Grudem - Chapter 21

Question 1

How does the Creation account use the term man?

Answer 1

To refer specifically to the man God created, Adam, and the entire human race.

Question 2

What is the term man translated into Hebrew?

Answer 2

Adam.

Question 3

Where did the dual use of the term “man” originate?

Answer 3

God Himself.

Question 4

Why did God create man?

Answer 4

Not out of necessity but for His glory.

Question 5

If God created man out of necessity, what attribute of God would be invalidated?

Answer 5

God’s Independence.

Question 6

What is our purpose in life?

Answer 6

To Glorify the LORD.

Question 7

Why may God pursue His own glory yet not man?

Answer 7

Because God is worthy of glory, whereas man is not.

Question 8

What is the meaning of the phrase “Image of God”?

Answer 8

Man is like God and represents God.

Question 9

What is the Greek term used for the Image of God?

Answer 9

The Imago Dei.

Question 10

What does the word image mean in context?

Answer 10

Similarity but not exact replication.

Question 11

What happened to the Imago Dei after The Fall?

Answer 11

The Image of God in man became distorted but was not lost.

Question 12

What happens to the Imago Dei through Redemption in Christ?

Answer 12

We become more like God and regain parts of the Imago Dei lost after The Fall.

Question 13

What will happen at Christ’s return to the Imago Dei?

Answer 13

It will be fully restored and as it was before The Fall.

Question 14

What are the five categories of ways we are like God?

Answer 14

1) Moral Aspects
2) Spiritual Aspects
3) Mental Aspects
4) Relational Aspects
5) Physical Aspects

Question 15

List each Moral Aspect of similarity between Humanity and God.

Answer 15

1) We are morally accountable before God for our actions.
2) We have an inner sense of right and wrong.
3) Behavior that when God reflects similarity to God but when bad demonstrates dissimilarity to God.

Question 16

List each Spiritual Aspect of similarity between Humanity and God.

Answer 16

1) We have physical bodies and immaterial spirit. (We exist on the spiritual plane.)
2) A spiritual life that allows us to relate to God as people.
3) Immortality - We will not cease to exist but live forever.

Question 17

List each Mental Aspect of similarity between Humanity and God.

Answer 17

1) We have the ability to reason using logic and learn.
2) Our use of complex and abstract language.
3) A sense of future and the notion that we will live beyond the time of our physical death.
4) Human creativity seen in art and innovation.
5) A large degree and complexity of emotions.

Question 18

List each Relational Aspect of similarity between Humanity and God.

Answer 18

1) The depth of interpersonal harmony experienced in marriage and family is greater than that of any other creation.
2) Marriage reflect equality among men and women with different roles for each. (#FightThePatriarchy)
3) Man’s dominion over creation reflects God’s dominion over creation.

Question 19

List each Physical Aspect of similarity between humanity and God.

Answer 19

1) Our bodies reflect something of God’s character as well as God-given physical ability and skill.
2) Our ability to create and raise children who are like ourselves is a reflection of God’s own power of Creation.

Question 20

What special gift does God’s grant of the imago Dei grant to humanity?

Answer 20

A special sense of dignity and worth that no other creation possess.