Answers to Questions for December

From: Practical Conversations With Our Young People: Conversations and Questions

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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Answers to Questions for December

From: Young Christian: Volume 5, 1915

• 3 min. read • grade level: 6

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Answers to Question 1.

1. Give scriptures, proving that Christ's body was actually raised from the dead.

(a) "But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first-fruits of them that slept." 1 Cor. 15:20²⁰But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. (1 Corinthians 15:20).

(b) "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." 1 Peter 1:3³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (1 Peter 1:3).

Answers to Question 2.

2. Give scriptures in regard to those who saw Him after the resurrection, and recognized Him as having the same body He had before, even to the wound-prints.

(a) "And He said unto them (the disciples),.... Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have." Luke 24:38, 39³⁸And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? ³⁹Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. (Luke 24:38‑39).

(b)" Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger and behold My hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless but believing." John 20:27²⁷Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. (John 20:27).

Answers to Question 3.

3. Give five Scripture proofs that the Lord is risen:

(a) The empty tomb.

(b) The Lord's day.

(d) The New Testament.

(e) Five hundred and fourteen witnesses are recorded as having seen the Lord.

(a) "He is not here: for He is risen, as He said, Come, see the place where the Lord lay." Matt. 28:6⁶He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. (Matthew 28:6).

(b) " Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week...." Mark 16:9⁹Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. (Mark 16:9).

"I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day." Rev. 1:10¹⁰I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, (Revelation 1:10).

(c) "And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us ward who believe which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead,.... and gave Him to be the head over all things to the Church, which is His body, the fullness of Him that filleth all in all." Eph. 1:19-23¹⁹And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, ²⁰Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: ²²And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, ²³Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. (Ephesians 1:19‑23).

(d) "And for this cause He is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance." Heb. 9:15¹⁵And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. (Hebrews 9:15).

"After that He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once." 1 Cor. 15:6⁶After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. (1 Corinthians 15:6).

"After that He appeared in another form unto two of them as they walked, and went into the country." Mark 16:12¹²After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. (Mark 16:12).

"Afterward He appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat." Mark 16:14¹⁴Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. (Mark 16:14).

"Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene." Mark 16:9⁹Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. (Mark 16:9).

Answers to Question 4.

4. When and where must we give an account of our lives?

(a) "Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God." 1 Cor. 4:5⁵Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. (1 Corinthians 4:5).

(b)"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in the body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." 2 Cor. 5:10¹⁰For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5:10).

Answers to Question 5.

5. Give five scriptures which tell us that the Lord will come again for His own.

John 14:3³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3); 1 Thess. 4:16, 17¹⁶For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: ¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16‑17); 1 Cor. 15:51-57⁵¹Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵²In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. ⁵³For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. ⁵⁴So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. ⁵⁵O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? ⁵⁶The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:51‑57); Phil. 3:20, 21²⁰For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: ²¹Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. (Philippians 3:20‑21); Titus 2:13,14¹³Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; ¹⁴Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:13‑14).

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