Lesson 2 - Facing The Situation

READING ASSIGNMENT:
Christian Service, pp. 35-57.ChS-SG 8.1

STUDY TEXT: Isaiah 60:1-5.
1. “Our faith testifies that we are living under the proclamation of the most solemn and important message that was ever given to mortals. Yet . . . our ___________, our ___________, our spirit of ___________ - ____________, do not compare with the character of the work.” (P. 35, par. 3.)ChS-SG 8.2

2. Our churches give donations in money, but what have they withheld from God? (P. 35, par. 4.)ChS-SG 8.3

3. Compare the experience of those complacent folk who possess unused talents and qualities with those who begrudge blessings to others. Is their condition any better before God? (Pp. 36, 37.) _______________________________________________________________________________ChS-SG 8.4

4. “Greater perils are before us, and yet we are not awake.” Where does this “death stupor” come from? (P. 37, par. 1.) _____________________________________________________________ChS-SG 8.5

5. Why does this “pall of death” surround our churches today? (P. 37, pars. 2, 3.) _____________________________________________________________________________ChS-SG 8.6

6. As a result of the “church’s neglect to work in Christ’s lines” “a spirit of ____________ and _____________ has come into the church, and the ___________ ___________ of many has been dimmed.” (P. 38, par. 3.)ChS-SG 8.7

7. Why is the church not alarmed about their spiritual lethargy and lack of spiritual power? (P. 39, par. 1.) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ChS-SG 8.8

8. God’s people will perish, not “because they do not know the way, the truth, and the light,” but because _________________________________________ (P. 39, par 1.)ChS-SG 8.9

9. Define “our neighbor.” (P. 39, par. 2 - P. 40, par. 0.) ____________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ChS-SG 8.10

10. Satan works to lead men away from the work of the third angel’s message by bringing in ” ____________ on one hand and _____________ on the other.” (P. 40, par. 1.)ChS-SG 8.11

11. In a message from Ellen White read to the General Conference session of 1893 what percentage of registered church members did she say were then “prepared to close their earthly history”? (P. 41, par. 1.) ______________________________________________________________________ChS-SG 8.12

12. God calls for Christians to be prepared for what “is soon to break upon the world” by a _____________ and a _____________ in their lives (P. 41, par. 3; p. 42, par 1.)ChS-SG 8.13

13. Revival is defined as: (P. 42, par. 2) a. __________ , b. __________, c. __________ChS-SG 8.14

14. Reformation signifies (P. 42, par. 2) a._____, b. __________ and _____, c. _____and ________.ChS-SG 9.1

15. Because many in the church refuse to “lift the burdens,” what is happening to those who are willing to work? (P. 45, par. 3.) ______________________________________________________ChS-SG 9.2

16. “Professors” of the truth, in the last days, will be “found wanting” because a. “they have __________”; b. “their conversion __________”; c.”they do not know __________”; d. “they can give no intelligent reason__________”; e. “others are not _____ or edified by their experience.” (P. 45, par. 4 - P. 46, par. 0.)ChS-SG 9.3

17. Describe briefly Mrs. White’s dream concerning the berry-picking episode. What was the meaning of it? (Pp. 46-49.) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ChS-SG 9.4

18. There are two events that will herald the coming of Jesus. They are: a. “The substitution of the ______________________________ for the_____________,” and b. “the exaltation by merely human authority, of _________ in _____ of the Bible _____.” (P. 50, par. 2.)ChS-SG 9.5

19. “In quick succession the judgments of God will follow one another-- _____, and _____, and _____, with _____ and _____.” (P. 51, par. 1.)ChS-SG 9.6

20. List ten activities in which, even in the face of crisis, men are engaged. (P. 51, par. 2.) __________________________________________ChS-SG 9.7

21. Who is working harder than ever during this period? Why? (P. 54, pars. 2, 3.) _____________________________________________ChS-SG 9.8

22. Even during this time “the professed Christian churches are not converting the world.” Why are they unable to do so? (P. 55, par. 2.) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ChS-SG 9.9

23. What is the definition of “infidelity” as it prevails in many of the churches in the world today? (P. 56, par. 1.) _____________________________________________________________________ChS-SG 9.10

24. In spite of all the iniquity in the earth, “God has _____________ who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” (P. 57, par. 2.)ChS-SG 9.11