(1) Is It possible that the translation of the Scriptures by Trinitarians would give a gloss or color to their work? Does this apply to the revised version as well? Page 263
(2) Where do the Scriptures speak of our quenching the Holy Spirit? What does this signify? Page 264, par. 1
(3) Where do the Scriptures speak of our being sealed with the Holy Spirit? What does this signify? Page 264, par. 2
(4) Do the Scriptures speak of grieving the Holy Spirit? What thought does this convey? Page 264, par. 2
(5) Cite a Scripture passage referring to the Spirit of Truth as speaking of and showing things to Page 265, par. 1
(6) When we previously considered this text what did we ascertain concerning its meaning? Page 170
(7) Under what circumstances did our Lord utter the words of this text? What was the effect of the circumstances upon the Apostles? And why did He promise them a Comforter? Page 265
(8) Explain our Lord’s meaning in this promise of the Comforter, the Spirit of Did He mean another person than Himself? If so, in what manner could another person advantageously fill His place? page 266, par. 1
(9) Was it the Spirit of the Truth, the Spirit of Jesus or the Spirit of the Father or both, or was it a spirit being separate and distinct from them? Page 266
(10) Just what were the disciples to understand by the promise? Page 266, par. 2, 3
(11) In the expression, “Holy Ghost,” what is the meaning of ghost? Page 169
(12) Read John 14:26. Explain how the “Holy Ghost” could be sent, and what is implied by such expressions as “sin against the Holy Spirit,” “pour out the Holy Spirit” etc. Page 267
(13) What is the significance of the expression that God would send the Holy Spirit in His (Jesus’) name? Why not in the Father’s own name? Page 267
(14) Did the Holy Spirit of the Father ever act as a Comforter to our Lord Jesus? If so, where and how? Page 268, par. 1
(15) Does the knowledge of the Father’s will and of things to come comfort the natural man or only the New Creature? Why? Page 268, par. 1
(16) Where do we read, “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance”? Page 268, par. 2
(17) Explain the double action of the Spirit in this text, first possessing or filling them, and second, speaking through them. Page 268, par. 3
(18) Whom did St. Peter accuse of lying to the Holy Spirit? Cite the Page 269, par. 1
(19) How did Satan fill the heart of the evildoer? Did he come personally into the man? Is Satan personally present everywhere? And in all liars and evildoers? How could he be, except by his influence? Page 269, par. 2
(20) Peter speaks of lying to the Holy Spirit. Why did he not say lying to God or lying against the Truth? Page 269, par. 2
(21) Peter is quoted as saying, “Ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord.” Where is this written? Page 270, par. 1
(22) How are we to understand this matter of tempting the Spirit of the Lord? Page 270, 2
(23) Our Lord mentions a sin against the Holy Where? Quote the passage and cite it. Page 270, par. 3
(24) Did our Lord here mean to teach that the Holy Spirit is a more distinguished person than either the Father or the Son? If not, why this form of statement? Page 270, 4.
(25) Did our Lord disclaim the power which He used, and attribute it to the Father, saying that He cast out devils by the power of God? Page 270, par. 5
(26) Explain this Scripture as a Pages 271-273
(27) Where do we read, “The Spirit said unto Philip, Go near and join thyself to this chariot”? Page 273, par. 2
(28) Is there anything in this passage which seems to imply that the spirit or influence or power which directed Philip was aside from the Father or Son? Is there any evidence in it of another God? Page 273, par. 3
(29) Is there evidence of another God in the declaration “The Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee”? (Acts 10:19) How should this passage be understood? Page 274, par. 1
(30) “The Holy Ghost said, Separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work for which I have called them.” Where are these words found and what do they signify? Pages 274, 275
(31) Where is it written, “It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us,” and what does this Scripture signify?
(32) How was the Apostle forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the Word in Asia? Give resume and cite the Scriptures. Page 276
(33) Where do we read, “The Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me”? Page 277
(34) What does this signify? Give details and cite the Scripture.
(35) How did the Holy Ghost make the Elders of Ephesus overseers in the Church? Page 278
(36) The Apostle speaks of his own preaching as being “not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost ” Where are these words found? What do they imply? Page 279
(37) We read that “the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God,” etc. Where is the Scripture? What does it signify? Give the philosophy of the Page 279, par. 3, 4; Page 280, par. 1
(38) Read I John 2:20, What thought is suggested in the words “unction” and “anointing” in these texts and how are they applicable to the Church? Pages 280, 281
(39) What does the word unction signify? What is the Greek word rendered unction and its import? Page 281, par. 3
(40) Could these words, unction and anointing of the Spirit, apply to a person or only to a power or influence? Page 282, par. 1
(41) Who is the Holy One in the expression, “An unction from the Holy One”? Page 282, par. 2
(42) Cite other Scriptures which speak of the pouring out, shedding forth, anointing, etc., of the Holy Page 282, par. 2
(43) In 1 John 2:20, the wording implies that those who have the unction “know all things,” are all-wise. What about this statement? Give a preferred translation. Is it here as in the oldest manuscripts? Page 282, par. 3
(44) What is the truth and meaning of the words, “Ye need not that any man teach you”? Page 283, par. 1
(45) As it stands in our common version, would not this passage be in conflict with many others? Quote and cite some of Page 283, par. 2; Page 284, par. 1, 2
(46) About when is it supposed that John wrote this Epistle? Tell something of the world’s condition at that Page 285
(47) To what class did the Apostle refer as “them that seduce you”? (vs. 26) Page 286, 1
(48) Give a paraphrase of the 27th verse of this Page 286, par. 3; Page 287, par. 1
(49) Where is it written that “The Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered,” and what spirit is here referred to? Page 287, par. 2
(50) How is this Scripture generally misunderstood? Page 287, par. 3
(51) With the theory that it is the Holy Spirit, one of three equal Gods, is it reasonable to suppose that there would be anything too hard for it to utter? Page 288, par. 1
(52) Is the popular thought that we approach the Father and Son through the Holy Spirit as another person a reasonable one or in accord with other Scriptures? Page 288, top
(53) If the groaning cannot be uttered, how would there be groanings at all? Wherein is the error of the ordinary view of this text? Give a detailed explanation of it and cite the Pages 288, 289, 290
(54) We read of the Holy Spirit, “He will reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of Judgment” Where are these words found, and why is the Holy Spirit referred to by the masculine pronoun he? Pages 170, 171, 291
(55) Does this Scripture imply that the Holy Spirit operates in sinners for their reproof and their reformation? Page 291, par. 1, 2
(56) If it operates only in the Church, the Spirit-begotten, what would this text signify? Page 291, par. 3
(57) Explain how the Holy Spirit reproves the world, what influence it exercises and how, and the outward evidences thereof. Page 292
(58) In what sense are the Lord’s people “children of light,” and whom do they enlighten, and what is the enlightening power? Page 293
(59) Mention some of the things which the Holy Spirit reproves through the children of the Is such a reproving of the world the chief work of the Holy Spirit in this Age, and the chief work of the Church, or not? Page 294
(60) Give illustrations of how the light of the Holy Spirit in the children of the light might become darkness. Page 294, par. 2
(61) In what verse of the Bible is the Spirit of God contrasted with the spirit of antichrist? Page 295, par. 1
(62) Is the spirit of antichrist a person? If not, what is the inference as respects the Spirit of God when thus used in comparison? Page 295, par. 2
(63) How should we “try the spirits”? And are both the spirit of the Truth and the spirit of error personated through human agencies, teachers, etc.? Page 295, par. 2
(64) Give one general Scripture text as respects false faith and true and false teachers which refers to the spirit of antichrist as not confessing the coming of Jesus in the Page 295, par. 1
(65) Give illustrations of teachings which deny that our Lord came in the flesh and which, therefore, should be classed as anti or against, opposed to, the doctrines of Christ. Page 296, par. 1, 2, 3; Page 297, par. 1
(66) What objection is sometimes raised to the common version of this text? Explain the matter in detail and show that our common version is well Page 297, last par.; Page 298, par. 1
(67) Give Prof. Rinehart’s definition of the Greek text. Pages 298, 299
(68) Is it necessary to believe that Christ came in the flesh to logically believe in the Ransom? If so, how and why? Page 299, last par.