LECTURE III, ARTICLE 2.

Transgression.

=1.= Give the principal scriptural proofs of man's free agency (quote

evidence from each of the standard works of the Church).

=2.= Show that man's accountability for his acts is just, in view of

his rights of free agency.

=3.= What is sin? (1, Compare wilful sins with those committed in

ignorance; 2, give scriptural evidence of the Lord's plan of dealing

in the two cases.)

=4.= Show that punishment for sin is ordained of God.

=5.= Give a statement of scriptural teachings regarding the duration

of punishment in the hereafter. (State the Lord's definition of

endless and eternal punishment.)

=6.= Give scriptural proofs of the personality of Satan (1, his former

position in heaven; 2, his title before his fall; 3, his expulsion

from heaven; 4, his present opposition to the purposes of God; 5, his

predicted fate).

The Fall.

=7.= Describe the condition of our first parents in Eden.

=8.= What important commands were given them by the Lord?

=9.= Give the scriptural statements concerning Satan tempting Eve.

=10.= Show that Adam understood the nature of his act in partaking of

the forbidden fruit.

=11.= What is known of the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden?

=12.= Show that the expulsion of our first parents from Eden was a

necessity after their transgression.

=13.= What were the immediate results of the Fall?

=14.= Give scriptural proof that the Fall was necessary and

fore-ordained.

=15.= Show that mortality is a blessed heritage to mankind.

=16.= State the doctrine of the Atonement as declared to Adam after

the Fall.

=17.= Describe the joy of Adam and Eve when they learned of the effect

of the Fall and the Atonement provided.

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