LECTURE III, ARTICLE 2.
Transgression.
1. Give the principal scriptural proofs of man's free agency (quote evidence from each of the standard works of the Church).
2. Show that man's accountability for his acts is just, in view of his rights of free agency.
3. What is sin? (1, Compare wilful sins with those committed in ignorance; 2, give scriptural evidence of the Lord's plan of dealing in the two cases.)
4. Show that punishment for sin is ordained of God.
5. Give a statement of scriptural teachings regarding the duration of punishment in the hereafter. (State the Lord's definition of endless and eternal punishment.)
6. Give scriptural proofs of the personality of Satan (1, his former position in heaven; 2, his title before his fall; 3, his expulsion from heaven; 4, his present opposition to the purposes of God; 5, his predicted fate).
The Fall.
7. Describe the condition of our first parents in Eden.
8. What important commands were given them by the Lord?
9. Give the scriptural statements concerning Satan tempting Eve.
10. Show that Adam understood the nature of his act in partaking of the forbidden fruit.
11. What is known of the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden?
12. Show that the expulsion of our first parents from Eden was a necessity after their transgression.
13. What were the immediate results of the Fall?
14. Give scriptural proof that the Fall was necessary and fore-ordained.
15. Show that mortality is a blessed heritage to mankind.
16. State the doctrine of the Atonement as declared to Adam after the Fall.
17. Describe the joy of Adam and Eve when they learned of the effect of the Fall and the Atonement provided.