Exam 2 Studay Guide- Chapter 6

Question 1

define inward sin

Answer 1

things in the heart “evil thoughts and tempers such as pride, anger, self-will, and jealousy”

Question 2

define outward sin

Answer 2

how they are expressed as deeds “overt acts of wickedness”

Question 3

define depravity

Answer 3

sometimes called sinful nature, our desires are not God’s desires, we persistently walk contrary to God’s way

Question 4

define original sin

Answer 4

universal sin, the originality of sin is found in the fact that all have fallen short of God’s glory. each of us is born into a world that is sinful and into a sinful human nature.

even before we become responsible moral and spiritual agents, we participate in this sinful world and receive the consequences of participating.

Question 5

what is the difference between personal sin and sin nature ?

Answer 5

Personal sins are actual acts you commit, i.e., lying

Sin nature is being a human, living in the world of sin

Question 6

discuss spiritual death alienation

Answer 6

alienation manifests itself as spiritual death. by turning away from God and failing to receive God’s revelation, they have consigned themselves to a state of living death, for although they continue to exist in the world of sin, they are separated from God as a corpse is from the living.

Question 7

discuss alienation as judgment

Answer 7

judgment implies a separation. those who remain “enemies of the cross of Christ” will face the “punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord”

Question 8

discuss alienation removed from physical environment and community

Answer 8

because if our alienation from God, we are alienated as well from the created world that tells of God

Question 9

what are some of the ways John talks about corporate sin ?

Answer 9

•it is prevalent within the concept of the world.
•the world is the creation of God, but under the power of sin, the world does not know God- in fact hates God.

•created by God yet dominated by sin
•implies they are blind but unaware of their blindness

Question 10

what are some of the ways paul talks about corporate sin?

Answer 10

•the character of sin in flesh
•what the flesh desires is opposed to the spirit and what the spirit desires is opposed of the flesh

•flesh = slave

Question 11

what are the two main consequences of living in the “world of sin”

Answer 11

•alienation (separation from God)

•wickedness/ Corruption
corruption of our created nature- manifests itself in wrong desire