Chapter 6 The Covenant of Creation

Question 1

Covenant and Eschatology

Answer 1

Covenant provides the context & eschatology provides the goal

Question 2

If Adam had obeyed

Answer 2

If Adam had obeyed God’s command re. the Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil, he would have been allowed to eat of the Tree of Life & thus he would have gained immortality

Question 3

Covenants with Abraham and Moses

Answer 3

The Abrahamic covenant of grace is the broader framework for the salvation of all who have faith in the Messiah
But the Mosaic covenant was specifically for Israel

Question 4

Concupiscence

Answer 4

is not an actual transgression, but a tendency within human nature as such for sin - lust

Question 5

Sin is . . .

Answer 5

Ontological and ethical

Question 6

Pelagianism

Answer 6

is the denial of original sin.

Question 7

Semi-Pelagianism

Answer 7

says that we have freedom to begin to have faith but that God must give grace to bring our faith to fulfillment in sanctification

Question 8

Total depravity

Answer 8

refers to our nature under the conditions of original sin that every aspect of our human nature has been corrupted by sin so that there is no ‘unfallen’ part of us

Question 9

Original Sin

Answer 9

Our collective human estrangement