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BEREAN QUESTIONS IN SCRIPTURE STUDIES

Series VI., Study VIII., The Law of the New Creation

MAY 5

(11) Under what special laws or commandments are the heathen world at present? P. 384, par. 3.

(12) What is the attitude of the Nominal Church as respects the liberty of the New Creation in the matter of holy days, fast days, Sabbaths, etc.? P. 385, par. 1.

(13) How should the New Creation appreciate and observe the first day of the week? P. 386, par. 1, 2.

(14) While entirely free from the Jewish Law, what inference may we draw from the Mosaic Law respecting the use of certain foods, and how profit by it? P. 387, par. 1.

MAY 12

(15) Similarly, may we not also note a physical necessity as well as a typical teaching with respect to the Jewish Sabbath observance? P. 387, par. 2, 3.

(16) What was the experience of the French nation in regard to Sabbath observance? P. 388, par. 1.

(17) Should we in any manner, by word or deed, attempt to overthrow the popular ideas regarding Sabbath observance? P. 388, par. 2.

(18) How should the New Creation prefer to use the first day of the week? P. 389, par. 1.

MAY 19

(19) What is the duty of the New Creation toward their children and other members of their household with respect to Sabbath observance? P. 389, par. 2.

(20) What should be the attitude of the New Creation toward Sabbath keeping as commanded by civil laws? P. 390, par. 1.

ISRAEL’S SABBATH TYPICAL.

(21) Where and when was the first observance of the Sabbath as recorded in Scripture? P. 390, par. 2.

(22) What was the relation between Israel’s 24-hour period of rest and God’s Rest, and what did this signify? P. 391, par. 1.

(23) Mention several instances in which the number seven was given prominence under the Mosaic Law. P. 391, par. 2.

MAY 26

(24) What blessing to Spiritual Israel was typified by Natural Israel’s seventh-day Sabbath? And what is the double lesson set before us by the Apostle in Hebrews 4:1-11? P. 391, par. 3, 4.

(25) At what time and under what conditions did the New Creation as individuals enter into their Sabbath rest of faith? P. 392, par. 1.

(26) Explain the declaration of the Apostle that we entered into rest as God rested from His works. P. 393, par. 1.

(27) When did the Sabbath of the New Creation as a whole have its beginning? P. 393, par. 2; P. 394, par. 1.

(28) In conclusion, how must the New Creation continue this rest of faith in order to attain to the fuller, grander antitype? P. 394, par. 2.

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— April 1, 1912 —