Important Definitions (with proofs) and Other Questions Flashcards
Propitiation
The turning away, or judicial satisfaction, of God’s holy and just wrath
Covenant
A formal agreement that creates a relationship with legal aspects
Covenant of Grace
The covenant is grace is God freely offering to sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ, requiring of them faith in him, that they may be saved, and promising to give unto all those that are ordained unto eternal life his Holy Spirit, to make them willing, and able to believe. (WCF 7.3)
Keele: The covenant between God and believers with their children, in which he promises salvation through faith in Christ, who merited their salvation by his obedience”
Inspiration of Scripture
The Bible is God-breathed, inspired by the Holy Spirit
- 2 Peter 1:21 (Men moved along by the Holy Spirit)
- 2 Tim 3:16 (God breathed)
Necessity of Scripture
The Bible is necessary so that man may know what to believe concerning God and what duty God requires of man. We cannot know God’s redemption apart from Scripture
- Romans 10:17 (Faith comes form hearing, and hearing by the Word of Christ)
- Matthew 4:4 (Man lives by word that comes from God)
- 2 Tim 3:15 (The Scriptures make wise unto salvation through faith)
- WCF 1.1
Canon
The canon refers to the 66 books of the Bible that were recognized by the church as authoritative.
- Luke 24:27 (Begins with Moses and all the prophets)
- 2 Peter 3:16 (People distort the “Scriptures”)
Authority of Scripture
Scripture is to be received as the very word of God, being inspired by him. Authority not dependent on outside
- 1 John 5:9 (the witness of God is greater than the witness of man)
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17
-2 Peter 1:19-21 (Do well to pay attention to it… Comes from God)
- WCF 1.4 Scripture to be received because it is God’s word.
Sufficiency of Scrpture
All things in necessary for God’s glory, man’s salvation, and life is in Scripture or by good and necessary consequence.
- 2 Tim 3:16-17
Inerrancy
Barrett: Scriptures are wholly true in all things that they assert in the original autographs
- 2 Timothy 3:16
- Heb 6:18 (Impossible for God to lie)
Perspicuity
The things that are necessary to be known, believed, and observed for salvation are clear for all people.
- Acts 17:11 (Bereans search the Scriptures)
- Psalm 119:130 (The words give understanding to the simple)
- WCF 1.7
Aseity of God
He is life in and of himself.
- WCF 2.2
- Acts 17:24-25 (God not served by human hands)
- Psalm 50:12 (If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine)
- Job 41:11 (Whatever is under the whole heaven in mine)
- This is an encouragement because God does not need us to save us! The gospel depends upon God
Simplicity
God is not made up of parts. He is his attributes
- Deuteronomy 6:4 (The Lord is one)
extra Calvinisticum
Person of the son is not contained to by his human nature, he continues to exist and operate beyond his flesh
- Heb 1:3
- Col 1:15-17 (Jesus maintains the universe)
Scripture as Final Arbiter
Acts 15:15 (The words of the prophets agree)
Is 8:20 (if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is not light in them)
Trinity
There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory (WSC 6)
- Deut 6:4 (Father)
- John 1:1
- Acts 5:4-5 & Eph 4:30 (lying to the Spirit; not grieving the Spirit)
Communicable Attributes
Attributes that are true of God and also reflected in his image bearers in some partial way
Incommunicable Attributes
Divine attributes that are true of God but not true of the creature (infinitude, aseity, simplicity)
What should we gain from doctrine of predestination?
- Praise, reverence, and admiration of God (Rom 11:33)
- Humility, Diligence, and Abundant Consolation
WCF 3.8
Second Causes (3 Ways)
- Necessarily (laws of physics)
- Freely (Human choices)
- Contingently (“Ifs”)
Are there any conditions in the covenant of grace?
WCF 7.3 Faith is the conidtion in the covenant of grace
- John 3:16
Romans 10:6,9 (Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart you will be saved)
How was the covenant of grace administered in the OT?
- Promises
- Prophecies
- Sacrifices
- Circumcision
- Paschal lamb
- Scriptures (Romans 4:11; Col 2:11-12; Hebrews 8-10)
Covenant of Redemption
The covenant established in eternity between the Father, who gives the Son to be the Redeemer of the elect and requires of him the conditions for their redemption; and the Son, who voluntarily agrees to fulfill these conditions; and the Spirit, who voluntarily applies the work of the Son to the elect
What happens when a Christian sins after being justified?
- They do not fall from the state of justification
- May fall under God’s fatherly displeasure
- Not have the light of his countenance restored until they repent
What are the privileges of adopttion?
- Name put on them
- Receive Spirit of adoption
- Access to the throne of grace
- Cry Abba father
- Pitied
- Protected
- Provided for
- Chastened but not cast off
- Heirs of salvation
- Inherit promises
- Sealed for redemption
What makes up the ordo salutis?
- Effectual Calling/Regeneration (Romans 8:29-30.. Titus 3:5)
- Faith (Eph 2:8-10)
- Repentance (Luke 13:3-5)
- Justification (Rom 5:1)
- Adoption (Rom 8:15-17)
- Sanctification (Eph 2:10)
- Perseverance (Rom 8:29-30; John 10:26-29)
- Glorification (Rom 8:30)
Is repentance necessary?
While it is not the basis for pardon, there is no pardon without repentance
- Luke 13:3-5 (unless you repent, you will all perish)
- Acts 17:30-31 (God commands all people everywhere to repent)
Good works as proof of lively faith?
James 2:18,22
1 Peter 2:9 (show for the praises of him who has called you)
Ability to Do Good Works?
Wholly from the Spirit of Christ
- Romans 8:4-14
- John 15:4-6
Sanctification a human work or of God?
Phil 2:13 (God works in you)
1 Cor 15:10 (not I, but the grace of God within me)
Works by unregenerate men. Why not acceptable?
Not from faith (Heb 11:6)
Not in the right manner(1 Cor 13:3)
Not to the glory of God (1 Cor 10:31)
Can good works save us?
WCF 16… Great disproportion, distance between us and God
- Romans 3:20 (No flesh justified by deeds of the law)
- Eph 2:8-9 (saved by grace through faith)
- Gal 5:4
Upon what does perseverance depend?
WCF 17.2
- Upon the immutable decree of election flowing from:
- Upon the love of God
- The efficacy of the merit and intercession of Christ
- the abiding of the Spirit, and seed of God within them
- the nature of the covenant of grace
Basis of Assurance
- Divine truth of the promises (Heb 6:17-18)
- The inward evidence of graces (2 Peter 1:4-11)
- Testimony of the Spirit (Romans 8:15-16)
Uses of the Law?
Civil: Restrains sin
Pedagogical: Brings conviction of sin and brings to Christ
Normative: The law as a rule of life for believers
Which chapters show that the ceremonial law no longer applies?
Hebrews 9
Col 2:14,16-17 (Let no one judge you in…)
Where do we see that the moral law still binds people?
Eph 6:2
Romans 13:8-10 (Law all fulfilled in one word)
What scriptures show that God is not responsible for sin?
James 1:13-14, 17 (Let no one say he is tempted by God… All good from God)
1 John 1:5 (In him is no darkness)
1 John 2:16 (Lust and all come from the world, not from God)
What verses show that it is not the place of government to interfere in the church?
Matthew 16:18-19 (keys of the kingdom)
1 Cor 6:1-8 (for matters that do not cross over into the civil sphere)
What verses show we have communion with each others gifts and graces?
Eph 4:15-16
1 Cor 12:7,12
Souls of believers going to heaven?
Luke 23:43 (Today you will be with me in paradise)
Heb 12:23 (Come to place of the spirits of the righteous made perfect)
Where does it say the Holy Spirit works faith in us?
1 Cor 2:12-16 (Receive these things by work of the Spirit)
Eph 2:8 (Faith is a gift of God)
What passages show that unbelievers go to hell?
Luke 16:19-31 (Rich man and Lazarus)
Jude 6-7 (Angels and Sodom and Gomorrah)
Resurrection on the last day?
John 5:25-29 (Resurrection of life and resurrection of judgment)
Daniel 12:2 (Some will be raised to everlasting life and others to everlasting judgment)
Appointed day of judgment verses
Acts 17:31 (He has appointed a day)
Jude 6 (Judgment of “the great day”)
