Lesson 3 (April 13-19), Christ and Religious Tradition

Seat of Moses

1. Are all pharisees hypocrites or are some sincere? 
2. Who fights more for what they believe, conservatives or liberals?  Why?
3. Are people born with pharisaical characteristics or do they acquire them?

Human Commandments

1. Is there such a thing as major and minor laws? Are all the ten commandments equally important? Is love to God more important than love to man? 
2. Did Jesus obey some man-made rules?
3. Does the Adventist church have some man-made rules?

Traditions of the Elders

1. Was non-observance of Mosaic laws a  sin or just unhealthful?
2. Is it a sin to be unhealthful?
3. Who is eligible or authorized to explain God's law to others?

The Precepts of Men

1. Are we expected to observe laws even if we cannot discern any sense in them?
2. What the apostles instructed--such as women keeping silent in church, from God or from themselves?
3. Are our services too traditional? Should they be less structured and more informal? Is there a reason we follow more or less the same format for each service?

Excessive Righteousness

1. Is it possible to be too righteous?
2. What did Solomon mean (Eccl 7:16), when he advised people not to be overly righteous or overly wicked?