What book does God keep for them that fear him and What is meant by their works? 2 Co. 5: 10, 1. c. For what will young people have to give account, in the day of judgment? Ec. 11: 9. Will you be able to hide any secret thing from God, in that day? Ec. 12: 14. What will God bring to light, in the day of judgment? 1 Co. 4: 5. How would you feel, to have all the secret thoughts and feelings of your heart exposed before the great com. pany that will be there? How may you be prepared to bear the exposure of that day? Ro. 4: 5-8. What did the sea give up? v. 13. How many people do you suppose have been drowned in the sea? What a sight would it be, to see them all starting up into life again? What did death and hell deliver up? What is meant by hell in this place? ANs. The grave. How would the grave-yards appear, if all the dead were suddenly to rise up to life? How do you suppose you will feel, when you see all these strange sights? According to what were they judged? How many of them were judged? If every one is to be judged, what will be your situation? How would you like to have the Judge for your friend How may you secure his friendship? Jn. 15: 14 What is his commandment? Jn. 14: 1, 1. c. If you have the Judge for your friend, will there be any langer that you will be condemned? Ro. 8: 1. LESSON LI The eternal Portion of the Righteous. • 31 When the Son of man shall 32 And before him shall be gath ered all nations; and he shal separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for, you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ya gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 36 Naked, and ye 'clothed me. I was sick, and ye visited me: was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous an swer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stran ger, and took thee in 7 or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done WHO shall come in his glory? it unto me. Who is the Son of man? Mat. 16: 13. Who sl.all come with him? What shall he do then? Who shall be gathered before him? How shall he separate them? Who are meant by the sheep? v. 34. Jn. 10: 7, 11. Who are meant by the goats? v. 41. Where shall he set the sheep? Where shall he set the goats? Will this class be there? Will all these teachers and scholars be there? How would you feel to be separated from one another, in that day? How would you feel to be separated from your teacher If you should be on the left hand, separated from your teacher, could you say that he had not warned you of your danger? Could you complain that your teacher had never visitea you, and prayed for you, and labored for your salva tion? What shall the king then say unto them on his right hand? v. 34. What will he call them? How would you feel, to be called the blessed of God? What does inherit mean? ANs. It means to receive property from parents. When a father's property goes to his children, they inherit it. Why will the righteous inherit this kingdom? Ro. 8: 17 Why will it not fade away? He. 9: 15, 1. c. Where is it reserved for the righteous? Co. 1: 5. What will the King tell them they did when he was hun gry? v. 35. What, when he was thirsty? What, when he was a stranger? What, when he was naked? What, when he was sick What, when he was in prison ? What shall the righteous answer him? From this answer, what does it appear that they thought of their own works? Lu. 17: 10. How do true Christians feel, when they look at their own characters and works? Mat. 5: 3. How does Christ regard kindness shown to his people? v. 40. How does God regard compassion and kindness shown to the poor? Pr. 19: 17. Where shall the righteous go? v. 46, 1. c. Will there be any sin there? 1 Co. 6: 9, 10. Will there be any pain or sorrow there? Re. 21: 4. Will the sun and the moon shine there? Re. 21: 23 How long shall they reign in life with him? Ro. 22. 5, 1. c. LESSON LII. The eternal Portion of the Wicked. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, yo cursed, into everlast ing fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer WHAT shall he then say also him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unio thee ? 45 Then shall he answer thern, saying, Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. unto them on the left hand } Why are the wicked cursed? De. 27: 26. What is all the time in the house of the wicked? Pr. 3: 33. Why will the Judge teli them to depart from him? Lu. 13: 27, 1. c. Into what must they depart? For whom is this everlasting fire prepared? Who are the devil's angels? Jude 6, f. c. Where are they now? Jude 6, 1. c. How would you like to be forever with such company? Who will have to take up their abode with the devil and his angels forever? Re. 21: 8. NEWCOMB'S FIRST QUESTION BOOK. How may you avoid this awful doom? Jn. 3: 16. What, when he was thirsty? What, when he was sick and in prison? How do impenitent sinners generally feel, about their own characters and works? Lu. 18: 9. What disposition do they show, when charged with sin? Ge. 3: 12, 13. Lu. 10: 29. 16: 15. How do proud-hearted sinners feel, in regard to their own condition? What is their real condition? What is the difference between the spirit manifested by the righteous and the wicked, in their answers? C. vs. 37-39, with v. 44. How will the King answer the wicked? v. 45. How does Christ regard a want of kindness towards the least of his disciples? v. 45, 1. c. What does this afford to his afflicted poor? Can they be the disciples of Christ who despise his poor? Where will the wicked go? v. 46, f. c. What is the place called, where the wicked will go? Re 20: 15. 21: 8. What will be there? Mat. 8: 12. 13: 42. What is this punishment called? Re. 20: 14, l. c. 21:8, 1. c. How long will the second death last? Mar. 9: 43, 44. What will they receive of God at last, who trust in their own works? Is. 50: 11. How may you be saved from this dreadful death? Jn. 11:25, 26. |