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What is God’s Attribute of Love

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-God’s “eternal giving or sharing of himself”
-God’s love is self-giving
-God’s love is multifaceted

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How is God Love?

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Love has always been present among the members of the Trinity even before there were any created beings.

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Concrete examples of God’s love

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Christ’s death on the cross

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What is the Biblical Definition of Wrath?

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God’s wrath is God’s right and necessary reaction to objective moral evil

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Why is it good that God has wrath?

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His wrath makes him a loving God. For God to be good, loving, and just, there must be consequences for one’s evil actions.

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What would be the opposite of wrath?

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Indifference or passivity to evil

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Is wrath an essential attribute of God?

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No, wrath is a reaction that God only exhibits when He encounters evil

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Why does there need to be consequences/judgments for our actions?

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Without consequences, there would be no stopping evil actions. Everything would be permissible.

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What is God’s unity/simplicity?

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God is not divided into parts.
God’s attributes are not in conflict with one another.

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What do Calvinists and Arminians agree on about God’s Providence?

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God is omnipotent, God is sovereign, God has a plan for history,

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What are decrees?

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God’s eternal decision to render things certain.

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What is God’s sovereignty?

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(King) God has ultimate authority and is able to accomplish his purposes.

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What do Calvinists believe about God’s providence?

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God is in control of and determines/foreordains all things including sin and evil.

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Divine meticulous determinism

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God’s decrees and foreordination are complete; everything that happens on earth is determined by God.

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Different wills of God

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God’s revealed will of command: do not sin.
God’s decreed will/secret will: may degree sin for a greater purpose.

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Compatibilism

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Humans have compatibilist free will (God determining everything).

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What do Arminians believe about God’s providence?

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Libertarian free will. Gof has limited control over human freedom.

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Creation ex nihilo

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God created the world out of nothing. (No pre-existent matter).
When God created the universe, nothing else existed besides Him.

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Did God need to create the world?

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No, God’s creation of the universe is a free act, a non-necessary act.

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Materialism

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Denies the existence of God; believes the material universe is all there is.

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Pantheism

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the idea that everything, the whole universe is God.

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Deism

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believes God created the universe but is not now directly involved in creation; He stands back and watches from a distance.

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God’s Immanence

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God is intimately involved in creation.

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God’s Transcendence

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God is distinct from creation; he is far greater and “above” creation and independent of it.

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Goodness of Creation
And God saw that it was good
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Gnostic hierarchical dualism
Divides creation in two- material vs spiritual. Spiritual is good, material is bad.
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What are the 4 views of Genesus from Boyd & Eddy?
Young earth view: the days in Genesis are literal, successive, 24 hour days. Earth is no more than 10,000 years old. Old earth day age view: the days in Genesis are indefinite periods of times, or ages. Billions of years old. Restoration view/gap theory: claims that a large gap of time occurred between. The original creation is old, but re-creation starting is successive 24-hour days. Literary framework view: believes the author of Genesis did not intend to give us chronological or scientific info about how or how long God took to create the world.
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What is theological anthropology?
The doctrine of the human being; what sort of creatures we are and what we are like
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What did God create us?
God creates us out of an overflow of his triune love for relationship with Him
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What is the image of God?
God has made us in a special way to be like Him and represent Him.
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What are the 3 views regarding the image of God?
Substantive, Functional , Relational
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What is Trichotomism?
Humans are body, soul, and spirit
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What is Dichotomism
humans have a spiritual and physical dimension
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What is Monism
man cannot exist beyond the physical body, there is no soul.
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What is a Contemporary wholistic view
humans are a unified whole and should not be viewed as composed of different parts.
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What is angelology?
The study of angels
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What is an angel
Created spiritual beings with moral judgment and high intelligence.
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What are characteristics of angels?
Not omnipotent Not omnipresent Not omniscient Not eternal Limited, finite beings
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Angelophanies
The appearance of an angel before a human
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Theophanies
The appearance of God "Angel of the Lord"
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What are cherubim & seraphim?
Throne guardians who protect the sacred space of God's presence
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What are some of the things that angels do?
Messengers, spiritual warfare, divine council, serve & protect humans
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Stellar language for angels in Bible
To describe angels and spiritual beings, especially in apocalyptic literature
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Do we have a guardian angels?
Scripture teaches us that angels protect us, but we do not know for sure about individual guardian angels.
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Where did demons come from?
Originally created by God, but sinned and became evil. Fallen angles
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What passages of Scripture describe the fall of Satan?
Luke 10:18, Ezekiel 18, Isaiah 14
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When did Satan and demons fall?
sometime after genesis 1:1 and before genesis 1:2 sometime after is was very good
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Who is Satan?
The leader of fallen angels/demons. The originator of sin
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Can Satan & demons read your mind?
No biblical evidence to prove
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What is Satan/demons authority/power in the world?
God gave angels power/authority before they fell. Humans forfeit some authority.
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Inaugurates eschatology
The already not yet of the kingdom
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What are the three models of spiritual warfare
Classical model: we should engage in spiritual warfare through fighting sin and temptation. Deliverance model: recognizes the importance of dealing directly with personal demonic agents (exorsism).
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What is deliverance?
Exorcism, demonic expulsion from a person
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Can a Christian be demon-possessed?
No, but they can be attacked or oppressed by a demon.
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What is spiritual mapping?
Specific territorial spirits of an area are discerned and named. Repenting of sins on behalf of a city.
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What authority do we have over Satan and demons?
Jesus gives all believers authority over demon
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What is hamartiology
The study of sin
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Ways the Bible describes sin?
Disobedience to a voice, bent crooked, iniquity, transgress
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What is the most common word for sin in the New Testament?
Hamartia- to miss the mark
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What are some characteristics of sin?
both action and inner attitude. Both do and don't do (commission and omission). Both conscious and unconscious.
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What is the main passage of Scripture that teaches original sin?
Genesis 3:1-7
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Natural headship vs. federal headship
Natural headship- we were all present in Adam Federal headship- God designated Adam as our representative, the "head" of all humankind
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What is the doctrine of original sin?
Universality of sin Sinful nature Guilt
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What is total depravity?
Every aspect of human nature has been affected by sin, we have sinful nature, and we are unable to get ourselves out of this condition by own effort or merit.
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What is guilt?
A forensic term, having a guilty standing before God and are subject to consequences of sin, death.
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What is the debate regarding Adam's sin and our guilt?
1. Adam sinned/ Descendents are guilty. 2. Adam sinned/ Descendents inherit predisposition to sin, then they sin, then they are guilty.
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Pelagianism
Denied the doctrine of origional sin, human are not accountable for the sins of Adam, he was just a bad example. Salavtion by works is possible.

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