Exam 2 Flashcards
What are the four Hebrew words that define sin?
Pesha - breaking someones trust
Chatta’ah - (sin) failing
Awon - (iniquity sin as a condition, being bent over. God aloows to carry our own condition when we reject Him.
Remiyyab - (deception) lying/hypocrisy
T or F: Adam and Eve were created incredible but incomplete?
TRUE
What is SIn? Four definitions…
Action - sin is a transgression of the law, a sin of commission (committed), connected to Pesha. Overlooking God’s word, transgressing against the law.
Motives - motives matter. Romans 14:23 tells others what they want to hear, it is easy to deceive each other, and it is stupidity to believe we can deceive God. Doing something with the wrong intention is a Sin!!
State - inheritance / passed down. Sin is hereditarily passed to all humans. “we were by nature children of wrath.”
Separation - the consequence and cost of sin. We sin because we are separated from God but also being separated from God (in a more permanent way) is the consequence of sin. Sin makes a gap between man and God.
What does Romans 14:23 say?
Romans 14:23 states that “whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin”.
Define Quintessence.
Unity in diversity.
The first days of creation are what? and the last couple?
The first are forms and the last are fills.
What does ex-nihilo mean?
Out of nothing.
Match each day of creation to what was created.
1 - light
2 - firmament
3 - grass/ seed/ fruit
4 - luminaries
5 - fish + birds
6 - animals + humans
7 - rest, breaks 3/3 pattern.
You will not understand _____ if you do not understand ____.
Salvation, sin.
List and Describe the sins of Lucifer. Two problems.
Individualism:
- believing the center of the universe is yourself.
Conflict of Authority:
- envy, Lucifer did not want to believe God was authority. Thinks Jesus is an angel, not the Lord.
What were the sins of Eve?
She trusted her senses, feelings, and emotions. AND she put her reasoning above God’s word.
What are the 2 tragedies of sin?
The ultimate outcome of sin - eternal, 2nd death, separation from God.
Our sin is infinite - not related to sin.
Why is our sin infinite?
You do not sin against others, you sin against God. Sin is measured by who it is committed against, and it is always committed against God. HE is infinite, so our sin is infinite.
What is Grace vs. Mercy
Grace - getting what we do NOT deserve
Mercy - NOT getting what we DO deserve.
What are the 6 realities of grace, list and explain all of them.
- The message of Grace is exclusive to Christianity. -
- God has always had just one method of salvation. - The method is grace.
- From a human perspective the message of Grace is unfair.
- Salvation is by grace alone NOT by works. Our works go hand in hand with faith through receiving salvation because once we have accepted grace, we will want to do good things to prove we are serious about God to ourselves.
- We do not want to accept the message of salvation by grace. There are two reasons for this: there is nothing in society that I can use as an example of salvation by grace, it is a gift. Because there are no examples we make reasons why we should receive grace, which leads to a prideful mindset…Spiritual pride, Secondly, the fact that We are not gracious. God says we will be forgiven when we forgive, this we will receive grace when we are gracious, but we don’t want to be.
- God’s grace empowers you to grow and move forward. God accepts you as you are, but refuses to leave you as you are.
Who gave the ten commandments?
God
T or F: Moses gave the ten commandments?
FALSE
What is the covenant of the commandments based on?
Human relationships with each other
Why were the 10 commandments given in the “no-mans” land of Israel, the desert?
Because it symbolizes that they are universal, not directed at a specific people group. The desert belongs to no one.
Why is each commandment in the singular?
It is directed to each individual person.
What is Exodus 20:2 and what does in present?
- Exodus 20:2 states, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery”
- Presents the reason to obey the commandments.
House of bondage.
Why the exodus and not the creation? Give 2 reasons.
- God identifies in terms most relevant to His people, and they had just come out of Egypt.
- Just because God is the creator, that does not innately mean He cares, but Him acting as a liberator and freeing them from slavery and sin, does show that.
What do you become?
You become what you worship.
What is the Third commandment? Describe it.
The third commandment states you should not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God. It is the only command that God will not forgive. “God” is not the name of God. This means doing bad things in His name - cheating example.
The worst sin in Judaism and Old Testament is what?
Committing evil in God’s name.
What does adultery destroy?
It destroys the building block of society - family.
Give 2 reasons for Why family?
- It is God’s instrument to pass principles down,
- meets most peoples deepest emotional needs.
