Lecture 7

Question 1

Pluralism

Answer 1

Every person is going to heaven no matter what he/she believes

Question 2

Inclusivism

Answer 2

People are saved because of the death of Christ, but people from other religions who have never heard of Jesus will be saved

Question 3

Exclusivism

Answer 3

There is only one way of salvation and that is exclusively through faith in Christ

Question 4

Justification

Answer 4

The forensic (legal) act that declares the one who has faith in Jesus Christ to be righteous

Question 5

Propitiation

Answer 5

The sacrifice of Christ bears the wrath of God and fully satisfies all God’s demands towards the sinner

Question 6

Redemption

Answer 6

From the Greek word “agorazo” meaning “to purchase in the marketplace”

Question 7

Reconciliation

Answer 7

Estranged man is “brought into communication with God” and has peace with Him

Question 8

Gospel

Answer 8

The death, burial, and resurrection of Christ

Question 9

Name and briefly describe one of the tests for the assurance of salvation given in the lecture

Answer 9

The Doctrinal Test (Do I believe Jesus is God’s Son?)

The Social Test (Do I love others because I love God?)

The Moral Test (Do I obey Christ and live righteously?)

Question 10

Name and briefly explain one of the arguments for unlimited atonement given in session 7

Answer 10

1) If the statements of the NT are taken at face value, then it is evident they teach that Christ died for everyone.
2) Limited atonement is not based on exegesis of the texts of Scripture but more on the logical premise that if Christ died for everyone and everyone is not saved, then God’s plan is thwarted.
3) The world, as John describes it, is “God-hating, Christ-rejecting, and Satan-dominated. Yet that is the world for which Christ died.” This emphasize a universal atonement.
4) The word whosever is used more than 110 times in the NT and always with an unrestricted meaning.
5) The word all, or an equivalent term, is used to denote everyone. Christ died for the ungodly - everyone is ungodly.
6) 2 Peter 2:1 indicates Christ died for the false teachers who were “denying the Master who bought them.” The context indicates these are heretics doomed to destruction, yet it is said of them that “the Master…bought them.” This militates against the limited atonement view.
7) “The Bible teaches that Christ died for ‘sinners’. The word ‘sinners’ nowhere means ‘church’ or ‘the elect,’ but simply all lost of mankind.”