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Lesson 6 · June 30, 1900

Character-Test and Divine Assurance

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  1. 1.Of what is the child of God to beware? , first clause.
  2. 2.How do false prophets appear? What is their real value? Same verse. See note 1. Side texts: .
  3. 3.How may we know them? What illuminating question does He ask? .
  4. 4.What kind of fruit does a tree bring forth? .
  5. 5.Are there any exceptions to this law? .
  6. 6.What eventually is done with the tree bearing evil fruit? . Side texts: .
  7. 7.To what inevitable conclusion are we brought, as regards false prophets? .
  8. 8.By what words does Jesus show that more than profession is necessary? What word answers to "Lord"? What would it imply to call one "Lord"? , first part. See note 2. Side texts: ; .
  9. 9.Who alone shall enter the kingdom of heaven? . Side texts: .
  10. 10.What will many declare "in that day"? .
  11. 11.What will be said to them? Why? . See note 3.
  12. 12.To whom did Jesus liken the obedient hearer of His sayings? . Side texts: ; .
  13. 13.What came upon his house? How was it affected? What was the reason? .
  14. 14.To whom did Jesus liken the disobedient hearer? .
  15. 15.How did the storms affect his house? . Side texts: ; .
  16. 16.How did the words of Jesus affect the people? Verses 28, 29. See note 4.

Notes

1. Sheep's clothing, peaceable professions, have always been characteristic of false prophets. Their mission is either to lull the church to sleep in sin or to lead it away into error. For the former purpose they cry, "Peace, peace" (; ), and for the latter, "Lo, here is Christ, or there" (). We may know them by their fruits, those fruits measured by "the law and the testimony." .

2. To call Jesus "Lord" is to say that we are His servants, doing His service, obeying Him. The real test is, therefore, obedience. "Why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" .

3. "Iniquity" is lawlessness, breaking of law. Let it be noted that the real test of discipleship is obedience to the will of God. Verse 21. It matters not what has been prophesied in Christ's name, what demons cast out, what miracles wrought, if those who do these things are against God's law, they must be banished forever from Him. This is a complement to . If God knows us, we have His Spirit and do His law.

4. The words of Christ were not uncertain, equivocal, or hypothetical. He was filled with the Word of God; God's law was in His heart; He spoke authoritatively, from His own fulness. He would have His children so full of that same Word, He would have that law so inwrought into their very lives, that when they speak it would be "as the oracles of God." . His words only will carry weight.

Bible texts in this lesson

Matthew 7:15-29 · Matthew 7:15 · 2 Peter 2:1-3 · 2 Peter 2:16 · 2 Peter 2:17 · 2 Peter 2:18 · 2 Peter 2:19 · John 15:2 · John 15:20 · John 15:21 · Luke 6:46 · 1 Corinthians 12:3 · 1 Corinthians 12:21 · Matthew 5:3 · Matthew 5:22 · Matthew 5:23 · Matthew 5:24 · 1 Corinthians 3:11 · Isaiah 28:16 · Isaiah 28:25 · Isaiah 28:26 · Isaiah 28:27 · Isaiah 28:17 · Isaiah 28:18 · Ezekiel 13:10-16 · Jeremiah 6:13 · Jeremiah 6:14 · Ezekiel 13:9-11 · Matthew 24:23-26 · Isaiah 8:20 · Matthew 5:17 · 1 Peter 4:11

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