Study Guide: The Sanctified
Life
By: Ellen G. White
Study
Guide Index
Chapter 1
True and False Theories Contrasted
1. How many characteristics of false
sanctification can you find on pages 7-11?
2. How many characteristics of true
sanctification can you find in the same pages?
3. If we are really seeking to perfect
Christian character, what thought will we never indulge? (7)
4. The nearer we approach to Christ's
divine image, what will be the effect on our feelings? (7)
5. "The pure ___________________
sanctifies the ___________________." (9)
6. What are the daily fruits of those
truly connected with God? (11)
7. What will happen to the church
when trials and perplexities come upon it? (12)
8. How does the healthy man witness
to his condition? (13)
9. How is a truly righteous man described?
(13)
10. Why did the Jewish religious
leaders reject Christ? (14)
11. How did Samuel, Joshua, and Paul
demonstrate the grace of meekness? (15)
12. Contrast inward and outward adorning
(16)
13. According to the apostle John,
what is the highest dignity humanity can be raised to? (16, 17)
Chapter 2
Daniel's Temperance Principles
1. For today: Why is Daniel's life
record left for our study? (18)
2. What circumstances would be against
Daniel refusing to drink wine or eat unclean meats? (18, 19)
3. Can you think of others who stood
up against kings in the Bible and risked their lives or position?
4. Some obey God's laws for
wrong reasons, and some reject His laws for wrong reasons. What are these?
(20)
Accept?
Reject?
5. For today: What lessons for youth
are found in the story of Daniel? (20)
6. What kept Daniel from departing
from his temperate habits? (21)
7. Why do you think Daniel was able
to get Melzar to allow him to test the diet for ten days? (21)
8. In what three ways were
Daniel and his companions superior to the others after the ten-day test? (22)
9. How important was it to Daniel
and his companions not to make a single departure from principle? (23)
10. What was Daniel taught by man?
What was he taught by God?
Chapter 3
Controlling the Appetites and
Passions
1. What is the broader or larger
meaning of Peter's warning: "Abstain from fleshly lusts"? (25)
2. "It is ___________________ for
any to enjoy the blessing of sanctification while they are
___________________ and ___________________." (25)
3. In what several ways did Israel
in the time of Malachi depart from instructions to bring a perfect offering?
(27)
4. For today: How does the ancient
provision for a perfect sacrifice apply today? (27, 28)
5. The Lord gave counsel on the harmful
effects of tobacco, tea, and coffee, in the first health vision. What year was
it? See Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 495. (28)
6. In what several ways do wrong
physical habits affect our spiritual life?
7. The incense of tobacco is presented
on whose altar? (31)
8. What are the harmful effects of
Tea?
Coffee?
Tobacco?
9. What are the specific effects
of stimulants on the body? (33)
Chapter 4
The Fiery Furnace
1. Why did God make Nebuchadnezzar
forget the details of his dream? (34)
2. Nebuchadnezzar accused the magicians,
astrologers, and sorcerers of seeking time to come up with an answer to his
dream. See Daniel 2:8.
What did Daniel ask for?
What was the difference? (35)
3. Daniel and his three companions
asked God for the dream and its interpretation. Why were they able to
do this? (35)
4. What opportunity did the knowledge
God gave to Daniel afford him as he came before the king the second time? What
did he do instead? (35, 36)
5. For today: What can we learn about
astrologers in this story? (36)
6. How did the king's image differ
from what he saw in the dream? What is the significance of this? (36)
7. What lesson can we learn from
the fact that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had to meet a test without Daniel?
(37)
8. Why do you think the king gave
the three men a second chance to bow before the image?
9. How was the king able to identify
the fourth Person in the furnace? (38)
10. What two questions will not
be asked by those who possess genuine sanctification? (39)
11. For today: What lessons can we
get from the experience of the three Hebrew youths? (40, 41)
Chapters 5 and 6
Daniel in the Lions' Den and His
Prayers
1. What did Daniel do that was better
than boasting of his sanctification? (42)
2. The better Daniel was, the more
his enemies hated him. Why? (43)
3. What methods did Daniel's enemies
use to get a decree against Daniel from Darius? (43)
4. Why would it have been wrong for
Daniel to pray in secret after the decree was passed? (44)
5. What gentle rebuke did Daniel
give Darius when he was brought up out of the lions' den unharmed? (45)
6. In his prayer, how did Daniel
identify himself with God's chosen people who had sinned? (46)
7. Can you think of other leaders
in the Bible who did the same? (See Exodus 32 and Nehemiah 1)
8. The description of Christ given
to Daniel was similar to that given to what New Testament apostle? (49)
9. How were the circumstances of
Daniel's vision similar to the vision given to Saul at Damascus? (50) See Acts
9:3-8.
10. What will a clear view of the
greatness, glory, and perfection of Christ do for us? (50)
11. Note the physical phenomena in
connection with Daniel's vision of chapter 10--no breath and extra strength.
What is the more modern manifestation of these?
Chapter 7
The Character of John
1. How is the personal relationship
of Jesus with John stated? (53)
2. What special evidences of confidence
in John did Jesus give? (53)
3. How did John demonstrate that
his religion was practical? (54)
4. What were some of John's natural
defects of character? (54)
5. "The depth and fervor of John's
___________________ for his Master was not the___________________ of Christ's
love for him, but the ___________________ of that love." (54)
6. Our religion should make us "___________________
men and ___________________ women in all the
relations of ___________________." (55)
7. For today: When we are contending
as to who is the greatest, what can we learn from Jesus' lesson on humility?
(55, 56) See Mark 9:33-37.
8. How did Jesus on three other occasions
give John a lesson in humility? (56, 57, 59) See Mark 9:38-40; 10:35-40; and
Luke 9:51-56.
9. John and Judas were both students
of Christ. How did each react differently to what He taught them? (59, 60)
John
Judas (See also The Desire of
Ages, pages 716-722 for more. )
10. John and Judas represent the
Christian world. Contrast the two classes. (60)
Chapter 8
The Ministry of John
1. Contrast John's early training
with his training under Christ. (61)
2. After his training under Christ,
how can his ministry be described? (61)
3. What were some of the perils of
the early church? (62)
4. What was John's favorite theme?
(62)
5. What conditions did John see among
the Jewish brethren that were destroying their hopes of everlasting life? (63)
6. What were some of the poisonous
errors that were creeping into the church? (63)
7. For today: What are some of the
present-day evils that threaten the prosperity of the church? (64, 65)
8. What message today is consistent
with true charity? (65)
9. What is wrong with the reasoning
of the lady in New Hampshire? (66, 67)
10. Who told her she could break
God's law and be sinless? (67) Where did this lie originate?
11. "The epistles of John ___________________
a spirit of ___________________." (68)
But what strong language does he
use to describe those who break God's law and yet claim to live without sin?
(69)
Chapter 9
John in Exile
1. What power did the enemies of
Christ finally enlist to oppose Christians? (70)
2. What distinction did John have
among the disciples? (70, 71)
3. What effect did John's powerful
witness have on the Roman authorities? (71)
4. John was banished to Patmos, for
his witness in what two areas? (71)
5. What lessons did John gain from
nature in his early years? By contrast, what did he learn on Patmos? (72, 73)
6. What particular lessons did he
learn from the sea? (73)
7. What did the rocks on Patmos remind
him of? (74,75)
8. What amazed John about the plan
of salvation? (75)
9. "It is for the best ___________________
of men, even in this ___________________, to ___________________ God's
___________________." (76)
10. Note illustrations from the natural
world of obedience to the Creator's law. (76)
11. How is mankind different from
all the rest of creation? (76)
12. How does John describe the appearance
of Christ in Revelation 1? (77, 78)
Note: This description has been reproduced
in a painting at the White Estate offices at the General Conference.
13. How can John's teaching for Christians
be summarized? (79)
Chapter 10
Christian Character
1. What shows the character of the
Christian? (80)
2. How is that life best demonstrated?
(80)
3. How does a child show love to
his parents? (81)
4. How do some who profess
to be children of God sometimes act? (81)
5. What does it mean to love one
another as Christ has loved us? (82)
6. For today: How can we wear the
yoke of Christ and yet find it easy? (82)
7. How can we avoid depending on
the experience of others? (83)
8. It is not only our ___________________
but our ___________________ to maintain a close union with
Christ. (83)
9. "The prophets and apostles did
not perfect Christian character by a ___________________."
How did they do it? (84)
10. "___________________ is the sure
___________________ of Christian ___________________." (85)
11. What does the apostle Paul tell
us to do about the past? The future? (86) See Phil 3:7-14.
12. Meditate on the four passages
of Scripture from the apostle Paul. (86-88)
1 Thessalonians 4:2, 3
Phil. 2:12-15
Titus 3:1-8
Col. 3:12-17
Chapter 11
The Christian's Privilege
1. Why are many who seek for holiness
perplexed and discouraged? (89)
2. "We are not to ___________________
in our ___________________, but in the ___________________ of God." (89)
3. On what basis can we calmly rest
in the promises of God? (89)
4. What is the secret of trusting
God in the darkness as well as the light? (90)
5. What can be a powerful stimulus
and support in fighting the battles of the Lord? (91)
6. Instead of being attracted only
by what we see and hear, we must use the eye of ___________________. (92)
7. The willful commission of a known
sin does what to us? (92)
8. What daily need demonstrates our
need for daily prayer? (93)
9. "___________________ must be made
the great ___________________ of life." (93)
10. List the successive steps in
sanctification given by Peter. (94)
11. If we work on the plan of ___________________
in obtaining the Christian graces, God
will work upon the plan of ___________________. (95)
12. Review Paul's words from prison
that describe the results of sanctification. (96) See 2 Timothy 4:6-8.