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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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What two Greek words does the word theology come from?

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theos and logos

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What does the Greek word theos mean?

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“God”

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What does the Greek word logos mean?

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“word” or “doctrine”

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What are two assumptions in the Bible of God’s existence?

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(1) There is a God and (2) God has revealed Himself to man through His Word

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5
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What are some proofs of God’s existence?

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Intuition, Tradition, and Reason

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What is God’s revelation of Himself in creation through history and in a man’s conscience?

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general revelation

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What is God’s revelation in His Word through His Son Jesus Christ?

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special revelation

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What is one of the most important areas where God reveals His general revelation?

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nature/ the universe

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Who were three examples of people in the Bible who saw God as Creator and Governor through general revelation?

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Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius

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10
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Can general revelation teach an individual the way of salvation?

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no; only the direction of salvation

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What is God’s disclosing to man things about Himself that man would not know otherswise?

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revelation

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What is God’s unique breathing of His words into the human writers of Scripture?

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inspiration

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13
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What is God’s teaching the Christian truths of His Word?

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illumination

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14
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What is the best commentary of the Bible?

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the Bible

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15
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What are the three chanels of general revelation?

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nature, conscience, and history

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What is the act of God whereby He reveals Himself and His truth to specific people at specific times and places?

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special revelation

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17
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Can special revelation be learned on one’s own?

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no

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18
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What is special revelation accepted by?

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faith

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19
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Is special revelation sufficient for salvation?

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yes

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20
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Who is considered the “Father of Modern Missions” who built schools and a Bible college in the Danish coloney of Serampore, India?

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William Carey

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Who was the first American missionary who was a missionary to Burma?

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Adoniram Judson

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22
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Why do people need special revelation?

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because man cannot be saved through general revelation alone and man cannot full appreciate general revelation until he accepts special revelation

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23
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What are qualities or characteristics of a person or thing?

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attributes

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24
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Which type of revelation may give us a glimpse of a person or thing?

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general revelation

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25
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Which type of revelation is absolutely necessary in order to understand the Creator?

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special revelation

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Which type of God’s attributes are the very nature of God’s Being, are unique to Him, and cannot be characteristics either now or in the future?

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natural attributes

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Which of God’s natural attributes means that God is above His creation?

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transcendence

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Which of God’s natural attributes means that although God is above all, He has seen fit to be actively involved within His creation?

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immanence

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Which of God’s natural attributes means that God has no beginning or ending?

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eternity

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30
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Which of God’s natural attributes means that God has no limitation in space?

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infinity

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31
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Which of God’s natural attributes means that God is not capable of nor susceptible to change and He is unchangeable, invariable, and permanent?

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immutability

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32
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Does God’s character even change?

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no

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33
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Which of God’s natural attributes means that God is all-knowing?

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omniscience

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34
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What should God’s knowledge of the future no be confused with?

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God’s determination of the future

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35
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Which of God’s natural attributes menas that God is everywhere present in the verse in the whole of His being?

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omnipresence

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35
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If God subject to space? Why or why not?

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no; because he is the Creator of it

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36
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Which of God’s attributes, moral or natural, should we strive to do?

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moral

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37
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Which of God’s natural attributes means that God is all-powerful and able to do whatever He will us to do?

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Omnipotence

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38
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What is God is called in Scripture because of His omnipotence?

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Almighty God and the Lord God Almighty

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39
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How does God limit His omnipotence?

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by His Word and His Will

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40
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What are characteristics of God revealed in His personal interaction with mankind?

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moral attributes

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41
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Which of God’s moral attributes is that perfection of God whereby He abhors that which is evil and demands purity?

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holiness

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42
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Which of God’s moral attributes is the attribute of God by which He carries out the laws that he has imposed?

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justice

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43
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Which side of justice is the rewarding?

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remunerative

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44
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Which side of justice is the chastising?

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retributive

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45
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What is the attribute that causes God to do always right?

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righteousness

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46
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What does the righteous of God guarantee?

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the God will always keep His promises

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47
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What means doing what is right regardless of convenience, the circumstances of the eventual outcome?

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Godly character

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48
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What is the attribute which moves God to communicate His concern for the ultimar welfare of the ones that He loves?

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Love

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49
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What is concern for the welfare of another even above one’s own welfare?

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Love

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50
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What is God’s compassion for the sinner in not giving him what he deserves?

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mercy

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51
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What is God’s not giving us what we do deserve?

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mercy

52
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What is the unmeritied goodness of love of God for those who have forfeited it?

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grace

53
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What is God’s giving us what we do not deserve?

A

grace

54
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What is the attribute of God revealed in His bountiful dealing with mankind?

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goodness

55
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What is the attribute of God that meant that He cannot lie nor tolerate untruth?

A

truth

56
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Is God ever at war with Himself?

A

no

57
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What is belief in more than one “god”?

A

polytheism

58
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What is absolute rule?

A

sovereignty

59
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What means that God is one in His essential being, but He exists in three Persons?

A

Trinity

60
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Is each Person of the Godhead fully God?

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yes

61
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Where in the Bible is the Trinity quietly declared?

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Old Testament

62
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Name three broad areas in the Old Testament where the Trinity is quietly declared.

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(1) The plural name for God
(2) In the plural forms of the personal pronouns for Gpd
(3) In the Theophanies
(4) In the threefold of the Aaronic blessing
(5) In the “thrice hold” of Isaiah 6:3

63
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What is the plural name for God in the Old Testament?

A

Elohim

64
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What is the visible appearances of God which is usually in human form?

A

Theophanies

65
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Where in the Bible is the Trinity openly declared?

A

New Testament

66
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Name 3 areas in the New Testament where the Trinity is declared.

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(1) At Christ’s baptism
(2) In the baptismal formula
(3) In the apostolic benediction
(4) In the teachings of Jesus
(5) In the fact that all three are called “God”

67
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How was the Trinity evident at Christ’s baptism?

A

The Father spoke, the Son was baptized, and the Holy Spirit descended like a dove

68
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Is God material?

A

no; He is a Spirit

69
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What ascribes to God’s human features to help us as simple human beings?

A

anthropomorphisms

70
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Is God a Spirit and a Person?

A

yes

71
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What are visible appearances of God, usually is his human form?

A

theophanies

72
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What word is the best way to describe the divine nature of God and that God is not material?

A

Spirit

73
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What name of God in the Old Testament means “the Self-Existent One” and is the covenant name of God?

A

Jehovah

74
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What name of God in the Old Testament means “My Lord; My Master?

A

Adonai

75
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What name of God in the Old Testament means “the Strong One”; “the One to be Feared”?

A

Elohim

76
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What name of God in the Old Testament means “the All-Sufficient One”?

A

El Shaddai

77
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What name of God in the Old Testament means “the Most High God”?

A

El Elyon

78
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What name of God is the New Testament version of “Elohim”?

A

Theos

79
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What name of God is the New Testament version of “Adonai”?

A

Kurios

80
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What name of God is the New Testament has no Old Testament equivalent but means “Father”?

A

Pater

81
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What name of God means “God with us”?

A

Immanuel

82
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What is the act of God whereby He brought all things into existence?

A

Creation

83
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What type of creation is creation without the use of preexisting materials?

A

immediate creation

84
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Was the Trinity present at Creation?

A

yes

85
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How can we tell that the Trinity was present at Creation?

A

Elohim is used

86
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What is the Latin phrase that is used to signify this immediate creation “out of nothing”?

A

ex nihilo

87
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What is the act of God in which He does not originate things, but simply shapes and transforms material that is already in existence?

A

mediate creation

88
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As Christians, what do we belive about the origin of the universe?

A

that there is a God and that God created as He says in His word

89
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What do evolutionists believe about God and the universe?

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that there is no God, or that if there is a God, He did not create the heavens and the earth as He revealed in the first two chapters of Genesis

90
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Is Creation accepted by faith?

A

yes

91
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Is evolution accepted by faith?

A

yes

92
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Which of the two origins of the universe (Creation or evolution) is based on a reasonable faith?

A

Creation

93
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Who is the only one who has observed the creation?

A

God

94
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Has anyone ever seen evolution in progress?

A

no

95
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In either origin of the universe repeatable?

A

no

96
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What does design demand?

A

a Designer

97
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If we cannot accept Moses’ account of Creation what will we not be able to accept?

A

the words of Christ

98
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If we cannot trust the Biblical accounts of Creation, what will we not be able to accept?

A

the Biblical accounts of salvation by faith, eternal life, heaven, and hell

99
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What did God create on the first day of Creation?

A

Light and darkness

100
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To man’s knowledge, what is the only absence of light?

A

darkness

101
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Why did God probably create darkness?

A

for man’s benefit

102
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What did God create on the second day of Creation?

A

the atmosphere was divided from teh waters beneath

103
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What comes from a verb meaning, “to beat out, to spread out”?

A

firmament

104
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What did God create on the third day of Creation?

A

He caused dry land to appear from the water and created plant life

105
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What did God call the dry land that appeared from the water?

A

earth

106
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What did God create on the fourth day of Creation?

A

the sun, moon, and stars

107
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When did God make it possible for man to calculate time?

A

on the fourth day of creation

108
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What should we be reminded of every time the sun rises or the seasons change?

A

that God keeps His promises

109
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What did God create on the fifth day of Creation?

A

birds and marine life

110
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What animal that was created can be translated as “great sea monster” or the modern day dinosaur?

A

whale

111
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What would the dragons in Scripture probably be called today?

A

dinosaurs

112
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What are the two animals in the book of Job that were probably dinosaurs?

A

the behemoth and the levithan

113
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Which of the two animals in the book of Job may have been a reptile similar to a Brontosaurus?

A

behemoth

114
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Which of the two animals in the book of Job was a fire-breathing aqautic animal?

A

leviathan

115
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What is the most popular theory for why dinosaurs went extinct?

A

some catastrophe

116
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What is the phrase that the Bible uses to indicate that it is impossible for one kind of plant to produce a different kind of plant or animal?

A

“after their kind”

117
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Who was the Swedish naturalist who devised a simple, practical, method of classification for use by scientists?

A

Carolus Linnaeus

118
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What mean a group of similar organisms that are all descended from a single group of similar organisms that are all descended from a single group of originally created animals?

A

the Biblical kind

119
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What was allegedly a horse whose descendants had once less toe than their ancestor?

A

Euhippus

120
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What are sudden changes in the DNA code of the genes which one passed on to an organism’s offspring?

A

mutations

121
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What did God create on the sixth day?

A

man

122
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In whose image did God create man?

A

His own image

123
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What is the absolute right that God has to run the universe as He wants because He created it for His own purposes and glory?

A

sovereignty

124
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What is sovereignty a matter of?

A

ownership

125
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Name five areas that God’s sovereignty extends over.

A
  • God controls the universe
  • God controls the plant and animal creation
  • God controls all nations
  • God controls the length of a man’s life
  • God controls all things for His glory
126
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What can God in His sovereignty impose upon Himself?

A

limitations

127
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What are the three limitations that God has placed upon Himself?

A

the existence of sin, the free will of man, and the privilege of prayer

128
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If God did not determine sin’s existence, what did He do instead?

A

he allowed it in the universe

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