Q. What did Jesus say about the giving of holy things? A. "Give not that which is holy to the dogs." Q. What reason did he assign for such a command? A. "Lest they turn again and rend you." A. "Cast them not before swine." Q. What reason did he give for this prohibition? A. "Lest they trample them under their feet." Q. Who are represented by swine and dogs? A. Brutish, base men. Q. What is the meaning of the precept? A. It was improper to endeavor to teach such persons the pure doctrines of the gospel, if they scoffed and reviled in return. 1 Q. What is the promise to those who ask? Q. What is the promise to those who knock? A. "Knock, and it shall be opened unto you." Mark, 11: 24; Luke, 11: 9. Q. What did Jesus say about a son's asking bread? A. "What man is there of you whom, if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?" Q. What, concerning a fish? A. "If he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?" Q. How did Jesus apply these questions? A. "If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give good things to them that ask him?” LESSON XIX. MATTHEW....CHAPTER VII: 12-21. Q. How did Jesus tell his disciples to conduct towards others? A. "Do to others, as ye would they should do to you." Luke, 6: 31. Q. What authority did he refer to, as sanctioning this command? A. "The law and the prophets." Q. What did Jesus say to his disciples concerning the strait gate? A. "Enter ye in at the strait gate." Luke, 18:24. Q. What did he say of it? A. "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life." Q. Were there many, or few, who went in at this gate? A. Few. Q. What did he say of the broad way, and wide gate? A. "Wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction." Q. Were there many or few that went this way? A. "Many." Q. Is the saying a Parable? A. It is. Q. What is meant by strait gate? Q. What do strait gate and narrow way represent? A. "The law and prophets-To do the same to others, as men would have others do to them." Q. What is the life found in the narrow way? A. The peace and happiness enjoyed by the good. Matt. 19: 17. Q. What do the wide gate and broad way represent? A. The Jewish doctrine-"To love neighbors and hate enemies"-and the way of sin. Q. What is the destruction found in this way? A. The unhappy consequences resulting to errors in Faith and practice-and sometimes a violent death. Rom. 3: 16; Matt. 21: 41. Q. Of whom did Jesus caution his disciples to beware? A. "Of false prophets." Q. How do they manifest themselves? Q. What did he say they were inwardly? A. Ravenous wolves. Q. Who are meant by false prophets? A. Teachers of erroneous doctrines. Q. What is represented by sheep's clothing? Q. What is signified by being ravenous wolves within? A. Possessing evil dispositions, and teaching destructive doctrines. Q. How did Jesus say they should be known? Q. What is meant by fruits? A. Conduct and conversation. Q. What does he say about gathering fruit? A. "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" Q. What does he say about the good tree? A. "Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit." Q. What does he say about the corrupt tree? A. "A corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit." Q. What did he say should be done with the tree that did not produce good fruit ? A. It should be cut down and cast into the fire. Q. What did he say concerning crying, Lord! Lord! A. "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord! Lord! shall enter into the kingdom of heaven." Q. Who did he say should enter? A. "Such as do the will of my father in heaven." Q. In what does the doing of that will consist? A. In men's doing by others, as they would have others do by them. LESSON XX. MATTHEW....CHAP. VII: 22-29. Q. What did Jesus declare many would say in that day? A. "Lord! Lord! have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?" Q. What answer did he say he should make? A. "I will profess unto them, I never knew you-depart from me, ye that work iniquity." Q. Who were those that cried, Lord! Lord! and were excluded the kingdom? A. Hypocritical professors and teachers. A. The day "in which he was to gather out of his kingdom all things that offended and committed iniquity," Math. 13: 41; 24: 34-50. |