Cor. 15:51-55 (1)
o They will be caught up together with the resurrected saints to meet the Lord in the clouds
o They will go to Jesus as He lands on the earth so that they join Him as He returns to heaven
9. At Jesus' second coming, what will happen to the righteous who have previously died? 1 Thess.
4:15-18; John 5:28, 29; 1 Cor. 15:51-55 (1)
o They will come down with Jesus's in His second coming to call the living righteous to join them in the
clouds
o At the shout of Christ, they will be resurrected and will join the living righteous to meet Him in the
clouds
10. What will happen to the righteous at Christ's second coming? (2) ( 2 answers )
o Righteous dead will be raised, given immortality, caught up into the clouds, and taken to heaven.
o Righteous living will be given immortality, be caught up into the clouds, and taken to heaven.
o Righteous will stay here and convert the wicked.
o Righteous will be secretly snatched away.
11. Will everyone who claims to be saved, be taken to heaven when Jesus comes? Matt. 7:21-23 (1)
o No, only those who do the will of the Heavenly Father and depart from iniquity
o No only those who believe in Jesus, for example, those who have the power to cast our devils and do
supernatural miracles
o Yes, Jesus died for us all
12. What will happen to the wicked at Jesus's second coming? 2 Thess. 1:7-9; 2:8 (1)
o Some of them will repent and our loving Lord will give them another chance
o They all shall be destroyed by the brightness of His coming
o They will burn in hell fire
13. The wicked who are living when Jesus returns will be (1)
o Placed in hell, where they burn forever.
o Slain by the brightness of His second coming.
o Spared and given another chance.
o At the voice of God of annoucing the Second Coming of His only begotton son:
o The whole world will be ready and waiting.
o There will be a devastating, worldwide earthquake.
o The wicked will be converted.
14. What will happen to the countries and kingdoms of this world when Jesus comes? Dan. 2:44 (1)
o They will be destroyed
o The faithful in each country will be left to form a new country which will be part of God's kingdom
15. While we cannot know the day and hour, can we know when Jesus' coming is near? 1 Thess. 5:1-6;
Matt. 24:32-33 (1)
o Yes, "near" being in the broad sense that it may be from ten to one hundred years away
o Yes, the Lord has revealed in His word signs and prophecies to show the nearness of His coming
16. How do we know that Jesus is coming back to earth very soon? (1)
o Because the next and last pope will be John Paul II resurrected.
o Benedict XVI is the last human pope, the next and last pope will be a demon impersonating John Paul
II.
o Because that is what Jesus said thousands of years ago.
17. On the basis of biblical signs, Christ's coming is most likely to occur (1)
o Only a few years away.
o The Bible says we cannot tell when Jesus will come: He could come tomorrow or many years from
now.
o Not before the 1000-year millenium on earth.
18. At His second coming (1)
o Christ will arrive privately and visit certain cities of the earth.
o Christ will appear in the desert.
o Christ will remain in the clouds and call the righteous up to meet Him in the air.
19. I can be ready for Christ's return if (1)
o Jesus lives within me.
o I go to church regularly and win others for Jesus.
o I do what my minister suggests.
20. I want Jesus to live in my heart that I may be found ready at His coming. (1)
o No
o Yes
21. What should we do to be ready for that day? Titus 2:11-14 (1)
o Believe in Jesus as our personal Saviour
o We should seek to share this truth with as many people as possible
o We should live sober, godly, righteous lives

7. Signs That His Coming Is Near
Introduction: After Jesus had assured His disciples that He would come again, they came to Him
with the earnest inquiry : "Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy
coming, and of the end of the world?" Matthew 24: 3.
Jesus' answer to this question was positive and clear. As recorded by Luke, He declared, "There shall
be signs." (Luke 21:25). This was an encouraging assurance. Christ's people would not be left in
darkness concerning this crowning event in the work of redemption. In this lesson, we will study only
those things that are a primary application to the second coming of Christ.
Signs in the Earth

1. How may we know when we have reached the very last days of earth's history? Does the
Bible clearly describe the world and its people in the last generation?
Answer: Yes, indeed it does. Look at the following specific signs of the last days. You will be
amazed. And these are just a few of many, many positive signs that show we are in the closing days
of earth's history.
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Deception through false Christ and false prophets (Matthew 24:4-5, 11-13)
Wars and rumours of wars. (Matthew 24:6)
Famines, diseases and earthquakes in many different places. (Matthew 24:7)
Gods people will be persecuted, killed, and hated by every nation in the world. (Matthew 24:9)
The mark of the beast crisis will be fully engaged to persecute Gods people. (Revelation 3:15-18)
A system will be set up where only those who receive the mark of the beast will be allowed to buy
and sell. (Revelation 13:17)
Many false prophets and preachers will be in the world doing great signs and wonders and will
deceive many people. (Matthew 24:11, 24)
Sin will be very abundant throughout the world, and love will grow cold. (Matthew 24:12)
The good news about Gods love will be preached in all the world. (Matthew 24:14)
False Christs will appear throughout the world with great signs and wonders. The second coming of
Christ will be so successfully impersonated that many people will be deceived into thinking that
Christ has returned, even though it is Satan himself or one of His agents. (Matthew 24:23-26)
2. What important question did the disciples asked Jesus as He sat upon the Mount of Olives?
Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming and of the end of the
world?" Matthew 24:3.
3. What was Christ first response and warning?
Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my
name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. Matthew 24:4-5. For false Christs. . . shall rise,
and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. But take ye heed
Mark 13:22,23.
Answer: Jesus warns us in these verses not to be deceived when many come and claim to be Christ.
Today there are several people who make this claim. Satan himself will counterfeit the Lords return
with such brilliance and glory that nearly all the people of earth will be deceived and will bow down
and worship him.
4. What conditions points to our Lords return in the physical world?

"And there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places." Matthew 24:7
Answer: Famine and pestilences often accompany or follow great wars. After world War I, famine in
China numbered fifteen million starving and three million dead. Russia's famine, according to the
explorer, Nansen, was the "most appalling in the recorded history of man." The world's influenza
epidemic took 18,000,000 lives. World War II had its own grim story of hunger and disease.
Earthquakes are another sign of Christ's return. Scientists estimate that as many as one million quakes
a year may be taking place in the world, only about 8,000 of which are severe enough to be recorded.
Of the more disastrous ones of comparatively recent times, we might list the following: 1920--China,
180,000 killed; 1923-Japan, 143,000 lives lost; 1939-Central Turkey, 23,000 dead; 1950-Tibet, India,
and Burma, 5,000 casualties.
NOTE: At this time immense forests were buried. These have since been changed to coal, forming
the extensive coal beds that now exist, and also yielding large quantities of oil. The coal and oil
frequently ignite and burn beneath the surface of the earth. Thus rocks are heated, limestone is
burned, and iron ore melted. The action of the water upon the lime adds fury to the intense heat, and
causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and fiery issues. As the fire and water come in contact with ledges of
rock and ore, there are heavy explosions underground, which sound like muffled thunder. The air is
hot and suffocating. Volcanic eruptions follow; and these often failing to give sufficient vent to the
heated elements, the earth itself is convulsed, the ground heaves and swells like the waves of the sea,
great fissures appear, and sometimes cities, villages, and burning mountains are swallowed up. These
wonderful manifestations will be more and more frequent and terrible just before the second
coming of Christ and the end of the world, as signs of its speedy destruction. Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 108.
5. Will there be deceptions through false prophets and teachers before the coming of Christ?
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. Matthew 24:11. For false Christs and
false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the
elect. But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. Mark 13:22,23.
Answer: Today, there are more than twenty-four persons who claim to be prophets. One of the
Biblical tests of a true prophet of God is that the prophet must be 100% accurate. A true prophet of
God is not permitted even one false prophecy, for if the message of the prophet came from God, how
could it be in error? Needless to say, of the prophets of the world today not one has a perfect record;
they all make errors, and are, therefore, not prophets of God. These false prophets are a sign of the
end; they do, indeed, deceive many. WE HAVE A LESSON ON BIBLE PROPHETS.. PLEASE
AVAIL YOURSELF OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY IT.
Signs in the Religious World

6. What is the strongest and most crucial sign in the religious world that points to the nearness
of Christ second coming?
Answer: According to the Bible prophecy of the last days found in the book of Revelation chapter
17, we have the astounding prove that we are living in the time of the seventh king, the last human
pope. God has informed us, in His written Word, that the eighth king will transform the Roman
Catholic Church by bringing her out of her wilderness experience and back to her former
persecuting-beast status. The eighth king, a devil impersonating John Paul II, will usher persecution
for God's people who obey His Sabbath day. The time of the eighth king/beast will witness hitherto
unseen false miracles and signs, which will exalt the papacy in the eyes of all who are not written in
the Book of Life: The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless
pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and
is not, and yet is. Revelation 17:8.
Please click here for an in-depth study of the very important prophecy of Revelation 17.
Signs in the Political World

7. What three great signs did Christ say would appear in the political world?
Answer:
A. Fear and perplexity.
"There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of
nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear. and for
looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory." Luke 21:2527.
B. Spirit of war.
"Ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must
come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom" Matthew 24:6-7. (Revelation 11:18; Joel 3:9-14).
NOTE: Christ tells us that there will be wars and rumors of wars. For the past several decades the
world has had almost continual war and terrorism. Tensions among nations and among races driven
by powerful Satanic forces continue to mount as the world moves farther and farther from the
peaceful ideal most people desire.
C. Great efforts for peace.
"The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety;
then sudden destruction cometh upon them." 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3. "They have healed also My
people slightly saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace." Jeremiah 6:14.
NOTE: The accuracy of Bible prophecy is here demonstrated by predicting that, in the very midst of
unprecedented preparation for war, there would be widespread talk of peace. The historian, Hazen,
has confirmed this by saying, "The contemporary world, to a degree altogether unprecedented in
history, has been dominated by the thought of war, by extraordinary preparations for war, and by
zealous and concerted efforts for peace."
Signs in the Social World

8. What conditions will prevail in the social world in the last days?
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful. unholy, without
natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof: from such turn away." 2 Timothy 3:1-5.
Answer: What an amazingly accurate prophecy! One would be hard-pressed to describe more
accurately the general condition of the people of the world today.
A. lovers of their own selves:
We see here that men are lovers of themselves only, having very little regard for the well-being of
others. In fact, society today has degenerated to the point where, as has happened many times, a
woman can be attacked on a busy street in broad daylight, and no one comes to her aid.
The argument is sometimes heard that people have always been this way. Those who claim this are,
in reality, ignorant of history, for as time progresses, the stature and character of the human being
continue to become more base. Have you noticed the shift in focus in these last decades? Where
formerly a man was admired as he sacrificed for family; country; God. But now a man boasts of
Doing His Own Thing, and people do not question it. Abandoning others so one can Live His Own
Life is the IN thing!
And what about all the emphasis on Self Gratification & Self Esteem? Treat yourself: You deserve
it! Pamper yourself! Where in the not too distant past, people lived worked and co-operated for the
sake of their extended families; these days see even teens wanting their Own Apartments so they
can do as they please.
B. COVETOUS:
People today are covetous, as the text indicates. People now want and want and want, even when
they can't afford to have. Even what they have no right to have! Their thoughts are continually of
themselves and how to get ahead in the world, how to get more money, how to get a better car or a
larger house. People today use any means, no matter how immoral, to accomplish their purposes.
They use others to their own advantage in their mad frenzy to get to the top or to find pleasure and to
have fun. Never before in history have people been more caught up with things and the latest
gadgetry. Never before has credit been so available but still the cry is More! More! More!
C. BOASTERS:
The next characteristic of men in the last days mentioned in this text is that they are boasters.
Dictionary: to praise yourself, or speak arrogantly about things you possess or have achieved. We
can see this throughout society, as people are very anxious for others to know of the great things they
have done; but God tells us in Proverbs 27:2 to Let another man praise thee, and not thine own
mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
D. PROUD:
Are people proud today? They strut around, feeling superior to those who have less. They are proud
of their new cars, their fine homes, and especially their educations, for today in our humanistic
society education has been made a god. You may recall that it was pride that led to the fall of
Lucifer out of heaven. Pride and Self-exaltation made a demon out of the brightest angel! The Bible
teaches that the proud and arrogant will not be in heaven. Think about it, if God allowed anyone in
heaven that fit the descriptions of this text, He would have to apologize to Lucifer and invite him
back into heaven. People are so prideful, even those that claim to be saved!
E. Blasphemers:
Blasphemers are mentioned next, and today it seems as if many are unable to get through even one
sentence without taking the name of the Lord in vain. Their speech has been given over to utter
abandon as their foul phrases mock the very principles of truth and decency. The Bible states that a
blasphemer is a person that claim themselves to be God or to assume His authority. There are groups
that claim that man, over a process of time, can be god. Think about that! God has placed his
signature on all of creation. He has created something from nothing. No man or devil can do this!
A Blasphemer is also one who denies God or insults Him. In our age we are seeing such Heavendaring rudeness to God as even criminals of the past would have feared to speak or do. And most
people laugh at it!
F. disobedient to parents:
Are children disobedient to parents today, as the prophecy indicates? In the government schools,
there is a distinct effort made to alienate the youth from their parents and to lower the standards of
morality. Children today are taught that their parents are of the old-fashioned generation and are far
behind the liberality and knowledge of modern times. As a result, the youth seem to have many ways
to show their rebellion and contempt for their parents and for the traditional values of the past. In the
past people still very much respected their parents. Today we see even small children screaming I
Hate You! at their parent when they have been denied some small indulgence. Children will tell
parents what they are going to do, like it or not! They have become manipulative of the parents for
their own selfish desires. As for my people, children are their oppressors Isaiah 3:12
G. unthankful:
Are people unthankful today as this prophecy indicates? Indeed, they are. The Bible tells us in
Deuteronomy 8:18, But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to
get wealth. How many remember to thank God for the many blessings and advantages He has given
them? Most people today are totally unthankful and unholy, without ever a thought of God except to
blaspheme His name.
Parents have taught their children to expect gifts just because of what day it is - and the attitude is
that this is their right! They also have no sense of the debt they owe to their Creator and Redeemer!
H. Unholy:
The Bible states that we are to be holy because God is Holy. The character of God is that He cannot
tolerate SIN. Yet we as a people of God tolerate sin in our body on a continual basis. We explain it
away by saying, Surely God......... (Before we finish the statement.... that is blasphemy). We cannot
begin to imagine what God would allow in our body. We cannot begin to imagine how God thinks!
We must take heed to His Word!
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9.
I. without natural affection:
Verse 3 mentions that in the last days men will be without natural affection. Dictionary: without
feelings of gratitude. People are not thankful. They believe that the world owes them a living whether
they earn it or not. Parents have taught their children to expect gifts just because of what day it is and the attitude is that this is their right!
This refers not only to the alienation of children from parents but also to the homosexuality
abounding in our world; those who practice this sin even demand respectability. This sin is just one
more of the many signs that the end of the earth is very near.
J. Trucebreakers:
Trucebreakers are mentioned next. Breaking agreements and promises whenever it is convenient to
do so. In our present world, the politicians of various nations sit around conference tables working
out agreements, very few of which are honored.
K. False Accusers:
To charge somebody falsely who is not guilty of crime or what we accuse them of.
L. INCONTINENT:
Incontinent means without self control. In these last days, the people of earth are indeed without
self control; they have thrown off all restraints and cater to every appetite and desire. Primarily
lacking restraint in sexual matters. Not only is this rampant in the world today but even amongst
professing Christians and mostly people ignore it
M. Fierce:
Showing aggression or anger. More and more people are impatient and quick to wrath than ever
before. People will blow you away for cutting them off in traffic. That men are fierce is evident from
the cruelty and brutality so prevalent in the world today.
N. Despisers of those that are good:
We at World Last Chance, remember when good and well doing was admired and promoted on
movies and in books. Today the character shown as good in a story is usually ridiculed or played
down while the wicked are held up as being realistic.
Many a young person does wickedly merely so his friends wont call him a sissy or a goody-goody.
Time after time on TV and even cartoons we see the studious and hard-working set out as geeks or
misfits and the sexually pure are mocked as not with it or prudes. Even those who want to uphold
right will usually say, well everyone has their own opinions. This is what is right for me! Rarely do
we hear: This is WRONG! and almost never: This is SIN!
O. Traitors:
Those who betray the trust of others, and behave in a disloyal or treacherous manner.
P. HEADY:
Heady means stubborn and headstrong. If it feels good- Do it!
Q. HIGHMINDED:
Highminded means conceited. To inflate ones-self with self-conceit, to be lifted up with pride. To
think oneself highly important. These characteristics of men are widespread throughout the world
today.
R. Lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God:
There has not been any other time in these past two thousand years, since this book of Timothy has
been written, that people love their pleasures and entertainment more than they do today. Certainly
they love pleasure more than they love God! Even their worship of God centers on indulgence,
church suppers, and entertainment.
In these last days it seems as if people work very hard at having pleasure. All week they think about
and plan what they will do on the weekend to have fun. They spend vast sums of money on their
selfish pleasures, going deeply into debt. They ignore God and His business, which is by far more
important than the inanities people become involved in. But God said this would happen in the last
days.
S. Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof:
Of all this amazing prophecy, this item is perhaps the greatest sign of our times! Never has religion
been so widely accepted among the worldly minded and never before has so much worldliness been
accepted and welcomed into the church! In the past, getting religion was associated with repenting
and turning from at least the grosser sins. Now it means socializing and indulgence, entertainment
and anything goes.
But if you start to talk of the POWER of the Lord to free the life from SIN! People turn away. If you
have a problem You will be advised to go to counselors, self-help seminars, therapy groups. The
POWER of God is pushed aside and Humanism stands in its place. The first question is not What is
Truth? but What organization or group do you belong to?
The Old Testament warned of our day also. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth
not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed
from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor
from off the earth, and the needy from among men". Proverbs 30:11-14.
9. What are we advised to do when we see these things?
"From such turn away." 2Timothy 3:5. That which ye have already hold fast till I come. Revelation
2:25.
10. What are we to turn to?
"I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that
thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes
with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore,
and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Revelation 3:18-20
Signs in the Economic World

11. What conditions point to Christs return in the economic world?
"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are
corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them
shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure
together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the labourers, who have reaped down your field, which
is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears
of the Lord sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your
hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
James 5: 1-6.
Answer: As "the coming of the Lord draweth nigh," the age long conflict between employer and
employee is destined to assume larger proportions. Now it is no longer one individual bargaining
with another. Instead great corporations negotiate with the organized forces of labor, representing
millions of workers. Since the dispute between management and labor will not end until Jesus comes,
the Christian is urged to be patient until that time"
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the
precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and the latter rain.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." James 5:7-8.
Increase of Knowledge
12. What two great changes were to appear in the time of the end?
"But thou, 0 Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many shall run
to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Daniel 12:4.
Answer: The past 150 years stand apart from all previous history by reason of the sudden increase of
knowledge in science, general learning, and invention. The patriarch, Abraham, who lived four
thousand years ago, would hardly be more startled by the tremendous changes than would George
Washington, who died just before the nineteenth century began.
The great increase of knowledge concerning God's Word has been as extraordinary as advances in the
world of science. Whereas the Bible was available only to a comparatively few two centuries ago,
today it is being circulated on a worldwide scale, by hundreds of millions of copies. This has largely
been accomplished since the great Bible societies were organized after 1798. Truly we are living in
"the time of the end."
Daniel's prediction that "many shall run to and fro" has likewise received most striking fulfillment.
Many commentators believe that this expression refers primarily to the increased activity in searching
the Bible and its prophecies that has been evident during the past century. Although we recognize this
as its first application, beyond a doubt it also forecasts the tremendous increase of travel on a global
scale that has characterized the past fifty years. The restless populations of the world are on the move
by foot, automobile, rail, ship, and airplane. No longer do the great oceans isolate continents and
nations; for air travel has shrunk distances until statesmen transact business today in foreign capitals
across the seas, and tomorrow they can be back in their own offices.
Other Signs in the Religious World

13. What other four outstanding signs are in the religious world?
Answer:
A. Scoffers.
"Know this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, saying.
Where is the promise of His coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the beginning of creation." 2 Peter 3:3-4.
B. The gospel shall be preached in all the world.
"This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then
shall the end come." Matthew 24:14.
Answer: The message of Christ's sacrifice on the cross and His soon second coming is being
sounded in about eight hundred language and dialect areas of the world. Missionaries have roamed
this entire globe preaching the Gospel of Christs kingdom. The Gospel, in fact, is being preached
even in places where one would not expect it to be. Recently a report was carried out of Red China
by one of the people who managed to escape. This report told of a minister who had two Bibles.
When the police came to confiscate all the Bibles in the area, the minister kept one at the risk of his
life. If he is caught he will suffer a most brutal death, for the communists, in order to terrorize the
people into obedience, make examples of those who disobey. This minister has a large congregation
which meets secretly to copy pages from his old, worn out Bible so that they may have the privilege
of reading a few precious pages of Scripture. This Gospel of the kingdom has indeed been preached
in all the world. The end is very near.
C. Lack of love.
"Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." Matthew 24:12.
Answer: Many, seeing hypocrisy even in some church members and almost universal corruption
elsewhere in the world, lose courage and love grows cold.
D. Lack of faith.
"When the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?" Luke 18:8.
Answer: The parable of Luke 18: 1-8 indicates that the prayer of faith will be almost nonexistent
"when the Son of man cometh." This is understandable, for modernistic teaching has undermined
belief in God as a real being.
Signs in the Sun, Moon and Stars

14. What three unusual sights in the heavens were foretold as signs of the end?
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened. and the moon shall not
give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven. and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: and
then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth morn.
and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory"
Matthew 24:29-30. (Joel 3: 15; Revelation 6: 1213).
Answer: The great period of tribulation mentioned in connection with these unusual sights in the
heavens is known in history as the Dark Ages. As you will learn, God had revealed, through Daniel,
the prophet (Daniel 7:25), that this time of papal supremacy would commence in AD. 538 and last
until AD. 1798 Public persecution ceased, however, about 25 years before the full 1,260 years had
elapsed, due to the combined influence of the Protestant Reformation and the opportunities for
religious freedom in America.
Now note the accuracy of Christ's prediction in Mark 13:24, where He says, "In those days, after that
tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light." The first of these signs
appeared after persecution ended, "in those days," or shortly before 1798. God's Word never fails:
hence on May 19, 1780, the sun was darkened. Early in the day the birds disappeared, domestic fowl
went to roost, and grazing cattle in the pasture wended their way toward the barnyard. That same
night the moon was darkened and gave the appearance of blood (Revelation 6: 12).
"The stars shall fall from heaven," These, of necessity, would be shooting stars. As predicted, the
greatest meteoric shower ever recorded seemed to set the very heavens ablaze on the night of
November 13, 1833. The minds of men were made sober at the time, and contemporary writings
indicate that many feared the final Day of Judgment had come.
His Coming Is Too Close

15. How near is Christs coming when we see all these signs?
"Now learn a parable of the fig tree. When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know
that summer is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall sees all these things, know that it is near, even at
the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled."
Matthew 24:32-34.
Answer: The Bible is very specific and plain on this point. The signs have almost all been fulfilled.
We cannot know the exact day and hour of Christ's return (Matthew 24:36), but we can be confident
that we are the people who will live to see Jesus return. God has promised to finish things very
quickly now and cut the work short (Romans 9:28). Christ is coming back to this earth for His people
very soon. Are you ready?
16. What attitude of life should we maintain in these days of expectation?
"Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the angels of heaven, but My Father only. As the days
of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the
flood they were eating and drinking' marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered
into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so also the coming of the
Son of man be . . Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." Matthew 24:3642.
Answer: The people of Noah's day had received adequate warning of the coming Flood, but they
were afflicted with the same sins that beset modern man - unbelief, preoccupation with pleasure
seeking, and procrastination.
To the people of His day Jesus said, "0 fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets
have spoken" (Luke 24:25).
In His great love, God has given us many signs that show Christ's coming to be near. These signs
have been given that we and our dear ones may be ready when He comes. Are you not grateful for
the evidences all about us that indicate that soon we shall see Jesus face to face? The world around us
may be in perplexity and strife, but we can rejoice that soon all this will pass away and an eternity
with Christ will stretch out before us. There is no doubt about it. If we follow the advice of Jesus to
"watch therefore," we will be ready.
Dear WLC member: Have you made the necessary preparation? Have you asked the Lord
Jesus to be Ruler of your life?

7. Signs That His Coming Is Near
Go To Lesson #7
QUIZ
1. Has God revealed in Bible prophecy when the nearness of Christ's return will be? (1)
o Yes
o No
2. Mark all statements that are true signs of the last days of earth: (7) ( 7 answers )
o The world will get better and better.
o Strife between capital and labor.
o Fewer earthquakes, storms, etc.
o Falling away from Bible truth.
o Lower divorce rate.
o Craze for pleasure.
o Moral degeneracy.
o A great drop in the crime rate.
o Great famines.
o Increase of knowledge.
o Unrest and upheaval.
3. Can we look for conditions to get better or worse? (1)
o For better
o For worse
4. What particular social conditions did Apostle Paul point out as characteristic of the last days? (1)
o Lovers of truth more than lovers of pleasure.
o Ever learning, and able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
o Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.
5. Tick the facts about religious condition in the last days that Apostle Paul and the book of
Revelation pointed out? (4) ( 4 answers )
o The gospel shall be preached in all the world.
o Lack of love will increase.
o Fruit of the spirit will manifest in the churches.
o Churchgoers will increase.
o Lack of faith will increase.
o Workers for God will be plenty.
o The last human pope.
6. When did the time of the end begin? (1)
o 1335
o 1260
o 1798
7. In relation with the tribulation, when did the signs in the sun, moon, and stars happen? (1)
o After
o Before
o In the middle of tribulation
o According to Jesus, how will false Christs and false prophets deceive the world in the last days? (1)
o False Christ will only show up in Jerusalem.
o False Christs and false prophets will arise all around the world and do great miracles and wonders.
They will convert all the world to Christianity.

8. Who did Apostle Peter say shall come in the last days? (1)
o Virgin Mary
o Scoffers
o Antichrist
9. Which signs in the heavens are signs of Christ's return? (2) ( 2 answers )
o Haley's comet.
o The dark day of 1780.
o The falling stars of November 1833.
o The moon falling to the earth.
10. Which of the following are correct statements? (2) ( 2 answers )
o Christ is sure to come in 2011.
o No man can tell the nearness of Christ's coming.
o As leaves appear in the fig tree in spring indicating that summer is near, so the signs of the times
confirm Christ's soon coming.
o We are not to watch for the signs of His coming
o No man can know the day and the hour of Christ's coming.
11. How do we know that Jesus is coming back to earth very soon? (1)
o Revelation 17 reveals Pope Benedict XVI is the last human pope. Next pope will be a demon
impersonating John Paul II. He will catapult us into the last events before the second coming.
o Because so many people believe that Jesus is coming soonm, even people from different religions.
o Many concede that the earth cannot last any longer, humans are depleting all resources and
humanity will not be able to exist any longer.
12. Why did Jesus liken the coming of the Son of man to Noah's days? (2) ( 2 answers )
o The world will be destroyed by a flood.
o Because the condition of sin warranted total destruction on the earth.
o Because the flood took the wicked by surprise inspite of the obvious signs preceding it.
o The animals will be saved before second coming as they were in the ark.
13. What question did Jesus ask about faith when the Son of Man cometh? (1)
o Shall He find faith on the earth?
o Will the world be increased with faith?
o Will faith be seen in the church?
14. I believe in the Bible signs that Jesus is coming in just a few years and I want to prepare for His
coming. (1)
o No
o Amen
o

8. A Rebel Visits Planet Earth
Back in the remote past, before the creation of the earth, there was in heaven one named "Lucifer,"
who was known by his fellows as "the son of the morning." He occupied the exalted position of
leader of the angelic choir and stood next to the Son of God in command of the heavenly host.
Stranger than fiction is the Bible record of how this exalted angel instituted a rebellion against God,
led a host of the angels to follow him, and was at last expelled from heaven. Lucifer, transformed into
"the devil."
"To many minds the origin of sin and the reason for its existence are a source of great perplexity.
They see the work of evil, with its terrible results of woe and desolation, and they question how all
this can exist under the sovereignty of One who is infinite in wisdom, in power, and in love. Here is a
mystery of which they find no explanation. And in their uncertainty and doubt they are blinded to
truths plainly revealed in God's word and essential to salvation. There are those who, in their
inquiries concerning the existence of sin, endeavor to search into that which God has never revealed;
hence they find no solution of their difficulties; and such as are actuated by a disposition to doubt and
cavil seize upon this as an excuse for rejecting the words of Holy Writ. Others, however, fail of a
satisfactory understanding of the great problem of evil, from the fact that tradition and
misinterpretation have obscured the teaching of the Bible concerning the character of God, the nature
of His government, and the principles of His dealing with sin.
"It is impossible to explain the origin of sin so as to give a reason for its existence. Yet enough may
be understood concerning both the origin and the final disposition of sin to make fully manifest the
justice and benevolence of God in all His dealings with evil. Nothing is more plainly taught in
Scripture than that God was in no wise responsible for the entrance of sin; that there was no arbitrary
withdrawal of divine grace, no deficiency in the divine government, that gave occasion for the
uprising of rebellion. Sin is an intruder, for whose presence no reason can be given. It is mysterious,
unaccountable; to excuse it is to defend it. Could excuse for it be found, or cause be shown for its
existence, it would cease to be sin. Our only definition of sin is that given in the word of God; it is
'the transgression of the law;' it is the outworking of a principle at war with the great law of love
which is the foundation of the divine government." The Great Controversy, page 492.
Lucifer the Devil

1. Does the devil really exist?
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking
whom he may devour." 1 Peter 5:8.
Answer: Yes, the Bible says he is our enemy. All who seek to follow Jesus will be brought into
conflict with this relentless foe.
2. Was Satan always a devil?
Answer: No, he originally was one of God's highest angels in heaven. God had created him to be the
"anointed cherub" to stand by God's throne and cover it with his outstretched wings. He was very
beautiful, full of wisdom, and a skillful musician. He was perfect in all his ways. See Ezekiel 28:1215; 26:13.
Not Created A Devil

3. What changed this beautiful Lucifer into a devil?
Answer: Lucifer became proud because of his beauty (Ezk. 28:15-17) and jealous of God; he was
determined to take His place as Ruler of the universe (Isaiah 14:12-14).
4. And why did Lucifer sin?
Answer: The sin of Lucifer is unexplainable. To excuse sin is to defend it. Lucifer had everything
that God could give except God's divinity. God's Son Jesus inherited His Father's divinity. Lucifer
was jealous of Jesus. This is how the great controversy between Christ and Satan began. Satan's
power to deceive is so great that inspite of being in the presence of God, many angels believed
Satan's accusations against God and followed Satan instead. They did not keep their first estate (Jude
6). They transgressed (Hebrews 2:2). They were cast out to this world with him (Revelation 12:9).
And so will sin make us all outcasts, unless we confess and forsake it and humbly acknowledge the
sovereignty of God.
5. After Lucifer's rebellion, what happened to him?
"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the
whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." Revelation 12:9.
"And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." Luke 10:18.
"How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations!" Isaiah 14:12.
Answer: Lucifer won the support of one-third of the angels (Rev. 12:3, 4) and caused an insurrection
in heaven. God had no choice but to oust Lucifer and his angels. This was the greatest battle, by far,
ever fought. Lucifer's aim was to usurp God's throne, even if it might eventually lead to murder (John
8:44). After his expulsion from heaven, Lucifer was called Satan (adversary) and devil (slanderer),
and his angels were called demons.
The Tempter Visits Eden

6. After his fall, what place did Satan visit?
"Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God." Ezekiel 28:13.
Answer: He appeared in Eden, where God had placed Adam and Eve.
7. In what form did Satan approach Eve in Eden?
Answer: He used the serpent as a medium and spoke to Eve through it. See Genesis 3:1.
In order to accomplish his work unperceived, Satan chose to employ as his medium the serpent--a
disguise well adapted for his purpose of deception. The serpent was then one of the wisest and most
beautiful creatures on the earth. It had wings (Isaiah 14:29; 30:6), and while flying through the air
presented an appearance of dazzling brightness, having the color and brilliancy of burnished gold.
Resting in the rich-laden branches of the forbidden tree and regaling itself with the delicious fruit, it
was an object to arrest the attention and delight the eye of the beholder. Thus in the garden of peace
lurked the destroyer, watching for his prey. Patriarchs and Prophets, page 53.
8. In giving man liberty to eat from the garden of Eden, what single reservation did God make?
"And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Genesis 2:16, 17.
Answer: This was to be the test of man's loyalty to his Creator. God out of love gave Adam and Eve
the choice, whether they wanted to obey Him or not. If He did not give them this choice they would
have been forced to obey Him, thus their obedience would be as that of slaves or robots and not an
obedience of choice because they love God. Death was to be the result in case of disobedience. See
Genesis 3:1-3.
NOTE: Our first parents, though created innocent and holy, were not placed beyond the possibility
of wrongdoing. God made them free moral agents, capable of appreciating the wisdom and
benevolence of His character and the justice of His requirements, and with full liberty to yield or to
withhold obedience. They were to enjoy communion with God and with holy angels; but before they
could be rendered eternally secure, their loyalty must be tested. At the very beginning of man's
existence a check was placed upon the desire for self-indulgence, the fatal passion that lay at the
foundation of Satan's fall. The tree of knowledge, which stood near the tree of life in the midst of the
garden, was to be a test of the obedience, faith, and love of our parents. While permitted to eat freely
of every other tree, they were forbidden to taste of this, on pain of death. They were also to be
exposed to the temptations of Satan; but if they endured the trial, they would finally be placed
beyond his power, to enjoy perpetual favor with God. Patriarch and Prophets, page 48.
Doubting God's Word

9. How did Satan challenge God's Word?
"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye
eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." Genesis
3:4, 5.
Answer: By casting doubt on Gods word. Satan's lies were: (1) you won't die, and (2) eating the
fruit will make you wise. Satan, who invented lying (John 8:44), mixed truth with lies to deceive Eve.
A little bit of error mixed with a lot of truth has always been Satan's effective method of deception. It
was truth they would "know evil" after sinning. In love, God had withheld from them the knowledge
of heartache, grief, suffering, pain, and death. Satan, as he does today, made the knowledge of evil
appear attractive. Satan told lies to misrepresent God's character because he knew that no one would
ever turn away from such a loving God unless he misunderstands His character.
NOTE: God could employ only such means as were consistent with truth and righteousness. Satan
could use what God could not--flattery and deceit. He had sought to falsify the word of God and had
misrepresented His plan of government, claiming that God was not just in imposing laws upon the
angels; that in requiring submission and obedience from His creatures, He was seeking merely the
exaltation of Himself. It was therefore necessary to demonstrate before the inhabitants of heaven, and
of all the worlds, that God's government is just, His law perfect. Satan had made it appear that he
himself was seeking to promote the good of the universe. The true character of the usurper and his
real object must be understood by all. He must have time to manifest himself by his wicked works.
Patriarch and Prophets, page 42.
10. After yielding to the voice of the tempter and disobeying God, how did Adam and Eve feel?
"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig
leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in
the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the
Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him,
Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked;
and I hid myself." Genesis 3:7-10.
Answer: They were filled with a sense of shame and terror.
11. As a result of man's sin, what curse did God pronounce upon him and upon the earth?
"And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of
the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy
sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth
to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou
return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return." Genesis 3: 17-19.
Answer: God cursed the ground for his sake.
Consequence of Sin
12. What has the whole human family suffered as a result of Adams sin?
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all
men, for that all have sinned. Romans 5:12.
Answer: Death.
NOTE: Immortality, promised to man on condition of obedience, has been forfeited by
transgression. Adam could not transmit to his posterity that which he did not possess; and there could
have been no hope for the fallen race had not God, by the sacrifice of His Son, brought immortality
within their reach. While "death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned," Christ "hath brought
life and immortality to light through the gospel." Romans 5:12; 2 Timothy 1:10. And only through
Christ can immortality be obtained. "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life." John 3:36.
13. Where is Satan's headquarters now and what position does he occupy?
"And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From
going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it." Job 1:7. See Job 2:2.
"Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great
wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." Revelation 12:12.
"Of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." 2 Peter 2:19.
Answer: Contrary to popular opinion, Satan's headquarters is the earth. God gave Adam and Eve
dominion over the earth (Genesis 1:26). When they sinned, they lost it to Satan (Romans 6:16), who
then became ruler, or prince of the earth (John 12:31). Satan bitterly hates humans, who were created
in God's image.
14. What methods does Satan use to cause humans to perish?

There are seven principal avenues of approach by which the enemy works:
A. Through deception. In the Garden of Eden he took the form of a serpent and deceived Eve
(Genesis 3:1).
"Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." 1 Timothy 2:14.
Deception is the devil's main method-first, last, and always. He will deceive every person who does
not love God and the truth supremely (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12). To be deceived means to think you
are right when you are wrong. We should not blame the devil for our own doings, however. We may
deceive ourselves (1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 John 1:8).
B. Through people who profess to be God's servants."Satan himself is transformed into an angel
of light." 2 Cor. 11:14. He works through sinful men, some of whom profess to be God's servants.
"Such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And
no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his
ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness." 2 Cor. 11:13-15.
C. Through organizations. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual Wickedness in high
places." Ephesians 6:12.
D. Through miracles. "They are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the
kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God
Almighty." Revelation 16:14 (2 Thessalonians 2:8-9).
NOTE: Satan wanted to control Peter (Luke 22:31-33). He did capture Judas (Luke 22:33). He got
into Ananias' heart and led him to lie to the Holy Ghost (Acts 5: 1-5). Jesus warned, "Take heed that
no man deceive you" (Matthew 24:4). These are the very days when we are to beware, lest any man
or any miracle lead us to disbelieve or disobey God (Matthew 24:24; 2 Timothy 3:13).
Paul warned of the great falling away of all the churches and denominations, finally to be headed by
the "man of sin." This man would claim that he was another God. Satan did not like God's laws, and
he wished to exalt his own throne above God. On earth he has deceived millions with a religious
system by exalting man as a god, leading him to tamper with the Ten Commandments, and trying to
change them; thus he seeks to prove his claim to godship. We must not continue to be deceived by
Satan, by man, by organizations, or by ourselves.
E. Through accusations. "Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our
God day and night." Revelation 12:10.
Satan accused God to Eve (Genesis 3:4-5). He accused Job to God (Job 1:8-11; 2:4-5). He accused,
or resisted, Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1-2). And he will accuse, condemn, and trouble you
with many evil condemnations.
He will come to you and tell you that you are unworthy to be saved, that you have failed too many
times, or that you are too great a sinner. He will hold up your past sins to discourage you.
F. Through afflictions. "So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore
boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown." Job 2:7.
He bound a woman for eighteen years. "This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. .Satan hath
bound, lo, these eighteen years." Luke 13:16. He buffeted Paul's flesh (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). Satan
afflicts many people, both saints and sinners.
G. Through persecution. When the devil cannot bring people to believe through deception, he will
seek to drive them into persecution. He is a mean and ugly master, and stirs up evil against God's
people. He persecutes the true and faithfuls that are worshipping in their homes. Read Revelation 12.
He makes war on commandment keepers (Revelation 12:17).
"He was a murderer from the beginning." John 8:44.
In these last days he will make war upon the true church, which keep the commandments of God
(Revelation 12:17). "He was a murderer from the beginning." He sought to destroy man's love for,
and obedience to, his Creator; and he has, through the ages, incited false religion to persecute the
saints of God even unto death. Christ died that He might "destroy him that had the power of death,
that is, the devil" (Hebrews 2:14).
Remember, God made Lucifer, not Satan. The change from the righteous Lucifer to the sinful Satan
was made by Satan himself. God could make His creatures in either of two ways with the power of
choice or without it. He created them with the power of choice. It is the only intelligent, satisfying
way. His beings thus serve Him because they love Him and choose to obey.
As long as God gave the power of choice, evil might be chosen, which is the opposite of God's way.
Of all God's creatures, Lucifer had the least excuse to sin because he was highest. But he deliberately
chose jealousy.

8. A Rebel Visits Planet Earth
Go To Lesson #8
QUIZ
1. Is there a devil? (1)
o Not really; it's just a symbol for evil
o Yes
2. What was his original name before he becomes devil? (1)
o Lucifer
o Gabriel
o Michael
3. What changed this beautiful being into a devil? (1)
o A disagreement
o God's law
o Pride and jealousy
4. After Lucifer's rebellion, what happened to him? (5) ( 5 answers )
o One-third of the angels fell with him.
o Jesus saw him being cast out.
o He was the first sinner.
o His name became Satan.
o He hid inside a palace.
o He repented and stayed in heaven.
o He was cast out of heaven.
5. Check which statment is true about God the Father. (1)
o It is hard to know the Father from the Bible
o God's love is unconditional
o God hates the sinner but loves His only begotten Son that is why Christ died on our behalf.
o The Father loves us only because His Son loves us.
6. Why didn't God kill Lucifer when he sinned? (4) ( 4 answers )
o Time was needed to vindicate God's plan.
o Time was needed to demonstrate Lucifer's plan.
o The good angels would not let Him.
o Lucifer was too strong for God.
o Some might be afraid of God.
o Angels might misunderstand.
7. What place did Satan visit after he was thrown out of heaven? (1)
o Garden of Eden
o Vatican City
o Hell
8. Which of these statements are true about the way that Satan approached Eve in Eden? (3) ( 3
answers )
o He caused her to sin by arousing her curiosity.
o Mixed truth with lies.
o He first appeared to Adam.
o He chose to employ the medium of a serpent.
o He disguised as angel of light.
9. Check the true statement about Satan's final punishment? (4) ( 4 answers )
o Satan will confess God's justice.
o The fire will destroy sin and sinners.
o Satan and his angels will admit they were wrong.
o The fire will be in heaven.
o His angels will escape
o He will be turned to ashes in the fire.
o What has come to the whole human family as a result of Adams sin? (1)
o Unity
o Death
o Eternal life
10. How has Adams sin affected the earth and its vegetation? (2) ( 2 answers )
o The earth turned to green.
o Thorns and weeds came into existence.
o The ground became more fruitful.
o The ground became cursed.
11. What facts below are true about sin? (4) ( 4 answers )
o We will still continue to sin when Jesus is in our heart.
o Satan invented the sin of lying.
o Sin is easy to overcome.
o Sin separates us from God.
o Sin is breaking God's law.
o Jesus has made sin's destruction certain.
12. Where is Satan's headquarters now? (1)
o Heaven
o USA
o Earth
13. Check the items that are true about the way Satan works. (7) ( 7 answers )
o He works by persecution.
o He works by affliction.
o He cannot do miracles.
o He works by accusation.
o He deceives by miracles.
o He works through some organizations.
o He transforms himself into an angel of light.
o He cannot enter churches.
o He loves to help people.
o He works by deception.
14. How can we overcome Satan? (3) ( 3 answers )
o By submission to God and resisting the devil.
o By the word of our testimony.
o By the good works we have done for Christ.
o By our own wisdom.
o By the blood of Christ.
o By going to the church.
15. By whom will sin be finally wiped out from the universe? (1)
o Jesus
o Satan
o Adam
16. I realize the only way I can escape Satan's deceptions is by prayerfully studying the word of God
and obeying in faith all the light taught in it. (1)
o
o
No
Yes
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Inspiration of the Scriptures

The Bible Imparts True Knowledge

Gods Word to Become a Part of Us

11. To what extent has God magnified His word?

The Sure Word Of Prophecy

Creative Power of the Word

17. What change is wrought in one who is in Christ?

Cleansed and Kept by His Word

21. What transformation is made possible through the word?

The Word Was Christ

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o Mills and Boon

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You Can Understand the Bible

Principles Of Bible Study

Precept upon precept, line upon line

Faith and Godly Wisdom

Suggested Methods Of Bible Study

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11. What is to guide us into all truth? (1)

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2. What prayer is not?

7. Why are some prayers not answered?

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12. Prayer is not (3) ( 3 answers )

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The Only-Begotten Son

Relationship Between Father And Son

Submission of Son to Father

One god made up of three persons.

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Is the Trinity a Biblical belief? ( 1 )

He bore our punishment that we may gain His reward.

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God's Eternal Gift

3. Was Jesus Christ the Son of God?

JesusThe Son Of God

Deep Sympathy For Us

16. What did the death of Jesus achieve for us?

Our Mediator And High Priest

18. Where is Jesus now and what is He doing?

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Where is Jesus now and what is He doing? (1)

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His Coming Will Not Be In Secret

The Time Of Jesus Coming