The Faith I Live By (May 14 – Jun 3)

Regeneration

Holiness of Life (Heb 12:14), May 14

1.) How it is that people who claim to be holy are not really holy? {FLB 140.2}

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2.) Holiness is not rapture: it is an entire ___________ ____ _____ ______ to God; it is living by _______ ______that

proceeds from the mouth of God; … it is walking by faith and not by sight; it is relying on God with unquestioning

confidence, and _________in His love. {FLB 140.3 }

Thought question: How does this statement help you understand why we can never claim to be Holy?

3.) What does God require of us? _______ ____________ {FLB 140.5}

Strengthened by the Spirit (Eph 3:16), May 15

4.) What is the condition for the promise found in mark 11:24? __________________________

_______________________ {FLB 141.2} But what do we need to ask for in order to live a Holy Life? __________

{141.1}

5.) Through this _________ act of ___________ God, the Holy Spirit has begotten a new life in your heart. You are as a

child born into the family of God, and He loves you as He loves His Son. {FLB 141.3}

6.) After giving ourselves to Jesus, what are we cautioned not to do? ______ ______ {Luke 9:62, FLB 141.4}

7.) What is the meaning of the verse found in Col 2:6? {FLB 141.4} _________________________________________

Amazing Transformation of Character (Psalms 17:15), May 16

8.) (T /F) God will one day effect transformations so amazing that Satan will view them as a fortress impregnable to his

sophistries and delusions. {FLB 142.3}

9.) By what other means does God purify his people? ____________________________ {FLB 124.4}

Our Lord’s Example (Rom 6:4), May 17

10.) Jesus did not baptism as a confession of guilt on His own account. He ____________ _________ with sinners, taking

the _______ that we are to take, and doing the ______that we must do. His life of suffering and patient endurance after

His baptism was also an example to us. {FLB 143.2, Matt 3:13-15}

11.) Man was brought again into _______ with God by the ________ of ____________. The washing was the burial with

Christ in the water in the likeness of His death, representing that all who repent of the transgression of the law of God

receive purification, cleansing, through the work of the Holy Spirit. Baptism represents true ____________ by the

renewing of the Holy Spirit.{FLB 143.3}

“This Is My Beloved Son” (Matt 3:16-17), May 18

12.) Read the scripture text in the subtitle above. After Jesus was baptized, what descended on him?

___________________ {Matt 3:16, FLB 144.2}

13.) What does God say to Jesus in vs 17--after the event described in the previous question? {Matt 3:17, FLB 144.2}

14.) What practical lesson can we draw from this experience? _______________________________________________

{FLB 144.3}

Born of Water and the Spirit (John 3:5), May 19

15.) Repentance, faith, and baptism are the requisite steps in conversion.... As Christians submit to the solemn rite of

baptism, He registers the _______that they make to be ______ ___ _____. This ___ is their ______of allegiance. {FLB

145.3}

16.) (T/F) Christ has made baptism the sign of entrance to His spiritual kingdom to which all must comply. [FLB 145.4}

17.) What else does baptism demonstrate publicly in the believer?

_________________________________________________________ {FLB 145.4}

18.) The obligations in the spiritual agreement entered into at baptism are _______. As human beings act their part with

whole-hearted obedience, they have a _______to pray, “Let it be known, Lord, that Thou art God in Israel.” The fact that

you have been baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, is an ___________ that if you will claim

their help, these powers will help you in ______ ____________.{FLB 145.6}

Baptized Into His Death and Resurrection, (Rom 6;30) May 20

19.) Those who have taken part in the solemn rite of baptism have pledged themselves to seek for those things which are

above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God; pledged themselves to labor earnestly for the salvation of sinners.

God asks those who take His name, How are you using the powers that have been redeemed by the death of My Son?

Are you doing all in your power to rise to a greater height in spiritual understanding? Are you adjusting your interest and

actions in harmony with the momentous claims of eternity? (FLB 146.2}

20.) In the first chapter of Second Peter is presented the progressive work in the Christian life. The whole chapter is a

________ of ______ __________. If man, in acquiring the Christian graces, works on the plan of _________, God has

pledged Himself to work in his behalf upon the plan of _____________. … The work is laid out before every soul that

has acknowledged his faith in Jesus Christ by baptism. {FLB 146.5}

Walking in His Steps (Col 3:1), May 21

21.) There are children ... who have been taught from their youth to observe the Sabbath. Some of these are very

good children, faithful to duty as far as temporal matters are concerned; but they feel no deep ____________of

_____and no need of ____________from sin.... To these youth I am authorized to say: ________ ye and be

___________, that your sins may be blotted out.... You are required to repent, believe, and be baptized. Christ was

wholly righteous; yet He, the Saviour of the world, gave man an example by Himself taking the steps which He

requires the sinner to take to become a child of God, and heir of heaven.FLB { 147.3}

22.) All who _______ the life of Christ and __________His teachings will become like Christ. Their influence will be like

His. They will reveal soundness of character. As they walk in the humble path of obedience, doing the will of God, they

exert an influence that tells for the advancement of the cause of God and the healthful purity of His work.FLB 147.5

When Rebaptism Is Appropriate, May 22

23.) The honest seeker after truth will not plead ___________ of the law as an excuse for transgression… He reveres

God’s law as holy, just, and good, and he repents of his transgression. By faith he pleads the atoning blood of Christ,

and grasps the promise of pardon. His former baptism does not satisfy him now. He has seen himself a ________,

_________by the law of God. He has experienced anew a death to sin, and he desires again to be buried with Christ

by baptism, that he may rise to walk in newness of life {FLB 148.3}

Our Lord’s Command, May 23

24.) Those who have been _______ with Christ in _________ are to rise to newness of life, giving a living

representation of the life of Christ.... You are dedicated to the work of making known the ________of

___________. Heaven’s perfection is to be your power. FLB 149.4

Changed by Beholding (2 Cor 3:18), May 24

25.) By beholding, we are ___________to the divine similitude, even the __________of Christ. {FLB 150.2)

If we keep our minds stayed upon Christ, He will come unto us “as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the

earth.” Hosea 6:3. As the Sun of Righteousness, He will arise upon us “with healing in his wings.” Malachi 4:2. We

shall “grow as the lily.” We shall “revive as the corn, and grow as the vine.” Hosea 14:5, 7. By constantly relying upon

Christ as our personal Saviour, we shall grow up into Him in all things who is our head. {FLB 150.4, 2 Cor 10:5}

Exercise: List at least three things that you’re applying or can begin applying immediately to keep your mind stayed upon Christ ?

Taking Up Our Cross (Luke 9:23), May 25

26.) What might we do on our part in order to get to the level of self-sacrifice seen in FLB 151.2?

27.) _____________ and the _______ lie directly in the pathway of every follower of Christ. The cross is that which

crosses the ________ ____________ and the will.FLB 151.4

Developing Good Habits (Psalm 119:101), May 26

28.) You must ___________the mind to ________________upon spiritual things. Exercise will bring strength. Many

professed Christians are in a fair way to lose both worlds. To be half a Christian and half a worldly man makes you about

____________________ part a Christian and all the rest worldly. {FLB 152.5 }

Unashamed of Jesus (Rom 1:16), May 27

29.) Never be ashamed of your faith; never be found on the side of the enemy. (…)The unstudied, unconscious influence of

a holy life is the most convincing sermon that can be given in favor of Christianity. Argument, even when unanswerable, may

provoke only opposition; but a ________ _________ has a power that it is ____________ wholly to resist. {FLB 153.5-6}

The Right Exercise of the Will (Phil 2:13), May 28

30.) Pure religion has to do with the _____. The ______ is the __________power in the nature of man, bringing all the other

faculties under its sway. The _____ is not the _______ or the _____________, but it is the deciding power which works in

the children of men unto obedience to God or unto disobedience.FLB 154.4

The Sowing Time of Life (Gal 6:7), May 29

31.) (T / F) Every characteristic of selfishness, self-love, self-esteem, every act of self-indulgence, will bring forth a like

harvest.. {FLB 155.3}

32.) God _________ no man. Everyone who is ___________will have ________himself. Everyone who

_________ the admonitions of conscience is sowing the seeds of unbelief, and these will produce a sure harvest.

{FLB 155.4}

Don’t Get Discouraged! (Jos 1:9), May 30

33.) ______ and ________ are essential to perfect service for God. These are the fruit of faith. Despondency is ________

and unreasonable. God is able and willing “more abundantly” to bestow upon His servants the strength they need for test

and trial....{FLB 156.5}

A Life Insurance Policy for You (2 Pet 1:10), May 31

34.) God wills that _____ men should be _____; for _______provision has been made, in giving His only-begotten Son to

pay man’s ransom. {FLB 157.2}

35.) There is _______to be __________ if souls are saved. The _________of the ______________of God is life eternal to

the receiver. But the Scriptures make it plain that those who once knew the way of life and rejoiced in the truth are in danger

of falling through __________, and being ______. Therefore there is need of a _________, _______ ___________to God.

{FLB 157.4 }

June—Here And Hereafter

Time a Precious Talent (Psalm 90:12), June 1

36.) Our ______ belongs to God. Every moment is His, and we are under the most solemn obligation to improve it to His

glory. Of no talent He has given will He require a more strict account than of our _________. {FLB 158.2}

37.) The value of time is _________ computation. Christ regarded ________ moment as precious …. We have but a few

days of probation in which to _________ for __________. We have no time to waste, no time to devote to selfish pleasure,

no time for the indulgence of sin {FLB 158.3}

A Cure for Idleness (Rom 12:11), June 2

38.) It is the duty of every Christian to acquire habits of order, thoroughness, and dispatch…. when one is always at work and

the work is never done, it is because mind and heart are not put into the labor. The exercise of the will power will make the

hands move deftly {FLB 159.3}

39.) (T/ F). From those converted men and woman, some will be diligent workers. {FLB 159.4}

The True Value of Money (Prov 3:9,10), June 3

40.) In the use of _______ penny, it will be seen whether we love God supremely and our

neighbor as ourselves. {FLB 160.6}

Money has great value, because it can do great good. In the hands of God’s children it is

food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, and clothing for the naked.... But money is of

no more value than sand, only as it is put to use in providing for the necessities of life,

in blessing others, and advancing the cause of Christ. {FLB 160.6}