LESSON V.

CONSEQUENCES OF SIN IN THIS WORLD.

1. What commandment was given to our Arst parents in Eden? Gen. 2: 16, 17. 2. Did they disobey it?

3. Relate the circumstances.

4. What was the immediate consequence of disobedience? Gen. 3: 7-10.

5. Adam said that he was afraid;-what was it that made him afraid?

6. Is a sense of guilt generally followed by fear?

7. When a person steals or commits murder, what is he afraid of?

8. Our reputation consists of the opinions which others have formed of us. Suppose that a person, who was previously considered honest, is detected in stealing; what effect would that have upon his reputation?

9. Suppose that he really had been honest up to the time when he stole; what effect would that offence have upon his character ?

10. Before Adam's transgression he was holy; -what did he lose by his transgression?

11. Are good persons generally esteemed by their friends?

12. When such persons yield to temptation, and become wicked, do they displease their friends?

13. Before Adam sinned, God regarded him

with favor;-how did he regard him after he sinned?

14. How does God regard the wicked? Ps. 7: 11. Prov. 6: 16-19. Isa. 1: 2, 4.,

15. What effect should this fact produce upon the wicked?

16. What effect has sin upon our happiness in this life?

17. To what one cause may all the sickness and bodily suffering experienced in this world be ascribed?

18. Has the earth been cursed on account of sin? Gen. 3: 17, 18.

19. What is the effect of sin upon the mind and heart? Eph. 4: 17, 18. 1 Cor. 2: 14. Rom. 8: 7. Jer. 17: 9. Mark 7: 21-23. Tit. 1: 15. 20. Sin is sometimes very enticing;— can you mention some of these enticing sins?

21. Does sin harden the heart, so that those who indulge in it become worse and worse? Prov. 28: 14. Zech. 7: 12. 1 Tim. 4: 1, 2, 2 Tim. 3: 13.

22. What sentence was pronounced upon Adam?

23. What does Paul say Rom. 5: 12?

24. As sin produces all the bad effects ascribed to it in this lesson, what then is the true nature of sin?

25. What course ought you to pursue with respect to it?

LESSON VI.

CONSEQUENCES OF SIN IN THE WORLD TO COME.

1. If we had no Bible, could we tell with certainty whether sin would be punished after death?

2. If this world were the only place of punishinent, would not the afflictions of men probably be in proportion to their guilt?

3. In that case, whose trials would be the more heavy, those of the wicked, or those of the righteous?

4. Could we not, then, tell from the troubles of men who were righteous, and who were wicked? How?

5. Are wicked men often prospered in the world? Ps. 73: 3-7, 12. Jer. 12: 1, 2.

6. Are the righteous often afflicted? Ps. 34: 19. 71: 20. John 16: 33. Heb. 11: 36-38 Rev. 7: 14.

7. Why can we not tell, from the troubles men experience, who are righteous and who are wicked? Eccl. 9: 2. 2: 14, 15.

8. Why then is it reasonable to suppose that the wicked will be punished hereafter?

9. Has God declared that he will reward men according to their deeds? Eccl. 11: 9. Isa. 3; 10, 11. John 5: 28, 29. Rom. 2: 6-10. 2 Cor. 5: 10. Gal. 6: 7, 8. Rev. 20: 11-13.

10. Will that be just?

11. What duties must be performed, in order

to obtain pardon and salvation? Isa. 55: 7. Acts 3: 19. 16: 30, 31, John 5: 24. 3: 36. 6: 47. 12. Do all men perform these duties?

13. Do the Scriptures positively threaten fu ture punishment, if these duties are not performed? Luke 13: 3. Rom. 2: 5. Mark 16: 16. John 3: 36.

14. Have you performed them?

15. If not, then suppose that you had died this morning, where would your soul have been now?

16. What is said of blasphemy against the Holy Ghost? Matt. 12: 31, 32. Mark 3; 29.

17. Can a person guilty of that sin be saved? 18. Is it asserted of any classes of men, that they shall not inherit the kingdom of God? 1 Cor. 6: 9, 10. Gal. 5: 19-21. Eph. 5: 5.

19. These merely teach what will not be their condition;-are there other passages which teach what it will be? Ps. 9: 17. Matt. 13 40-42. 2 Thess. 1: 7-9. Rev. 21: 8.

20. Are there any passages which describe the future condition of the righteous and the wicked, in contrast? Matt, 3: 12. 13: 47-50. 25: 32-46.

21. What effect ought this doctrine to produce upon you? 2*

LESSON VII.

A PLAN OF SALVATION NEEDED.

1. How can you show, from what has been taught in the preceding lessons, that impenitent men are in a lost condition?

2. Suppose a child should get lost in the streets in a dark night; would it not need some one to show it the way home? Why?

3. Are not the impenitent in a state of darkness? Prov. 2: 13. 4: 19. John 3: 19.

4. How is conversion represented in 1 Pet. 2: 9?

5. What is meant by being "brought out of darkness into marvellous light?"

6. If we had no Bible, should we not be entirely in the dark respecting the way of salvation?

7. How can you prove that we should?

8. Are you in a state of darkness?

9. Are the impenitent walking in a way that will not lead to heaven? Matt. 7: 13. Ps. 119: 155.

10. Why do they need a guide to lead them in the right way?

11. Suppose a shipwrecked sailor was floating on a plank out at sea; would he not need some one to come and save him?

12. In what respects is the condition of a sinner similar to that of a shipwrecked sailor? 13. What then does the sinner need?