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    Lesson Four - Life’s Energizing Force—Selfishness and Self-Respect

    Reading Assignment: Pages 205-277MCP-SG 17.1

    1. Love as a principle of action “modifies the _________________, governs the ____________, controls the __________________, subdues ____________________, and elevates and ennobles the _______________.” (205)MCP-SG 17.2

    2. Contrast the power of love with that of wealth and force. (206, 207)

    MCP-SG 17.3

    3. What will true love lead us to do? (208, 209)

    MCP-SG 17.4

    4. Contrast love and passion. (213; see also 223)

    MCP-SG 17.5

    5. “Love can no more ____________ without revealing itself in ____________ acts than __________can be kept alive without _________.” (215)MCP-SG 17.6

    6. What is the best way to educate children to respect their parents? (216)

    MCP-SG 17.7

    7. Why was marriage largely sinful in Noah’s day? (221)

    MCP-SG 17.8

    8. “Avoid ____________, _____________, or _____________ that which will suggest ___________ thoughts. The mind must not be left to _________ at ____________ upon every subject that the _________ of souls may suggest.” (228)MCP-SG 18.1

    9. What is one of the most dangerous and fatal temptations for young men? (231)

    MCP-SG 18.2

    10. “It is difficult, and often well-nigh _________________, for one who is ____________________ in diet to exercise ___________ and ______________________.” (236)MCP-SG 18.3

    11. Contrast the character of our minds when Satan is in control with when Christ is in control. (238)

    MCP-SG 18.4

    12. “The love that gives _______ words to only a few, while others are ____________ with ___________ and indifference, is not love but _________________.” (241, 242)MCP-SG 18.5

    13. What is the “proof” of our love? (242)

    MCP-SG 18.6

    14. In what several ways is God’s love demonstrated in nature? (247, 248)

    MCP-SG 18.7

    15. If it had been possible to change God’s law, what would have been the result for Satan? (248)

    MCP-SG 19.1

    16. What will self-support do? (258)

    MCP-SG 19.2

    17. Why did Satan want us to become dependent on man, and why does God want us to depend on Him? (261-263)

    MCP-SG 19.3

    18. How does Satan use the “silken cords of affection” to tempt? (267)

    MCP-SG 19.4

    19. What concept of prayer is at the foundation of all false religions? (276)

    MCP-SG 19.5

    20. What ordinance of the church is God’s remedy for selfishness? Discuss. (277)


    MCP-SG 19.6

    Discussion Points:MCP-SG 20.1

    1. Discuss how wrong motives may lead us to do good things. How can we correct this? (208)

    MCP-SG 20.2

    2. From the chapter “Love and Sexuality in the Human Experience,” consider the many ways we are reminded that the mind is to control the body. (218-239)MCP-SG 20.3

    3. Why shouldn’t the husband or wife permit others to share their confidences? (223)

    MCP-SG 20.4

    4. Why do you think Satan wanted to lead men to conceive of God as one who is stern and harsh? (250)

    MCP-SG 20.5

    5. Discuss Christ’s love as a “vitalizing power.” (250, 251)

    MCP-SG 20.6

    6. What is “unsanctified independence”? (265)

    MCP-SG 20.7

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