Bible Readings for the Home Circle Part 16

"He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, _yet He opened not His mouth_: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, _so He openeth not His mouth_." Isa. 53:7.

17. When accused by His enemies before Pilate, how did Christ treat these accusations?

"Then said Pilate unto Him, Hearest Thou not how many things they witness against Thee? And _He answered him to never a word_; insomuch that the governor marveled greatly." Matt. 27:13, 14.

18. What prophecy foretold of the disposal of Christ's garments at the crucifixion?

"They _part My garments_ among them, and _cast lots_ upon My vesture." Ps.

22:18.

19. What record answers to this prophecy?

"And they crucified Him, and _parted His garments, casting lots_: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture did they cast lots." Matt. 27:35.

20. What was foretold of His treatment while on the cross?

"They gave Me also _gall_ for My meat; and in My thirst they gave Me _vinegar_ to drink." Ps. 69:21.

21. What was offered Christ at His crucifixion?

"They gave Him _vinegar_ to drink mingled with _gall_: and when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink." Matt. 27:34. See also John 19:28-30, and page 167 of this work.

22. With whom did the prophet Isaiah say Christ would make His grave?

"And He made His grave with the _wicked_, and with the _rich_ in His death." Isa. 53:9.

23. With whom was Christ crucified?

"Then were there _two thieves_ crucified with Him, one on the right hand, and another on the left." Matt. 27:38.

24. Who took charge of Christ's body after it was taken down from the cross?

"_A rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph_, ... went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.... He wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock." Verses 57-60.

25. What experience in the life of a noted prophet indicated the length of Christ's stay in the grave?

"But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for _as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly_; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Matt. 12:39,40.

26. What prophecy foretold Christ's triumph over death?

"For _Thou wilt not leave My soul in h.e.l.l_; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption." Ps. 16:10. See Acts 2:24-27.

Christ The Way Of Life

[Ill.u.s.tration.]

At Jacob's Well. "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst." John 4:14.

1. What does Jesus declare Himself to be?

"Jesus saith unto him, _I am the way, the truth, and the life_: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me." John 14:6.

2. In what condition are all men?

"But the Scripture hath concluded all _under sin_." Gal. 3:22. "For _all have sinned_, and come short of the glory of G.o.d." Rom. 3:23.

3. What are the wages of sin?

"The wages of sin is _death_." Rom. 6:23.

4. How many are affected by Adam's transgression?

"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so _death pa.s.sed upon all men_." Rom. 5:12.

5. What is the gift of G.o.d?

"The gift of G.o.d is _eternal life_." Rom. 6:23.

6. How many may receive this gift?

"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And _whosoever will_, let him take the water of life freely." Rev. 22:17.

7. In whom is the gift?

"This is the record, that G.o.d hath given to us eternal life, and _this life is in His Son_." 1 John 5:11.

8. In receiving the Son, what do we have in Him?

"He that hath the Son hath _life_." Verse 12.

9. What loss do those sustain who do not accept Him?

"And he that hath not the Son of G.o.d _hath not life_." Same verse.

10. In what other way is this same truth stated?

"_He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life_; but the wrath of G.o.d abideth on him." John 3:36.

11. After one truly receives Christ, whose life will be manifested in him?

"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but _Christ liveth in me_: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of G.o.d, who loved me, and gave Himself for me." Gal.

2:20.