Theology Ii Mid-Term

Front 1

What are the two broad movements that characterize the various views of sin?

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1) Philosophical Naturalism
2) Philosophical Idealism

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What is the definition of philosophical naturalism?

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Sin is due to man's essential finitude or creaturely weakness.

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What is the definition of philosophical idealism?

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Sin is due to bodily apetites or instincts, or to man's possession of a body.

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What are the six biblical notions of sin?

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1) Violation of divine command
2) Unfaithfulness
3) Rebellion
4) Idolatry
5) Unbelief
6) Selfishness

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How does the Bible identify sin?

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Any kind of rebellion, not matter how great or small, against God's moral law and against His character.

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What is sin the absence of?

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That which is good

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What does sin refer to?

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A singular disposition or state

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What is salvation?

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The gaining of a good nature

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Did sin originate with God?

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No

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Did sin come from some externally existing evil force?

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No

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What does 2 Peter 2:4 tell us about sin?

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There are some angels who have opposed God and sinned.

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What does Ezekiel 28:11-19 refer to?

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An evil king but it actually looks back to an original evil one who was once beautiful but because of pride and sinfulness came to a great fall.

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What is a key text for sin?

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Genesis 3:1-13

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When the serpent figure speaks what does he call into question?

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The truthfulness of the Creator God

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Following his question what does the serpent move to?

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A direct refutation of God's claim

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What does the serpent ascribe to God?

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Certain motives

Front 17

When Eve ate some of the fruit and gave it to Adam, what is associated with sin?

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There is a willfulness that is associated with sin and a self assertion on the part of Adam

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What are the four ways their sin affected their relationship with God?

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1. They hid themselves from God, the very One who created them to be in His presence.
2. Adam could have taken responsibility for his sin and instead shifts the blame to Eve.
3. Eve shifts her blame to the serpent.
4. Both refused to accept that they were sinners and admit their own guilt

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What are the two areas there is now enmity?

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1) The serpent and the woman
2) Husband and wife

Front 20

Why does Adam name his wife Eve?

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She is the mother of all living

Front 21

What are the garments of skin?

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God killed animals and provided garments for Adam and Eve

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What was another result of Adam & Eve's sin?

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They were driven out of the Garden of Eden

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What is a second key verse for sin?

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Romans 5:12-21

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In contrasting Adam and Jesus, what are the eight things that Adam brings?

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1) Offense/Tespass (v. 15)
2) Condemnation (v. 16)
3) Death (v. 17)
4) Self-Assertion (v. 17)
5) One Offense (brings condemnation)
6) Disobedience
7) Sin abounds (v. 20)
8) Sin reigns

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In contrasting Adam and Jesus what are the eight things that Jesus brings?

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1) Grace
2) Justification
3) Life/Righteousness
4) Self-Sacrifice
5) One Righteous Act - Justifiable
6) Obedience
7) Grace Abounds
8) Grace Reigns

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What is the germ theory of sin?

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Adam sinned and so he has the sin germ and then he passes on, literally by means of physical reproduction.

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What is the seminal theory of sin?

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We are part of Adam’s seed. The whole human race is in the loins of Adam and so when sin occurs the disease is passed along.

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What is the extent of sin?

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There is no one who does not sin. There is no one who is not corrupted in this way.

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What are three of the consequences of sin?

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1) Death
2) Guilt
3) Corruption

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What are the four results of sin on our relationship with God?

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1) Divine disfavor
2) Guilt
3) Punishment
4) Death

Front 31

What are the three types of death?

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1) Physical
2) Spiritual
3) Eternal

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How is death physical?

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It is appointed once for man to die.

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How is death spiritual?

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The wages of sin is death. This means that something within our own nature and within our relationship, dies.

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How is death eternal?

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The unregenerate live in a state where they are separated from the presence of God

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What seven ways does sin affect the sinner?

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1) Enslavement
2) Flight from Reality
3) Denial of Sin
4) Self-Deceit
5) Insensitivity
6) Self-Centeredness
7) Restlessness

Front 36

What four ways does sin affect relationships with other people?

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1) Competition
2) Inability to empathize
3) Rejection of authority
4) Inability to Love

Front 37

What are the three key texts to understanding a doctrine of sin?

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1) Genesis 3
2) Psalm 51 (and 52 & 53)
3) Romans 5

Front 38

What are the three possibilities for sin and the death of infants?

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1) All infants are lost due to their corruption by sin.
2) Only elect infants are saved.
3) All infants are saved through benefits of the atonement.

Front 39

What four passages point to infants being in a state of sin and require regeneration?

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1) Job 14:4
2) Psa. 51:5
3) Rom. 5:14
4) Eph. 2:3

Front 40

What eight passages tells us infants possess relative innocence?

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1) Num 14:29-31
2) Deut. 1:39
3) Jonah 4:11
4) Is. 7:15-16
5) Ps. 106:37-38
6) Rom. 9:11
7) Matt. 18:3-4
8) 2 Cor. 5:10

Front 41

What passages tell us infants are special objects of divine grace?

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1) Matt. 18:5, 6, 10, 14
2) Matt. 19:14

Front 42

What is an age of accountability?

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When you have the reference to the ability to discern right from wrong.

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Does Scripture give a specific age?

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No

Front 44

What evidence do we have for the salvation of infants?

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1) Deut. 1:39
2) 2 Sam. 12:23

Front 45

What is the unpardonable sin?

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An attribution of the Spirit's work, not to God, but to the devil himself.

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What makes it blasphemous?

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Though the individuals know that it is God who is doing the work, they make the charge that it is the devil himself.

Front 47

What are the four ways a Christian can respond to sin?

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1) Flee
2) Rebel
3) Reform
4) Transform

Front 48

In Genesis 3, what are the three ways that the promise seed is seen?

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1) Divine penalty
2) Divine promise
3) Divine provision

Front 49

What are the five promises in the Davidic covenant?

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1) The promise of presence (v. 9)
2) The promise of a "great name" (v. 9)
3) The promise of a place (v. 10)
4) The promise of peace/rest & a "house" (v. 11)
5) The promise of the offsping (vv. 12ff)

Front 50

What is the offspring associated with?

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royalty, a kingdom, a throne

Front 51

Why isn't Solomon the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant?

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He is not a forever king who sits on a forever throne

Front 52

In Isaiah 6:1 what can we conclude about who it is the prophet sees?

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The prophet believes that the one he sees is the holy one

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How does he respond to seeing the holy one?

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he is to repent of his own sin

Front 54

In Isaiah 57:15 what three things do we learn about the one who is high and lifted up?

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1) His name is holy
2) He dwells in the high and holy place
3) With him is one who is contrite and low of spirit

Front 55

In Isaiah 52:13 what do we learn about the suffering servant of God?

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He shall be high and lifted up and be exalted

Front 56

What are the four chair texts for the incarnate son?

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1) John 1:1-18
2) Philippians 2:5-11
3) Colossians 1:15-20
4) Hebrews 1:1-3

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What are the five key terms in John 1:1-18?

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1) Logos
2) Theos
3) Sarx
4) Skenoo
5) Monogenes

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What does logos mean?

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word

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What does theos mean?

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God

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What does sarx mean?

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Flesh

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What does skenoo mean?

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dwelt

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What does monogenes mean?

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only begotten

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What are the three things John 1:1-18 affirms about the Son?

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1) Eternal existence
2) Eternal relationship
3) Eternal identity

Front 64

What are the four key terms in Philippians 2:5-11?

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1) Morphe theou
2) Morphe doulou
3) Keno
4) Kurios

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What is morphe taken by some to be?

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a form of being

Front 66

What does Philippians 2:5-11 affirm?

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1) Deity
2) Humanity
3) Humility and Obedience
4) Lordship

Front 67

How does it affirm his deity?

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He takes the form of God and is in very essence divine

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How does it affirm his humanity?

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He calls him a human servant being born in the likeness of men and being obedient to the point of death.

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How does it affirm his humility and obedience?

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Identifying himself with the one who was prophesied to come in the Old Testament. Comparison between the first Adam and the last Adam

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What are the key terms in Colossians 1:15-20?

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1) eikon tou theou
2) protokos
3) pleroma

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What does eikon tou theou mean?

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1) image of God.
2) He is the image of the invisible God

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What does protokos mean?

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firstborn

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What does pleroma mean?

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Fullness

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What three things does Colossians 1:15-20 affirm about Jesus?

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1) He is incarnate God
2) He is crucified Christ
3) He is victorious Lord

Front 75

What are the seven key terms in Hebrews 1:1-3?

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1) Heir
2) Creator
3) Exact imprint of God's hypostasis
4) Sustainer
5) Redeemer
6) Intercessor
7) Superior Son

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How is Jesus superior?

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he is superior to angels, Moses, and to the Aaronic priesthood

Front 77

What are the two chair texts for the virgin birth?

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1) Matt 1:18-25
2) Luke 1:26-28

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What are the five prominent themes in Luke 1:26-28?

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1) Mary is identified as a virgin
2) The son being born who will be called Jesus will be great and will be called "Son of the Most High"
3) Will possess the throne of David
4) Will rule over the house of Jacob
5) He will be a forever king on a forever throne

Front 79

What are the two reasons adherence to the virgin birth doctrine necessary?

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1) In the broadest sense, giving ascent to the virgin birth says something about your worldview
2) Do the Scriptures hold sway over you or do you sway the Scriptures?

Front 80

What are the three points of theological significance of the doctrine of the virgin conception?

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1) It is an affirmation of Scripture's veracity
2) It is an affirmation of Christ's deity
3) It is an affirmation of Christ's humanity

Front 81

What are nine examples of the humanity of Jesus?

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1) Hunger
2) Thirst
3) Weariness
4) Pain
5) Sorrow
6) Knowledge
7) Temptation
8) Sinlessness
9) Death

Front 82

A denial of the humanity of Jesus, associated with 2nd century gnosticism is called?

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Docetism

Front 83

What are 2nd century Judaizers who deny the genuine deity of Jesus?

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Ebionism

Front 84

Who were the three key figures at the Council of Nicaea?

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1) Arius
2) Alexander
3) Athanasius

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What was Arius' theory?

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Jesus is not fully God. He is semi-divine though he is a perfect creature

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What does Athanasius argue?

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No creature can save another creature thus changing the nature of salvation

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What was the result?

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The Nicene Creed

Front 88

Who were the key figures at Constantinople?

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1) Alexandrian School
2) Appolinarius
3) Cappadocians

Front 89

What were the Alexandrian school concerned with?

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Unity of nature

Front 90

What will the Antiochene school emphasize?

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Two natures: divine and human

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Who were the Cappadocians?

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Basil and the two Gregory's

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What were the issues at Constantinople?

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Incarnation and redemption.

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What was the solution?

Back 93

An expanded third article and the section on the Holy Spirit is lengthened

Front 94

Who were the key figures at Ephesus?

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1) Nestorius
2) Theodore of Mopsuestia

Front 95

How does Theodore see the union?

Back 95

a moral union as if the two natures are one like a husband and wife are one

Front 96

What does theotokos mean?

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God-bearer

Front 97

Does theotokos become a litmus test?

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Yes

Front 98

Who are the key figures at Chalcedon?

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1) Eutyches
2) Pope Leo

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What are the two issues?

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1) Denial of distinction of two natures
2) Human nature is swallowed up in divine, becoming another kind of creature altogether

Front 100

What were the solutions?

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1) Affirm Nicaea & Constantinople
2) Condemn Eutyches and affirm two natures, one person

Front 101

What are the four aspects of the kingdom of the sinless savior?

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1) It's foretelling: a new age once foretold
2) It's nature: the reign and rule of God
3) It's triumph: over the kingdom of darkness
4) It's final establishment: an unshakeable kingdom

Front 102

What are the three offices of Jesus?

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1) Prophet
2) Priest
3) King

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How is Jesus a prophet?

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Jesus is God's supreme revelation to man and is the master teacher

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How is Jesus a priest?

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Jesus made the once for all sacrifice for sins and maintains his priestly intercession continuously.

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How is Jesus a king?

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Jesus rightfully holds all authority and power and is identified as Lord of all.

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What are three things that are significant about Jesus' baptism?

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1) John baptizes with water. Jesus baptizes with the Holy Spirit and fire
2) This baptism is all wrapped up in fulfilling real righteousness
3) Jesus is associated with death and life to come by himself passing through the waters of baptism.

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What are three important pieces about Jesus' temptation?

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1) Jesus demonstrates that He is the Son of God by being perfectly obedient to the Father.
2) Jesus is tempted just like a man is with his appetites
3) Jesus is tempted just like a man is with an enticement for power

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What is significant about Jesus' teaching?

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He teaches perfectly, with authority, and about the kingdom. He shows the way of righteousness.

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What is significant about Jesus' miracles?

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They are demonstrations of his power and authority and demonstrate that he is the king through whom the kingdom will be established.

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What are two significant pieces about Jesus' worship?

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1) Jesus is a worshipper of God.
2) He worships the father by perfectly offering his perfect body as a sacrifice for sin

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What are three significant pieces about Jesus' mission?

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1) He came to seek and save the lost
2) He has come for the purpose of accomplishing His Father’s will
3) He came to serve people by giving His life as a ransom for many

Front 112

According to Is. 52-53, what 10 things have we done?

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1) We did not believe, we did not have faith (53:1)
2) We have a view of him (53:2)
3) We have despised and rejected him (53:3)
4) We esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. (53:4)
5) We have transgressed (53:5)
6) We have gone astray (53:6)
7) We don’t recognize what God is doing (53:8)
8) We gave him a common grace (again, lack of esteeming him) (53:9)
9) Some have faith
10) We crushed him (53:10) (this is also referred to as a work of God)

Front 113

According to Is. 52-53, what 19 things has the Son done?

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1) Acting wisely (52:13)
2) He astonishes people (52:14)
3) The startling of many nations (52:15)
4) He will appear. He appears ordinary (52:14)
5) He experiences undeserved pain
6) He restrains himself
7) He heals our souls
8) He maintains holiness
9) He had done no violence and there was no deceit in his mouth
10) He was crushed
11) He was put to grief
12) His soul makes an offering for sin
13) He submits to the Father and allows these things to be done to him
14) He shall bear iniquities
15) He divides the spoil with the strong
16) He pours out his soul to death (this is the kenosis according to Dr. Nelson)
17) He is numbered with the transgressors
18) He bears the sin of many
19) He makes intercession for the transgressors

Front 114

According to Is. 52-53, what 8 things has the Father done?

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1) The Father exalts the Servant (52:13)
2) He shall sprinkle many nations (52:15)
3) The arm of the Lord is used which is a reference to the power of salvation (53:1)
4) He smote the servant (53:4)
5) The Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all (53:6)
6) He was lead to the oppression and the affliction (53:7)
7) The Lord has put the servant to grief (53:10)
8) He is satisfied by the anguish of the son (53:11)

Front 115

According to 2 Cor. 5:18-21, what are the three reasons for Jesus' death?

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1) He is reconciling rebellious people to Himself through His Son
2) He died so that we would no longer live for ourselves but would live for Him.
3) He bears our sins (v. 21)

Front 116

Why must the atonement be cosmic in its extent?

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Because sin is cosmic in its extent

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What are the four traditional theories of the atonement?

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1) Exemplar Model
2) Governor Model
3) Exchange Model
4) Victor Model

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What is the exemplar model?

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The atoning work of Christ serves in some way as an example of something.

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What is the governor model?

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In some sense at the cross God is exercising government over the world that he made.

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What is the exchange model?

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At the cross some exchange is being made

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What is the victor model?

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At the cross some conquest is being accomplished

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What is the ransom view of the atonement?

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Transaction took place at the cross and that transaction involves Jesus' death being given (or paid) as a ransom

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Who held this view?

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1) Origen
2) Gregory of Nyssa
3) Augustine
4) John of Damascus
5) Aulen

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What is the recapitulation view of the atonement?

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1) Reverses course set for us by Adam
2) Christ unites us in the incarnation so that we can become what he is
3) Christ’s death is a payment required in order to overcome sin and death

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Who held this view?

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1) Irenaeus
2) C. S. Lewis

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What is the satisfaction view?

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Compensation to the Father. The death of Christ satisfies the wounded honor of God

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Who held this view?

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1) Anselm
2) Wycliffe

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What is the moral influence view?

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1) The cross serves as a demonstration of God’s love
2) The main problem man has is that he is estranged from God because of his rebellion.
3) God comes and demonstrates his love on the cross and when we look to the cross we are inspired and we cease to rebel.
4) Divine nature does not require satisfaction, because love is essential attribute of God
5) sin problem is one of estrangement; sin = man’s contempt of God
6) Subjective
7) Produces change of attitude in sinners
8)Often associated with theological liberalism

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What is the governmental view?

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1) Demonstration of divine justice
2) The idea here is that the cross is an offering to God as a means of restoring moral order to the universe.
3) The problem is that the universe is disordered because of sin and therefore there needs to be a reordering.
4) Isaiah 42 is a key text
5) Christ is penal example, but not a vicarious sacrifice
6) Christ suffers for us, but he is not punished for us; God did not have to have suffer; there were other options; but this should serve as an effective example to prevent sin
7) Christ’s death is demonstration of God’s hatred for sin – motivates us to cease from sin
8) Atonement provides for maintenance of moral order

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What is the mystical view?

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Through the atonement we are able to undergo a mystical transformation by living the divine life.

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What is the penal substitution view?

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1) A penalty must be paid for sin
2) Christ on the cross paid that penalty
3) We could not pay that penalty

Front 132

What is the chair text for the resurrection?

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1 Corinthians 15

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What are the nine theories of the resurrection?

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1) Swoon
2) Spirit
3) Vision
4) Legend or Myth
5) Stolen Body
6) Wrong Tomb
7) Deliberate lie
8) Mistaken identity
9) Twin Theory

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What is the swoon theory?

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Predicated on the assumption that Jesus didn’t actually die on the cross. He passed out and they thought he was dead so they stuck him in the grave and because of the refreshing coolness he was revived.

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What is the spirit theory?

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Denies a bodily resurrection but affirms that the spirit of Jesus resurrected.

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What is the vision theory?

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The disciples and others hallucinated

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What is the legend or myth theory?

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It’s a story just like folklore

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What is the stolen body theory?

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He died but was stolen by some group as a deliberate lie

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What is the wrong tomb theory?

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The women and Peter went to the wrong tomb.

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What is the deliberate lie theory?

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It was all setup as a kind of hoax

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What is the mistaken identity theory?

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There was a guy walking around Jerusalem, after the death of Jesus, and he looked a lot like Jesus

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What is the twin theory?

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Mary actually bore twins and one was actually concealed until the death of Jesus

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How does the veracity of the resurrection prove the reliability of the Scriptures?

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1) Testimony is consistent
2) Testimony is verified
3) Testimony is simple
4) Testimony is ancient
5) Testimony is testable