11. How did the Jewish leaders in the days of Christ, for the sake of gain, make void the fifth
commandment?
Answer
"But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be
profited by me; and honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the
commandment of God of none effect by your tradition." Matt. 15:5,6.
NOTE - The word translated gift in this text means a thing dedicated to God, and therefore not to
be used for any other purpose. In this way the Jewish teachers, by their traditional law, taught children that
by saying that their property was thus dedicated to the temple or to religious purposes, they were free from
the obligation to honor and support their parents, thus making void one of the commandments of God. This
Christ condemned.
By what name are the sacred writings of the Bible commonly known?
What may be perceived through the things that are made?
Upon whom is God's fury to be poured?
10. What scripture shows that a special sealing work is to take place just before the letting loose of the winds of destruction upon the earth?
When this sign appeared, what were the disciples to do?
Against whom do the wicked go to make war, and what is the outcome?
7. What spirits stand ever ready to deceive and ruin those who are off guard or bent on going astray?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle