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What is the historical origin of sin?

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Sin originates within the creature, not the Creator; while the Divine Decree allows for sin, God is not its Author

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What biblical passages teach the fall of man?

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Genesis 2:16-17

Genesis 3:1-8

Romans 5:12-21

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Why is it important that the Fall was historical?

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If the Fall did not actually occur, then God created an imperfect creation, making Him a liar when He said that “it was good,” therefore making God a sinner by bearing false witness.

Sin is not natural

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How can the temptation of Adam and Eve be paralleled to that of Christ?

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Christ, the New Adam, is tempted by “the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and the pride of life” (1 John 2:16) much like Adam and Eve were, “yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15)

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What does the Fall teach about sin in general?

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Sin is unnatural

Sin is a transgression of God’s goodness

Covetousness and idolatry are at the heart of every sin

The Fall demonstrates the manner of temptation (James 1:13-15)

The Fall demonstrates that sin brings death

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What are the two aspects of corruption in human beings?

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Total Depravity

The Imputation of Adam’s sin

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What Biblical texts teach Total Depravity?

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Psalm 51

Romans 1-3; 5:12-21

Ephesians 2:1-3

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What is Original Sin?

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Original Sin is the inherited corruption that we receive from Adam

That by which we received a nature contrary to God and carry out further sins

Habit of corruption

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Does Total Depravity teach that man’s faculties are destroyed?

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By no means; man is still made in the image of God and retains his multifaceted nature of reflecting God’s character in body, soul/intellect, dominion, relationality, and original holiness

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Does Total Depravity mean that every person is as bad as he can possibly be?

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By no means; Total Depravity speaks to the extent of man’s corruption, not the degree. This is due to God’s restraining grace

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What does the imputation of Adam’s sin mean? How would you define it?

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The guilt of Adam and Eve’s sin is imputed to the rest of the human race; we are all reckoned legally guilty by birth

Adam is our Covenant/Federal Head by nature; what he does he does as our legal representative

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What is the twofold response of God in salvation to Original Sin and the Imputation of Adam’s sin? (i.e., in salvation, what two blessings are given by God as the solution to Original Sin and the Imputation of Adam’s sin?)

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God responds with a twofold grace:

Our Internal State and Legal Stance is met with Perfect Imputed Righteousness and Legal Justification

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What are the four states in which man exists from creation until the consummation?

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  1. Innocence
  2. Sinfulness
  3. Grace
  4. Eternity
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What is man’s relationship with God in the state of innocence?

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Full communion and fellowship unburdened by sin

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What is man’s relationship with sin in the state of innocence?

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The entirety of man’s faculties are oriented towards the glory of God; man is a stranger to sin and opposes sin along with God

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What is man’s relationship with God and sin in the state of sinful nature/corruption?

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Man is now against God and allied with sin; man incurs judgement upon himself and is in a state of misery

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What happens in the states of grace and eternity?

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Man moves from a state of sin to a state of forgiveness; he is regenerated by God, united with Christ in a mystical way with faculties reoriented to God; he is justified and adopted; he still goes on sinning until glory, but he is now against it and counted righteous

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What marks the change from each of man’s four states to the next?

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Each of the four states is marked by a correlating event in redemptive history:

Innocence/Creation
Sinfulness/The Fall
Grace/Redemption
Eternity/Restoration

19
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How would you define the law of God?

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God’s eternal purposes and will for all creation based upon His holy character

20
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What is the difference between natural law and positive law?

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Natural Law is consistent with God’s character in its very essence; the Law of God imprinted upon man in his creation, revealed to all men (Romans 2:14-15)

Positive Law is consistent with God’s character in its use by Him
(neither of these are ever bare command with no relation to God’s nature and character)

21
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What is the threefold division of the law?

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Civil Law

Ceremonial Law

Moral Law

22
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What is the difference between the civil, ceremonial, and moral aspects of the law?

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Civil Law: concerned day to day affairs for the people of God from Moses to Christ

Ceremonial Law: concerned the sacrificial system and pointed to Christ (Christ fulfilled the Ceremonial Law on the cross and today by being our High Priest)

Moral Law: concerns the love of God and the love of neighbour; this is the bedrock for the Civil and Ceremonial Law as well

23
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What remains for Christians to follow today?

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Since the Civil Law concerned Israel in their unique circumstance and the Ceremonial Law was/is fulfilled in Christ, the Moral Law is the only law that is still binding upon Christians today

24
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The Ten Commandments correspond to which of the three divisions of the law?

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Moral Law

25
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What are the two tables of the law?

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First Table: Duties Toward God

Second Table: Duties Toward Man

26
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What is the threefold use of the law?

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To lead to the conviction of sin and need for a Saviour

To restrain evil

For sanctification

27
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Is the law good or bad?

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The Law is most good and holy, for it proceeds from the heart of God. However, no man is saved through the Law, and so it was a weighty burden that only condemned us to misery and hell

28
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What is the relationship of Christ to the law of God?

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Christ fully kept the Law on our behalf (active obedience)
Hebrews 4:15

29
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What is the distinction between the covenant of grace and the covenant of works?

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Duty: work or rest for salvation

Position: wrath or gracious atonement

Fulfillment: the power of man or the work of Christ

30
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What are the conditions of the Covenant of Grace?

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All conditions are met by God, even repentance and faith are gifts from Him

31
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What is the substance of the Covenant of Grace?

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Jesus Christ is the Sum and Substance of the covenant

32
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What is the Covenant Promise?

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“I will be your God and you shall be My people”

Exodus 6:7

33
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Is there more than one Covenant of Grace?

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No; there is one way of salvation

34
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How is the Covenant of Grace a ‘testament?’

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A will/testament is executed upon a death; Christ’s death opens the way for the covenant of grace

Hebrews 9:15-17

35
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What is the Covenant of Redemption?

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The eternal covenant between the Father and Son that secures peace for us with God

Christ is our Mediator from eternity past and is our Mediator in both His divinity and humanity

36
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What is the Biblical basis for the Covenant of Redemption?

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Psalm 110

John 10

John 17

37
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Are differences between men and women created by God or by men?

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God created man male and female

Genesis 1:26-28

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