Our Bible Reading by H.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jul 29, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 31.

Our Bible Reading

By H.

The Course of Sin.

1. How is love to God manifested? "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My word." John 14:23.

2. What is disobedience? "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4.

3. What is the result of obedience or disobedience? "Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if ye will harken unto the commandment of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day; and the curse, if ye shall not harken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God." Deut. 11:26-28.

4. Having sinned, what course must man take? "Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep anger forever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God." Jer. 3:12, 13.

5. What promise is made to the repentant? "If the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all My statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his transgressions that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live." Eze. 18:21, 22. "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9.

6. If the sinner does not repent, what is the result? "I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity." Isa. 13:11.

7. How is the punishment of the sinner determined? "We shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God." "Each one of us shall give account of himself to God." Rom. 14:10, 12. "God shall judge the secrets of men." Rom. 2:16.

8. What provision has God made for judgment? "He hath appointed a day in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He hath ordained." Acts 17:31. "Jehovah sitteth as king forever: He hath prepared His throne for judgment; And He will judge the world in righteousness." Ps. 9:7, 8.

9. When will that day be? When He comes, "for He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His truth." Ps. 96:13.

10. By what will the sinner be judged? "As many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law." "God shall judge the secrets of men, . . . by Jesus Christ." Rom. 2:12, 16. "I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works." Rev. 20:12.

11. What is the final punishment of sinners? "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." Eze. 18:20. "Fire came down out of heaven and devoured them." "If any man was not found written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the lake of fire." "This is the second death." Rev. 20:9, 15, 14.

12. In view of all this, what is man's duty? "Fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man." Eccl. 12:13. "So speak ye and so do as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty." James 2:12. H.