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Chapter 4 — The Conflicting Principles of Christ and Satan CS-SG 9

Conflicting principles determined the divergent life styles of Christ and Satan. Which principles dominate your daily “use of life” and determine your lifestyle? Please read CS 24-26 or CSA 20-22.

  CS-SG 9.3

23. Fill in the blanks. CS 24:2, 3 or CSA 20:2, 3 CS-SG 9.4

A. “Selfishness is the _______________________ of _______________________.” CS-SG 9.5

B. “_______________________, _______________________, and _______________________ are filled with a desire to make _______________________ a _______________________.” CS-SG 9.6

C. “Selfishness _______________________ Christlikeness, filling man with _______________________.” CS-SG 9.7

D. “But _______________________ is blind to the _______________________ which God _______________________.” CS-SG 9.8

24. What is generally— CS 25:2 or CSA 20:4
A. The strongest human impulse?_______________________
B. The weakest impulses?_______________________ CS-SG 9.9

25. Circle True or False. CS 25:3, 4 or CSA 21:1, 2
A. It is both wise and safe to give or withhold money or service based on our emotions, sympathies, and interests. True False
B. Fixed principles should be the basis for self-denial and self-sacrifice. True False
C. The keynote of Christ’s teachings is self-sacrifice. True False CS-SG 9.10

26. “The _______________________ of _______________________ always reveal themselves in a _______________________ of duty, and a _______________________ to use God’s _______________________ for the _______________________ of His _______________________.” CS 26:2 or CSA 21:3 CS-SG 9.11

27. Circle True or False. CS 26:3 or CSA 21:4
A. Christ asks us “to give our lives as a sacrifice for others.” True False
B. Selfishness can be overcome only by manifesting love to God and to our fellow men. True False CS-SG 9.12