(1) What is meant by the statement that “Our Savior, Jesus Christ, . . . hath abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel”? (2 1:10) Page 383

(2) Have mankind a longing for a future life? If so, why so? Page 383

(3) Did God encourage man’s aspirations for a future life? Page 383, last par.

(4) Is there any direct promise of eternal life in the Old Testament? If so, what and where? And does it contain any statement respecting human immortality either present or prospective? Page 383, last par.

(5) “The Gospel was preached to Abraham”; did it contain any mention of human immortality? Did it contain any basis for suggestion of a future life? Page 384

(6) State what assurances of everlasting life or immortality or both are mentioned in the New Testament and to whom they are Page 384

(7) State what the New Testament assurances respecting a future life imply–the basis for the hope, the conditions for its attainment and the process by which those blessings may be secured. Page 385

(8) Does the abundance of the Divine provision imply that eternal life is already a possession of humanity or that it will be forced upon Adam and his race? Page 385, last par.

(9) Quote some Scriptures bearing upon this subject and showing that eternal life is a gift from the Almighty and that it must be striven for to be Page 386

(10) State the difference between the imaginings of worldly philosophers respecting the immortality of the soul, and the distinct statements of God’s Word on the subject. Page 387, par. 2, 3-first part

(11) Give some arguments for the proposition that God intends to give life everlasting only to the righteous and to withhold it from Page 387, par. 3, last part

(12) State what is the ordinary acceptation of the word “Immortality,” and then give the Scriptural limitations of that word. Page 388

(13) In discussing the subject  with those who have the usual thought  that the words eternal life and immortality signify the same thing, is it not wise on our part to assent that  we believe in immortality, as our friends in general do; that we believe that Divine arrangements have made possible everlasting  life for every member  of our race? Would it not be wise, then, before leaving the topic to explain that the Scriptures make a  distinction  between these terms everlasting  life and immortality;  and while declaring  that all the obedient ones of God’s creation shall have everlasting life, they also declare that God alone possessed immortality originally and that He has given this great blessing of inherent life to His Son and purposes to give this same inherent life to the Bride class and  to none others? Page 388

(14) Is there hope of immortality held out in the Scriptures for any human being? Page 388, last par.

(15) Show the reason (philosophy) of your Page 389

(16) What is the correct definition of the word “mortal” and of the word “immortal”? Page 389, par. 3; Page 390, par. 1

(17) Was Adam created mortal or immortal? Show the philosophy of the Pages 390, 391

(18) What is said of immortal souls, dying souls, never-dying souls? Page 392, par. 1

(19) What do we know about the mortality or immortality of angels? Page 392

(20) When was immortality brought to light in the Scriptures and by whom and how? Page 393, par. 2

(21) Did Christ’s death secure immortality to men or to the angels or to the saints of this Gospel Age? Page 394, par. 1, 2

(22) Explain the relationship of Christ’s death to human Restitution and to the obtaining of immortality on the part of the Page 393, last par.

(23) What did our Lord’s Gospel bring to light respecting God’s provision for mankind in general? Page 393, last par.

(24) What is God’s provision for the “elect” of this Gospel Age? Page 394, par. 1

(25) Is immortality an element of the divine nature? Prove the Pages 393, 389, par. 3

(26) Will the “elect” attain to a station more or less glorious than that of the holy angels of the highest order, and why? Pages 394, 395

(27) When is the reward of the divine nature conferred upon the Church? At the begetting of the Holy Spirit, or in the First Resurrection? Page 395, par. 4

(28) If we are all called in the one hope of our calling and all begotten by the same Word of Truth and same Holy Spirit, how does it come that only a “little flock” of these really obtain the divine nature, while the “Great Company” obtain spirit life, but without the immortal feature? Page 396, 2, 3

(29) Is the natural begetting and birth the figure or illustration of the spiritual begetting and birth? And would not the fact that some are born males and some born females fully correspond to the fact that in the spiritual birth some will be of the “Little Flock” and  some of the “Great Company”? And if it is a fact that no appreciable difference is discernible between the male and the female fetus for a considerable time, does not this correspond to the thought that there is no difference between the experiences of the   “Little Flock” and the “Great Company” for a considerable time after justification, consecration and the begetting of the Holy Spirit?

(30) Why is the resurrection of the Church spoken of as the resurrection? Page 396, par. 1

(31) Are the terms of our election too exacting or is the Divine requirement only a “reasonable service”? Show how. Explain John 5:26 and also Ephesians 3:6, and say whether or not these texts give intimation of the gift of immortality extending beyond the elect Church. Page 396, par. 2, 3

(32) Is there more than one word translated immortality in the Bible? What other? Page 396, last par.

(33) Give two Greek words rendered immortality and state the particulars of their Page 397

(34) Quote all the texts of Scripture in which the word athanasia (immortality) occurs.

(35) Quote the texts in which aptharia and apthartos occur. And examine and explain each of these sixteen texts, in harmony with the Pages 397, 398

(36) What are the claims of evolutionists respecting mankind’s hope for everlasting life? Explain the falsity of their premises and deductions. Page 398

(37) What does the Christian see in the Bible contrary to these evolution propositions? Page 398

(38) Taking the Bible as the oldest authority and crediting it with no higher authority than other histories, what are the evidences that Father Adam and Mother Eve were close relatives to the ape family? Elaborate Page 399

(39) What can be said of the shallow reasoning of some who pose as scientists and who claim that matter is indestructible and that this proves that  humanity  is  indestructible? Does not such a claim imply a desire for eternal life and also a desire to get away from     the Divine provision as expressed in the sentence of death and in the promise that through Christ there shall in due time be a resurrection of the dead? p 399, last par.

(40) Explain the Divine Program from the Bible standpoint and show the reasonableness Pages 400-402

(41) If the word “curse,” as used in connection with the condemnation of our race, signifies the blight of sin and death, what does the promised removal of the “curse” imply? Page 403, par. 1

(42) What advantages accrue through the Divine arrangement of permitting sin, redeeming from sin, and, in due time, restoring obedient sinners to Divine favor and everlasting life? Page 403, par. 1

(43) Why has the dying of the race been a gradual one, rather than a sudden execution of the sentence, “Dying, thou shalt die”? Page 403, par. 2

(44) Quote three strong texts of Scripture in support of the thought that death, not eternal torment is God’s penalty for sin, and answer the queries of those who claim that resurrection would require of the Almighty more power than He is able to Page 404