Lesson One—First Principles

Reading assignment: pages 13-30Ed-SG 4.1

1. “True education means more than the _____________________ of a certain _____________________ of _____________________. It means more than a _____________________ for the _____________________ that now is. It has to do with the _____________________, and with the whole period of _____________________ possible to man.” (13)Ed-SG 4.2

2. What two joys does true education prepare the student for? (13) _________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 4.3

3. How does nature illustrate the thought that the world’s great thinkers only reflect Christ? (14) __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 4.4

4. In what communion is found the highest character? (14) _______________________________________________Ed-SG 4.5

5. In order to understand what is comprehended in the work of education, what four things do we need to consider? (14, 15) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 4.6

6. Make a comparison study of what Adam was physically, mentally, and spiritually at Creation and what he became after he sinned. (15) ____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 4.7

7. What is the “object of education, the great object of life?” (15, 16) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 4.8

8. What is the basis of creation, redemption, and of true education? (16) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 4.9

__________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 4.10

9. “__________________________________________ underlies all true _____________________.” (16)Ed-SG 4.11

10. Why do we need more than nature to help us to understand God? (17) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 4.12

11. What power do we have that is “akin to that of the Creator”? (17) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 5.1

__________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 5.2

12. “It is the work of true education to develop this power, to train the _____________________ to be _____________________, and not mere _____________________ of other men’s _____________________.” (17)Ed-SG 5.3

13. Finish the following sentence: Our institutions of learning should “send forth men__________________________ ________________________________________________________________.” (18)Ed-SG 5.4

14. “Higher than the highest _____________________ can reach is God’s _____________________ for His children. Godliness —_____________________— is the goal to be reached.” (18)Ed-SG 5.5

15. What passport will the right education give to every student? (19) __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 5.6

16. In the model school set up at Creation, the “_____________________ of _____________________ was the schoolroom, _____________________ was the lesson book, the _____________________ was the instructor, and the _____________________ of the _____________________ were the students.” (20)Ed-SG 5.7

17. Summarize the physical, mental, and spiritual endowments that were given to Adam and Eve in the beginning. (20) _________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________Ed-SG 5.8

18. For Adam and Eve useful occupation was given “to strengthen the _____________________, to expand the _____________________ and to develop the _____________________.” (21)Ed-SG 5.9

19. Note the things in the book of nature that taught Adam and Eve. (21) ______________________ __________________________________________________Ed-SG 5.10

20. For what several reasons were our first parents given the power of choice? __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 5.11

To accomplish this what did God place in the Garden of Eden? (23) __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 5.12

21. What did Satan (the serpent) claim to be the result of eating of the forbidden tree? (24)___________________________ _________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 5.13

______________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 5.14

22. What two things were gained by Adam and Eve by eating of the forbidden tree? (25)
(a) _____________________
(b) _____________________Ed-SG 5.15

23. “It was _____________________ of God’s _____________________, _____________________ of His _____________________, and _____________________ of His _____________________ that made our first parents transgressors.” (25)Ed-SG 6.1

24. Adam and Eve were driven from Eden because “its perfection could not teach them ___________________________ __________________________________________ .” (25)Ed-SG 6.2

25. After sin what lessons could man learn from nature that he did not know before? (26) ________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 6.3

26. How was man’s relationship to the other creatures changed because of sin? (26) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 6.4

27. Why did God pronounce sentence of death upon Satan before telling our first parents the results of sin in their lives? (27) _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 6.5

28. How does nature, even though marred by sin, continue to testify to God’s love and healing power? (27) ____________________ ________________________________________________Ed-SG 6.6

29. “While Christ opens _____________________ to man, the life which He _____________________ opens the heart of _____________________ to heaven.” (28)Ed-SG 6.7

30. What three things does sin do to us? (28, 29)
(a) __________________________________________
(b) __________________________________________
(c) __________________________________________Ed-SG 6.8

31. “Not only _____________________ but _____________________ power, a perception of _____________________, a desire for _____________________, exists in every _____________________.” (29)Ed-SG 6.9

32. Because of sin, there is in man’s nature “a bent to _____________________, a _____________________ which, unaided, he cannot _____________________.” Where only can man get the power to resist? (29)Ed-SG 6.10

33. Why is the following statement true? “In the highest sense the work of education and the work of redemption are one.” (30) _______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________Ed-SG 6.11