God's People Q&A

Welcome to God's People Q&A study

The gospel message proclaimed by Christ's disciples was the announcement of His first advent to the world - the good tidings of salvation through faith in Him.

Moreover, it points forward to His glorious second coming to redeem His people.

Apostle John foretells the proclamation of the gospel message to all just before Christ's second coming in Revelation 14:6, 7.

The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever. Deuteronomy 29:29.

Furthermore, He will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7.

Question: For what did our Savior pray?

Answer: John 17:19-23.

And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word;

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.

And the glory which thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one:

I in them, and thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.

Question: To what did the apostle exhort?

Answer: 1 Corinthians 1:10.

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; 

but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Question: By what is this unity to be accomplished?

Answer: 1 Corinthians 12:13.

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Question: What do we thus become?

Answer: 1 Corinthians 12:12.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

Question: Of what is Jesus Christ said to be the head?

Answer: Colossians 1:18.

And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence.

Question: How is Christ fitted for all this?

Answer: Colossians 1:19, Colossians 2:9.

 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

 For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Question: What did God do to perpetuate this union among His people?

Answer: Ephesians 4:7, 8, 11, 12.

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Question: How long were these gifts to continue?

Answer: Ephesians 4:13.

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ;

Question: What would be the effect of unity upon the world?

Answer: John 17:21.

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.

Question: What will be the ultimate glorious result?

Answer: Ephesians 1:9, 10, Revelation 5:13.

Having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself:

That in the dispensation of the fulness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him;

Question: For what should God's people be looking?

Answer: Titus 2:13.

with of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Question: To whom only will the appearing of Christ bring salvation?

Answer: Hebrews 9:28.

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Question: What message was sent announcing the flood?

Answer: Hebrews 11:7; Genesis 6:3.

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; 

by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Question: What warning was sent to Sodom and Gomorrah of their impending overthrow?

Answer: Genesis 18:17-21.

And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; 

that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

Genesis 19:14

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

Question: What warning was sent to Nineveh?

Answer: Jonah 1:1, 2; 3:4.

Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

Question: What announcement was made of Christ's first advent?

Answer: Matthew 2:1, 2.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Mark 1:1-8

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

Question: Will the second coming of Christ be looked for by all?

Answer: 1 Thessalonians 5:1, 2.

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Question: What will some be saying?

Answer: 1 Thessalonians 5:3.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Question: What will be the condition of God's people?

Answer: 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 5.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Question: To what have they given heed?

Answer: 2 Peter 1:16-21.

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, 

This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, 

until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Question: What message will be given announcing the coming of Christ?

Answer: Joel 2:1; 2 Peter 3:3, 4.

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

Question: What signs point to this event?

Answer: Luke 21:7, 25, 26.

And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Question: What those who see these signs will know?

Answer: Luke 21:31.

So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

Question: What will they exclaim when they see the Lord coming?

Answer: Isaiah 25:9.

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: 

this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Question: What sad words will fall from the lips of the lost?

Answer: Revelation 6:15-17.

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Question: What exhortation is given to those who see the day approaching?

Answer: Luke 12:33-40.

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: 

verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

In Conclusion

The everlasting gospel will be preached to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people before the coming of the Son of man.

This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Matthew 24:14.

By giving the gospel to the world it is in God's people power to hasten the Lord's return. We are not only to look for but to hasten the coming of the day of God. 2 Peter 3:12.

References

1. COL 227  - The Ellen G. White Estate

2. The Bible, King James version (KJV)