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XV.
Admonitions and Warnings
Chapter 164
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Selfishness
1. WHAT great
commandment excludes selfishness?
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself." Matt. 22:39.
2. What sin is
forbidden by the tenth commandment?
"Thou shalt not covet." Ex. 20:17.
3. What sins are to
characterize the last days?
"Men shall be lovers of their own
selves, covetous." 2 Tim. 3:2.
4. How prevalent is
this sin of self-seeking?
"For all seek their own, not
the things which are Jesus Christ's." Phil.
2:21.
5. What does charity
not do?
"Charity . . . seeketh not her
own." 1 Cor. 13:4,5.
6. How are we
admonished with regard to selfishness?
"Let no man seek his own." 1
Cor. 10:24. "Look not every man on his own
things, but every man also on the things
of others." Phil. 2:4. "Even as I please all
men in all things, not seeking mine own
profit, but the profit of many, that they
may be saved." 1 Cor. 10:33. "Let everyone of us
please his neighbor for his good to
edification." Rom. 15:2.
7. What example of
unselfishness did Christ leave us?
"For your sakes He became poor."
2 Cor. 8:9. "Even Christ pleased not
Himself." Rom. 15:3. See 1 John 3:17. |
