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Ecclesia |
Church, Assembly, Congregation |
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6 Types of Church |
1. House Church (Aquila + Priscilla) 2. Believers @ particular location (Paul@Corinth) 3. Believers @ a specific region (Judea, Samaria) 4. Church Generally 5. Church throughout the world 6. Church in Heaven (Heb 12:22-23) |
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The Church is: |
-Primarily Local -Also universal -Heavenly (Church with Christ) |
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The Church is NOT: |
-A building -Individuals |
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Invisible Church: |
Church as God sees it |
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Visible Church: |
Church as we see it |
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Attributes of the Church: |
-One (United) -Holy (Pure, Set Apart) -Catholic (Universal, no social/physical boundaries) |
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Marks of the Church: |
-Ministry of the Word of God -Proper Administration of Sacraments -Exercise of Church Discipline -Qualified Leadership |
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Purposes of the Church |
-Worship -Ministry to one another -Ministry to the world -Preservation of the truth of the Gospel -Intergenerational body life -Short term missions don't reach the unreached |
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Why does Berding say the Church is important? |
-If you lead someone to Christ at Biola, where will you take them to grow? Church. -What will happen if you develop a hardened hart-where will you go to repent? Church. -Sacraments are more carefully administered in the local church |
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Baptism is...
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...the initiation of unity with Christ |
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How many times should Christians be baptized? |
Once |
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Baptism is tied to faith and repentance, and therefore is... |
for the forgiveness of sins |
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Augustine/Roman Catholic view of Baptism |
1. Initiation Rite 2. Entryway to other sacraments 3. Necessary for salvation 4. Personal faith; not required for infants 5. Epiclesis |
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Benefits of Augustines View: |
-Receive a character/mark of God -Forgiveness of sins -Regeneration and Sanctification -Incorporation to the communion of saints and the visible church |
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Luther's view on baptism |
"God works in an infant for infant faith" |
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Reformed view on Baptism |
-Strengthens faith -Is a sign and seal of God's promise -Not dependent on faith, but on God's covenant -Circumcision is to Israel like Baptism is to Church -God's promise of salvation |
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Jesus was baptized to: |
-Identify with God's sinful people as their representative -To be commissioned |
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Immersion Baptism |
-Probably the best way, although the Bible isn't clear -Better signifies death and resurrection |
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Paedobaptism (Catholic) |
-Household baptisms in scripture suggest infants might have been baptized |
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Paedobaptism (Protestant) |
-Baptism is connected to circumcision -Household baptisms -The promise of baptism and forgiveness is for the children of believers (Acts 2) |
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Believers Baptism (Anizor's View) |
-NT Narratives suggest -The meaning of Baptism is better expressed -Not the counterpart of circumcision -Household baptism don't necessarily lead to paedobaptism |
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Anizor believes believers baptism most faithfully believes: |
truth |
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The Lord's Supper (Zwingli) |
-Not transubstantiation -Not Consubstantiation -Rather, a memorial *Christ is NOT specially or physically present, we are simply remembering Christ |
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The Lord's Supper (Calvin/Reformed) |
-Not transubstantiation -Not Consubstantiation -Rather, spiritual presence *They are not JUST symbols, but true communion with Christ through the elements *Strengthens our faith, nourishes our souls |
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(Calvin/Reformed) Lord's Supper cont. |
-We participate in the reality -Manifests His presence via judgment |
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Meaning and Significance of The Lord's Supper |
1. Sacrificial (Reminder of God's Covenant) 2. Symbol of Christ's death 3. Also Christ uniquely present 4. Underscores the unity of believers 5. Cause for thanksgiving (Eucharist: give thanks) 6. visible or enacted word of God's promise of forgiveness 7. anticipates the Lord's return |
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Implications of the Lord's Supper |
1. Only for believers 2. Only for those who examined their lives 3. Only for the local church? 4. Should be celebrated regularly and with joy |
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Mission of the Church: View 1 |
Social Justice and Shalom |
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Social Justice is... |
the fair and just treatment of all people. It aims to bring God's righteousness to bear on social, economic, etc. realities in order for all to flourish. esp the poor and neglected. Justice is to be manifested in concrete realities |
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Mission of the Church: View 2 |
To preach and make disciples |
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Main issue of view 2 |
human sin: Gospel is they key to addressing human sin |
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Evaluation of the Church |
1. Priorities 2. Mission of God (to redeem) 3. Great commission (example of Jesus' priorities) 4. Holy Spirit (came to make witnesses) 5. What is the Gospel (news and proclamation) |
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What are spiritual gifts? View 1: |
-Charismata and pneumatika refer to abilities -Gifts/abilities given by the Spirit -Gifts need to be discovered -Gifts need to be used in church/ministry |
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What are spiritual gifts? View 2: (Berding's View) |
-Charismata/pneumatika have a range of meanings -Activities, ministries, or persons functioning IN them -the gifts ARE the ministries -grace given refers to ministry assignments -a gift is a ministry given by God |
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Purpose of Spiritual Gifts |
edification of the Body of Christ |
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Implications of spiritual gifts: |
1. eliminates concern of natural vs spiritual 2. freedom to serve 3. everyone is responsible 4. eliminates concern of long term vs. short term 5. minimizes need to discover our gifts 6. Can place proper emphasis on God and others |
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The Kingdom of God will be |
-God's people in -God's place under -God's rule |
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7 OT hopes for when the kingdom is manifest |
1. anointed one 2. restoration of Israel to former glory 3. new covenant (new relationship) 4. outpouring of the Spirit 5. hope in the resurrection of the dead 6. final judgment 7. new heaven and new earth |
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inaugurated eschatology |
the end times have begun in Jesus' first coming and will be completed in the second |
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Examples of inaugurated eschatology |
-Jesus' kingly rule -judgment -resurrection -power of the new kingdom |
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Plato believes |
the soul is good, matter is bad |
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materialism is |
all is bad |
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Soul sleep is |
between death and resurrection when the soul "sleeps" in unconsciousness |
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Post-mortem salvation is |
condemned souls have the opportunity to repent/ be saved after death |
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purgatory is |
after death the believer who is not fully justified must undergo purification |
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conditional immortality is |
non christians cease to exist at death because immortality is a gift only for believers -soul disappears at death or -is punished for time, then disappears |
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Traditional view of what happens when you die |
-Believers go immediately to God's presence -Hell is immediate -We await resurrection and will then reign with Christ, and the second death will not effect us -There is no second opportunity to repent |
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What is the Christian Hope? |
We look for the resurrection of the dead and life of the world to come |
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Evidence of the OT resurrection teaching |
Daniel 12:22 Ezekiel 37:12-24 Isaiah 26:19 IT DOES TEACH ON RESURRECTION |
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Basics of Final Judgement |
-Jesus will be the judge -Unbelievers will be judged -Believers will be judged -Angels will be judged -Degrees of punishment |
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Arguments for universalism |
-eternal punishment is inconsistent with God's love -eternal is not everlasting or endless -scripture seems to offer hope for final restoration in Colossians 1:19-20 |
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Responses to universalism |
-we cannot limit theology on divine judgment based on verses about hell -the seriousness of sin -eternal does equal everlasting -revelation 14:9-10 |
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Anizor's concluding comments on final judgment |
-it is about God's justice -God won't allow goodness to be unrewarded |
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New Heaven and New Earth |
Revelation 21 |