Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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varied interpretations of sin

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Animal nature
Anxiety over finiteness
Existential estrangement
Economic struggle
Ignorance
A fabricated concern
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2
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sin as an animal nature

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sin is traced to the natural impulses of humans that survive from an earlier stage. usually acts of self-preservation

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sin as the expression of human’s anxiety of finiteness

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temptation is the desire to go beyond that which is proper and possible. humans are caught in the paradoxical situation of freedom and finitude

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sin as existential estrangement

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human race is not at one point unfallen and at another point fallen, each moment people are estranged by their own choices.

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5
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sin as economic struggle

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sin is not defined as primarily religious impurity, but as social, political and economic oppression.

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6
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what is the denial of the humanity of the neighbor through unjust political and economic arrangements?

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sin as economic struggle

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7
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what is the state of not being what one essentially is and ought to be?

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sin as existential estrangement

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sin as a result of ignorance/naivete

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ignorance of the complexity of the world. as one is more fully educated they realize the acceptable nature of various forms of being

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9
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denial of the idea of sin

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teaching of sin can be psychologically unhealthy. some psychological studies have concluded that humans are not sinful. understanding oneself as sinful is something learned

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10
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is the fall historical?

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Bible appears to affirm a historical Adam and Eve (Genesis 2)

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11
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the work of who specially understood as an overcoming the sin committed through Adam (Romans 5)?

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Jesus

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12
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angels

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created by God
some rebelled against God
Satan was leader of rebellion, pride was his sin

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13
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where is the origin of sin in the Bible?

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not found i humanity, but in the world of the spirits

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14
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who did the fall influence?

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Adam Eve Everyone

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15
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What is original sin?

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Original sin is the sinful state and condition in which every human being is born; actual sin, however, is the sins of act, word or thought that human beings commit

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16
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Pelagius

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5 C. british monk.

believed that humans could perfectly obey God’s law if we would choose to (free will)

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17
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who believed the idea of an inherited sin nature encouraged sinfulness?

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Pelagius

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18
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Who said Adam was merely a bad example that others keep following?

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Pelagius

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19
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James Arminius

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Dutch theologian from Protestant Reformation

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20
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who said Adam as our father gave to us a corrupted nature?

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James Arminius

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21
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Augustine

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Bishop of Hippo.

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22
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Who believed that since we inherited a portion of this nature in this way we participated in Adam’s original sin?

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Augustine

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23
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John Calvin

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reformer in Protestant Reformation

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24
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who believed that Adam sinned as our representative- “federal headship”?

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John Calvin

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25
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shagah- hebrew, ginosko-greek

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ignorance

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26
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ta’ah-Hebrew, planao-Greek

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error

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27
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parakouo-greek

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inattention, to hear incorrectly, misunderstanding or refuse to listen

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28
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chata-Hebrew, harmatano-Greek

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missing the mark

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29
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why is sin always against God?

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because it is a failure to hit the mark He ahs set for us

30
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asebeo-Greek

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irreligion

31
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abar-Hebrew

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Transgression, to cross over, to pass by

32
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awal-Hebrew

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iniquity or lack of integrity

33
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pesha-Hebrew, Apeitheo-Greek

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rebellion

34
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ma’al-Hebrew, parapito-Greek

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treachery

35
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awah-Hebrew

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perversion, to bend or twist

36
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to’ebah- Hebrew

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abomination

37
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abomination

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not something God merely objects to, but that produces revulsion to God

38
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resha-Hebrew

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restlessness, agitation

39
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ra’-Hebrew

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evil or badness

40
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‘asham-Hebrew, plemmelia-Greek

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guilt

41
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‘aven-Hebrew

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trouble

42
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sin as a privation of the good

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is using of God-gien and God-reflecting powers in an incorrect way

43
Q

who promoted the view: sin as a privation of the good?

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augustine

44
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where is sins source?

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in center of man’s being (heart)

45
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what was sin that caused Satan to rebel?

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pride

46
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what sin caused Eve to rebel?

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pride

47
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commission

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incorrect deed/thought done

48
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omission

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correct deed/thought left undone

49
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imperfection

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a correct deed/thought done with the wrong motivation

50
Q

venial sins

A

unimportant and involved only temporary punishment

51
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mortal sins

A

much more serious and will send one to hell unless they are confessed

52
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peirasmos

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test or trial

53
Q

what is a situation in which the christian faces new possiblities of both good and evil?

A

trials

54
Q

does God tempt or test people?

A

test

55
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when does a test or trial become a temptation?

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when a person is moved to disobey God or to doubt or blame God for his trouble

56
Q

the world

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the desire to want to belong to the “inner circle” of culture

57
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the flesh

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human desires that fail to wait upon God’s fulfillment

58
Q

the devil

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Satan and his agents are capable of alluring us

59
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results of sin in relationship with God

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divine disfavor
guilt
punishment
death

60
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results of sin on the sinner

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enslavement
flight from reality
denial of sin
self-deceit
self-centeredness
restlessness
61
Q

results of sin to other humans

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competition
inability to emphasize
rejection of authority
inability to love

62
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Pelagianism

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believed that God’s law could be kept perfectly by an exercise of our free will

63
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who put a strong emphasis on free will?

A

Pelagianism

64
Q

what diminished understanding of grace?

A

Pelagianism

65
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Arminianism

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humans have a corrupted nature from Adam

66
Q

what view has prevenient grace?

A

arminianism

67
Q

what is prevenient grace?

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grace God extends to all men to neutraliz Adamic corruption

68
Q

how are men able to respond to God?

A

prevenient grace

69
Q

Calvinism

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humans are “totally depraved”

70
Q

what says man is unable to respond to God without God himself enlightening his heart to God’s ways?

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calvinism