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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 11, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 6.

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SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

  1. Where was Jesus born? Verse 1.
  2. Who was ruling in Judea at this time?
  3. By what noted personages was Jerusalem visited?
  4. What questions did they ask of the Jews? Verse 2.
  5. What did they give as a reason for such an inquiry?
  6. What effect did this question have upon Herod and his people? Verse 3.
  7. In what public way did Herod manifest his anxiety? Verse 4.
  8. What demand did he make of these learned men?
  9. What answer did they return? Verse 5.
  10. What prophecy is given as a basis for their reply? Verse 6.
  11. Where is this prophecy found? Micah 5: 2.
  12. What information did Herod seek from the wise men? Verse 7, lesson scripture.
  13. Where did he send them? Verse 8.
  14. What instructions did he give them?
  15. As they departed from the king, what guide was again sent to direct them? Verse 9.
  16. How did they feel when they saw this token of God's love? Verse 10.
  17. What did they find upon reaching Bethlehem?
  18. How did they regard the Babe?
  19. What offerings did they present?
  20. What was the name of the Child?
  21. Why was he called Jesus? Golden text. Note.

NOTE.

Save his people from their sins.—This is the mission of Christ, not at one time of year, or at one time in the world, but at all times, and for all people who will yield themselves to be his. "Sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3: 4. What law is meant is shown in Rom. 7: 7. "Nay, I had not known sin . . . except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." It is therefore the moral law of God summarily comprehended in the Decalogue. He points out sin, but cannot save from sin. Jesus saves from sin, and all the condition he asks is faith, simple faith. Rom. 3: 22, 28; 4: 5-8. But Christ not only saves from past sin by forgiving all the sin, but he saves from sinning, or transgressing the law. He therefore saves man to make him righteous or obedient, "that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Rom. 8: 4. In other words, true faith in Christ is "faith which worketh by love" (Gal. 5: 6), and "this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments" (1 John 5: 3). The mission of Christ is therefore to make righteous or obedient men and women. In saving from sin, he also saves from death.