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32 Cards in this Set
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What are the ten commandments?
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God's first specific verbal revelation of himself to his gathered people
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How many times are the ten commandments listed in the Pentateuch?
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twice
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What does the method of publication of the ten commandments show?
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they are of the utmost importance to God and, therefore, ought to occupy a place of significance for followers of Jesus Christ
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What was the giving of the ten commandments preceded by?
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smoke, thunder, lightning, and trumpet blasts
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Who spoke the ten commandments?
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God
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Who wrote the ten commandments?
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God
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What did God command before the giving of the ten commandments?
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that his people become ceremonially clean
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How many times did God give the ten commandments?
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twice
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Why were the ten commandments written in stone?
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as a demonstration of their permanence
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Where were the ten commandments placed?
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the ark of the covenant
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Who gave Moses the ten commandments?
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the Angel of the Lord
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The ten commandments are not rules but are ___________?
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Categories of moral responsibility
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What is the purpose of the ten commandments?
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To demonstrate God's people's need for a savior
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How was a person saved in the Old Testament?
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by faith
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Keeping the ten commandments is _________ for the unregenerate.
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impossible
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Keeping the ten commandments ought to be ________ for Spirit-indwelt believers.
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easy
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What are the three uses Protestants traditionally refer to with the ten commandments?
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1) the law is a chain that restricts
2) the law is a mirror that convicts 3) the law is a lamp that guides |
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What does the Jewish tradition label as the first commandment?
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the prologue
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How does the Jewish tradition avoid having 11 commandments?
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they combine the first and second commandments
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What do the Roman Catholic and Lutheran traditions do with the first and second commandments?
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they combine them
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What do the Roman Catholic and Lutheran traditions do to avoid 9 commandments?
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they split the tenth commandment
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What ordering of the ten commandments does the Roman Catholic tradition follow?
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deut. 5:21
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What ordering of the ten commandments does the Lutheran tradition follow?
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ex. 20:17
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Following Deut. 5:21 lead the Roman Catholic tradition to have two commandments against __________?
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adultery
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Following Ex. 20:17 lead the Lutheran tradition to have two commandments related to _____________?
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material possession
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What are the five ways the ten commandments must be interpreted?
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1) Internally
2) Contextually 3) Wholly 4) synecdoche 5) charity |
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Define internally
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they are not to be applied only to external conduct, but also to the thoughts, motives, and intentions of the heart
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Define contextually
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they must be understood according to the explanation given to them by later biblical revelation
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Define wholly
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the negative prohibitions in the commandments include positive duties, and the positive duties in the commandments include negative prohibitions
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Which are the two commandments stated positively?
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4th and 5th
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Define synecdoche
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when a specific command is mentioned, the commandment intends to cover an entire range of related sins
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Define charity
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both the goal and the end of each of the ten commandments is love of God and love of neighbor
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