What call went forth to the Jews from that time? ¶ 474. What is meant by the call? ¶ 474. What did Jesus say about the number called and chosen? Give Scriptural proof. ¶ 474. How long was this call confined to the Jews? ¶ 474. Who was the first gentile to receive the gospel? Give the Scriptural account. ¶ 474. Thereafter to whom did the call extend? ¶ 474. Why has the gospel been preached? ¶ 475. How has the gospel appeared to worldly-wise men? ¶ 475. What did St. Paul say about the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of God? ¶ 475. How did the Jews as a people receive the message of Christ and him crucified? ¶ 476. How did the majority of the gentiles receive the gospel? ¶ 476. What proportion of the wise and mighty and noble are called and respond to the call of the gospel? ¶ 476. Why have not many wise and noble accepted the truth? ¶ 476. How has the call impressed the humble-minded? ¶ 476. Give Scriptural proof of Jehovah's invitation to become members of the bride class. ¶ 477. Why can the church be called the daughter of God? ¶ 478. What beauty is it that the Lord desires in the body members? ¶ 478. Is time required for the development of the church? ¶ 479. What can be said about deathbed confessions? ¶ 479. What is the first thing to do to become a Christian? ¶ 479. What is meant by repentance? ¶ 479. What is meant by being converted? ¶ 479. After conversion, what further things take place before one becomes a new creature? ¶ 479. Why must the Christian thereafter pass through many varied experiences? ¶ 479. Why are children in school required to have hard mental exercises? ¶ 480. Is it necessary for one to train for a physical contest? ¶ 480. Why is it necessary for a new creature to be trained and to pass through experiences? ¶ 480. What did the Psalmist say concerning the standing of the new creature with his brethren and others? ¶ 481. To whom did Jesus become a stranger? and what reproaches fell upon him? ¶ 481. Give Scriptural proof that the body members have similar reproaches. ¶ 481. How has God overruled for good Satan's persecution of the church? ¶ 482. Is the Christian's suffering greater when he first knows the Lord or later? ¶ 483. How is a Christian, when first begotten, designated in the Scriptures? ¶ 483. What kind of spiritual food does he need? ¶ 483. Give a figure of speech illustrating the development of the church, with Scriptural proof of same. ¶ 484. Give a paraphrase of the Apostle's words in 1 Peter 2:3-8. ¶ 485. Give Scriptural proof that it is a privilege to suffer with Christ. ¶ 485. What course must a Christian take as compared to the world? ¶ 486. Explain the development of the Christian, as taught by St. Peter in 2 Peter 1:5-7. ¶ 486. What should a Christian do with reference to making his calling and election sure? Give Scriptural proof. ¶ 487. Against what enemies does the new creature war? ¶ 488. With what weapons does he war? Give Scriptural proof. ¶ 488.