Study Guide: The Ministry of
Healing
By: Ellen G. White
Study
Guide Index
"The book The Ministry of Healing
contains the wisdom of the Great Physician."
--Testimonies, Vol. 9, p.
71
Prepared under the auspices of the
Ellen G. White Estate and the General Conference Department of Health.
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Copyright 1974 by
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The Ellen G. White
Estate, Inc.
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LESSON ONE--THE TRUE MEDICAL MISSIONARY,
PART I
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 17-59
OUR EXAMPLE (17-28)
1. Christ's mission was "to bring
to men complete restoration." What three things did He come to give mankind?
(17)
2. What was the keynote of Christ's
life? (19) "His life was one of constant ___________________."
3. During His ministry why did Jesus
devote more time to healing the sick than to preaching? (19, 20)
4. The basis for the teaching of
the rabbis was ___________________. The subject of Christ's teaching was ___________________.
5. What were Christ's methods of
teaching? (23, 24)
"He spoke to them in ___________________."
"He sought access to the people
by ___________________."
"His instruction was so ___________________."
"His illustrations were so ___________________."
"His words so ___________________
and ___________________."
6. "Christ recognized no distinction
of ___________________ or ___________________ or ___________________." (25)
7. What were the four groups of "outcasts"
that Jesus dealt with? Be prepared to discuss how He presented His message so
as to be appropriate for each group. (26)
a. ___________________ c. ___________________
b . ___________________ d. ___________________
For further study: Christ's ministry
to the woman at the well. (27, 28)
DAYS OF MINISTRY (29-50)
1. "The greatest manifestation of
its power [of God's kingdom] is seen in ___________________ brought to the ___________________
of the character of ___________________." (36)
2. God does not value the seen and
temporal, but rather the "___________________ and ___________________." (37)
3. In choosing men and women for
His service what three questions does God ask? (37)
a. ______________________________________.
b. ______________________________________.
c. ______________________________________.
4. Why did the disciples turn away
the mothers who brought their children to be blessed? (40, 41)
5. How were the future lives of these
children influenced by this one contact with Jesus? (41)
6. In what ways can we misrepresent
Jesus to children? (43, 44) List several.
7. Christ could have provided any
kind of meal imaginable for the 5000. Why did He provide the kind of food He
did? (47)
8. The principle "nothing is to be
wasted" can be applied to what two specific areas? (48)
1.
2.
9. What is the appointed means of
communicating the bread of life? (49)
For further study: Note the contrast
between the public witness of the Pharisees and the life of Christ. (32)
WITH NATURE AND WITH GOD (51-59)
1. What was the secret of the Saviour's
life of power? (51)
2. "He found recreation ___________________,
gathering knowledge as He sought to understand nature's mysteries. . . . The
early morning often found Him in some secluded place, ___________________, ___________________
the Scriptures, or in ___________________. With the ___________________ He welcomed
the morning light." (52)
3. Give two reasons Christ loved
to teach the people out-of- doors. (54)
a.
b.
4. Underline the key phrases:
"All who are under the training of
God need the quiet hour for communion with their own hearts, with nature, and
with God. In them is to be revealed a life that is not in harmony with the world,
its customs, or its practices; and they need to have a personal experience in
obtaining a knowledge of the will of God. We must individually hear Him speaking
to the heart. When every other voice is hushed, and in quietness we wait before
Him, the silence of the soul makes more distinct the voice of God." (58)
For further study: If Christ, who
was perfect, found it necessary to turn aside from doing good to seek quiet
and communion with God, how much more then do we need to "come . . . apart .
. . and rest a while"?
LESSON TWO--THE TRUE MEDICAL MISSIONARY,
PART II
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 59-108
THE TOUCH OF FAITH (59-72)
Three people who through faith experience
the healing touch of Christ.
A. The Woman With an Incurable
Disease
1. Why did Christ make His way
to where the woman stood? (60)
2. Why did He ask the question,
"Who touched Me"? (60, 61)
3. How did the woman's touch differ
from that of the rest of the crowd? (62)
4. "Saving faith is a ___________________,
by which those who ___________________ join themselves in ______________________________________."
(62)
5. When working for "victims of
evil habits," instead of calling attention to their "___________________ ______________________________________"
we should " ___________________." (62)
B. The Centurion's Servant
1. In what two ways did this centurion
differ from most Romans? (63)
a.
b.
2. While the Jewish leaders were
impressed by the fact that the centurion had built a synagogue, what did he
say of himself?
What was his only argument? (65)
3. "It is ___________________ that
connects us with heaven and brings us ___________________ for ___________________
with the ___________________." (65)
C. The Leper
1. "Of all the diseases known in
the East the leprosy was most dreaded." Why? (67)
2. The Jews regarded leprosy as
"______________________________________." (67)
3. What restrictions did Jewish
society place upon a leper? (67)
For further study: When the leper
saw Christ, he forgot the restrictions, the possibility of spreading disease,
the social stigma--all he could see was Jesus. What applications can we make
today? (68-71)
HEALING OF THE SOUL (73-94)
A. Paralytic at Capernaum
1. What was the greatest desire
of the paralytic? (74)
2. What words of Christ were like
music to the paralytic's ear? (76)
3. "Before the ___________________
could be healed, Christ must bring ___________________, and ___________________
from sin." (77)
4. What is the foundation of the
maladies of thousands today who suffer from disease? (77)
B. Cripple at the Pool of Bethesda
1. Why didn't Christ heal all the
sufferers at the pool? (81)
2. "The cripple's faith takes hold
upon Christ's word. Without question he ___________________, and, as he does
this, ______________________________________." (84)
3. When the cripple responded to
Christ, he "___________________ Christ's word, ___________________ that he
was made whole; immediately he ___________________ the effort, and God ___________________
the power; he ___________________ to walk, and he did walk. ___________________
on the word of Christ, he was made whole." (84)
4. State several situations in
which with confidence we can "look to Jesus." (85)
C. Woman Taken in Adultery
1. How did Jesus answer the question
of the Pharisees and scribes? (87, 88)
2. Why did His response defeat
the Jewish leaders? (88)
3. What was the reaction of the
woman? (89)
4. "In the uplifting of this fallen
soul, Jesus ______________________________________ than in healing the most
grievous ___________________." (89)
D. The "Madman" of Capernaum
1. How had the "madman" of Capernaum
come under Satan's control? (91)
2. What is the danger in tampering
with evil? (92, 93)
3. "God does not control our minds
without our consent; but every man is ___________________ to ___________________
he will have to ___________________." (93)
For further study: Consider the similarities
of the four who were healed before and after their exposure to Christ.
SAVED TO SERVE (95-107)
1. Describe the physical appearance
of the two madmen before and after they encountered Jesus. (95, 97)
2. The restored demoniacs had never
heard Christ preach a sermon and could not instruct the people as the disciples
could. But what could they do? (99)
3. "God desires that our praise shall
ascend to Him, ______________________________________." (100)
4. When one comes to know the Saviour,
what does he want to do? (102)
5. What is Christ's rule of life
by which each of us must stand or fall in the judgment? (104, 105)
6. Where will we find Christ's footprints
today? (106)
LESSON THREE--THE WORK OF THE
PHYSICIAN
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 111-136
CO-WORKING OF THE DIVINE AND HUMAN
(111-124)
1. "In the ministry of healing the
physician is to be a ___________________." (111)
2. "He is to unite with Christ in
relieving both the ___________________ and ___________________ needs of his
fellow men." (111)
3. What is the physician's role in
healing?
Christ's role? (111)
4. What should the physician teach?
(113)
a.
b.
c.
5. What is our work in regard to
the principles of life? (115)
6. How does Christ's love affect
the whole being? (115)
7. What kind of person will the Christian
physician be professionally? (116)
8. What place should religion take
among the influences in a physician's life? (117)
9. How should a physician use the
privilege of prayer? (118)
10. Which work is more important,
that of the gospel minister or that of the physician? (119)
For further study: How is the physician
to use opportunities for directing his patients to God's word? (121) There are
several possibilities. Can someone other than a physician do the same?
THE PHYSICIAN AN EDUCATOR (125-136)
1. The physician, as an educator,
is responsible to: (125)
a.
b.
2. What practice is "laying the foundation
of a vast amount of disease"? (126)
3. List the eight true remedies.
(127)
1. ___________________ 2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________ 5. ___________________
6. ___________________
7. ___________________ 8. ___________________
4. "It is far better to ___________________
disease than to ______________________________________." (128)
5. "Whatever injures the health,
not only lessens physical vigor, but tends to ___________________ the ___________________
and ___________________ powers." (128)
6. "One of the most deplorable effects
of the original apostasy was the ___________________ of man's ___________________."
(129)
7. What is the only medium through
which the mind and the soul are developed for the upbuilding of character? (130)
8. "The kingly power of ___________________,
sanctified by ___________________ is to bear sway in our ___________________."
(130)
9. What will enable us to "resist
the temptations that assail us"? (130)
10. Besides a physician's teaching,
his ___________________ should be a "positive power on the right side." (132)
LESSON FOUR--MEDICAL MISSIONARIES
AND THEIR WORK, PART I
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 139-182
TEACHING AND HEALING (139-160)
1. What two aspects of the
gospel work are never to be separated? (141)
2. "There is need of coming close
to the people by ___________________. If ___________________ time were given
to ___________________, and ___________________ time were spent in ___________________,
greater results would be seen." (143)
3. To what five specific groups
of people are we to minister? (143)
1. ___________________ 2. ___________________
3. ___________________ 4. ___________________
5. ___________________
4. How can we reach those who do
not attend religious services? (144)
5. What great object of reform is
to be kept in mind in teaching health principles? (146)
6. "Every church should be a training
school for Christian workers." (149)
List some of the activities its members
are to be engaged in.
7. Where should we feel it our special
duty to witness? (152)
.
8. What will be the result if we
are willing to consecrate our lives completely to God? (159)
For further study: What kinds of
evangelistic work can self- supporting missionaries do today--in the United
States? overseas? (154-156)
HELPING THE TEMPTED (161-169)
1. What is to be the standard of
our service for the tempted and erring? (162)
2. "As the coin bore the ___________________
and ___________________ of the reigning power, so man at his creation bore the
___________________ and ___________________ of God. . . . God desires to ___________________
that soul and to ___________________ upon it His ___________________ in righteousness
and holiness." (163)
3. What should be the strongest bond
of union between us and Christ? (163)
4. "It is always ___________________
to have one's errors pointed out. None should make the experience more bitter
by ___________________." (166)
5. When someone "becomes conscious
of his error," we should "be careful not to ___________________." (167)
For further study: What can be done
for those who have become debased to the point of being limited in potential?
(169)
WORKING FOR THE INTEMPERATE (171-182)
1. Which kind of reform especially
demands our support? (171)
2. What two problems do the
intemperate bring on themselves? (171)
3. To which aspect of their problem
must we give our first attention? (172)
4. In showing the drunkard we are
his friend, what must we not do? What should we do? (172, 173)
5. "The tempted one needs to understand
the true ___________________ of the ___________________." (176)
LESSON FIVE--MEDICAL MISSIONARIES
AND THEIR WORK, PART II
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 183-216
HELP FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND THE
HOMELESS (183-200)
1. Where did God plan for Israelite
families to live? (183, 184)
2. What kinds of training were regarded
as essential? (185, 186)
3. Why is it "not God's purpose that
poverty should wholly cease"? (186)
4. What principle should apply to
all our business transactions? (187) Be prepared to discuss how this could be
applied to selling a car or a house.
5. How could we best help many poor
families? (192)
6. List some of the possible missionary
activities of a Christian farmer. (193)
7. In giving to the poor, how may
we harm them? (195)
8. What is to be our attitude toward
the proverb "The world owes me a living"? (195)
9. What things will real charity
cause us to do? (195)
10. Why did Christ choose fishermen
for His disciples instead of rulers, scribes, or Pharisees? (197)
11. "While helping the poor in temporal
things, keep always in view ___________________." (198)
THE HELPLESS POOR (201-208)
1. To whom has been given the responsibility
of caring for the helpless? (201)
2. Explain what we are to do for
each of these groups and why:
a. widows with fatherless children
(203)
b. orphans (203, 204)
c. elderly (204, 205)
3. What test has Christ given to
prove our love for Him? (205)
4. "It is wrong to ___________________,
wrong to ___________________. We lose every moment that we devote to ___________________.
If every moment were ___________________, we should have time for everything
that we need to do for ___________________ or for the ___________________. "
(208)
For further study: What are some
of the ways we waste our money? How could we practice economy in these areas?
(206, 207)
MINISTRY TO THE RICH (209-216)
1. In spite of their riches and worldly
honor, what are the rich longing for? (210)
2. Because they are often indulging
in ruinous habits, what message should we especially bring to the rich? (211)
3. "The cup most difficult to carry
is not the cup that is ___________________, but the cup that is ___________________."
(212)
4. Since a casual approach will not
be adequate, what is the key to working with the wealthy? (213)
5. When the wealthy realize what
the Lord expects of them, what will be the result? (216)
LESSON SIX--THE CARE OF THE SICK
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 219-268
IN THE SICKROOM (219-224)
1. In the sickroom much depends upon
"faithfulness ___________________ on the part of the attendants." (219)
2. "Those who care for the sick should
give special attention to ___________________, ___________________, ___________________
___________________, and ___________________." (219)
3. Describe the "favorable conditions"
of a sickroom. (220)
4. What two extremes of diet should
be avoided? (221)
5. In what way can we show our concern
for the sick other than visiting them? (222)
PRAYER FOR THE SICK (225-233)
1. "Christ is the same ___________________
now that He was during His earthly ministry." (226)
2. What will be the effect on the
patient if Christ can go with the nurses and doctors to his bedside? (226)
3. Enumerate ways people bring disease
on themselves. (227)
4. What must be done before the needs
of the sick can be presented in prayer? (228)
5. When presenting our petitions
to God, we should say, "'Nevertheless ___________________, but ___________________,
be done.'" Luke 22:42. (230)
6. What should a seriously ill person
not avoid doing while expecting to be healed? (231)
7. Once special prayer has been offered
for a patient, why should we continue medical treatment? (231, 232)
THE USE OF REMEDIES (234-240)
1. "God has endowed us with a certain
amount of ___________________." (234) If we preserve it, the result is ___________________.
If it is too rapidly exhausted, what will happen? (235)
2. What could be recommended for
each of the following?
a. Intemperate eating? (235)
b. Overwork (236)
c. Brain weariness and nervousness
(236, 237)
3. What are three types of bath,
and what does each achieve? (237)
a.
b.
c.
4. List some of the results of inactivity.
(238)
5. In what kinds of activity can
an invalid engage? (240)
MIND CURE (241-259)
1. List some things which
a. break down the life forces (241)
b. promote health and prolong life
2. "It is not God's purpose that
any human being should yield his ___________________ and ___________________
to the control of another, becoming a ___________________ his hands." (242)
3. How much should a physician tell
his patient about his illness? Is it ever justifiable to withhold information
about his illness from a patient? (245)
4. What can patients do to cooperate
with the physician's efforts for their recovery? (246)
5. How should you answer when someone
asks you how you feel? (253)
6. "___________________ is a weapon
that we can always use against discouragement." (254)
7. "One of the surest hindrances
to the recovery of the sick is the ___________________ upon themselves." (256)
8. What is the twofold blessing of
good deeds? (257)
For further study:
1. Prepare to discuss the relation
between the mind and the body. (241)
2. Do our thoughts influence our
words, or do our words influence our thoughts? (251, 252)
IN CONTACT WITH NATURE (261-268)
1. What influence does the city have
on the sick? (262, 283)
2. What influences will nature have
on the sick? (264)
3. List some outdoor activities patients
could engage in (265)
4. Where only can "inexpressible
peace and joy and rest" be found? (267)
LESSON SEVEN--HEALTH PRINCIPLES,
PART I
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 271-294
GENERAL HYGIENE (271-276)
1. "Blood is the current of life."
What specific things does it do? (271)
2. What must we do in order to have
good blood? (272)
3. Give at least ten results of an
insufficient supply of oxygen. (273)
1. ___________________ 2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________ 5. ___________________
6. ___________________
7. ___________________ 8. ___________________
9. ___________________
10. ___________________
4. When constructing a building,
what two important provisions must be made? (274) Does your home measure up?
5. "The sunlight may ___________________
and the ___________________, and tarnish the picture frames; but it will bring
a ___________________ to the cheeks of the children." (275)
6. What are the benefits of a bath?
(Give at least five) (276)
7. What are the problems with accumulated
garbage? (276)
HYGIENE AMONG THE ISRAELITES (277-286)
1. Why did God give the Israelites
such detailed health laws? (277)
2. How was a contagious disease treated?
(277)
3. What two things were the
people required to do before gathering at Mount Sinai (279)
4. "That which corrupts the ___________________
tends to corrupt the ___________________. It unfits the user for ___________________,
___________________, unfits him for high and holy service." (280)
5. What are "health's greatest safeguards"?
(281)
6. Write in your own words the instructions
God gave to Israel regarding the teaching of moral laws as found in Deut. 6:6-9.
(283)
DRESS (287-294)
1. Modesty in dress would exclude
the use of "any device designed to ___________________ to the wearer or to ___________________."
(287)
2. Look for one- or two-word descriptions
of proper dress and write them here as you find them. (288, 289)
3. What results do the constantly
changing fashion trends produce upon a family's finances, health, home, or children?
(290, 291)
4. Who instigated the invention of
the ever-changing fashions? (291)
5. What was wrong with the "skirt
that sweeps the ground"? (291, 292)
6. "God is the author of all ___________________,
and only as we conform to His ideal shall we approach the ___________________."
(292)
7. What special care should be given
the feet and limbs? (293)
8. List some qualities of "healthful
clothing." (293)
9. List some of the things a woman
should do instead of becoming a "mere household drudge." (294)
For further study: How would you
apply the guiding principles set forth in the following statement?
"Follow the customs in dress so far
as they conform to health principles. Let our sisters dress plainly, as
many do, having the dress of good, durable material, appropriate for this age,
and let not the dress question fill the mind. Our sisters should dress with
simplicity. They should clothe themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness
and sobriety. Give to the world a living illustration of the inward adorning
of the grace of God."--Child Guidance, page 414.
LESSON EIGHT--HEALTH PRINCIPLES,
PART II
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 295-324
DIET AND HEALTH (295-310)
1. In choosing a diet, what two
guides are we not to follow? (295)
2. What constitutes "the diet chosen
for us by our Creator"? (296)
3. Our diet should be suited to us
in what three ways? (297)
4. "A great variety at any one meal"
will encourage ___________________ and cause ___________________. (299)
5. "It is a ___________________ for
those who cook to learn how to ___________________." (302)
6. What precaution should be taken
in the use of dairy foods? (302)
7. What is the result of eating
just before bedtime? (303, 304)
8. How much time should intervene
between meals? (304)
9. How should Sabbath meals differ
from those on other days of the week? (307, 308)
10. Three suggestions for people
whose work is sedentary or mental. (310)
a.
b.
c.
For further study: Note the various
specific foods mentioned in this chapter and their positive and negative value.
(e.g., nuts, olive oil) (298)
Study the circumstances which might
call for discarding eggs and milk and note carefully Ellen White's recognition
for the importance of a nutritious, appetizing dietary program embodying the
moderate use of dairy products. Observe also the need of an informed approach
which will preclude premature and extreme restrictions as presented in her address
to the General Conference of 1909:
"Food should be prepared in such
a way that it will be appetizing as well as nourishing. It should not be robbed
of that which the system needs. I use some salt, and always have, because salt,
instead of being deleterious, is actually essential for the blood. Vegetables
should be made palatable with a little milk or cream, or something equivalent.
"While warnings have been given regarding
the dangers of disease through butter, and the evil of the free use of eggs
by small children, yet we should not consider it a violation of principle to
use eggs from hens that are well cared for and suitably fed. Eggs contain properties
that are remedial agencies in counteracting certain poisons.
"Some, in abstaining from milk, eggs,
and butter, have failed to supply the system with proper nourishment, and as
a consequence have become weak and unable to work. Thus health reform is
brought into disrepute. . . .
"The time will come when we may have
to discard some of the articles of diet we now use, such as milk and cream and
eggs; but it is not necessary to bring upon ourselves perplexity by premature
and extreme restrictions. Wait until the circumstances demand it and the Lord
prepares the way for it."
--Testimonies,
Vol. 9, p. 162.
FLESH AS FOOD (311-317)
1. When did man first receive permission
to eat flesh? (311)
2. What are three reasons for discarding
flesh foods? (313, 315)
3. What danger is there in eating
fish? (314, 315)
4. "Flesh food is injurious to ___________________,
and whatever affects the ___________________ has a corresponding effect on the
___________________ and soul." (315)
For further study: Consider abrupt
change from flesh diet versus gradual. (317)
EXTREMES IN DIET (318-324)
1. What are some of the extremes
in so-called diet "reform"? (318)
2. "Those who understand the ___________________
and who are ___________________, will shun the extremes, both of ___________________
and of ___________________." (319)
3. Why should we not set up rules
to regulate everyone's diet? (319, 320)
4. "As disease in animals increases,
the use of ___________________ and ___________________ will become more and
more unsafe." (320)
5. What advice is given to those
who are constantly worried about their diet? (321)
6. What is "one of the first duties
of the householder"? (322)
7. "The regular supply of food for
our tables should be such that the ___________________ can be made welcome without
___________________ to make extra preparation." (322, 323)
8. Instead of trying to see how different
they can be from others, what should hygienists do? (323, 324)
9. How will a true "reformer" react
to opposition and criticism (324)
LESSON NINE--HEALTH PRINCIPLES,
PART III
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 325-346
STIMULANTS AND NARCOTICS (325-335)
1. What three harmful things do stimulants
and narcotics do? (325)
2. What are the effects of condiments?
(325)
3. Effects of tea and coffee. (326)
Immediate:
Long Range:
4. "Tobacco is a ___________________,
___________________, but most ___________________ poison." (327)
5. What are the effects of tobacco
on the nerves?
On the brain? (328)
6. How is tobacco related to the
liquor habit? (328)
7. As a result of the use of tobacco
what four problems are "transmitted as a legacy from parents to children"?
(328)
8. Where in the Bible do we find
a word picture of the results of intoxicating drink? (330)
9. "___________________ is the school
in which men are educated for the drunkard's career." (332)
10. In what ways does diet affect
drinking habits? (334)
11. What temperance work can mothers
do for their children? (334)
12. "In relation to tea, coffee,
tobacco, and alcoholic drinks, the only safe course is to ___________________,
___________________, ___________________." (335)
For further study: Discuss the effects
of habits on succeeding generations. Consider the points regarding tobacco use.
(328)
LIQUOR TRAFFIC AND PROHIBITION
(337-346)
1. List some of the places that are
filled as a result of the liquor seller's work. (338)
2. Where are the liquor seller's
traps set? (338)
3. What problems can result from
drunken mothers? (339)
4. Why are civilized nations hated
in some parts of the earth? (339)
5. What is the government in effect
doing when it licenses liquor traffic? (342)
6. Upon what does "the very life
of the traffic" depend (342)
For further study: Be prepared to
discuss the financial aspects of the liquor business. (343, 344)
LESSON TEN--THE HOME
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 349-406
MINISTRY OF THE HOME (349-355)
1. "The restoration and uplifting
of humanity begins ___________________. The work of ___________________ underlies
every other." (349)
2. Where is our "very first field
of effort"? (351)
3. What is more powerful than any
sermon that can be preached? (352)
4. "The warmth of a ___________________,
a place at your ___________________, a seat at your ___________________, the
privilege of sharing the blessings of the ___________________, would to many
of these [guests] be like a ___________________." (354)
5. For whom should our homes be a
place of refuge? (354)
6. "We can pass through this world
but ___________________; as we pass along, let us ___________________." (355)
For further study: Prepare to discuss
Christ's character and influence during His life on earth. (349-351)
THE BUILDERS OF THE HOME (356-362)
1. In what two ways did Christ
sanction or honor marriage? (356)
2. How is "the family tie" described?
(356)
3. Find several phrases which describe
true love. (358)
4. From whom will Christian young
people seek counsel in their marriage plans? (359)
5. List some traits a young woman
should look for in a prospective husband. List traits a young man should look
for in a wife. (359)
6. Why is the period right after
marriage "a most critical period in a couple's experience"? (360) Why is it
important to express love?
7. How can our relationship to God
affect marriage? (361)
8. Instead of shutting ourselves
up to enjoy each other, what are we to do? (352)
For further study: Be prepared to
discuss some things husbands and wives can do to make sure marriage is "the
very beginning of love." (360)
CHOICE AND PREPARATION OF THE
HOME (363-370)
1. "The home on earth is to be a
___________________ and a ___________________ the home in heaven." (363)
2. What are some of the dangers of
city life? (364)
3. Where did God plan for us to live?
(365)
4. Find some phrases which describe
Christ's home. (365, 366)
5. What are the advantages of poverty
and hardship? (366)
6. What three gifts can we
give our children that will be of more value than wealth? (366)
7. If the demands of the house occupy
all the mother's time, what will be the result? (367-369)
How can this problem be avoided?
(369, 370)
8. What counsel is given regarding
landscaping the home? (370)
THE MOTHER (371-378)
1. "What the parents are, that, to
a great extent, the children will be." List three things that are reproduced
in children. (371)
2. When should we begin the preparation
that will enable the child to be successful in its battle against evil? (371)
3. How should an expectant mother
be treated? (373)
4. What will be the effects of a
"cheerful disposition" or "spirit" in the mother? (374)
5. "Great is the honor and responsibility
placed upon ___________________ and ___________________, in that they are to
___________________ to their children." (375)
6. Even though "a mother's work often
seems to her an unimportant service," what can she be sure of? (376, 377)
7. "No other work can equal hers
[the mother's] in importance. . . . It is hers, with the help of God, to ___________________
in a ___________________ the ___________________ the ___________________." (378)
For further study: Consider the four
Bible mothers who illustrate the importance of prenatal influence. (372) Discuss
ways in which a husband may "lead on softly." (373, 374)
THE CHILD (379-387)
1. "The lessons ___________________,
the ___________________ formed, during the years of ___________________ and
___________________, have more to do with the ___________________ the ___________________
and the ___________________ of the ___________________ than have all the instruction
and training of ___________________." (380)
2. List some things parents should
understand and study before they have their children. (380)
3. Compile a list of things to consider
in preparing the baby's wardrobe. (381, 382)
4. Why do the limbs require greater
protection than the other parts of the body? (382)
5. T or F: It is best of keep children
indoors during cold weather. (382, 383) Discuss.
6. What is the best diet for an infant?
(383)
7. What should parents do about training
a child's appetite? (384)
8. Name some of the causes of sickness
in children. (385)
9. Find several things that parents
should teach their children. (385, 386)
HOME INFLUENCES (388-394)
1. "The home should be to the children
___________________ in the world; and the mother's presence should be ___________________."
(388)
2. How should a mother respond when
her children come to her with their little joys and sorrows? (388)
3. Instead of calling attention to
"every trifling pain or hurt," what should the mother do? (389)
4. If children do not find sympathy
and companionship at home, what will they do? (389)
5. "The husband and father is the
head of the household. The wife looks to him for ___________________, and ___________________
in the training of ___________________. . . . The children look to their father
for ___________________." (390.)
6. What are some of the "sterner
virtues" the father should enforce? (391)
7. What should a father give his
children besides affection, kindness, and sympathy? (391)
8. In his role as "priest of the
household," what is the father to do? (392, 393)
9. "Never should they [the parents]
in the presence of the children ___________________ each other's plans or ___________________
each other's ___________________." (393, 394)
TRUE EDUCATION A MISSIONARY TRAINING
(395-406)
1. What should be the object of our
education? (395)
2. No matter what their career choice,
all are called to be "______________________________________." (395)
3. What should be done with all the
energy of youth? (396)
4. "Let the youth be impressed with
the thought that they are ___________________. They belong to ___________________
. . . . Their ___________________, their ___________________, their ___________________
are His, to be developed, to be trained, to be used for Him." (396, 397)
5. It should be youth's ambition
to "excel in all things that are ___________________ and ___________________."
(398)
6. "Education is not complete unless
the ___________________, the ___________________, and the ___________________
are equally educated." (398)
7. What "determines the value of
education"? (402)
8. What are the dangers of attending
worldly schools? (403)
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LESSON ELEVEN--THE ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 409-466
A TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD (409-426)
1. "A knowledge of God is the foundation
of ___________________ and of ___________________." (409)
2. In spite of the results of sin,
of what does nature still testify? (411)
3. In what specific act did God manifest
Himself as a personal God? (415)
4. "God designed that ___________________,
the ___________________ of His creation, should ___________________ and ___________________."
(415)
5. How has God most clearly revealed
His personality and character? (419)
6. List some of the blessings we
receive through the gift of Christ. (424, 425)
DANGER IN SPECULATIVE KNOWLEDGE
(427-438)
1. "One of the greatest evils that
attends the quest for knowledge, the investigations of science, is
____________________________________________________________________________."
(427)
2. "Those who engage in speculative
theories concerning ___________________ are treading upon forbidden ground."
(427)
3. "No human mind can comprehend
___________________. None are to indulge in speculation regarding ___________________.
Here silence is eloquence. The Omniscient One is ___________________." (429)
4. Compile a list of encounters between
men and God from the Bible that illustrate the reverence we are to have for
God. (436, 437)
For further study: Be prepared to
discuss how pantheism negates grace, the atonement, and the Bible. (428, 429)
Review the Bible questions that are asked about God, both those that can be
answered and those that cannot. (430, 435)
THE FALSE AND TRUE IN EDUCATION
(439-450)
1. Satan is constantly working to:
___________________ and ___________________ (439)
2. What are the results of skepticism?
(439, 440)
3. What kind of history is the best
to study? (441)
4. "The only education worthy of
the name is that which leads young men and women to be ___________________,
which fits them to ___________________, fits them to stand at the ___________________."
(444)
5. What will be the result of reading
sensational stories? (444, 445)
6. List some of the results of reading
fiction. (445, 446)
7. Why did Christ "not encourage
any to attend the rabbinical schools of His day"? (449)
THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEKING TRUE
KNOWLEDGE (451-457)
1. "In one moment, by a hasty, unguarded
act, we may place ourselves ___________________; but it requires more than a
moment to ___________________ and attain to a holier life." (452)
2. "The Christian life is a ___________________
and a ___________________." (453) What do you think this means?
3. What must be overcome or discarded
in order to "become a learner in the school of Christ"? (453)
4. Why is there such an urgency
about developing the graces of the Spirit? (454)
5. What is "the all-important question"
as we seek true knowledge? (457)
THE KNOWLEDGE RECEIVED THROUGH
GOD'S WORD (458-466)
1. How soon should we begin teaching
children about God? (460)
2. "Let the youth make the word of
God the ___________________ and ___________________. Let the cross of Christ
be made the ___________________ of all ___________________, the center of all
___________________ and all ___________________." (460)
3. What testimony, based on our own
experience, should we each be able to give? (461)
4. What did Adam and Eve lose in
addition to the garments of light when they sinned? (462)
5. How will a "settled faith" Christian
look on science? (462)
For further study: Discuss methods
for avoiding being so easily led into sin. (458)
LESSON TWELVE--THE WORKER'S NEED
Reading Assignment: The Ministry
of Healing, pages 496-516
HELP IN DAILY LIVING (469-482)
1. Why did no man ever speak as Jesus
spoke? (469)
2. "The gospel we present for the
saving of souls must be the gospel ______________________________________."
(469)
3. What is the "strongest argument
in favor of the gospel"? (470)
4. Why does God allow trials and
obstacles? (471)
5. By what does God estimate men?
(477) Note also what He does not estimate men by.
6. What is the weightiest trust and
highest honor Heaven bestows on men? (478)
7. What is the "best preparation
for tomorrow's trials"? (481)
For further study: Discuss why Christians
are not to wear an outward symbol of their faith. (470) How should we relate
to plans that fail? (473)
IN CONTACT WITH OTHERS (483-496)
1. Why should we be slow to judge
others? (484)
2. "___________________ is the enemy
we most need to fear." (485)
3. Why is it "God often permits those
in whom we place confidence to fail us"? (486)
4. How are we to deal with discouragement
or low feelings? (488)
5. What are some of the results of
love in a person's life? (490)
6. If we dwell on the faults of others,
how will it affect us? (492)
For further study: Consider the many
problems in setting an identical standard of conduct for everyone. Discuss
ways of resolving this difficulty. (483) Compile a list of rules for dealing
with other people.
DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE (497-502)
1. To enter the path that Christ
marks out "requires men who are more than eaklings." Look for words or
phrases in the first four paragraphs of this chapter that describe this kind
of a Christian. (497, 498)
2. Why do many qualified people
accomplish little? (498)
3. "Stand in your ___________________.
Be no other person's ___________________. Expect that the Lord will work ___________________
and ___________________ and ___________________ you." (499)
4. How will the true worker for God
approach his duties? (502)
A HIGHER EXPERIENCE (503-516)
1. What cheered Christ during His
earthly life? (504)
2. How did Christ prepare for a "great
trial or some important work"? (509)
3. When should we talk with the Saviour?
(511)
4. "We must have ___________________
in what we ourselves can do, and ___________________ in what the Lord can do
for and through us." (513)
5. With Paul, what should we make
the supreme goal of our life? (516)
For further study: Discuss
the "twofold life" we are to live. (512)
HEALTH CLASSICS
THE MINISTRY OF HEALING, by Ellen
G. White
Her crowning health volume declared by
her to "contain the wisdom of the Great Physician." Healthful living is here
portrayed as a balanced, reasonable, sensible kind of program involving both
the mind and the body. It maintains health, or aids recovery from illness. The
Creator's plan for a healthful, abundant life is outlined in a practical way
that all can use.
THE STORY OF OUR HEALTH MESSAGE,
by D. E. Robinson
In this volume are presented the
early history and pertinent facts relating to the rise and progress of the medical
features of the denominational health program.
COUNSELS ON HEALTH, by Ellen G. White
Seventh-day Adventists not only believe
in healthful living, but they teach its principles to many others. These
essentials of health, and how they may be practiced and spread by institutions,
nurses, physicians, and laymen, form the theme of this book.
COUNSELS ON DIET AND FOODS, by Ellen
G. White
Science has only recently discovered
many of the dietetic principles regarding which the Lord instructed us years
ago. This volume contains a complete presentation of the counsels on the
subject, and the whole should be carefully studied to gain a balanced view.
MEDICAL MINISTRY, by Ellen G. White
While prepared especially for medical
workers of all types, Medical Ministry is in nontechnical language and
will benefit all. It deals primarily with the work of the physician, nurse,
and institutional worker.
TEMPERANCE, by Ellen G. White
This is a thorough discussion
of the problems related to the use of alcoholic beverages. Total
abstinence is urged as the Christian's position. The work of the church
in fostering the cause of temperance is made plain and is strongly emphasized.
A CALL TO MEDICAL EVANGELISM, by
Ellen G. White
A compact compilation from books,
periodical articles, and manuscripts sounding a clarion call to effective medical
evangelism.