Final exam

Question 1

What is the origin of evil?

Answer 1

temptation

Question 2

What does the tree of knowledge of good & evil symbolize?

Answer 2

the fundamental issue of humanity

Question 3

To eat the fruit is to declare what against God?

Answer 3

independence or freedom

Question 4

What 3 relationships did the fall affect?

Answer 4

Relationships with God, others, and self

Question 5

After the fall, what happens to man’s relationship to self?

Answer 5

No longer experience authentic selfhood; instead enslaved to egocentricity

Question 6

What is now the universal way humanity relates to and interacts with his world?

Answer 6

egoism

Question 7

After the fall what happens to man’s relationship with others?

Answer 7

loss of authority as serving; objectification

Question 8

After the fall what happens to man’s relationship with God?

Answer 8

Can’t live in the presence of God because the only basis for it was the creator-creature relationship, which had been rejected. When Adam disobeyed, he renounced his creatureliness.

Question 9

How does man fair in his role as vice-regent, tilling of the earth, creating culture, when left to his own resources?

Answer 9

produced civilizations that are a twisted mockery of the Creator’s Eden; 2 lines emerge- those seeking covenant and those who are not.

Question 10

Discuss the ongoing result of the fall and ongoing creation.

Answer 10

Cultural self-destruction; man becomes a sinner, he is unable to reestablish right relationship with God- consequently incapable of entering right relationship with himself and others; becomes other than what was intended

Question 11

When humanity lost its servant-ship to God, what else did they lose?

Answer 11

Lordship

Question 12

Refute total inability

Answer 12

Scripture teaches that God created man with the ability to reason, choose, and receive truth

Question 13

Refute unconditional election

Answer 13

Scripture teaches that there is one condition to salvation: faith

Question 14

Refute limited atonement

Answer 14

Scripture teaches that He died for all mankind- not all are saved because they fail to repent, not lack of provision.

Question 15

Refute irresistible grace

Answer 15

Scripture says that God’s grace CAN be resisted

Question 16

Refute perseverance

Answer 16

The Bible teaches preservation of the saints, not perseverance of the saints

Question 17

What does egocentricity result in?

Answer 17

Actual Sins

Question 18

What is the abode of the dead like according to Jesus before His resurrection and ascension?

Answer 18

Sheol/Hell

Question 19

Why is it not possible to see the account of the rich man and the beggar as a parable?

Answer 19

Jesus used proper names

Question 20

How did the abode of the dead change after Jesus ascension?

Answer 20

Now to be absent from the body is to be present with Christ. Meaning that the dead in Christ will go straight up to heaven where Christ resides.

Question 21

How do we know that the scripture doesn’t teach soul sleep according to 2 Corinthians 5:8?

Answer 21

To be absent in body is to be present with the Lord. We will be with Him when we die. The soul will be present and conscious in heaven.

Question 22

What “sleeps” after a Christian dies?

Answer 22

The body

Question 23

What does knowing where the dead go afford a minister dealing with people losing their loved ones?

Answer 23

He can offer comfort in that the dead in Christ are now with Jesus and in a better place.