Study Guide:
Selected Messages, Book
3
Study
Guide Index
INTRODUCTION
Selected Messages, Book 3,
follows by 22 years the publication of Selected Messages, Books 1 and
2. These three volumes of general testimony counsels are the first such volumes
to be published since Volume 9 of Testimonies for the Church in 1909.
Selected Messages, Book 3,
represents a wide variety of counsel on many subjects that will be recognized
as useful to meet some current needs in the church. As you study this book,
you will surely become aware repeatedly of the practical value of its content
for today's church.
Because the sections in Selected
Messages, Book 3, vary considerably in length, the lessons in this study
guide have been divided into portions of fairly even length without regard for
sections. Some subjects will no doubt offer more discussion possibilities than
others. Classes or groups who study may want to regulate their pace of study
to accommodate these differences.
This book offers a rich source of
study and discussion on a great variety of topics. May your study be informative
as well as inspirational.
The Ellen G. White Estate
Silver Spring, MD.
LESSON 1, Pages 14-47
Chapter 1
What is the Church?
1. The only object on earth on which
Christ bestows His supreme regard is the ___________________. (14)
2. Give two important reasons
for having a church. (15)
3. How should mature church members
relate to the inexperienced? (16)
4. Why should one man's mind and
judgment not control the church? (16, 17)
5. Our weapons of warfare should
be turned against the ___________________, not against ___________________.
(18)
6. When a person begins to pronounce
judgment against the church, what may we know? (18)
7. As church members how are we to
work for erring members? (19)
Chapter 2
Unity in the Church
8. Thought question: What are the
"soldierly qualities" we should manifest? (20)
9. Thought question: "The multitude
of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul." Acts 4:32. What does
this mean? (20)
10. Read John 17 as suggested. Be
prepared to discuss. (21)
11. When only are the decisions of
the church on earth ratified in heaven? Matthew 18:18. (22)
Chapter 3
Independent Action
12. What will surely happen to those
who despise counsel and reproof? (23)
13. How only is an army successful?
(24)
14. What are the values of counsel
with others? (24)
15. Only what efforts will be accepted
by God? (25)
16. What was the result of James
White's counseling with others? (25)
17. Why is thorough church organization
essential? (26)
18. What are some dangers of every
man acting independently? (26)
Chapter 4
The Primacy of the Word
19. Why has God given visions in
the last days? (29)
20. Why did Ellen White urge that
we should not make her prominent in our public labor? (29, 30)
21. "___________________ is the author
of the Scriptures and of the Spirit of Prophecy." (30)
22. How does Ellen White use the
terms "lesser light" and "greater light"? (30)
23. How should the Testimonies
be used in connection with the Word of God? (31)
24. After the 1844 disappointment,
how was truth established? (31, 32)
25. Ellen White wrote to "correct
___________________ and to specify what is ___________________." (32)
26. Under what circumstances did
Ellen White ask the church not to quote her words? (33)
Chapter 5
Experiences in Receiving the Visions
27. What three major subjects
were presented to Ellen Harmon (White) in her first vision? (34)
28. The lights she saw in the vision
represented ___________________. (34)
29. Describe the physical effects
of the vision on Ellen White. (35)
30. Thought question: Why do you
believe she could not have a vision when she pleased? (36)
31. Did Ellen White welcome visions?
Explain your answer. (36, 37)
32. What happened when she doubted
her visions? (37)
33. What was the purpose of the physical
phenomena that accompanied visions? (39)
Chapter 6
Glimpses of How the Light Came
to Ellen White
34. Review the several ways visions
came to Ellen White. (40-47)
35. What lesson do we learn from
the person who had a vessel of beautiful fruit? (44, 45)
36. Was Ellen White given all
her abilities to speak and write from the beginning? (46)
LESSON 2, Pages 48-86
Chapter 7
Presenting the Divinely Revealed
Message
1. Why did Ellen White delay giving
some of her messages? (48)
2. She depended on the Spirit of
the Lord, not only in having a vision, but in ___________________ ___________________
the vision. (48)
3. Under what circumstances did she
use marks of quotation? (49)
4. Briefly give her understanding
of her writings: (50, 51)
A. The Testimonies:
B. The Conflict of the Ages
Books:
C. The Articles:
D. The Letters:
E. The Interviews:
5. Did the Spirit ever give Ellen
White the exact words? (51, 52)
6. She said: "There is one straight
chain of ___________________, without one ___________________ sentence in that
which I have written." (52)
7. Did God give her a vision for
every case or person? Explain. (53, 54)
8. How did she feel about giving
reproofs? (54)
9. Was everything always clear to
Ellen White when she had a vision? (54, 55) Is there a Bible precedent?
10. How did both Ellen White and
the apostle Paul sometimes become informed about church problems? (55)
11. What did Paul and Ellen White
do under these circumstances? (55, 56)
12. Why was the giving of counsel
sometimes delayed? (56, 57)
13. How did God bring Ellen White
to a better understanding of what was at first not understood? (56)
14. In what area of writing did Ellen
White not claim inspiration? (57-60)
15. When she had no special light
from God, what did she do? (60)
16. What expressions did Ellen White
leave out of books prepared for the reading of the general public? Why? (61)
Chapter 8
The Question of Influence
17. What did Ellen White consider
the most convincing evidence that her work was
from the Lord? (62)
18. Why did she on one occasion not
read letters sent to her? (63)
19. Review charges regarding influence
over her writing and how she answered these charges. (62-67)
20. Why didn't Ellen White always
make her corrections of others public? (66)
Chapter 9
Defining Sister White's Judgment
and the Word of the Lord
21. How did some try to divide her
counsels between messages from God and her own opinion? (68)
22. When we try to divide the messages,
who helps us to choose? (70)
Chapter 10
On Being an Inspired Messenger
23. What evidences did Ellen White
offer that God was guiding her work? (72)
24. How did opposition affect her
giving of messages? (73)
25. List at least two reasons
Ellen White gives for not claiming the title "Prophetess." (74)
26. When she was contradicted in
regard to her messages, what did the Lord instruct her to do? (75)
27. Explain why Ellen White's sermons
did her good. (76)
28. For how long did Ellen White
see that her writing would be of help to the church? (76)
29. How was Ellen White's work to
be of even more value after her death? (77)
Chapter 11
The Reception of the Messages
30. When Ellen White's messages were
accepted, what was the usual result? (79)
31. How did some who received messages
try to divide them? (80, 81)
32. Why were the lessons of Christ
often misunderstood? (82)
33. How do some study the Scriptures
and Ellen White's writings wrongly? (82)
34. What will belief in Ellen White's
ministry do for us today and in the future? (84)
35. Those Adventists who take their
stand under Satan's banner will first give up
faith in ______________________________________. (84)
36. Review two examples of
how accepting testimonies was a blessing. (84-86)
LESSON 3, Pages 87-124
Chapter 12
Literary Assistants in Work of
Ellen G. White
1. Who acted as Ellen White's first
human helper and counselor? (89)
2. What two things were her
helpers not permitted to do? (89)
3. How did Ellen White characterize
herself as a writer? (90)
4. As she imparted light to others,
what happened to her? What may we personally learn from this? (90)
5. Ellen White called Marian Davis
her ___________________. (91)
6. Describe how Marian Davis worked.
(91-93)
Chapter 13
The Testimonies for the Church
7. The first Testimony was
published in the year ___________________. (94)
8. What reason did Ellen White give
for publishing personal testimonies? (95)
9. How are we to relate to messages
given to others? (95)
10. What did God show her about using
her talents in writing and speaking? (96, 97)
11. What liberties did Ellen White
take in selecting what would be put in print? Why? (98)
Chapter 14
Initial Steps in Writing and Publishing
the Great Controversy Story
12. The first writing of the Great
Controversy story came after a vision given in the year ___________________.
(99)
13. How did Satan try to stop her
from writing out the contents of this vision? (99, 100)
Chapter 15
A Running Account of Ellen G.
White's Experience in Writing on the Life of Christ
14. Who was Mary Clough? (103)
15. What help did Ellen White ask
from J. H. Waggoner on her writing on the life of Christ? (104)
16. How did she describe her writing
on the life of Christ? (106)
Chapter 16
Expanding the Great Controversy
Presentation
17. What title did Ellen White give
Satan? (110)
18. What purpose for writing did
Ellen White put in her introduction to The Great Controversy? (111, 112)
19. What unusual pronouncement about
the second coming of Christ did Ellen White hear in vision? (112)
20. Why did she not write about this
pronouncement later? (112)
21. Which was she shown as most important--her
speaking or writing? Why? (114)
Chapter 17
The Experience of E. G. White
in Preparing The Desire of Ages
22. What caused Ellen White special
concern as she wrote on the life of Christ? (115)
23. What other responsibilities sometimes
interfered with her writing? (117, 119)
24. What was Ellen White's "whole
theme," both in the pulpit and by pen? (118)
25. How should we relate to critics
and criticism? (120)
Chapter 18
Comments While at Work on the
Conflict Series Books
26. How did Ellen White use histories
of the Bible in her writing? (122)
27. When changes in wording were
suggested for the 1911 edition of The Great Controversy, what was Ellen
White's first concern? (123, 124)
LESSON 4, Pages 433-465
Note: This lesson can be studied
in connection with the preceding lesson, or separately as time allows.
Appendix A
The Great Controversy--1911
Edition
1. Briefly list the most obvious
changes in the 1911 edition of The Great Controversy. (433-437)
2. Why were new quotations from historians
sometimes used? (435)
3. In some places forms of expression
were changed. Why? (435, 436)
4. What could be given as the major
reason for using certain histories? (436)
5. How did Ellen White's two years
in Europe help her in preparing this edition of The Great Controversy?
(438)
6. Why were some things left out
of earlier editions of The Great Controversy? (439)
7. How does W. C. White answer the
question: "Has Sister White the authority and right to make changes in her published
writings?" (441)
8. Review how Ellen White expanded
several areas in the controversy story. (443)
9. What was Ellen White's greatest
concern as she made the controversy story available to the world outside the
Seventh-day Adventist Church? (443, 444)
Appendix B
10. Why did W. C. White suggest that
Adventist ministers should not quote from Daniel and Revelation and
The Great Controversy in preaching to those who are not Adventists? (446)
11. Why did Ellen White not want
readers to treat her historical writing as authority in regard to details and
dates? Discuss. (446)
12. Why did Ellen White sometimes
copy the words of historical authorities? (447)
13. What was W. C. White's conviction
about Ellen White's choice of histories to quote? (449, 450)
Appendix C
14. Why were some parts left out
of The Great Controversy, Volume IV? List them from pages 436, 437, 439,
and 447.
LESSON 5, Pages 125-155
Chapter 19
The Incarnation
1. Describe the physical appearance
of Christ while He was living on earth. (127)
2. At what point was Christ required
to begin the work of redemption? (128)
3. How did Christ meet and resist
the enemy--Satan? (128)
4. Why did Christ feel so keenly
the assaults of Satan? (129)
5. List some human problems Jesus
had to contend with. (130)
6. The temptations of Christ were
in proportion to what? (131)
7. How is temptation to be resisted?
(132)
8. "He [Christ] never bore ___________________
in his own flesh, but He carried the ___________________ of others." (133)
9. What was accomplished when Christ
took our humanity? (134)
10. Christ came into our world not
only to atone for sin, but to be a ___________________. (135)
11. Compare Christ's temptation with
ours. (136)
12. List several things the Holy
Spirit does to help us to be victorious. (137, 138)
13. "The world's Redeemer came not
only to be a ___________________ for sin, but to be an ___________________ to
man in all things." (138)
14. "The Lord Jesus came to our world,
not to reveal what a ___________________ could do, but what a ___________________
could do, through faith in God's power to help in every emergency." (140)
15. In the sanctuary service Christ
is the ___________________ and the ___________________. (141)
Chapter 20
Principles as Set Forth by Ellen
White in Her Early Ministry
16. Preview the three chapters in
this section from the introduction.
17. What is Ellen White talking about
when she says, "Some try too hard to believe"? (145)
18. When Brother P made religious
experience too much of a form, what was the result?
(146)
19. Sanctification is not ___________________.
(146)
20. What did Enoch and Elijah have
in common? (146, 147)
21. Discuss this statement: "All
your good works cannot save you; but it is nevertheless impossible for you to
be saved without good works." (147)
22. Why is it wrong to say that we
have nothing to do but believe? (147)
23. "It is a sin to ___________________."
(149)
24. Why is it wrong to feel we must
be on probation and prove we are reformed before we can be blessed? (150)
25. What is true religion? (150)
26. How is obedience to God's commandments
important to our present life? (151)
27. Why do some never find peace
and rest as Christians? (151, 152)
28. How did Ellen White explain the
purpose of the law to a non-Seventh-day Adventist minister? (152, 153)
29. What is wrong with the cry, "Only
believe"? (153)
30. When the Spirit of God is withdrawn
from the world, who will be the first to be left? (154)
31. What is "goody-goody religion"?
(155)
32. What will be the attitude among
the saved when it is seen that some have brighter crowns? (155)
LESSON 6, Pages 156-204
Chapter 21
Ellen G. White Reports on the
Minneapolis Conference
1. In the ministerial institute before
the 1888 General Conference, two subjects were especially controversial. What
were they?
A. (157)
B. (158)
2. There was a growing resistance
and nonacceptance of ___________________. (158)
3. Why did some resist the presentations
on righteousness by faith? (159)
4. After the 1888 General Conference,
how was righteousness by faith accepted among church members? (160, 161)
What happened at the heart of the
work? (161)
5. Was there ever an official rejection
by church leaders? (162)
6. What symbol does Ellen White give
for the Bible? (163)
7. The flowers in the garden represent
___________________. (163)
8. What did Ellen White see as Satan's
strategy at this time? (167)
9. At the 1888 meeting, the presentations
connected the righteousness of Christ with the ___________________. (168)
10. What happens when the righteousness
of Christ is placed in the law? (170, 171)
11. To what did Ellen White attribute
spiritless discourses or sermons? (171)
12. What is the third angel's message?
(172)
13. What is the faith of Jesus? (172)
14. What subject did Ellen White
say had been exaggerated in importance at the 1888 meeting? (174, 175)
15. How does "holding up Christ"
relate to the law? (176)
16. What is Ellen White's answer
to the excuse: "I cannot live up to this or that"? (179, 180)
17. What happens when we do our best?
(180)
18. What is Ellen White's answer
to those who feel they have a great work to do before they can come to Christ?
(181)
19. What are the two parts of the
third angel's message to be given to the world? (184)
A.
B.
20. What are the "inspiring themes
of the gospel"? (186)
21. What should ministers study to
avoid apostasies? (187)
22. How is Christ's preaching described?
(188)
23. What is the effect of a legal
religion on the ministry? (189)
Chapter 22
Emphasis on Salvation Theme--1890-1908
24. Why are penances, fasts, and
festivals unaccompanied by true devotion of no value? (190)
25. Why would heaven be no joy to
those with old tastes and ideas? (191)
26. "Those who would be saints in
heaven must first be ___________________ upon the ___________________." (191)
27. Why is it necessary to be more
than intellectually convinced of the truth? (191, 192)
28. "___________________ is the work
of a lifetime." (193)
29. When is a sinner justified? (193)
30. At what time did the mediatorial
work of Christ begin? (194)
31. Describe how the sinner and Jesus
cooperate in salvation. (195, 196)
32. Knowing our utter reliance on
Christ for salvation, what are we to do? (198)
33. What will truth produce in the
life of the believer? (199)
34. What does Ellen White mean when
she says, "Good works shall be rewarded"? (200)
35. Christ has given a definition
of true sanctification in ___________________. (202)
36. How will those who are truly
sanctified relate to opening truth? (203)
37. What is sanctification not? What
is true sanctification? (203, 204)
LESSON 7, Pages 205-234
Chapter 23
Appeal for a Church School
1. Every Christian family is a ___________________.
The father is the ___________________. (209)
2. Who is the first teacher of the
children? (210)
3. How should parents work along
with the school in the education of their children? (211)
4. What should be a first consideration
as parenthood is assumed? (214)
5. Under what circumstances might
children be kept out of school until age 8, 9, or 10? (215)
6. When Ellen White first gave counsel
to parents to keep their children out of school till age 10, what were the circumstances?
(216, 217)
7. Did Ellen White favor kindergarten
for age 5? Explain. (218, 219)
8. Did Ellen White forbid sending
children to school before age 10? Explain. (222, 223)
Chapter 25 General Guiding Principles
9. Thought question: Why has the
Lord not designed any one, special, exact plan in education? (227, 228)
10. How is true education defined?
(228)
11. What practice in the schools
in Switzerland did Ellen White recommend? (228)
12. Why should teachers join with
their students in their amusements? (228)
Chapter 26
Attending Colleges and Universities
of the Land
13. For what purpose should we associate
with the unconverted? (231)
14. What are the dangers of studying
infidel authors? (232)
15. What are the dangers of listening
to teachers who are called great men by the world? (232)
16. How did the Waldenses set an
example for students? (233)
17. On what basis did Ellen White
encourage students to attend non-Adventist colleges?
(233, 234)
18. What cautions are given to such
students? (234)
LESSON 8, Pages 235-270
Chapter 27
The Grace of Courtesy
1. "It is ___________________
to be in union with Christ and yet be ________." (237)
2. In what four ways is Christ
pictured as our example? (237)
3. When Jesus recognized the dignity
of human beings around Him, how did they respond? (238)
4. What is the most powerful argument
in favor of the gospel? (238)
5. What actions contribute to life's
happiness? (240)
Chapter 28
Dress and Adornment
6. From this chapter compile two
lists. (1) Positive qualities of dress suggested. (2) Negative qualities of
dress. Be prepared to discuss and compare these two lists.
7. "We judge of a person's ________
by the style of ________ worn." (242)
8. Discuss dressing to make ourselves
a "gazingstock." (242, 243)
9. Ellen White says that outward
adorning reveals an absence of inward adorning. (244) Discuss.
10. What do you believe is meant
by "fantastic dress"? (244)
11. Give some reasons for being careful
in not following every fashion introduced. (244)
12. What counsel is given for the
dress of ministers regarding color? (249, 250)
13. How is the ministers' clothing
related to their representation of God before the people? (250, 251)
14. Did Ellen White give a precise
style for all to wear? (254) Explain and discuss.
15. Will our inward attitudes alter
us outwardly? (254, 255) Discuss.
Chapter 29
The Sabbath: Guiding Principles
in Sabbath Observance
16. What did Sabbath observance of
Israelites witness to in Old Testament times? (256)
17. How does our Sabbath observance
as Christians witness today? (256)
18. List some activities not proper
for the Sabbath. (258)
19. What principle is suggested regarding
washing dishes on the Sabbath? (258)
20. List some activities that are
proper for the Sabbath. (259)
21. What were some Sabbath activities
of the White family? (261-265)
22. What principle is suggested regarding
Sabbath travel? (265)
Chapter 30
Varying Postures in Prayer
23. List, review, and discuss the
various postures that Ellen White observed regarding prayer. (266-270)
24. What ideal regarding posture
in prayer is offered? (270)
LESSON 9, Pages 271-296
Chapter 31
Visions That Early Called for
Reforms
1. Ellen White's first vision condemning
tobacco came in the year ___________________. (273)
2. What health counsels were given
in an 1854 vision? (273-275)
3. What was "grease"? (274)
Chapter 32
The 1863 Health Reform Vision
4. Why did Ellen White publish extracts
from other health reformers along with her own counsels in How to Live?
(277)
5. Briefly describe the three companies
of women and their dress as seen in vision by Ellen White. (278)
6. When only did Ellen White use
marks of quotation in her early writing? (278)
7. How did she determine length of
dress when first advocating the reform dress? (279)
8. "The more perfect our ___________________,
the more perfect will be our ___________________." (279)
9. What prayers are not safe nor
pleasing to God? (280)
10. Which "intemperate" practices
are we to speak against? (280)
11. "God's great medicine" is ___________________.
(280)
12. What was Ellen White's first
reaction to her health vision? (281)
13. Where did she first write out
the content of this vision? (281)
Chapter 33
Proper Use of the Testimonies
on Health Reform
14. What is "the highest privilege
that man can enjoy"? (283)
15. How will indulgence in intemperate
appetite affect us? (284)
16. List from this chapter several
suggestions as to: (283-288)
A. How to use the testimonies on
health reform.
Example: Present from a Bible
standpoint.
B. How not to use the testimonies
on health reform.
Example: Passing judgment on
all who do not see as we do.
17. Discuss the discarding of some
things and not making a test of others. (287)
Chapter 34
Spiritual and Physical Hazards
of Indulged Appetite
18. Why was man permitted to eat
flesh food after the Flood? (289)
19. How will a meat diet affect nervous
children? (290)
20. What connection do physical habits
and practices have with spirituality? (290)
21. Ellen White calls "willing ignorance
of the laws of health" ___________________. (290)
22. What is "the greatest hindrance
to mental improvement and soul sanctification"? (291)
23. What is the common cause of selfishness,
violence, and crime in Noah's day and ours? (292)
24. Why is it especially important
for us to be as free from disease as possible? (292)
Chapter 35
Teaching Health Reform in the
Family
25. What suggestion of consistency
does Ellen White suggest for parents? (293, 294)
26. Why should children have three
meals a day rather than two? (294)
27. Explain why one rule in diet
cannot be made for all. (294)
Chapter 36
Sister White and Prayer for the
Sick
28. How did Ellen White explain her
role of praying for the sick? (295, 296)
29. Who only can heal the sick? (296)
LESSON 10, Pages 297-335
Chapter 37
Seventh-day Adventists and Lawsuits
1. Give three reasons suggested
why we should not go to lawyers not of our faith with church difficulties.
(299-301)
2. When Ellen White was threatened
by a lawsuit because of testimonies she had given, what was her response? (301)
3. What example did Jesus give when
wrongly accused? (302)
4. How does Ellen White characterize
church members who appeal to courts of the world to settle their differences?
(302, 303)
5. Read and discuss the reference
in 1 Corinthians 6:1-9. (303, 304)
6. What were the dangers of instituting
a lawsuit against a publishing house? (304, 305)
Chapter 38
Science and Revelation
7. When discoveries in science and
art are only studied from a human standpoint, or explained by natural laws,
what are the dangers? (307)
8. "The Bible is not to be ___________________
by ___________________ idea of science, but is to be brought to the test of
this unerring standard." (307)
9. When we only think of God's benevolent
character, what is the danger? (308)
10. How may we see God's presence
in everything? (309, 310)
11. In what way only may we fully
appreciate science? (311)
12. When God created the world, He
was not beholden to ___________________ substance or matter. (312)
Chapter 39
Questions About the Saved
13. What Old Testament experience
illustrates that the faith of believing parents is effective in saving their
children? (314)
14. What New Testament experience
also demonstrates that parents stand in the place of God to their children?
(314)
15. What did Ellen White say about
the idea that God has an exact number of the elect of God? (315)
16. Will the resurrected recognize
one another? (316)
Chapter 40
The Question of the Date Line
17. How are we to observe the Sabbath
on a round world? (317-319)
Chapter 41
Memorials, Are They Proper?
18. Review some Old Testament memorials
that were set up. (320, 321)
19. What purposes are to be accomplished
through memorials? (321)
20. In what other way was Moses instructed
to remember the past? (321)
Chapter 42
Renting Our Churches to Other
Denominations
21. What rules might be considered
for renting our church to another denomination? (322, 323)
Chapter 43
Feelings of Despondency
22. Are gloomy feelings evidence
that God's promises are not in effect? (324) Discuss.
23. What suggestions did Ellen White
offer to a despondent sister? (324-326)
Chapter 44
Specific Light on Gardening
24. Review Ellen White's method of
fruit tree planting. (328)
25. What is the counsel regarding
insects? (329)
Chapter 45
Balanced Counsel on Picture-making
and Idolatry
26. How is an idol defined? (330)
27. Review the questions Ellen White
asks about those who have burned their pictures. What do you think she means?
(331)
Chapter 46
Music and the Music Director
28. What is the power of singing
to God's glory? (332)
29. "___________________ is just
as much the worship of God in a ___________________ meeting as ___________________."
(333)
30. What was wrong with Brother U's
singing? (333-335)
LESSON 11, Pages 336-378
Chapter 47
Work in the Spirit of Prayer
1. What dangers did Ellen White see
in spending several days praying for the Holy Spirit? (336)
2. She said the ___________________
carried on at the meeting was as much a part of the service of God as ___________________.
(336)
3. What was Ellen White's counsel
regarding resolutions? (337)
Chapter 48
The Bible Prophets Wrote for Our
Time
4. "Each of the ancient ___________________
spoke ___________________ for their own time than for ours." (338)
5. What do each of the following
teach us?
A. Enoch
B. Abel
C. Moses
D. David
E. The prophets
6. "God has ___________________ the
world in these last days proportionately with the increase
of ___________________." (339)
Chapter 49
Can All Have the Gift of Prophecy?
7. How did Ellen White respond to
the claim that all may have the gift of prophecy? (340, 341)
Chapter 50
Disparaging the Pioneers
8. Why is it not right to
present the faults of those who lived in the past? (342, 343)
9. What becomes necessary when the
faults of the pioneers are recalled? (343)
10. Who only has the right to tell
the errors of the past? Why is this? (344)
11. Where are we to direct the weapons
of warfare? (344)
12. What is criticism of the brethren
really? (345)
13. Review other reasons why we should
not talk of the mistakes or errors of our brethren. (345-347)
Chapter 51
Attacks on Ellen White and Her
Work
14. Why should attacks on Ellen White
be answered? (348, 349)
15. For what reasons is Ellen White
made the special object of attack? (350, 351)
16. What methods of attack might
we expect? (351, 352)
17. Thought question: What is the
best answer to such attacks?
Chapter 52
Sinlessness and Salvation
18. Why do many claim to be holy
and sinless? (354)
19. When only will it be safe to
claim we are saved and sinless? (356)
20. What is the result of making
self the center of our attention? (357)
Chapter 53
Study the Testimonies
21. Ellen White calls the content
of the books she has written "___________________________________ that God has
given." (358)
22. Ellen White's emphasis in this
chapter is that we should ______________________________ the Testimonies.
(358-360)
Chapter 54
The Mackin Case
23. Give three characteristics
of the Mackin experience that might raise suspicion of fanaticism. (363-368)
24. Review some of the early experiences
of fanaticism among Adventists. (370, 371)
25. According to Ellen White, how
does the Holy Spirit work? (371)
26. What was wrong with Mr. Mackin's
suggestion that his wife have a vision in Ellen White's presence so she could
test it? (372)
27. What three characteristics does
Ellen White say should be revealed in our spiritual exercises? (373)
28. List some characteristics of
a false spiritual exercise. (373)
29. What was wrong with the casting
out of devils by the Mackins? (376)
30. Ellen White told the Mackins
that if they had a special message, they would work in ___________________,
not as if they were on the stage of a ___________________. (377)
LESSON 12, Pages 379-431
Chapter 55
Lessons From Meeting the Sunday
Law Crisis
1. What is the lesson of Deuteronomy
33:25? (383)
2. "Our present ___________________
must not be disturbed by anticipated ___________________." (383)
3. Why should we not give unnecessary
provocation to those who oppose us? (384)
4. The contest over the Sabbath is
really between two types of Christianity. What are they? (385, 386)
5. Are there true and even better
Christians among those of other faiths than are sometimes found among Adventists?
Explain. (386, 387)
6. Is the persecution ahead more
or less than in the past? Why do you think this is so? (387)
7. How will the latter rain affect
the Sabbath? (388)
8. How can the beginnings of God's
wrath already be seen? (391)
9. Why will the Sabbath be the great
point at issue in the last days? (392, 393)
10. Why did Ellen White urge that
resolutions regarding Sunday should not be passed by Adventists? (394)
11. What are we to do to avoid unnecessary
confrontation with others over Sunday or Sabbath worship? (395)
12. "The mark of the beast is to
be presented in some shape to every ___________________ and every ___________________."
(396)
13. Why should we not prepare
for emergencies of the future? (398)
14. How should we relate to neighbors
regarding work on Sunday? (399)
15. Why will there be no deaths of
God's people after the close of probation? (399)
16. How many of us can expect to
be tested and tried? (401)
Chapter 56
As We Near the End
17. When some appear before rulers,
what surprise will come? (404)
18. Christ cleansed the temple twice.
What two distinct calls are to be made to the churches? (405, 406)
19. "As we near the close of this
earth's history, we more ___________________ and more ___________________ in
Christian growth, or we ___________________ just as decidedly." (407)
20. When will backsliding Adventists
unite with unbelievers? (407, 408)
21. What is the science of the devil?
(408)
22. What is one of the greatest evidences
that the loud cry is soon to be heard? (410)
23. What form do evil angels sometimes
take? What will they do? (410, 411)
24. What is the warning of Ephesians
6? (411)
Chapter 57
The Last Great Struggle
25. Days of ___________________ and
___________________ should be set aside as we near the end of time. (414)
26. What two powers will unite against
God's saints? (416, 417)
27. When society breaks down, what
unnatural enmity will result? (418)
28. How only can we escape the judgments
coming upon the earth? (419)
29. How will many children be spared
the time of trouble? (419)
30. Consider the several questions
everyone should ask. (419)
31. At what time are human beings
most dearly loved by their Saviour? (420)
32. What will happen to those who
have not appreciated or improved on great light? (421, 422)
33. The ___________________ is the
great test question. (423)
34. "All who follow the ___________________
in heaven will first have followed Him on ___________________." (424)
35. In preparing a people to stand
in the last days, the ___________________ is to combine with ___________________.
(425)
36. What evidence is offered that
the Battle of Armageddon is to be spiritual? (426)
37. In the time of trouble, how will
the wicked treat the righteous? (427, 428)
38. What is "the joy of thy lord"?
(431)
39. How will the redeemed relate
to the troubles they have experienced? (431)