22. What did Augustine, the father of this theocratical or church-and-state theory, teach concerning
it?
Answer
"Who doubts but what it is better to be led to God by instruction than by fear of punishment or affliction?
But because the former, who will be guided only by instruction, are better, the others are still not to be
neglected. . . . Many, like bad servants, must often be reclaimed to their Master by the rod of temporal
suffering, ere they can attain to this highest stage of religious development. "-Id., pages 214, 215.
What loss do those sustain who do not accept Him?
What change is wrought in conversion, or the new birth?
Did God's chosen people receive Christ when He came?
In what statement of the Scripture was Abraham's obedience really implied?
What did Babylon give to the nations to drink?
Is any of this kind of work to be done on the Sabbath?
While suffering in the garden of Gethsemane, how was Christ strengthened?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle