Last Bible Test Of Training Flashcards
James 4:17 NLT
James 1:20 NLT
Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. James 4:17
Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. (James 1:20 NLT)
Three main points in James
Right Heart – Orthopathy
Right thinking – Orthodoxy
Right Behavior – Orthopraxis
Main theme of James
Wisdom for holy living
Theme for 1Peter
Encouragement in times of suffering
Cerinthianism
Teaching of Cerinthus
Made a distinction between Jesus and Christ
Jesus – earthly man known for piety and wisdom
Christ – heavenly deity who descended on Jesus at his baptism and departed before the crucifixion
Dualism
Material is evil
Spiritual is good
docetism
, a view that Jesus only seemed to be human (a view that he could not be both human/material [therefore evil], and divine/spiritual [therefore good], at the same time).
Mysticism
Salvation through spiritual enlightenment
For these mystics, salvation meant the spirit’s escape from the body. They believed they became part of the “sphere of light” (they became like God).
Theme of 1 John
Theme: Tests of fellowship with God: faith (Christology), righteous living, love
Key Features of Apocalyptic
The message: heavenly mysteries revealed
The source: angels and heavenly ascents
The timeline: the present contrasted with the future
The place: the earthly contrasted with the heavenly
The judgment: the wicked contrasted with the righteous
Interpretations of Revelation: Idealism
Sometimes called the “spiritualist” view
Revelation describes the continuous struggle between good and evil
Christ and his followers will eventually triumph
Preterism
Preter- = past
Revelation describes events that took place in the first century or started then and took time to complete.
Two views
It reflects the Jewish revolt and the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem
Some extend the timeline to the fall of the Roman empire (5th C)
Futurism
Revelation describes a coming time—the end times
Often based on a dispensationalist view
A popular interpretation (Left Behind)
Commitment to a literal interpretation of prophetic Scripture
Historicism
Revelation symbolically predicted events which would occur throughout church history
Symbols can be related to world events from the apostolic age to the end times
Once a widespread view, but raises skepticism today (“Christ will return on [insert a date]”)
Churches with no divine praise
Sardis
Laodicea
Churches with no divine warning
Philadelphia
Smyrna
Postmillennial View
We are in the age of the church (millennium) during which the world will be won for Christ through preaching the gospel to all people (Matt. 24:14)
Christ’s return, the resurrection of the dead, and the final judgment will all come at the end of time
Optimism concerning human activity
Amillennial, View
There will be no literal thousand-year reign of Jesus on earth – it is the present church age
Jesus reigns in heaven now, using the spiritual ministry of the church
Christ’s return, the resurrection of the dead, and the final judgment will all come at the end of time
Realism concerning human activity
Historic Premillennial view
Christ’s return and the resurrection of believers precedes a literal millennium
Christ reigns with the saints on earth for a thousand years before the final judgment
Dispensational Premillennial View
Believers will be raptured to escape the tribulation
The purpose of the tribulation is to restore Israel
Christ returns at the end of the tribulation to reign on earth for a thousand years before the final judgment
Pessimism concerning human activity
Teaching of Revelation
God is sovereign
Jesus is God the Son
God’s people are victorious
Jesus is coming again, and we will be with him forever
