Birth Of Water And Spirit IV Flashcards
1 the new birth doctrine is built upon what scripture passage?
John 3:3-5.
2 various theological interpretations have provided four possible meaning for Jesus statement on the “birth of water”
A)Natural birth with its flow of amniotic fluid.
B) identical to the birth if the Spirit
C) spiritual cleansing performed by the Word of God.
D) water baptism, at which God remits sins
3 Jesus was nor speaking of the a natural birth in john 3 when he woke of the “birth of water,” since this usage does not appear in ordinary speech or in ______________
Scripture
4 a careful reading of john 3:3-5 shows the being “born of water and of the spirit” os equivalent to being_____________
Born again.
5 if “ birth of water” means natural birth, why would Jesus apparently be unfair in his rebuke of nicodemus?
Because he would have been asking nicodemus to do something he had already done or to do something physically impossible
6 A)does john 3 establish that the “birth of water” alone id the new birth?
B) what else is needed to complete the new birth?
A) no
B) the birth of the spirit
7 some theologians insist that the birth of water and spirit are identical experiences, between the two in john 3:3-5 and again in _________________
I john 5:8.
8
Some promote the view that the “birth of water” is a cleansing by the Word and use Ephesians 5:26 to support their view. But this interpretation ignores the ____________________ meaning of john 3:5 and chooses a ________________ meaning with no support from the context.
Literal; symbolic
9
Rather than being a part of the new birth experience itself, the word of God is more appropriately understood to be the agent of__________________.
Conception
10 from the beginning chapters of the Gospel of john, how can we support the conclusion that the” birth of water” can be literally understood to mean water baptism?
The context of john 3:5 suggests water baptism as john’s baptism is spoken of in john 1:25-34 and 3:23 and the baptism of Christ’s disciples is mentioned in john 3:22 and 4:1-2
11 as a Jewish religious leader, Nicodemus would have understood Jesus to be speaking of water baptism in referring to a “birth of water” what are two reasons why he could have been expected to have this understanding?
A
B
A) nicodemus was familiar with Old Testament ceremonial cleansing and Jewish proselyte baptism
B) more importantly, he was familiar eith john’s baptism. Both were a part of conversation and repentance.
12 water baptism must be a part of the new birth, because God does what at water baptism?
Remits sin
13 Paul linked water and spirit to the new birth in what verse?
Titus 3:5
14 biblical scholars generally agree that washing of regeneration” or bathing of the new birth” of Titus 3:5 refers to what?
Rite of baptism
15 water baptism is not in and of itself a saving act but the remission of sins is is totally dependent upon what?
God’s grace and mans faith in christ
16
The “Birth of the spirit” is the operation of the Holy Ghost for what purpose?
Man’s salvation
17 nicodemus would have been aware of prophecies of the spirits outpouring, particulary the prophecy of what Old Testament book?
Joel
18 john baptised with water, but he prophesied of a mightier one to follow who would do what?
Baptise with the Holy Ghost and fire
19 a) in what scriptural passage did Jesus describe the “ promise of the Father” as being “baptised with HolyGhost”?
B) what scriptural passage describes the fulfillemt of Christ’s words and equates being baptised with the Holy Ghost to being “filled with the HG”
A) acts 1:4-8
B) acts 2:4
20 in what passage of Acts did peter describe the “gift” of the Holy Ghost as being “baptised with the Holy Ghost”?
Acts 11:15-17
21 what verse in the epistles demonstrates that the work of the spirit in salvation is the baptism of the spirit?
I Corinthians 12:13
22 is salvation complete at either repentance, water baptism, or the spirit baptism individually?
No salvation is completed by the union of the 3
23 since the blood of Jesus purchased our salvation, when can we say the blood is applied to our lives in the experience of salvation?
The blood is applied not just at one point in time but throughout she salvation process.
24
Name the characteristics of the born-again believers, as described in I john:
A,b,c,d,e,f,
A) confesses that Jesus come in the flesh
B) has love
C) confesses that Jesus is the son of God
D) believes that Jesus is the Christ
E) Overcomes the world
F) does not continue to commit sin
25
Point out two reason why Old Testament believers were not born again in the New Testament sense: a, b.
A)thy did not have permanently remission of sin.
B) they did not receive a new nature in the form of the permanently indwelling
Spirit, because it was not available to them.
