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Lesson 6 · May 11, 1907

God's Eternal Purpose

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Questions.

  1. 1.When was God's choice of characters determined? .
  2. 2.According to what purpose? .
  3. 3.What is this purpose called? . Note 1.
  4. 4.In whom does this purpose stand and center? .
  5. 5.What kind of an earth only comes into that purpose? .
  6. 6.What kind of characters shall inherit it forever? ; .
  7. 7.What is it God's will to do concerning sinful man? .
  8. 8.On what class is He sure to have mercy? ; .
  9. 9.Is it of God's purpose, or man's perversion of God's will, that iniquity is visited upon children? .
  10. 10.How far in God's purpose does His mercy extend? .
  11. 11.Is it of the good pleasure of God's purpose that the wicked shall die? .
  12. 12.What appeal does He make to the sinful? .
  13. 13.What does He promise to His backslidden people? .
  14. 14.In whom only is God pleased? ; .
  15. 15.When only does God turn from the transgressor? .
  16. 16.How does the heart become hardened? .
  17. 17.How do the wicked determine their own destruction? .
  18. 18.Wherein, then, lies our greatest danger? . Note 2.
  19. 19.In so rejecting God's will and mercy, where do men place themselves as regards His purpose? . Note 3.

Notes

1. "Eternal Purpose."—Literally, "the purpose of the ages," the purpose of God before the world was, the purpose in the creation of man, the purpose in the patriarchal age, in the Levitical age, in the Christian age; it is the same eternal purpose of the unchangeable God through all the ages.

2. Our danger lies, not in the failure of God's grace or purpose or plan or mercy. His mercy and grace are inexhaustible. Our danger lies in rejecting His mercy till we can no longer discern His voice, no longer see His message, no longer feel His presence. We may harden our hearts till God is compelled to leave us alone to reap the fruit of our own sowing.

3. God's purpose is only and ever to do good. That, however, can be worked out only in harmony with righteous principle. All outside of that purpose is outside of the great channels of life, and must perish. When, therefore, we reject or refuse God's plan to save us, we put ourselves outside of God's purpose and plan, and must perish.

Bible texts in this lesson

Ephesians 1:4 · Ephesians 1:5 · Ephesians 1:11 · Ephesians 3:11 · Ephesians 1:10 · Isaiah 65:17 · Genesis 1:31 · 2 Peter 3:13 · Romans 9:15 · Romans 9:18 · Exodus 20:5 · Exodus 20:6 · Psalms 18:25-27 · Ezekiel 18:1-4 · Ezekiel 18:20 · Isaiah 55:6 · Isaiah 55:7 · Ezekiel 18:31 · Ezekiel 18:32 · Isaiah 1:18 · Micah 7:18 · Micah 7:19 · Psalms 147:11 · Hebrews 10:38 · 2 Chronicles 36:13-16 · Hebrews 3:12 · Hebrews 3:13 · Proverbs 1:31 · Proverbs 1:32 · Proverbs 29:1 · Proverbs 1:29 · Proverbs 1:30

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