The first letter of each of the following responses will form the word describing the Lord’s constant activity towards His faithful saints. [1] The number in brackets indicates the number of words in each answer.
1. Those in high office who sought occasion to find fault with a faithful captive in a foreign land. [3]
2. Something which will hardly be entrusted to those who have not been faithful in things unrighteous. [1]
3. Someone whose deceitful kisses are in sharp contrast to the faithful wounds of a friend. [1]
4. The central purpose to which Christ came into the world, according to the faithful words of an apostle. [2]
5. The common commendation for two servants who had been faithful in what had been committed to them. [8]
6. Two behavioral attitudes which would not be consistent in faithful children. [3]
7. Something in which a good servant had been faithful and for which he was to be duly rewarded. [2]
8. Something from which the One who alone is faithful will surely keep every established believer. [1]
9. The name given to one who reveals secrets, as contrasted to those who are faithful in concealing a matter. [1]
10. A three-word prayer of the psalmist who recognized that the commandments of the Lord were faithful, yet he despaired of those who persecuted him wrongfully. [3]
Answers to these questions will be found in the next issue of Christian Shepherd.
R. Erisman