Lesson 8

Question 1

What interpretive principle is proved by the birth of the modern Pentecostals movement by people with no seminary training or theological education ?

Answer 1

The clarity of scripture

Question 2

How does the Bible express truth?

Answer 2

In human vocabulary and thought patterns

Question 3

Is the spiritual responsibility on the individual greater in the Old Testament or the New Testament?

Answer 3

New Testament

Question 4

What is the highest authority on the interpretation of scripture?

Answer 4

What scripture says about itself

Question 5

If you want to understand a difficult passage, where should you look first?

Answer 5

Other passages that address the same spiritual principle

Question 6

What is the central theme of all scripture?

Answer 6

Jesus and his sacrificial atonement

Question 7

How many witnesses does God use to reveal spiritual truth?

Answer 7

Two or three (multiple)

Question 8

It is perfectly acceptable to use the rules of logic when interpreting scripture, as long as we do not do what two things?

Answer 8

a. Make human logic our final authority
b. Use logic to contradict the Bible