Anthropology & Hamartiology (Done) Flashcards
Image of God
Genesis 1:26-31
Isaiah 43:7 (God did not need man)
whom I created for my glory
Genesis 9:6 (image is distorted but not lost)
for God made man in his own image
1 John 3:2 (fullyl restored at the end of time)
when he appears we shall be like him
Original Sin
Genesis 3
Psalm 51:1-5
I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive
Total Depravity
Romans 3:9-18“None is righteous, no, not one:…”
Man’s total lack of spiritual good and inability to do good before God
Dichotomy
Luke 1:46-47
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
Matthew 10:28
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell
Luke 23:43
And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Man consists of a physical body and an imaterial soul that are joined in life, and will be eternally reunited in a glorified body after Christ’s return. However, they are temporarily separated in an “intermediary state” between death and resurection.
- “Soul” and “spirit” are interchangeable terms to refer to the immaterial part of a person • God breathed life into Adam’s body (Gen 2:7) • “My soul is troubled” Jn 12, “My spirit is troubled” Jn 13 • “Into your hands I commit my spirit” Lk 23:46
Trichotomy
1 Thessalonians 5: 23
May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
Hebrews 4: 12
The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart”
- The soul includes intellect, emotions, and will
- The spirit is the higher faculty that comes alive when a person is regenerated
Traducianism
Hebrews 7:10 (c.f. Leviticus)
for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.
Body and soul are inherited from parents at conception • Since we are made in God’s image, we are able to create like him • Sometimes scripture speaks of descendants being in the loins of their ancestors () • Explains how the sins of parents can be transferred to the children without God being responsible for making a sinful soul
Creationism
Psalm 139:13
You knit me together…
God creates a new soul for each person and sends it to that person’s body sometime between conception and birth
