Lesson 8 Flashcards
- According to the WS, does the doctrine of the “perseverance of the saints” prevent a Christian from experiencing temporal and/or eternal judgments?
The Doctrine of the Perserverance of the Saints prevents a Christian from experiancing eternal judgment. However, they may incur God’s displeasure and temporal judgment under God’s fatherly activities, not as judge.
- Which of the following strongly connects assurance to the essence of faith? WS, Heidelberg Catechism, Canons of Dort.
Heidelberg Catechism
- WLC 95 states that the moral law informs men of God’s “holy nature.” Relate this to the argument that there is no law higher than God.
The moral law is not arbitrarily given by God, nor is the law above God, but it reflects God himself b/c it is related to his holy character, i.e., God is a law unto himself.
i. “Law is personal”—b/c God is a personal being.
- Which confession/catechism was strongly tied to the persecutions of Philip II?
BELGIC CONFESSION
- What does Belgic Confession 19 say about the union of X’s human spirit, human body, and divine nature at his death?
At cross/death, X’s human spirit departed from his human body, but the divine nature was/is always united to the human since conception
- According to the Belgic Confession, what are the minimum marks of a true church and the primary mark of a false church?
True Church
1. Engages in the pure preaching of the gospel
2. it makes use of the pure adminstration of the sacraments as christ instituted them
3. it practices church discipline for correcting faults
False Church
1. It assigns more authority to itself and its ordinances than to the Word of God
2. it does not want to subject itself to the yoke of Christ
3. it does not adminster the sacraments as Christ commanded in His Word
4. it rather adds to them or subtracts from them as it pleases
5. it bases itself on men, more than on Christ
6. it persecutes those who live holy lives according to the Word of God and who rebuke it for its faults, greed, and idolatry
