The Christadelphian Instructor

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Chapters: Commencement of Instructor, Concerning The Scriptures, Concerning God, Concerning The Spirit of God, Concerning the Spiritual Body, Concerning Angels, Concerning Man, Concerning Christ, Concerning the Name of Christ, Concerning the Death of Christ, Concerning the Way of Salvation, Concerning the Commandments of Christ, Concerning Faith and the Gospel, Concerning the Kingdom of God, Concerning Abraham, Issac and Jacob, Concerning Israel's Deliverance from Egypt, Concerning the First Covenant, Concerning Israel in the Wilderness, Concerning Right and Wrong, Concerning Israel Under The Judges, Concerning Israel Becoming a Kingdom, Concerning the Division of the Kingdom Into Two Parts, Concerning the Covenant Made With David, Concerning Resurrection, Responsibility and Judgment, Concerning Christ as the Vanquisher of the Gentiles and the Restorer of Israel, Concerning Other Nations During the Reign of Christ, Concerning The End of the Thousand Years, Questions for Children Under 8, . Excerpt: 1. What is the meaning of "Christadelphian"? Answer: It means brother or relative of Christ. It is the name of Christ and the Greek word for brother put into one. 2. Who is a brother or relative of Christ? Answer: He who performs the will of God. Proof: Whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. (Matt. 12:50). Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; (John 15:14-15). 3. What is it the will of God that we should do? Answer: That we believe in His Son Jesus Christ and keep His commandments. Proof: This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. (John 6:29). And this is his commandment, that we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him. (1 John 3:23-24). 4. Who is it that has given the name "Christ's Brethren" to those who do the will of God? Answer: It is Christ himself who has done so. Proof: He is not ashamed to call them BRETHREN, saying, I will declare Thy name unto my brethren (Heb. 2:11-12). Go tell my BRETHREN that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. (Matt. 28:10). Behold my mother and my BRETHREN (Mark 3:34). ...his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many BRETHREN (Rom. 8:29). 5. Why are the brethren of Christ called Christadelphian in our day instead of Christian? Answer: Because multitudes are called Christian who do not believe the truth concerning Christ or obey his commandments. It has become, in fact, the name for a system of fable, and error that has risen up in the world in the place of truth, in fulfillment of the predictions of the apostles. Therefore, to be known as a "Christian" is not to be known as a believer of the truth. Proof: And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (2 Tim. 4:4). Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perver