Bible_Study_19 Flashcards
Who else wrote to the church in Ephesus, making it the only church to receive 2 inspired letters from 2 different apostles?
John
What is the content of Ephesians?
Ephesians was written to reveal our riches in Christ and in His church.
What is the keyword of Ephesians?
Church
What is the theme of Ephesians?
Our position of Christ and in His church
What is the classification of Ephesians?
The first of Paul’s 4 prison epistles
Who carried the epistle to the Ephesians?
Tychicus
What is the importance of Ephesians?
It is known as the believer’s bank, christian checkbook, etc
How do Ephesians and Colossians compare?
Ephesians show us the Church as the Body of Christ and Colossians shows Christ as the Head of the Church.
Why is Ephesians called the Joshua of the New Testament?
IN both books, God’s people move in to possess their promised and purchased blessings
What is a Biblical definition of a mystery?
A biblical mystery is a truth which was previously unrevealed and unknown in the Old Testament.
What biblical mystery is referred to in Ephesians 3?
The joining of Jews and Gentiles into one body, the church.
What are two Mysteries?
The Rapture and the church
What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit?
To be constatnly, consciously surrendered to and dependent on the Holy Spirit to live the Christian life.
What are three signs of Spirit fullness?
- Singing heart♦2. Thankful Heart♦3. Submissive Heart
Quote Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved, through faith. And that not of yourselves it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.
What is the Subtitle for Colossians
Christ as the preeminent head of the church.
Who wrote Colossians?
The apostle Paul wrote Colossians
Who were the recipients of the book of Colossians?
The church at Colosse
What was significant about Colosse?
IT was the trade route connecting the East and West and was a merging point between western and eastern thought.
What is ecumenical pluralism?
combining the best parts of all religions
What other cities were located in the Lychus valley?
Laodicea and Hierapolis.
Who founded the church of Colosse?
Epaphras- converted by Paul in Ephesus then returned to evangelize his hometown
Where did the church of Colosse meet?
The home of Philemon.
Why was Colossians written?
It was being infected with an early form of Judaistic-gnosticism.
What Two things did judaistic-gnosticism teach?
- Salvation could only be obtained by a secret mystical KNOWLEDGE available only to the super spiritual, dividing believers into spiritual haves and the spiritual have-nots.♦2. Matter is inherently evil and purity can only exist in the spiritual realm.
What are 7 things to remember in the judaistic-gnostcism teaching that all matter is evil?
- God did not create the World♦2. God created an angel, who created and angel, etc. The last of these (called dimerge) created this evil world♦3. Jesus was an angel and not fully God♦4. They separated Jesus the Man and Christ the Spirit. The spirit came at the baptism and left just before his death on the cross.♦5. God communicates knowledge tot eh spirital elite on a higher mystical level not through the rational understanding of Scripture. ♦6. Spirituality comes from the outside in through observance of commandments. ♦7. Believers are still under the law.
What three False-isms of the judaistic-gnosticism heresy did Paul attack?
- Ritualism- adherence to sacred days, seasons, rituals, circumcision, dietary and sabbath observations from Jewish law.♦2. Asceticism- self denial♦3. Mysticism- Claims of visions and revelations and the worship of angels
What is the key word of Colossians?
Christ
What is the theme of Colossians?
The preeminence of Christ
What is the significant feature of Colossians?
It is considered the most Christ-centered of all the Epistles.
Soteriology
What is the term for Doctrine of Salvation
Why do all men need to be saved♦♦1 Because of the Nature of ______ (Holiness)♦2. Because of the Responsibility of _______ (Sinfulness)
- God ♦2. Man
What is the Nature of God - Holiness ♦♦A. He is the _________ of Man.♦He Created Adam and placed him in the Garden♦♦B. He is the _________ of Man♦God commanded Adam to obedience concerning the Tree♦♦C. God is the ________of Man
A. Creator ♦B. Lawgiver♦C. Judge
What is the Responsibility of Man - Sinfulness ♦♦A. Man is __________ in the Image of God to Know, Love, Obey, Fellowship with and Glorify God.♦B. Man is _______. God created man as a free moral agent with the right of free will and choice.♦C. Man has __________ (sin).♦D. Man is a __________.♦E. Man is ____________ from God.♦F. Man is _______________.
A. Created ♦B. free. ♦C. chosen♦D. sinner.♦E. separated ♦F. condemned.
Why is salvation possible (2)♦♦I.Because God________ all men.♦♦II.Because God desires all men to be ________..
I.loves♦II.saved.
What are the two Problems of Salvation♦♦I. Man is hopelessly lost in sin and needs a ____________♦♦II. God is righteous and must ____________ all sin.
I. savior♦II. punish
Why is man hopelessly lost in sin and in need of a savior:♦♦A. Every man is a sinner __ _________.
by birth.
Why is man hopelessly lost in sin and in need of a savior:♦♦B. Every man is a sinner ___ _________.
by choice
Why is man hopelessly lost in sin and in need of a savior:♦♦C. No man can live up to the holy and _________ standard of God’s righteousness. God’s standard is perfection. Only one sin would be required to doom us to Eternity in Hell.
Perfect
Why is man hopelessly lost in sin and in need of a savior:♦♦D. Our entire nature is ______________.
corrupt
Why is man hopelessly lost in sin and in need of a savior:♦♦Our ________ nature corrupts any act of righteousness which we attempt, rendering even our _________________ as filthy rags.
corrupt; righteousness
Why is man hopelessly lost in sin and in need of a savior:♦♦ Our ____________ are desperately wicked and deceitful.
hearts
Why is man hopelessly lost in sin and in need of a savior:♦♦To even think that you could be righteous enough to save yourself in itself is a sin of gross __________. The Pharisee in the parable of Christ went home condemned for this sin.
pride.
Why is man hopelessly lost in sin and in need of a savior:♦♦To attempt to be saved by any means other than Christ is to be guilty of _________ Christ, as well as disobeying the Gospel of God, despising the cross of Christ, spurning the love of God, refusing the Holy Spirit’s call and conviction, trampling underfoot the very blood of Christ, and disbelieving the Word of god, which failure to believe renders us ____________already.
rejecting; condemned
Why can’t salvation be earned by good works of perfect and sinless righteousness (Man)♦♦1. This was God’s plan for the ___________, not for man.♦♦2. This would leave all men lost, for all have sinned and fall short of God’s standard of ___________holiness.
- angels.♦2. perfect
What are the 2 possible paths of salvation♦♦Plan One: A home in Heaven for all eternity could be earned by ____ _____ of perfect and sinless righteousness.♦♦Plan Two: A home in Heaven for all eternity could be given freely ____________ GOOD WORKS based upon God’s perfect and sinless righteousness.
GOOD WORKS♦♦WITHOUT
A Home in Heaven could be GIVEN Freely WITHOUT good works based upon God’s perfect and sinless righteousness - Because: Man is _______ - and the only way to be saved is through ________.
sinful; grace.
No man can live up to the holy and _________ standard of God’s righteousness. God’s standard is perfection. Only _____ sin would be required to doom us to Eternity in _____.
Perfect♦one♦hell
Man’s entire ________ is corrupt.
nature
Because our corrupt nature ________ any act of righteousness we attempt, rendering our righteousness as filthy rags.
corrupts
Man’s ___________ is desperately wicked and deceitful.
heart
To even think you could be righteous enough to save yourself is in itself a sin of gross ___________.
pride
God is righteous and must punish ____ sin.
all
What will God grant through His righteous and merciful plan of salvation? ♦♦1. God will grant His own _______________ to sinful man.♦2. God will grant His righteousness _________ from obedience to the law.♦3. __ faith.♦4. __________ from merit.♦5. As a free ______♦6. To the un___________.♦7. Through the ___________ of another.♦8. Through His _ _ _.♦9. Through the righteous satisfaction of ___________.♦10. Through the _ _ _ _ _ of Christ
- righteousness ♦2. apart♦3. By♦4. Apart ♦5. gift.♦6. unworthy.♦7. payment ♦8. Son.♦9. Justice.♦10. blood
Doctrine of SUBSTITUTION:♦♦The act of Christ whereby He took upon Himself the ______ and paid the _____ of our sin and bestowed _____ righteousness upon us.
guilt♦penalty♦His
Doctrine of BLOOD ATONEMENT♦♦The bringing of mercy by the __________ and thereby cleansing of the ______ of our sin by the shed and applied blood of Christ, appeasing the just wrath of God on sin and rendering the believing sinner pardoned, purged, and ________ of sin and reconciled to God.
covering♦guilt♦forgiven
False Counterfeits of Genuine Repentance♦♦I. Repentance is more than ________reformation.
moral
False Counterfeits of Genuine Repentance♦♦II. Repentance is more than mere __________. It is more than being sorry that you got caught. Many lost men have had deep sorrow over the consequences of their sin.
regret
REPENTANCE’s REQUIREMENT♦♦Salvation does include repentance. Many have denied the role of pentance in salvation, due to their desire to defend grace coupled with a _________________ of repentance as being a human or meritorious work.
misunderstanding
False Counterfeits of Genuine Repentance♦♦Repentance is more than ___________. This is the attempt to do enough good deeds to make up for your bad deeds. It is the futile gesture of trying to cancel out the guilt of your sins by trying to do enough good so as to tip the scales of judgement in your favor.
penance
False Counterfeits of Genuine Repentance♦♦IV. Repentance is not the mere presence of __________, emotion, or tears.
weeping
Salvation includes repentance♦♦Many people have __________ the role of repentance in salvation, due to their desire to defend grace coupled with a misunderstanding of repentance as being a __________ or meritorious work.
denied; human
The Necessity of Saving Faith♦♦Salvation had to be by faith for this is the _____ way it could be by grace and grace is the _______way sinful man could be saved.
only♦only
The Four Types of Sanctification (4)
I. Preparational Sanctification♦II. Positional Sanctification♦III.Practical Sanctification♦IV.Permanent Sanctification
Preparational Sanctification♦♦This occurs __________ to salvation to Set us Apart to the Propagating and Convicting work of the Holy Spirit in bringing men to Christ.
PRIOR
Positional Sanctification♦♦This occurs AT THE _____________ OF SALVATION to Set us Apart from Sin’s PENALTY.
MOMENT
Practical Sanctification♦♦This occurs _________________ LIFE to Set us Apart from Sin’s POWER.
THROUGHOUT
Permanent Sanctification♦♦This occurs at the _______________to Set us Apart from Sin’s PRESENCE.
RAPTURE
PRACTICAL SANCTIFICATION (Love)♦♦1. Occurs gradually _______________the life of the believer changing our condition here.♦2. Removes the ________ of sin.♦3. Removes the GROWTH of ______.♦4. MAKES us ______________.
- throughout ♦2. POWER ♦3. sin.♦4. righteous.
JUSTIFICATION♦♦1. Occurs instantly at the _______________ of Salvation changing our standing before God.♦2. Removes the ___________ of sin.♦3. Removes the GUILT of _______.♦4. DECLARES us ____________.
- moment ♦2. PENALTY♦3. GUILT♦4. righteous.
Distinction of Adoption:♦♦A. The New Birth of Regeneration ____________ us and imparts unto us the holy nature of our Father as a ___________of God. ♦♦B. Adoption does not change our _________, but rather our inheritance as it grants to us our position and legal standing as ________ of God.
A. changes; child ♦♦B. nature, sons
First Century Illustration of Adoption♦♦A. In New Testament times, the Romans had a custom called liberalia, a ceremony in which they adopted their own _______. ♦♦B. In the Roman family all were recognized as children, but only those who went through this ritual were considered _______.♦♦C. In the liberation ceremony, the father would take his ___ year old son and remove the toga of youth and replace it with a toga of manhood. Now he was declared an adult son.♦♦D. Until this time, the Roman child had absolutely no _______ rights, no special privileges, no position as a son, and no right to an inheritance. In fact, adult slaves in the household had authority over the child. ♦♦E. At adoption, the child received the position of an adult son with the authority over _________, all the rights and privileges of sonship, and an absolute guarantee of his inheritance. ♦♦F. Children could not be disinherited, but once adopted, these rights were ______________ Even today, you can choose to disinherit a natural child, but not one that was adopted.
A. sons. ♦B. sons.♦C. 14 ♦D. legal ♦E. slaves♦F. irrevocable.
Roadblocks to Answered Prayer: ♦♦I. Lack of _______♦II. Unconfessed _________♦III. Selfish Prayers for human _______♦IV. Hypocrisy♦V. Failure to hear or obey the ________ of God♦VI. Failure to _______ to God or others♦VII. Pride♦VIII. Failure to properly love and honor our ________♦IX. _________________interference♦X. Bitterness or __________________________
I. Faith♦II. sin♦III. lusts♦IV. Hypocrisy♦V. Word♦VI. give♦VII. Pride♦VIII.mate♦IX. Demonic ♦X. Unforgiveness
Keys to Successful Prayer♦♦I. Praying in __________♦II. Praying according to the _____ of God♦I. Praying in Jesus’ ______♦II. Praying in _________♦III. Praying with ____________♦IV. Praying with boldness, fervency, persistence, sincerity, and __________________.♦V. Praying in unity.
I. faith♦II. will♦I. name♦II. humility♦III. fasting♦IV. specificity.♦V. Praying in unity.
The Eternal Security of the Believer speaks only of the true believer. “Once Saved, Always Saved” speaks only of the truly saved.♦♦The Scripture is clear that not all who claim salvation possess ____________. They may be those who “say” they have faith. They may be _______ “in sheep’s clothing”, “tares” among the wheat, “Wells without water”, and those who “were not of us”.
salvation♦wolves
What if someone says he is saved and then becomes a complete apostate, totally and permanently abandoning the faith and turning wholly to sin?♦♦The question is not that he still is saved or that he lost his salvation, but rather that he never ___________ it.
possessed
True children of God may backslide and become “Carnal…and walk as lost men”.♦♦When they do, they will be convicted, chastened, and even called home, but they are still ____________of God.
children
The distinction between the false professors and backslidden believers can often only be judged by God.♦♦It may sometimes be discerned by their _______, their heresies, their hatred, their abandonment of the ________, their total return to their _______, or their lack of chastening for sin.
fruit♦faith♦sin.
Preservation is NOT God conditionally preserving only those ________ who do endure because of their endurance.
believers
Preservation of the Saints is a general truth of scripture and is given in Scripture as an evidence of genuine salvation. However, Scripture does teach that there are exceptions to this general rule.♦♦Genuine believers will not finally and fully apostatize from the faith, but they may ___ so as to be worthy of chastening even to the point of physical _________.
sin ♦death
Preservation is NOT a guarantee that all who profess Christ are genuinely __________,♦♦but only that those who possess __________ will be preserved.
saved ♦♦Christ
Preservation is NOT an excuse or license to _____ because believers receive a new ________and because sinning believers are convicted, chastened, and may even lose their lives.
sin♦nature
General Teachings of Security♦♦I. Salvation is wholly and solely by ______ through faith from start to finish. If works have something to do with attaining or maintaining salvation, then grace has nothing to do with salvation.♦♦II. Any mixture of __________ to earn or to keep salvation means Christ died for nothing.♦♦III. Christ does not say “I _______ knew you, but no longer do.”♦♦IV. Since God’s standard is ___________, if we had to be good enough to keep our salvation, it would only take one sin for us to be lost. If this were true, no one would ever make it to heaven, because all of us sin.♦♦V. So-called believers who completely and finally ___________the faith only manifest that they were never saved.
I. grace ♦II. works ♦III. once ♦IV. perfection♦V. abandon.
Both election and predestination are based on
foreknowledge
Election and foreordination no more rob a man of free will than they rob Christ or the ___________ of free will
angels
The only 2 passages on predestination teach that predestined for glorification into the________ of Christ so that we may bring _________to God as trophies of His grace
image; glory
Many misunderstandings concerning election arise from not knowing that the context of Romans 9-11 is the NATIONAL election of the nation of _______________rather than the individual election to salvation
Israel
CALVINISM♦♦* _________ Depravity (Total inability to responds to God’s call-All men reject God)♦* __________Election. God chooses some who will be saved apart from any dependence upon foreknowledge of their response.)♦* ___________ Atonement (Christ died only for the elect)♦* _____________Grace (God unconditionally regenerates and then draws the elect irresistibly to believe and receive salvation.)♦* _______________ of the Saints (All the true elect will be faithful to the end.)
* Total ♦* Unconditional♦* Limited♦* Irresistible♦* Perseverance
ARMINIANISM♦♦* ________ Ability♦ (Denies man’s total Sinfulness)♦♦* Conditional __________♦ (God’s choice is based solely upon man’s response.)♦♦* ________________ Atonement (Christ died for All)♦♦* Resistible ________________.♦♦* Conditional Preservation (Based solely on ______faithfulness)
* Total ♦* Election♦* Unlimited ♦* Grace♦* man’s
BIBLICIST♦♦* Total Depravity with Enabling ________ and Free Will (All men would reject God’s call so God therefore gives sufficient grace to enable all men to freely respond to His call.)♦♦* Conditional __________ (Gods perfect foreknowledge of each man’s grace enabled, genuine, free will response to God’s universal drawing is involved with God’s sovereign purpose and choice. God also sovereignly chose the plan and divinely decreed that all of those in Christ would be saved entirely by grace.)♦♦* Unlimited _____________ (Christ died for All)♦♦* Resistible ____________ (It is true that no man seeks ow would accept God. God therefore sovereignly chose to provide to all men sufficient Enabling Grace so that all men may freely accept or freely reject God’s call to salvation without any _______ on their part.)♦♦* Unconditional Preservation (Man’s preservation is not dependent upon man’s perseverance, but upon God’s _________________ grace.)
* Grace♦* Election ♦* Atonement ♦* Grace; merit♦* sovereign
Regardless of your point of view, the following are Biblical truths:♦♦I. Christ died for all men. (Scripture?)♦II. Christ bought even the lost. (Scripture?)♦III. Christ draws all men. (Scripture?)♦IV. Christ offers the free gift of _________________to all. ♦V. Christ offers the free gift of salvation to all. (Scripture?)
I. Hebrews 2:9♦II. 2 Peter 2:1♦III. John 12:32)♦IV. salvation ♦V. (Titus 2:11)
We Are Eternally Secure Because:♦♦I. We are kept by the __________ of God (1 Peter 1:5)♦II. We are kept in the _______ of the Father and Son♦III. We are sealed by the ________♦IV. Christ never knew the ________♦V. Jesus promises the saved will never _________, be condemned, be cast out, or lost♦VI. Nothing can separate us from _________.♦VII. Sinning saints are _____________, not disowned,♦VIII. Those who totally and finally turn from Christ show they were never ________ (1 John 2:19)
I. power♦II. hand♦III. Spirit♦IV. lost♦V. perish♦VI. Christ♦VII. chastened♦VIII. saved
Those who Christ tells to depart from Him in Matthew 7:15-23 were false teachers who trusted in their _________. The were wolves, not sheep, and Christ said He never knew them. They said “Lord, Lord”, but never did the ______ of the Father, which is to believe on Christ.
works. Will
Those who escaped immorality through the knowledge of Christ in 2 Peter 2:20-22, but whose latter end was worse than their beginning were dogs and ______ (not sheep) who returned to their sin because they had reformation without ______________________(their inner nature was never changed).
hogs; regeneration
A Person’s part, not name, is removed in Revelation 22:18-19 (meaning God’s provision for their salvation is removed upon their absolute and final ______________of God.
rejection
Believing in vain in 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 is believing in Christ, but not the
resurrection.
The word damnation may refer to _____________ chastisement in some passages.
earthly
Falling from grace in Galatians 5:4 is returning to a trust in __________ to keep your salvation (it is not sinning so as to lose salvation.)
works
Matthew 24:13 “He that shall endure to the end…shall be saved” refers to enduring without taking the ________, during the Tribulation.
mark
The breaking off of branches in Romans 11:21-22 refers to removing _________ from the position of national blessing.
nations
