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BEREAN QUESTIONS IN SCRIPTURE STUDIES

Series VI., Study X.—The Baptism of the New Creation

OCTOBER 6

THE PROPER SYMBOL OF BAPTISM

(46) What conditions of the real baptism would exclude infants from receiving symbolical baptism? and could symbolical baptism properly precede the real baptism? P. 450, par. 2, 3.

(47) Supposing the subject of water-baptism were so confused that the method practised by the early Church could not be positively determined, what form of symbolical baptism would reasonably suggest itself to the mind instructed as to the real baptism? P. 451, par. 1.

(48) What advantages will accrue from obedience in performing symbolical immersion? P. 452, par. 1, 2.

(49) Inasmuch as there is but one proper baptism, it follows there can be but one proper symbol of it. In illustration of the general agreement among Christians as to immersion, read “Some Testimonies to the Point.” Pp. 453, 454.

WHO MAY ADMINISTER BAPTISM

(50) What authority is given in Matthew 28:19 respecting who may perform the ceremony of water-baptism in the Church? P. 454, par. 1.

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FORM OF WORDS

(51) Suggest a simple form of appropriate words for this service? P. 455, par. 1.

REPETITION OF THE SYMBOL

(52) How may any who have been immersed in water decide regarding a repetition of the symbol? P. 455, par. 2.

(53) Explain 1 Cor. 15:29. Pp. 455, 456.

Series VI., Study XI.—The Passover of the New Creation

(1) What was the origin of the Feast of the Passover? How long did it last, and what did it commemorate? P. 457, first 17 lines.

(2) Why is the New Creation especially interested in Natural Israel’s Passover? P. 457, 17th line to end of par.

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(3) Explain the antitypical significance of the Passover in Egypt as related to mankind in general? P. 458.

(4) Describe the peculiar position of the “first-born” in the type. P. 459, par. 1.

(5) Show how the antitype is found in the “Church of the First-born.? P. 459, par. 2, P. 460, par. 1.

(6) What was the importance and significance of the Passover Lamb in the type? P. 460, par. 2.

OUR LORD’S MEMORIAL

(7) Show by means of the type why “Christ our Passover” could not have ended His sacrifice at any other moment of His life? P. 461, par. 1.

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(8) What was the antitype of the selection of the lamb on the tenth day? P. 461, par. 2.

(9) How was it possible for our Lord and His Apostles to eat the typical supper in the same day that the Lord was crucified? P. 462, par. 1.

(10) Why was it obligatory for Jesus and His Apostles to celebrate the type, and what did our Lord institute in its place? P. 462, par. 2.

(11) Explain the significance of accepting the true Passover Lamb? P. 463, par. 1.

(12) Was the “Lord’s Supper,” which took the place of the “Passover Supper,” a higher type, or a memorial of the antitype? P. 463, par. 2.

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— September 15, 1912 —