Doctrine 5 Flashcards

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We believe

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that our first parents were created in a state of innocency, but by their disobedience they lost they purity and happiness, and that in consequence of their fall all men have become sinners, totally depraved, and as such are justly exposed to the wrath of God.

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Anthropology

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The study of man/humanity

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Anthropos

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Man - Greek

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Adamah

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Man, earth - Hebrew

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5
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Hamartiology

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The Study of Sin

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Hamartia

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Sin (Gr); deviation; ‘falling short’ of the intentions of God

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The Progression of Sin/sin

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Reality of Self Preservation
Reality of Selfishness
Reality of Death "and he dies" 
Reality of the Heart
Reality of Pride
Reality of Disobedience
Reality of Contrast
Reality of Fallen Nature
Reality of Total Depravity
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Reality of Self Preservation

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Genesis 3:12,13

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Reality of Selfishness

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Genesis 4:3-8

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10
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Reality of Death

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Genesis 5

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11
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Reality of the Heart

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Genesis 6:5

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12
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Reality of Pride

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Genesis 11

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13
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Reality of Disobedience

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Exodus - Malachi

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14
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Reality of Contrast

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Proverbs 14:34

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15
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Reality of Fallen Nature

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Mark 7:21-22

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16
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Reality of Totally Depravity

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Ephesians 2:1

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17
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Creation Condition
1:1-31
Overall: It is GOOD
Uniqueness of Man

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‘IMAGE OF GOD’ (Gen. 1:26 imageo Dei)
Authority/Dominion (Gen. 1:26)
Work – authority over the ‘lesser creation’
Stewardship – preserve, provide & protect
Fruitfulness – productivity – pro-creation

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Creation Condition
2:4-25
‘IMAGE OF GOD’
Intelligence - Reason

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Capacity to make decisions (Gen. 2:19-20)
Inventive & Creative
Social being
Made for relationship (Gen. 2:18, 21-25)
Spiritual creation – ‘breath of life’ (Gen 2:7)
The exception of the creation
The essence of godliness/holiness - whole

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Creation Condition
DUST OF THE EARTH’ (Adamah) (2:7)
Physical Being – Body

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Need for food, shelter, others
Death – result of disbedience
Speech – Communication
Thoughts - Ideas – Reason (not ‘instinct’)
Senses – aesthetic appreciation (beauty)
Capacity for growth (all aspects)
Personality – soul & spirit contained in the body (soul – inner being, feelings, desires, the will (the “heart” image)

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CREATION CONDITION
‘DUST OF THE EARTH’ (Adamah)
Created Spiritual Being – Inferior to the heavenly (Psalm 8)

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Desire to worship
Responsive to Creator
Moral urge – conscience & responsibility
Created holy, but not omnipotent or  omniscient
No knowledge of ‘good & evil’ - innocent
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CREATION COVENANT

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God is the Creator
Humans are the creation
God provides: work, food, place, company & relationship
One stipulation: Don’t touch the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Obedience brings blessing & life
Disobedience brings the curse of death

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CREATION DISTINCTIVES

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Humanity is associated with natural world, yet distinct from it
Crowning act of creation
‘Image of God’
‘Very good’ (Gen. 1:31)
Rational, moral & spiritual
Gift of free will – moral urge, sense & accountability
Member of a community – divine & human relationships

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CREATION - PURPOSE

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Holiness for Relationship with the Creator – Father-children (Eph.1:4; 2:10)
Goodness – desire for humanity (Gen. 1:26,31)
Demonstrated in Jesus
Teaching on sin & righteousness
Realized in the example of His sinless life
His death an indictment of humanity’s sinfulness
His life the truly “human” in obedience

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CREATION WITNESS

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All humanity is created in the image of God.
God’s intention is the harmony of humanity with himself and all creation.
We have been terribly scarred by sin arising from human disobedience.
The consequence of sin is separation from God.
This is our universal human condition.

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First Adam

Adamic Contracts - Romans 5:12-21

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Sin & Death (12)
Judgement and Condemnation (16)
Disobedience (19)
Sin Increased (20)
Sin reigns in death (21)
26
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Second Adam

Adamic Contracts - Romans 5:12-21

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Grace & Life (18)
Justification & Righteousness (16)
Obedience (20)
Grace Increased (20)
Grace reigns through righteousness & brings eternal life (21)
27
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Psalm 51:5

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Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

28
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Psalm 139:13-14

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For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

29
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Five “I Wills” of Satan

Isaiah 14: 12-15

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I WILL be as God
Equality
I WILL possess God’s glory
Awe-Power
I WILL have all in obedience to me
Idolized
I WILL exercise authority
Rule
I WILL occupy heaven
Position
30
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Temptation is presented by Satan in the form of a serpent (3:1-7).

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Doubt – Did God really say?
Disbelief – You will not surely die
Desire – You will be like God
Disobedience – Took some and ate it

31
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Sin

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missing the mark, shortcoming, an error that can be fixed: (600x in OT)

32
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chata

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Sin in Hebrew

Judges 20:16); (300x in NT

33
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hamartano

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(1C 8:12) suggesting that this is a willful mistake.

34
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Iniquity

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capital sins, crimes of perversity and evil (murder, idolatry) deserving of the death penalty (Proverbs 12:8).

35
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Transgression

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Open and knowing revolt against God (Jeremiah 34:8; Daniel 9:11)

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Ignorance

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its where we get our word “agnostic” – to err, to be ignorant (Romans 1;13; Gal. 1:22; Eph. 4:18)

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Error

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to go astray (Isaiah 28:7; Ezek. 34:6)

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Inattention

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to hear incorrectly; to refuse to listen (Matt. 18:17; Romans 5:19; Heb. 2:2-3)

39
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Results of Sin

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Wickedness – Job 3:17
Evil/Badness – Jeremiah 42:6
Guilt – Numbers 5:8
Trouble – Hosea 4:15; 10:8

40
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Sin Synonyms

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Flesh
Gal. 5:17; Eph. 2:3; 2P 2:10
Self
Isaiah 53:6; Rom. 1:18-32
World
1J 2:15-16; John 7:7; Eph. 2:2
41
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Original Sin

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Adamic Depravity 	– Constant Rebellion
Indwelling Sin 		– Romans 7:17,20
Law of Sin		– Romans 7: 21,23, 25; 8:2
Sinful Nature		– Romans 8
Worldly Condition	– 1 Cor. 3 
Flesh			– Romans 8: 4-9
SIN				– 1J 1:8  Fact of Fallen Life
42
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Guilt

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is a legal concept describing one’s relationship to a law. It is a state of deserving condemnation for the violation of the law.

43
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Pollution

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defines our moral condition (= totally depraved).

44
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Pollution

What this does not mean:

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That the unsaved are fully depraved as we could be, though the potential is present.
That the unsaved lack a conscious to recognize good from evil; right from wrong.
That the unsaved will naturally want to commit every possible sin.
That the unsaved are not capable of doing good for the benefit of others

45
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Pollution

What it does mean:

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Every aspect of humanity has been infected: mind, body, soul, spirit
Loving God is not a natural desire of fallen man

46
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Types of Sin

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Action Sins of Commission (Heb 3:18)
Action Sins of Omission (James 4:17)
Motive Sins  (2 Peter 2:13-15)
Attitude/Emotion Sins (I Sam 16:7)
Sins of the Will (Isa 42:24, Heb 3:7-10)
47
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Types of Sin -

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Sin is anti-God

Sin is most fully revealed through an encounter with a Holy God

48
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Sin is anti-God

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Inspires movement away from God

Inspires increased hostility toward God

49
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Sin is most fully revealed through an encounter with a Holy God

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Truth of His Word
Conviction of the Holy Spirit
Power of the remedy provided through Christ

50
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DEGREES OF SIN

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Sins of weakness (Rom. 7:19-20)
Surrender to sudden temptation
Sins of deliberate intent (Ecc. 8:10-13)
Commitment to a life of sinning (Rom.1:32)
Sins committed in association with others
Sins of outright rebellion against God

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The Effects of Sin Upon Man

Separation from God

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The root injury of sin
Covenant Broken (Jeremiah 2:11-13)
All other damage arises because of this
Weakness – product of (Eph. 2:1-3)
Willfulness- Opposition to God’s Will (Rom. 1:32)
Waywardness – Follow own way (Isaiah 53:6)
Wickedness Increases(James 1:13-15)

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The Effects of Sin Upon Man

Total Depravity—the extent of sin’s effects

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Result of spiritual loss: Romans 7:17-18

Sin darkens the mind. (Eph. 4:17-18)
Sin defiles the heart. (Jeremiah 17:9; Mt. 15:19)
Sin weakens the will. (Romans 7:14-25)
Sin dulls conscience. (Eph. 4:19; 1 Tim. 4:1-2)
Sin warps social relationship (Amos 5:11-12)

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The Effects of Sin Upon Man

Bondage

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the captivity of the power of sin; unable to free self (Romans 7:14-23, John 8:34)

Every sin committed strengthens sin’s hold (Proverbs 5:22; John 8:34)

Bondage to Satan (Acts 26:18)

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The Effects of Sin Upon Man

Death

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the three-fold penalty of sin (Ez. 18:4, 20; Romans 6:23)

Physical Death (Gen. 2:17)
Spiritual Death (Rom. 8:6; Eph 2:1)     Separation of spirit from God
Eternal Death (second death) (Rev. 21:8)  Separation of spirit from God—eternal separation from God.
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The Effects of Sin Upon Man

Guilt

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Communal- Ezra 9:6-15
Individual – Psalm 51:1-5
“all guilt is measured by relation to the light the soul has received, and to the degree in which the whole personality is involved in the wrong doing” (p. 92)

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The Effects of Sin Upon Man

Wrath of God

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the ultimate consequence
Eph. 2:3; Rom. 1:8; Col. 3:6

God hates sin (opposite of His own nature)
Holiness demands cleansing (Ps 11:4-7)

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God’s Response to Sin

Forbearance

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(He bears with us) – although exposed to the wrath of God (Rom. 2:5) we are not subject to the full expression of God’s displeasure; this forbearance is open to abuse and misinterpretation (Ps. 103:10; 130:3)

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God’s Response to Sin

Judgment

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given with the purpose of bringing men to repentance; Jesus taught that what had befallen those singled out for special judgment as that which fell on Sodom (Gen. 18:32)was not final. They along with everyone will await final judgment (Mt. 10:15; 11:20-24). Man is judged for choices made.