What is a saint? ¶ 468.
How are those composing the body of Christ purified? ¶ 468.
What is meant by the terms “new creature” and “new creation”? ¶ 468.
How is nature determined? ¶ 468.
Who has preeminence in the divine plan? Give Scriptural proof. ¶ 468.
When did the new creation have its beginning? ¶ 469.
What occurred with reference to Jesus when he was thirty years of age? ¶ 469.
How was he perfected as a new creature? ¶ 469.
Who opposed Jesus from the time of his baptism? ¶ 470.
Why this opposition? ¶ 470.
In the sentence by Jehovah, as set forth in Genesis 3:15, what is symbolized by the woman? ¶ 470.
Whom did Isaac typify? ¶ 470.
Of what does the seed of the serpent consist? Give some Scriptural proof. ¶ 470.
What is the disposition of the seed of the serpent? ¶ 470.
Where did Jesus go immediately following his baptism, and for what purpose? ¶ 471.
To what temptation was he subjected shortly thereafter?
Give the
Scriptural account. ¶ 471.
How long did he suffer at the hands of Satan and his representatives? ¶ 471.
How did he gain the victory? ¶ 471.
How did Jehovah reward Jesus for his faithful devotion to the divine arrangement even unto death? ¶ 471.
What Scriptures indicate that the body members most follow in his steps? ¶ 471.
Did God predestinate or foreordain a new creation? Give Scriptural proof. ¶ 472.
What is meant by the word “world” as used in Ephesians 1:4-9? ¶ 473.
Did God foreordain or choose the individuals who would compose the church? Or what is meant by his foreknowledge? ¶ 473.
Should we expect the body members to have experiences similar to those of Jesus? ¶ 473.
When was the day of Pentecost? ¶ 474.
What call went forth to the Jews from that time? ¶ 474.
What is meant by the call? ¶ 474.
What did Jesus say about the number called and chosen? Give Scriptural proof. ¶ 474.
How long was this call confined to the Jews? ¶ 474.
Who was the first gentile to receive the gospel? Give the Scriptural account. ¶ 474.
Thereafter to whom did the call extend? ¶ 474.
Why has the gospel been preached? ¶ 475.
How has the gospel appeared to worldly-wise men? ¶ 475.
What did St. Paul say about the wisdom of this world
and the wisdom of
God? ¶ 475.
How did the Jews as a people receive the message of Christ and him crucified? ¶ 476.
How did the majority of the gentiles receive the gospel? ¶ 476.
What proportion of the wise and mighty and noble are called and respond to the call of the gospel? ¶ 476.
Why have not many wise and noble accepted the truth? ¶ 476.
How has the call impressed the humble-minded? ¶ 476.