Lesson 16 - Understanding Covenants - Lesson Review

Question 1

1. What is a dispensation?

Answer 1

A way in which God deals with man in respect to sin and man’s responsibility in regards to sin

Question 2

2. What does the Greek word oikonomia refer to?

Answer 2

The management of a household, administration over a property or stewardship

Question 3

3. Faith is always expressed by what?

Answer 3

Obedience to God’s commandments

Question 4

4. What is a biblical covenant?

Answer 4

A relationship between God and a person or people where the two parties mutually agree to abide by a set of rules.

Question 5

5. What are the two distinct categories of covenants in the Bible?

Answer 5

Conditional and unconditional

Question 6

6. List the eight explicit covenants between God and man and whether each was conditional or unconditional:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

Answer 6

a. The Edenic covenant - conditional
b. The Adamic covenant - unconditional
c. The Noahic covenant - unconditional
d. The Abrahamic covenant - unconditional
e. The Mosaic covenant - conditional
f. The Palestinian covenant - conditional
g. The Davidic covenant - contained both a conditional and an unconditional aspect
h. The New covenant - unconditional

Question 7

7. What is a modern-day example of covenant initiation?

Answer 7

Baptism in the name of Jesus