Lesson 3 · April 18, 1896
Origin, Nature, and Power of Death
Topics for review:—
- 1.Name the divisions of the first and second lessons.
- 2.Show by Scripture man's exalted position by creation, his nature, and the kind of life he possessed.
- 3.Through what change must he pass before he can be restored to that which he lost by sin?
- 4.Who only can work this change?
Notes
Divisions of the lesson: (1) Death Came by Disobedience. (2) Nature of Death. (3) Power of Death.
Questions.
Death Came by Disobedience.
1. How did death come into the world? .
2. Upon how many did death come, and why?
3. What is sin? .
4. What is the wages of sin? .
- 5.How many came under the death sentence through Adam's transgression? .
Notes
Nature of Death.
- 6.What is said of the thoughts of man in death? .
- 7.What is said of the memory? .
- 8.What does the apostle Paul say of those who fall asleep if Christ be not risen? . Note 1.
- 9.What occurs at man's death?
- 10.Where are the dead at the time of the resurrection? .
- 11.What expression is frequently used to show the condition of those who are dead? ; ; .
- 12.Are individuals who are asleep conscious of things taking place around them? Note 2.
- 13.What is the condition of those that are asleep in their graves? ; .
- 14.What can be said of time as related to those who are asleep in death? Note 3.
Notes
The Power of Death.
- 15.What sentence was pronounced upon Adam in case he transgressed? .
- 16.What power is there in death? Note 4.
- 17.What is death called? .
- 18.Who has the power of death? .
- 19.For what purpose was Christ manifested? .
Notes
1. A more literal reading of would be, "They which have fallen asleep in Christ have gone to nothing." Paul follows the above with these words: "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." In his reasoning, he regards the body of the first Adam as being the man, and that without redemption man would certainly go to nothing at death. As water, when the hydrogen and oxygen are separated, ceases to be water, so, when the elements that made man are separated, man ceases to exist.
2. One of the marked characteristics of sleep is unconsciousness. An individual may feel a sense of drowsiness and yet realize what is going on around him, but we do not say that he is asleep until he is lost to all that is around him. Sight, smell, hearing, and touch fail, and all voluntary motion ceases. This is sleep, a profound unconsciousness. The Saviour, who knew its nature full well, in the case of Lazarus used it to express the condition of man in death. .
3. In unconsciousness there is no account of time. This has been illustrated many times in case of accident. Persons receiving a stroke upon the head have been unconscious for several days. If they have received the blow while speaking, the sentence is broken off till consciousness is restored, when they finish the sentence, having no knowledge of the intervening time. So in death, there may be a long time from death to the resurrection, but to the dead it is nothing. One moment it is losing consciousness, while the next it is awakened by the voice of Jesus Christ.
4. Satan is the author of sin (), and death came by sin (); therefore all the power of Satan is in death. Sin is disorganizing and destructive, not merely of happiness, but of life itself. .
Bible texts in this lesson
Romans 5:12 · 1 John 3:4 · Romans 6:23 · 1 Corinthians 15:22 · Psalms 146:4 · Psalms 6:5 · 1 Corinthians 15:18 · John 5:28 · 1 Thessalonians 4:13 · 1 Thessalonians 4:14 · 2 Peter 3:4 · Acts 13:36 · Job 3:17 · Job 3:18 · Job 14:21 · Ecclesiastes 9:5 · Ecclesiastes 9:10 · Genesis 2:17 · 1 Corinthians 15:26 · Hebrews 2:14 · 1 John 3:8 · John 11:11 · James 1:14 · James 1:15
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