12. In view of our past experience, in what attitude can we receive the slave’s provisions?

¹² Now some may ask, Should we accept as from the Lord and true the food provided through the discreet slave, or should we withhold acceptance until we have proved it for ourselves?

HOTLY debated is the question: Does the State of Israel as established in Palestine May 14, 1948, and now in its fourth year of existence, constitute a fulfillment of Bible prophecy?

29. What basic questions must be faced by every fair-minded and thorough investigator of spiritualism’s claims?

²⁹ Since spiritualist authors themselves bring the Bible into their argument and interpret it as they do, we are all the more compelled to turn to the Bible and examine directly the questions, Does it uphold spiritualism?

To help others build such faith, early Christian evangelizers “reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving by references” the things taught. (Acts 17:1-3)

9. What are the advantages of following the advice given in the booklet Examining the Scriptures Daily​—1999?

⁹ The foreword to the 1999 edition of the booklet Examining the Scriptures Daily states: “It would be most advantageous to consider the daily text and comments from this booklet in the morning.

The pattern for using the Scriptures extensively in making and teaching disciples had been established in the first century C.E.

18, 19. What responsibility rests upon overseers and other mature Christians toward the newly interested ones?

¹⁸ In the case of the Ethiopian eunuch, when Philip heard him reading the prophecy of Isaiah he asked him: “Do you really know what you are reading aloud?” (Acts 8:30)

What this “vine of the earth” is can be understood by examining other scriptures where a vine is used in a symbolic sense.

17. (a) What do the ten camels picture? (b) What should be our attitude toward the Bible and toward Bible-based publications prepared by the bride class? (Acts 17:11)

¹⁷ The bride class highly values what is pictured by the ten camels.

2. What procedure will help us in applying the illustration at Luke 16:19-31 to our own day?

² The Kingdom message at the first advent marked the beginning of an inspection and judgment period.

9. To find out what God’s will is, what cannot we avoid studying, and by this to whom will we be drawn that we may dedicate ourselves?

⁹ God’s will for us is written down in the Holy Bible.

Besides that, Jesus illustrated for us the doing of God’s will.

Using the Scriptures to test doctrines is the course commended in the Bible.

Third, to lay a foundation for understanding that is sound, one must be willing to compare any religious instruction he receives with the Scriptures.

Rather than being deceived by what is “falsely called ‘knowledge,’” use God’s Word to establish the truth. (1 Timothy 6:20, 21)

Be like the noble-minded men and women whom the apostle Paul preached to in Beroea.

Finding it requires digging, persistent searching of the Scriptures.

For example, how did residents of Beroea respond to the good news preached by the apostle Paul and his associate Silas?

10. In what respect should the Law have served the Jews, and what should it have shown them?

¹⁰ Why, then, the giving of a perfect law of holiness to the Jews?

4. What provisions can you utilize to help you ponder on Jehovah’s Word regularly?

⁴ The best time for you to meditate depends on you and your family routine.

Many ponder on a Bible text early in the morning when they read from the booklet Examining the Scriptures Daily.

11. What is faith, and why is it vital to Christians?

¹¹ To follow a Christian course in the God-defying old world requires faith.

To be willing to swallow personal pride and humbly mold one’s thinking and life according to the truths one is shown from God’s Word, faith is vital.

16. (a) How did “carefully examining the Scriptures daily” benefit the Beroeans? (b) Why is daily Bible reading so important to us today?

¹⁶ Jews in the Macedonian city of Beroea had the custom of “carefully examining the Scriptures daily.”

4, 5. Why was it hard work for the older men in Paul’s day to teach the congregation, and why is it that way today?

⁴ After sending Paul and Silas to Beroea, how were the older men in Thessalonica “working hard”?

Imitating Paul, they no doubt taught the congregation, using the Scriptures.