Exam 1 -- Bibliology, Theology Flashcards
Bibliology
Revelation, Inspiration, Inerrancy, Canonicity, and Illumination
Revelation Definition (1/6)
God’s manifestation of Himself to man in such a way that man can know and fellowship with Him.
Revelation includes (2/6)
General and Special revelation
Revelation (verses) (3/6)
1) God’s revelation of Himself
Matthew 11:27
Amos 3:7
Revelation (verses) (4/6)
2) General revelation
a) Nature; Psalm 19:1; Romans 1:19-20
b) History; Acts 17:26-27; Daniel 4:32
c) Inner being of the Human person;
Romans 2:14-15; Romans 1:21
Revelation (verses) (5/6)
3) Special Revelation
a) Theophanies; Genesis 12:7; Exodus 3:2-4
b) Direct communication; Exodus 3:14;
Acts 9:4-5
c) Dreams and Visions; 1 Kings 3:5;
Matthew 1:20
d) Angels; Acts 7:53; Luke 2:10
e) Miracles; Acts 2:22; Mark 2:1-12
f) Scripture; John 5:39-40; 2 Tim. 3:16
g) Incarnation; Hebrews 1:2; John 14:9
Revelation (oppositions) (6/6)
1) Postmodernism– denies the reality of an ultimate truth and therefore rejects its pursuit. There is no universal truth out there to seek; each person creates truth for himself or herself.
2) Neo-Orthodoxy – This revelation did not consist of words or truths about God; what was revealed was God Himself. The Scriptures are the authoritative witness to this revelatory encounter in God’s once-for-all saving acts, but they are not the revelation itself.
Inspiration Definition (1/7)
The supernatural work of the H.S. on the writers of the Scriptures so that, fully using their own personalities and writing styles, they wrote precisely what God intended them to write and therefore are God’s words as well as man’s words.
Inspiration includes (2/7)
1) the concepts of God, Christ, Man, and salvation; 2) the evidence of prophecy; 3) written and spoken word of God the Father and of Jesus Christ; 4) the OT and NT as the Word of God
Inspiration verses (3/7) 1) the concepts of God, Christ, Man, and salvation
(God – 1 Chronicles 29:11; Psalm 145:8-9); (Christ – John 8:46-47; Matthew 7:29); (Man – Genesis 2:7; Genesis 1:27); (Salvation – Romans 3:25-26; 1 Corinthians 1:23-25)
Inspiration verses (4/7) 2) the evidence of prophecy
Isaiah 48:3
Genesis 15:13-16
Inspiration verses (5/7) 3) written and spoken word of the Father and of Jesus Christ
(God’s spoken word: Exodus 4:15-16; Jeremiah 1:7-8); (God’s written word: Deut. 9:10; Ex. 24:12); (Jesus as the Word of God: John 1:1; Matt 5:17)
Inspiration verses (6/7) 4) OT/NT as Word of God
(OT: 2 Tim. 3:16; Hebrews 4:12); (NT: Matt 3:17; Acts 9:4)
Inspiration (oppositions) (7/7)
1) Liberal rationalists: the writers of the Bible were individuals who were naturally gifted with insight in religion, and that their ‘inspiration’ is comparable to what we might associate with an ‘inspired’ artist, poet, or musician
2) Hans Kung: the Bible “is unequivocally man’s word: collected written down, given varied emphasis, sentence by sentence by quite definite individuals and developed in different ways. Hence it is not without shortcoming and mistakes, concealment and confusion, limitations and errors.
Inerrancy Definition (1/4)
The Bible, when correctly interpreted in light of the level to which culture and the means of communication had developed at the time it was written, and in view of the purposes for which it was given, is fully truthful in all that it affirms.
Inerrancy includes (2/4)
1) Meaning of “truth” in the OT
2) Meaning of “truth” in the NT
3) The Bible’s testimony to its truth
Inerrancy verses (3/4)
1) Meaning of “truth” in the OT: Psalm 91:4; Psalm 111:7.
2) Meaning of “truth” in the NT: Romans 3:3-4; John 17:3.
3) The Bible’s testimony to its truth: Matthew 5:18; John 10:35
Inerrancy (opposition) (4/4)
“We have no inerrant manuscripts; therefore, talk about an inerrant Bible is mislead”. For over 99% of the words of the Bible, we know what the original manuscript said.
Canonicity Definiton (1/4)
the Scriptures as the list of books acknowledged by God’s people as belonging to the Bible.
Canonicity includes (2/4)
1) the OT canon
2) the NT gives validation to the OT canon
3) the NT canon