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This classic Bible Handbook, compiled by Stephen N. Haskell, contains more than 220 Bible studies organized by topic. Haskell, who recognized the call of God early in life and responded with all his heart, gave himself particularly to the study of God's word. During the 1800's and early 1900's, Haskell served as a preacher, author, publisher and
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Bible Handbook - Haskell N Stephen
Introduction
The launching of the little Bible Handbook into the great stream of literature, carrying the glad news of the soon appearing of Christ, is the response to many requests from friends.
The Bible Handbook is not an exhaustive study; but contains suggestive texts on important lines of thought. The cream
of the Bible studies printed in the Bible Training School during the last seventeen years is presented in this book, with other Bible studies not previously printed.
For lack of space we have given simply groups of texts on some subjects. In many of the Bible studies reference is given to the works of Mrs. E. G. White. These references give additional light upon the subjects under consideration.
The Bible Handbook contains over 220 Bible studies and groups of texts. We send it forth with the prayer that it may aid many in becoming better acquainted with the Book of all books—the Bible, thus encouraging them to become soul-winners for their Lord and Master.
— S.N.H.
The Word of God
The Bible is God's voice speaking to us, just as surely as though we could hear it with our ears. If we realized this, with what awe would we open God's word, and with what earnestness would we search its precepts! The reading and contemplation of the Scriptures would be regarded as an audience with the Infinite One.
(Testimonies for the Church Vol. 6, p. 393)
The scribes of God wrote as they were dictated by the Holy Ghost, having no control of the work themselves. They penned for literal truth, and stern, forbidding facts are revealed for reasons that our finite minds cannot fully comprehend.
(Testimonies for the Church Vol. 4, p. 9)
Magnifying the Word of God
At the name of Jesus every knee in heaven and earth shall bow. (Philemon 2:9-10)
The Lord magnifies His word above all His name. (Psalms 138:2)
God's word is forever settled in heaven. (Psalms 119:89)
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
(Psalms 12:6, Proverbs 30:5, Education 244)
The Savior was fortified against temptation by the written word. He used nothing except what we have within our reach. (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10, Desire of Ages p. 123-126, Testimonies for the Church Vol. 5 p. 434)
The new birth comes by the word of God. (1 Peter 1:22-25, Prophets and Kings p. 626)
As new-born babes we should desire the sincere milk of the word that we may grow thereby. (1 Peter 2:2-3)
The word will cleanse the life. (Christ’s Object Lessons 110, 111, Psalms. 119:9)
Our steps should be ordered by the word. (Ministry of Healing 458, Psalms 119:133)
It is as essential as our daily food. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.4, p.499, Matt. 4:4)
Unbelievers read the Bible in the lives of God's people. (2 Corinthians 3:1-3)
They may without the word
be converted by the godly lives of earnest Christians. (1 Peter 3:1)
Power of the Word
All the power of God is in His word. (Education 254,255, Hebrews 4:12)
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
(Testimonies for the Church Vol.5, p. 24, 25, Jeremiah 23:29)
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
(Education 125,126, Psalms 33:6-9, Hebrews 11:1-3)
There is healing power in the word of God. (Psalms 107:20)
One word from Christ brought health to the sick. (Desire of Ages 316,317, Matthew 8:8-13)
God heals all diseases. (Psalms 103:3)
The words of God are medicine to those who receive them. (Ministry of Healing 466, Proverbs 4:20-22)
The words that God speaks are synonymous with Himself. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.4, p.312, John 1:1)
The Word and Christ are synonymous terms. (Desire of Ages 390, John 1:14)
The Spirit of God is the same as the Word. (Christ’s Object Lessons 113, John 6:63)
The righteousness of Christ is the same as the Word. (Romans 10:4-8)
The Father, the Word (which is Christ), and the Holy Ghost, are one. (1 John 5:7)
This union is a mystery that human minds cannot comprehend. (1 Timothy 3:16)
Each one of the commandments is a word, or a complete thought. (Deuteronomy 10:4)
God's word is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)
Hid in the heart, it will shield from sin. (Psalms 119:11)
Great faith is simply to believe, because God speaks. (Education 257, Matt. 8:9,10)
When deprived of every earthly resource, we learn to live upon the word of God. (Prophets and Kings 428, Deuteronomy 8:3)
Faith in the Word as the word of God carries the transforming power of God to the soul. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.4, p.545,546, 1 John 5:4)
How to Read and Study the Bible
Whether reading alone or before others, pronounce every word distinctly, giving the sense. (Testimonies for the Church Vol. 6, p.380-383, Nehemiah 8:8)
Jesus laid as much stress on the reading of the Scriptures as on what they contained. (Great Controversy 598, Luke 10:26)
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
(Education 189, 2 Timothy 2:7)
Understand the words that I speak unto thee;
The disciples' commission was to teach what Christ had commanded. (Daniel 10:11, Great Controversy 599,600, Matthew 28:20)
Paul charged Timothy to preach the Word. (Acts of the Apostles 506, 2 Timothy 4:2)
No one is to add to, or take from, the words of God. God has expressed the thoughts He intended to convey, and we are to study the words and get from them the thoughts He designed to convey when He gave the words. (Education 227, Revelation 22:18, Proverbs 30:5,6)
Man's words are but chaff when compared with the words of God. (Acts of the Apostles 474,475, Jeremiah 23:28)
How to Teach the Word of God
The Holy Ghost's method of teaching is by comparing spiritual things with spiritual. (1 Corinthians 2:13)
Christ commands us to search the Scriptures. (Desire of Ages 390, John 5:39)
He appeals to the Scriptures to prove His resurrection. (Luke 24:25-27,44,45)
Jesus teaches that the omission of one letter, making the word singular when the prophet had used the plural form, would break the Scriptures. (John 10:34-36)
The apostle Paul holds the same view of the Scriptures. (Galatians 3:16)
David says that the Lord's word was my tongue.
(2 Samuel 23:2)
Inspiration is God's breath, using the vocal organs of the prophet. (Daniel 10:17,19)
All Scripture is thus inspired that man may know the way of life. (2 Timothy 3:16,17)
Because Abraham believed the word of God, it was counted unto him for righteousness. (Patriarchs and Prophets 152,153, Romans 4:16-22)
Because Saul did not believe the word of God, he lost his kingdom. (Patriarchs and Prophets 634-636, 1 Samuel 15:2,3,26-29)
It is as the sin of witchcraft to think that God's words can be changed. The entire fifteenth chapter of 1 Samuel should be studied carefully. (Patriarchs and Prophets 680-682, 1 Samuel 15:22,23)
Duty
Our duty will only be discerned and appreciated when viewed in the light which shines from the life of Christ.
(Testimonies for the Church Vol.3, p.403)
Our Duty to God
We should esteem God's word above food. (Job 23:12)
Love God with all the heart, soul, mind, and strength. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.8, p.139, Deuteronomy 6:5, Luke 10:27)
Serve Him with the whole heart. (1 Samuel 12:24, Romans 12:11)
Glorify God in our bodies. (1 Corinthians 6:19,20)
Give Him unreserved service. (Matthew 6:24, Luke 14:33)
Deny self and take up our cross daily. (Mark 8:34)
Give all for Christ. (Matthew19:21,28,29)
Want of full consecration condemned. (Revelations 3:16)
Honor God with our substance. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.4, p.76,77, Exodus 22:29, Proverbs 3:9)
Walk worthy of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:12)
Do all to God's glory. (1 Corinthians 10:31)
Our Duty to the Nation
God ordained the nations. (Romans 13:1)
Render the nation all the honor that belongs to it. (Matthew 22:19-21)
Be subject to the nation. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.1, p. 361,201,202, Romans 13:1)
Disrespect for the just claims of the nation is showing disrespect to God. (Romans 13:1,2)
Nations are ministers under God for good. (Romans 13:3,4)
Angels watch over the nations. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.1, p.203, Daniel 4:13-18; 10:20; 11:1)
Pray for the rulers of the nation. (1 Timothy 2:1-3)
God establishes national rulers. (Proverbs 8:15,16)
When nations step over the boundary and enforce laws contrary to God's requirements, then the Christian should always obey God rather than men. (Acts 5:29)
Second Advent of Christ
The doctrine of the second advent is the very key-note of the Sacred Scriptures. From the day the first pair turned their sorrowing steps from Eden, the children of faith have waited the coming of the Promised One to break the destroyer's power and bring them again to the lost Paradise.
(Great Controversy 299)
Glorious Appearing of Christ
Promise to come again. (Early Writings 286, John 14:1-3)
Will come in person as He went. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.2, p.194,195, Desire of Ages 831, 832, Acts 1:9-11)
Will come in clouds visible to all. (Revelations 1:7)
Come with power and great glory. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.2, p.41, Matthew 24:30)
Three-fold glory-His own, His Father's, and the angels'. (Desire of Ages 739, Luke 9:26)
Christ's glory-face as the sun, raiment as light. (Acts of the Apostles 33, Matthew 17:2)
The Father's glory like the rainbow. (Ezekiel 1:28)
God's glory like devouring fire to the wicked. (Exodus 24:16,17)
The glory of one angel. (Matthew 28:2,3)
The effect of that glory. (Matthew 28:4)
All the angels come with Christ. (Matthew 25:31)
Compare the effect of one with the whole company of angels. (Revelation 5:11)
Wicked seek to hide. (Revelation 6:15-17)
Effect upon the wicked. (2 Thessalonians 1:8,9; 2:8)
Wicked slain. (Jeremiah 25:30-33)
Compared with the time of Noah and Lot. (Patriarchs and Prophets 90-95, 156-161, Luke 17:26-30)
No fear for those who seek Jesus. (Great Controversy 641, Matthew 28:5)
The righteous caught up. (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17)
Made immortal. (Desire of Ages 320. 1 Corinthians 15:51-53)
Bodies like Christ's. (Philippians 3:20,21)
Faces like the sun. (Matthew17:2)
Shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. (Matthew 13:43)
Preparation for His coming. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.4, p. 306,307, Luke 21:34-36)
Effect of Christ's Coming on the Earth, or the MIllenium
Earth terribly shaken. (Early Writings 272, Isaiah 2:17-21)
Every mountain and island moved. (Early Writings 285, Rev. 6:14-17)
Greatest earthquake that has ever been. (Revelation 16:17-21)
Earth utterly emptied. (Early Writings 289,290, Isaiah 24:1,3-6)
Righteous taken. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17)
Wicked slain. (Jeremiah 25:33)
Earth wholly desolate. (Jeremiah 4:23-27, Zephaniah 1:2,3)
Satan bound; no one to tempt. (Early Writings 290. Revelation 20:1-3)
Wicked live again after a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4-6)
Satan loosed. (Revelations 20:7,8)
Wicked gather about the city and are destroyed. (Christ’s Object Lessons 318,319, Revelation 20:9-10)
Same fire purified the earth. (Early Writings 295, 2 Peter 3:7-13)
Leave the reader with the thought of the new earth. Avoid controversy about the fate of the wicked.
New Earth
Earth given to the children of men. (Patriarchs and Prophets 44-49, Psalms 115:16)
Adam and Eve given dominion. (Genesis 1:27,28)
Man fell. (Genesis 3:1-6)
In yielding they lost the dominion. (Patriarchs and Prophets 55-61, Romans 6:16)
Satan prince of this world. (John 14:30)
Promise to Abraham. (Genesis 13:14-17)
Abraham heir of the world. (Patriarchs and Prophets 133, Romans 4:13)
Never possessed it in this life. (Acts 7:2-5)
Abraham's children never possessed it. (Hebrews 11:8-13)
They fully expected to receive it. (Hebrews 11:13)
Given after the resurrection. (Great Controversy 674, Ezekiel 37:12-14)
Abraham's children. (Galatians 3:7)
Heirs to the earth. (Galatians 3:29)
Earth purified. (2 Peter 3:7-13)
New earth promised. (Isaiah 65:17)
A new earth. (Revelation 21:1)
Made like Eden. (Isaiah 51:3)
Description of new earth. (Great Controversy 674-676, Isaiah 35:1-10)
Employment on the new earth. (Early Writings 18, Isaiah 65:21-25)
Inhabitants never sick. (Isaiah 33:24)
No pain nor death. (Testimonies for the Church Vol.9, p.287, Revelation 21:4)
Regular seasons of worship. (Isaiah 66:22,23)
Meek will inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)
Capital City of the New Earth
Holy city descends upon the