Bible Study 27

  1. After the ascension what provision did God make for the spiritual endowment of His church?
    Ephesians 4:8-11
  2. What was the divine purpose in bestowing these gifts on the church?
    Ephesians 4:12-15
  3. Mention some of these spiritual gifts.
    1 Corinthians 12:28
    See also another list in 1 Corinthians 12:7-10
  4. Are these gifts to be understood by the church, or are they mysteries to be left alone?
    1 Corinthians 12:1
  5. What is the controlling agency in al these gifts?
    1 Corinthians 12:4
  6. Through what agents did God communicate chiefly in the Old Testament?
    Amos 3:7
    Numbers 12:6
  7. Were these prophets controlled by any other power than that which guided the New Testament church and its gifts?
    2 Peter 1:21
  8. How was the gift of prophecy communicated to men?
    Revelation 1:1
  9. How were the visions of prophets preserved?
    Daniel 7:1
    Revelation 1:10-11
  10. How does God speak in these last days to His church?
    Hebrews 1;1-2 – By His Son
    Deuteronomy 18:15 – His Son was a Prophet.
  11. What is one mark of the last or ‘remnant’ church?
    Revelation 12:17
    Testimony of Jesus Christ.
  12. What is ‘the testimony of Jesus’?
    Revelation 19:10
    The Spirit of Prophecy.
  13. Does the Seventh-Day Adventist Church profess to be guided by the Spirit of Prophecy?
    Yes, through the writings of Mrs E G White, who, after seventy years of earnest labour for God in all parts of the world, died 16 July 1915, aged eighty-seven years. Read the account in The Great Second Advent Movement, by J N Loughborough.
  14. What tests can be applied to distinguish between true and false prophets?
    Jesus said we can test a prophet by his fruits.
    Matthew 7:15-20
    A prophet must speak according ‘to the law and to the testimony’ – God’s Word, or the Holy Bible.
    Isaiah 8.20
    The words of a prophet must come to pass, and they must lead people to obey God.
    Deuteronomy 13:1-4
    The condition of a prophet in vision is referred to in Daniel 10:8, 17-19
    Compare this with The Great Second Advent Movement, by J N Loughborough, pages 204, 205.
  15. What serious admonition is given regarding the gift of prophecy?
    1 Thessalonians 5:20-21
    A list of Mrs White’s books can be found here. Members should study them as much as they can.
  16. What is the relation of Mrs White’s books to the Bible?
    Object of Mrs White’s writings, here called ‘The Testimonies’.
    ‘The Testimonies are not to belittle the Word of God, but to exalt it, and attract minds to it, that the beautiful simplicity of truth may impress all’ – Testimonies, Vol 2, page 606.
    ‘The Lord designs to warn you, to reprove, to counsel, through the testimonies given, and to impress your minds with the importance of the truth of His Word. The written testimonies are not to give new light, but to impress vividly upon the heart the truths of inspiration already revealed.’ – Testimonies, Vol 2, page 605.