Theocratic Ministry School Review

The following questions will be considered at the Theocratic Ministry School during the week beginning February 26, 2007. The school overseer will conduct a 30-minute review based on material covered in assignments for the weeks of January 1 through February 26, 2007. [Note: Where there are no references after the question, you will need to do your own research to find the answers.​—See Ministry School, pp. 36-7.]

SPEECH QUALITIES

1. When should practical application of our material be made, and in what manner should this be done? [be p. 158 pars. 2-4]

2. Why is it important to help others see the practical value of the information we are presenting, and how can we do this? [be p. 159 pars. 3-4]

3. Why is our choice of words important? [be p. 160]

4. What will help us to use a variety of words accurately? [be p. 161 pars. 5-6; p. 162 pars. 1, 4]

5. What are some advantages of speaking from either a mental outline or a written one? [be p. 166 pars. 1-3]

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1

6. What is involved in preparing a reading assignment? [be p. 43 pars. 2, 4]

7. What is vital if we are to cultivate Jehovah’s love of right and hatred of wrong? (Heb. 5:14) [w05 1/1 p. 9 par. 11]

8. What should we remember if we read something in the Bible that causes us to wonder whether God acted in a just or right way? [w05 2/1 p. 24 par. 7]

9. How should we react when there is a conflict between God’s law and human demands? [w05 4/15 p. 12 par. 9]

10. How does Isaiah focus attention on the Kingdom by Messiah and on the forerunner, John the Baptizer? [si p. 123 par. 35]

WEEKLY BIBLE READING

11. What is “the envelopment” and “the woven work” mentioned at Isaiah 25:7?

12. How can people ‘see’ and “hear” Jehovah? (Isa. 30:20, 21)

13. True or False: Hezekiah’s prayer recorded at Isaiah 38:3 was motivated by sheer desire to live longer.

14. How could the Israelites serve as Jehovah’s witnesses, and how can we imitate them? (Isa. 43:10)

15. In harmony with the prophetic pattern set forth at Isaiah 52:11, 12, what is required to ‘carry the utensils of Jehovah’?