Final Exam Flashcards
1
Q
In the work of the Trinity regarding salvation, we can say that the Father purposed redemption, the Son secures it, and the Spirit applies it (True/False)
A
TRUE
2
Q
What is the consequence of pursuing a theological knowledge of God for its own sake?
A
Pride / Conceit / Arrogance
3
Q
“__________ is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God”
A
Meditation
4
Q
One can know a great deal about godliness without much knowledge of God (True / False)
A
TRUE
5
Q
To prove what effects the knowledge of God has on man, Packer turns our attention to the life of Ezekiel as an example (True / False )
A
FALSE
(Daniel)
6
Q
According to Packer’s example of the OT prophet, we can say that the effect of knowing God will be evident in these four ways
A
- They have great Energy for God
- They have great Thoughts of God
- They have great Boldness for God
- They have great Contentment in God
7
Q
What were we made for?
A
To know God
8
Q
“I’m the the good shepherd and know my sheep … My sheep hear my voice, and know them…” is found in what chapter of John’s gospel?
A
10
9
Q
What OT writing prophet said, “but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me …”?
A
JEREMIAH
10
Q
Give two of the four activities of knowing God that Packer mentions in his third chapter
A
- Listening & applying God’s word
- Noting God’s nature & character
- Accepting His instructions and obeying His commands
- Recognizing & rejoicing in His love for us
11
Q
Write out Hebrews 11:6
A
And without faith it is impossible to please him,
for whoever would draw near to God
must believe that he exists
and that he rewards those who seek him.
Heb 11:6 (ESV)
12
Q
The second commandment deals more with the object of our worship rather than the manner of our worship (True / False)
A
FALSE
13
Q
Give the two ways that Packer indicates that images dishonor God
A
- Obscure His glory
- Convey false ideas about God
14
Q
It is appropriate to formulate mental images of God as long as one does not manufacture that image into a physical object (True / False)
A
FALSE
15
Q
The mind that takes up with images is a mind that has not yet learned to love and attend to God’s Word. (True / False)
A
TRUE
16
Q
Match the following phrases with what they tell us about the Divine Word:
a. The Word’s Eternity -
b. The Word’s Deity -
c. The Word’s Animating -
d. The Word’s Personality -
e. The word Incarnate -
f. The Word Creating -
g. The Words’ Revealing -
__ “And the Word was God”
__ “In the beginning was the Word”
__ “The Word became flesh”
__ “In him was life”
__ “And that life was the light of men”
__ “Through him al things were made”
__ “And the Word was with God”
A
a. The Word’s Eternity - “In the beginning was the Word”
b. The Word’s Deity - “And the Word was God”
c. The Word’s Animating - “Through him all things were made”
d. The Word’s Personality - “And the Word was with God”
e. The word Incarnate - “The Word became flesh”
f. The Word Creating - “In him was life”
g. The Words’ Revealing - “And that life was the light of men”
17
Q
When the bible proclaims Jesus as the Son of God, the statement is meant as an assertion of his distinct personal deity (True / False)
A
TRUE
18
Q
According to Packer, the proper view of the Kenosis is that the Son of God emptied Himself of what?
A
- The laying aside of glory
- A voluntary restraint of power
- The acceptance of suffering & death
19
Q
What does the Latin word TRINITAS mean?
A
Threeness
20
Q
The Holy Spirit is sent by the Son but not directly by the Father (True / False)
A
FALSE
21
Q
To the apostles, the Spirit testified by revealing and inspiring; to the rest of us, he testifies by ____________
A
ILLUMINATING
22
Q
Write out 2 Corinthians 13:14
A
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
and the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
be with you all.
23
Q
Write out the definition of the doctrine of the Trinity from the Athanasian Creed
A
We worship one God in trinity,
and trinity in unity;
neither confounding the persons
nor dividing the substance
24
Q
Packer provided six (6) aspects of God that are immutable - Name three (3) of those six:
A
- Life
- Character
- Truth
- Ways
- Purposes
- Son
25
Our word majesty come from Latin and it means
GREATNESS
26
What are the two steps one must take in order to get the right idea of God's greatness?
* don’t make Him small
* Compare with greater powers
27
Wisdom is the practical side of moral goodness (True / False)
TRUE
28
God's wisdom has pledged itself to keep a fallen world happy (True / False)
FALSE
29
What is the great lesson that God's wisdom concentrated on teaching Abraham?
Living in God's presence
30
What are the two categories of God's attributes that theologians have established
* Communicable
* Incomunicable
31
Write out Hebrews 1:1-2
Long ago, at many times and in many ways,
God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son,
whom he appointed the heir of all things,
through whom also he created the world.
32
God speaks both to determine our environment and to engage our minds and hearts (True / False)
TRUE
33
Torah (the Law & Instruction of God in the OT) has a threefold character. List those three characters.
* Law
* Promise
* Testimony
34
What marked the inauguration of God's fellowship with human beings
God speaking to man
35
Truth in the Bible is a quality of persons and of propositions equally (True / False)
Paraphrase: According to the Bible, the idea of truth is equally relevant to both people and the statements they make.
FALSE
36
Wisdom is the practical side of moral goodness (True / False)
TRUE
37
"God is love" is not the complete truth about God so far as the Bible is concerned (True / False)
TRUE
38
"God is love" is the complete truth about God so far as the Christian is concerned (True / False)
TRUE
39
What are the two other statements made of the Apostle John that must be considered in order to avoid misunderstanding the issue that God in love?
* God is Spirit
* God is Light
40
God's love is an exercise of his ______ toward individual sinners whereby, having identified himself with their _______, he has give his Son to be their Savior, and now brings them to know and enjoy him in a _______ relationships.
goodness
welfare
covenant
41
What are two of the four crucial truths which the doctrine of grace presupposes?
* The spiritual importance of man
* The sovereign freedom of God
* The moral ill-desert of man
* The retributive justice of God
42
Love awakens love in return; and love, once awakened, desires to give pleasure - what point in the debate regarding grace is this statement addressing?
That the doctrines of grace tend to encourage moral laxity
43
Write out Exodus 3:14-15
God said to Moses,
“I AM WHO I AM.”
And he said,
“Say this to the people of Israel:
‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
God also said to Moses,
“Say this to the people of Israel:
‘
The LORD,
the God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.
’
This is my name forever,
and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
44
What is **Dynamism**
The belief in the **power** of charms and amulets
45
What is **Fetishism**
(A refinement of dynamism) The belief that a powerful spirit **inhabits** some material object
46
What is **Animism**
The belief in nature **spirits** - many of them. Inhabit streams, springs, trees, waterfalls, and mountains.
47
What is **Polytheism**
The belief in **many** gods (antonym of *monotheism*)
48
What is **Henotheism**
The belief in one **primary** god among many other gods. (Ex. Greeks believed in Zeus)
49
What is **Dualism**
The belief that matter and spirit compose the eternal **principal** of the universe primarily **expressed in matter being evil and spirit being good
50
What is **Pantheism**
The belief that all that exists is a **manifestation** of a single impersonal **substance** or principle
51
What is **Deism**
The belief in the existence of one Creator-God, who is wholly **transcendent**, having no present relation with creation
52
What is **Monotheism**
The belief in one Supreme Being, personal and ethical, above the wold (transcendent) as Creator yet **imminent** in the world as its preserver and ruler (ex. Judaism, Muslims, Christians)
53
What is **Theism**
The belief in one God who is self-**revealing** in miracles, Scripture, and in Jesus Christ
54
Arguments for Monotheism
1. The coherence of the material universe into a single system of cause and effect
2. The coherence of all authentic abstract truths in a single system
3. A system of ethical ideas
4. The nature of religious devotion
55
Faulty view that Monotheism began with prophets (True/False)
TRUE
56
Scripture is Monotheistic from beginning to end (True/False)
TRUE
57
What is **Tritheism** (three gods)
The **polytheistic** concept that God is in reality three gods, being three separate individuals. (ex. beliefs of Jehovah Witnesses, Jews)
p. 15 (binder)
58
What is **Monarchianism**
The view that Gos is **ultimately** one:
- wholly and perfectly one
- Jesus Christ is God, wholly and perfectly God
- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are titles pertaining to the one God, not descriptions of distinct individuals
- Jesus is seen as the one name for these titles
p. 15 (binder)
59
What is **Dynamic Monarchianism**
The Father is the only true God with Jesus Christ being a mere man who was **anointed** with supernatural power form God -- called the Holy Spirit by others
p. 15 (binder)
60
What is **Patripassion Monarchianism** (Modalism)
Considers God as basically one who variously present Himself in Scripture in the *role* of the Father OR the *role* of the son, OR the *role* of the of the Holy Sprit
p. 15 (binder)
61
What is **Sabellianism**
The belief that Christ's divine nature was the Father and his human nature was the "Son"
p. 15 (binder)
62
What is **Arianism**
The belief that the Father alone is God while Jesus is somewhere between God and the created universe and was therefor preexisted but not divine
p. 15 (binder)
63
Meaning of **EL**
* The most basic name of God
* Means "**Power**" or "**great Hero**"
p. 25 (binder)
64
Meaning of **ELOHIM**
* Used 2,550 times in the OT
* Plural form, plural grammatical relations but singular in meaning
* A god, God, the God with singular
* Plural of fullness and abundance
p. 25 & 26 (binder)
65
Meaning of **ELOAH**
* Is a development of the root *el* or a derived plural form *elohim* and used 55 times.
* Usually used in **poetry** (40 times)
p. 26 (binder)
66
Meaning of **EL SHADDAI**
* God Almighty
* "Shaddai" in hebrew - **Powerful**
p. 26-27 (binder)
67
Meaning of **EL ELYON**
* The Most Hight God
* Used in confessions
p. 27 (binder)
68
Meaning of **YAHWEH**
* First revealed to Moses
* "To Be" - most likely meaning
* "I AM THAT I AM" in KJV
p. 27-28 (binder)
69
Meaning of **YAHWEH SABAOTH**
* Meaning **Lord of Hosts**
70
The emphasis on divine judgement is primary confined to the Old Testament (True / False) - q5
FALSE
71
The majority of themes taken up by the prophets deal with the coming Messiah rather than the wrath of God (True / False) - q5
FALSE
72
Give two of the four characteristics of the Judge in Scripture - q5
- Judges with wisdom and justice
- Punisher
- With Authority
73
The concept of retribution means that God will see that each person soon or later receives what is deserved (True / False) - q5
TRUE
74
The final proof that God is a perfect moral Being is the fact that He has committed Himself to judge the world (True / False) - q5
TRUE
75
Who is the main New Testament authority on final judgement? - q5
Jesus Christ
76
What work of God shields believers from being condemned and banished from God's presence as sinners? - q5
His death on the cross - Justification
77
Final judgement will be according to our knowledge (True / False) - q5
TRUE
78
Match the term with its definition:
- Wrath
- Anger
- Indignation
- ... stirring of resentful displeasure & strong antagonism
- ... deep intense anger and indignation
- ... righteous anger aroused by injustice and baseness
q5
- Anger - stirring of resentful displeasure & strong antagonism
- Wrath - deep intense anger and indignation
- Indignation - righteous anger aroused by injustice and baseness
79
There are more references in Scripture of God's love and tenderness than the anger, fury, and wrath of God (True / False) - q5
FALSE
80
"God's wrath is always _________ - that is, it is the wrath of the Judge, administering justice" - q5
Judicial
81
According to Packer, the essence of God's action in wrath is to give men what they choose (True / False) -q5
TRUE
82
Give one of the four reasons Packer provided that people are confused about God's goodness - q5
- They don't want to accept that God can be angry - God only good.
- All religions are equal
83
God is good to all in some ways and to some in no ways (True / False) -q5
FALSE - should be "... and to some always"
84
Behind every display of divine goodness stands a threat of severity in judgment if that goodness is scorned (True / False) - q5
TRUE
85
Write out Exodus 20:7 - q5
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
86
The Bible says very little about God's jealousy (True / False) - q6
FALSE
87
Bible statements about God's jealousy are anthropomorphisms (True / False) - q6
True
88
God's jealousy is a compound of frustration, envy and spite (True / False) - q6
FALSE
89
God's unlimited objective is threefold. Give one of those objectives - q6
- Loved and Praised
- Vindicate his justice
90
God's zeal for His own glory is the quintessence of the jealousy of God (True / False) - q6
TRUE
91
The jealousy of God threatens churches which are not zealous for God (True / False) - q6
TRUE
92
The idea of propitiation is the averting of God's anger by an offering (True / False) - q6
TRUE
93
Expiation means essentially the same thing that propitiation mean (True / False) - q6
FALSE
94
By His sacrificial death for our sins Christ pacified the wrath of God (True / False) - q6
TRUE
95
Anger is the right reaction of moral perfection in the Creator toward moral perversity in the creature (True / False) - q6
TRUE
96
Propitiation is the work of God Himself (True / False) - q6
TRUE
97
Propitiation was made by the death of Jesus Christ (True/False) - q6
TRUE
98
Propitiation manifests God's righteousness (True/False) - q6
TRUE
99
Thoughts of propitiation were remote to Christ throughout His life on earth (True/False) - q6
FALSE
100
Place with God is directly connected to propitiation (True/False) - q6
TRUE
101
Write out Isaiah 57:15 - q6
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
102
A Christian is one who has God as Father (True/False) - q7
TRUE
103
Sonship to God is something with which a person is naturally born (True/False) - q7
FALSE
104
The aspect of His character on which God placed the most emphasis in the Old Testament is his holiness (True/False) - q7
TRUE
105
Give two of the four things that the Fatherhood of God implies
- Authority
- Affection
- Fellowship
- Honor
106
Adoption is the highest privilege that the Gospel offer - even higher that justification (True/False) - q7
TRUE
107
Give the three principles of Christian conduct based on adoption - q7
- Imitating
- Pleasing
- Glorifying
108
What are the two "yardsticks" for measuring God's love - q7
- The Cross
- Sonship (Adoption)
109
Adoption provides us the key to understanding the ministry of the Holy Spirit (True/False) - q7
TRUE
110
What are the two things that follow if God is the perfect Father? - q7
- Eternal Security
- Assurance of His love to us
110
Write out John 4:23-24 - q7
But the hour is coming, and is now here,
when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,
for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
111
Give the two presuppositions of "Biblical Theology" - mt1
- God Exists
- Bible is God's revelation of Himself
112
What is the difference between a critical atheist and a practical atheist? mt2
- Critical - blindly ignores God
- Practical - live in such a way as to deny that Does does not exist
113
What is an agnostic? mt4
Trying to stay neutral. Assuming that proofs are just personal interpretations of a person. ("Your truth is not my truth")
114
What is a Cosmological Argument
"First Cause"
114
What is Ontological Argument
Man has thought of God because He (God) exists
115
What is Moral Argument
A sense of right and wrong
115
What is Teleological Argument
Designed by a Designer
116
What is Dynamism
Belief in the powers of charms
117
What is Polytheism
Belief in many gods
117
Define Fetishism
Belief that a powerful spirit inhabits a material object
118
Define Animism
Belief in many "natural spirits"
118
Define Hetonism
Worshipping one god among many
118
Define Patheism
All that exists is a manifestation of a single impersonal principle
119
Define Deism
Belief in a wholly transcendent Creator God
120
Define Theism
Worshipping one self-revealing God
120
Define Monotheism
Belief in one Supreme Being
121
Define Dualism
Matter and Spirit are eternal
122
Define Argument from Congruity
God's Existence is best explanation for the facts of the universe
123
Give two of the four arguments for Monotheism
- A system of ethical ideals
- The nature of religious devotion
- The coherence of the material universe into a single system of cause and effect
- The coherence of all authentic abstract truths in a single system
124
The Trinity is a doctrine that must be accepted by faith as God provides enlightenment of this true (True/False) - mt16
TRUE
125
The Trinity is subject to rational comprehension (True/False) - mt17
FALSE
126
The term "Trinity" is not a biblical term, merely an explanation of a biblical truth derived through the inductive study of Scripture (True/False) - mt19
TRUE
127
Give three of five ways the New Testament reveals the doctrine of the Trinity
- A plurality of Persons are Associated as God
- Three Persons are declared to be God
- Three Persons posses attributes of God
- Three Persons exercise the prerogatives of God
- Three Persons execute the works of God
128
Give two of the four ways that the plurality of God is implied in the Old Testament
- Elohim - plural form of the word "god"
- Plural pronouns for God - God talks to himself in Gen 1:26
- Plural title for God
- Jehovah is distinguished from Jehovah
129
Define Tritheism
Three gods
130
Define Dynamic Mnarchianism
Jesus anointed with supernatural power
131
Define Patripassion
Modalism (3 roles)
132
Define Sabellianism
Divine nature = the Father; human = Son
133
Define Arianism
Jesus: preexistent but not divine
134
Define Homo-ousia
Same substance
135
Define Homoi-ousia
Similar substance
136
The final solution to the Arian controversy was to divide the concept of substance from the concept of person (True/False) - mt37
TRUE
137
What are the two main areas of means pertaining to Natural (General) Revelation
- Creation
- Conscious
138
El
Power or "Great Hero"
139
Elohim
Name used 2550 times in OT
140
Eloah
Derived plural form usually used in poetry
141
El Shaddai
God Almighty
142
El Elyon
The Most High God
143
Yahweh
Self-Existence
144
Yahweh Sabaoth
Lord of Hosts
145
Jahovah-Jireh
The Lord will provide
146
Jahovah-Rapha
The Lord that heals
147
Jehovah-Nissi
The Lord my Banner
148
Jehovah-Meqaddish
The Lord that sanctifies
149
Jehovah-Shalom
The Lord send peace
150
Jehovah-Rohi
The Lord is my shepherd
151
Jehovah-Tsidkenu
The Lord our righteousness
152
Jehovah-Shammah
The Lord is there
153
Father
Distinguished title in the NT
154
My Father
Emphasizing Jesus' mutual love with the Father
155
Your Father
Emphasizes the obligation to live up to the family name
156
Our Father
Emphasizes the brotherhood of the redeemed
157
Holy Father
Emphasizes the essential nature of God and the basis of fellowship with Him
158
Righteous Father
Emphasizes the manifestation of God's holiness in dealing with men
159
Abba Father
Term of endearment for God
160
Give three of the seven "External Manifestations" of Special Revelation
- Angels
- Miracles
- Audible speech
- Casting lots
- Urim & Tumim
- Theofanis - appearance of God in some physical form (not incarnation)
- Christophany - pre-incarnate Christ
161
Give list of "Internal Manifestations" of Special Revelation
- Dreams
- Visions
- Prophesy
162
Attribute: Self-Sufficiency
He is an uncaused cause
163
Attribute: Immutability
God does not change
164
Attribute: Infinitude
- Eternal
- Omnipresent
165
Attribute: Omnipresence
God transcends space which cannot set bounds to His BEING
- God FILLS heaven and earth
Implications:
- Immanence - God is TRANSCENDENT above space, always near.
- Immensity - There is no MEASUREMENT possible of God
- Manifestration - God is not present in the same sense everywhere or in the same FULLNESS of manifestation
166
Spiritual Attribute: Spirituality
God is Spirit
- Omnipresent
- Eternal
- Invisible
- Without FORM
167
Spiritual Attribute: Invisibility
Physical eye can't see
168
Self-conscious Attributes: Omniscience
Knows everything
169
Ethical Attrib: Wisdom
Wisdom is CHOOSING the best means for the best end.
170
Ethical Attrib: Veracity
- He is Veritable - God is all that He should be in essence over against all that is false.
- He is Veracious - God's revelation corresponds to His being
- Trustworthy and Faithful - remains true to His Word
171
Ethical Attrib: Goodness
Essentially "good" describes something being everything it OUGHT to be
172
Types of Grace
- Common Grace
- Sustaining Grace
- Redemptive Grace
173
Ethical Attrib: Holiness
- Majestic Holiness
- Ethical Holiness
174
Sovereign Attrib: Will
The Sovereign GROUND of all Things
175
Sovereign Attrib: Omnipotence
Demonstrates the EXTENT of His power (all things as possible)
176
Sovereign Attrib: Perfection
Describes God as the sum-total of all EXCELLENCES
177
Sovereign Attrib: Glory
The inward perfection of all His attributes finds its external MANIFESTATION in His glory
178
The three-fold aspect of God's glory
- Object of the admiration and adoration. Called GREATNESS
- Object of our gratitude and praise. Called GLORY
- Object of our reverence. Called MAJESTY
179
Manifestation of God's Goodness
- Loving-kindness
- Compassion
- Long-suffering
- Grace
- Love
