Lesson 8 & 9 Flashcards

1
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The foundation of all divine revelation is

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creation

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2
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Creation may be defined correctly as

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bringing something into existence that did not exist before

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3
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God is the origin of

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all things

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4
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God’s primary purpose in creating the universe was to

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bring glory to himself

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5
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Usues existing matter to create something new

  1. creation of animals
  2. creation of birds
  3. creation of Eve
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Mediate Creation

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6
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Uses nothing to make something

  1. creation of heaven
  2. creation of earth
  3. creation of angels
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Immediate Creation

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7
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We may safely conclude about creation that

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God created each living creature according to its kind

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8
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God’s role in relation to the created order is that He

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Actively preserves and maintains it

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9
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living or having life
plants and animals
God controls them

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Animate creation

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10
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No living
rocks and weather
God controls them

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Inanimate creation

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11
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  • Shows how He directs events so that everything works out for the purpose of His will
  • That continuous agency of God by which he makes all the events of the physical and moral universe fulfill the original design with which he created it
  • closely parallels sovereignty
  • just as God’s decress are sovereign, so are his works
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Providence

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12
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God does not intervene to stop certain things

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Permissive

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13
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God “on occasion” intervenes in a persons life in a restraining way to keep that person from sinning

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Preventative

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14
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God directs or guides the actions of people even though they are unaware of His directing hand

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Directive

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15
Q

God limits the extent of satanic activity

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Determinative

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16
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What is the tension between God’s providential government and humanity’s free will?

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  • It can seem to some that God is simply carrying out what He has decreed in eternity, then people have no part in the process of salvation.
  • Scripture shows that people must appropriate what God offers, and in this sense they do have freedom
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17
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According to James, believers sometimes fail to achieve their purpose in praying because

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they pray with incorrect motives

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18
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According to Thiessen, there is perfect harmony between God’s providence on the one hand and

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people’s freedom on the other hand

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19
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Prayer is powerful and effective in accomplishing objective results and in effecting

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positive spiritual change in belivers

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20
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Explain the place of prayer in divine providence

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  • prayer is the means by which God’s people communicate with Him and acknowledge His sovereignty over their lives
  • he urges us to engage in this exercise and attaches certain conditions to it
  • even so, the matter of what answers He gives and when there are issues He sovereignly decides
  • prayer changes us and develops our spiritual faculties
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21
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God sovereignly rules

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nations, rulers, and governments

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22
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God has determined that people should

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populate the whole earth,

when and where they should live

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23
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God’s rules the rise and fall of

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nations

24
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God intends for his rule to be a benevolent expression, and He wants people to

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experience good in life

25
Q

If we disobey God’s authorities

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we are rebelling against God

26
Q

Obey human rulers unless they require us to do something that

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God forbids

27
Q

Mighty acts of God emphasize

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His unique character and set him apart from all else

28
Q

Acts in which God intervenes in the processes of nature in the world through His immediate power are

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miracles

29
Q

signs, wonders, power and work represent

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supernatural acts of Jesus that demonstrate his
- deity
messiahship
- concern for human need

30
Q

God’s Word challenges believers to discern whether supernatural occurrences are

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divine or demonic

31
Q

From the account of the man who was blind from birth, we learn

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  1. people often associate sickness and disability with one’s person sin
  2. God works out His purpose through sickness and disability
  3. ultimate purpose of miracles is to bring God glory
32
Q

Worship Test for sign and wonder

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  1. if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place and he says let us follow other gods - does not pass
  2. if its not centered in the worship of God, it’s not of God
33
Q

The fulfillment of prophecy test

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if what the prophet proclaims in the name of the lord does not take place - does not pass

34
Q

the Doctrinal test

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every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus has come in the flesh is from God

35
Q

Compare and contrast divine miracles with those that are counterfeit

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Divine miracles bring glory to God and contribute to his work on earth

  • they lead one to worship and obey
  • counterfeit miracles do not lead one to worship, honor or live according to his commands or acknowledge the humanity of Christ
  • Instead, they lead one away from God
36
Q

Describe divine providence and people free will in the work of salvation

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  • salvation is totally God’s provision
  • However, it clearly points to a role for people as well
  • Although people role is not comparable with God’s, it is absolutely necessary
  • God offers the gift of eternal life but people must accept it
  • God does everything possible to exert powerful and positive influences on them, but they must exercise their freedom and appropriate his offer
37
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In view of divine providence, explain the place of prayer

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  • God tells us to so its divine rule
  • powerful and effective when we are obedient
  • pray according to his will and purpose
  • he may choose to give us what we ask or deny
  • we pray we show our love and obedience in him
  • our trust grows progressivly stronger
  • this helps us develop spiritual stature and true Christian maturity
38
Q

Definition of angel

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messenger

- ministering spirits who are sent to serve those who will inherit salvation

39
Q

When did God create angels

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  • God created them immediately out of nothing when he began His creative acts
  • God created them before He created people
40
Q

Resurrected people will

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neither marry nor die

41
Q

In contrasting angels from resurrected human beings

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  1. angels and glorified humans are distinct groups
  2. redeemed peoples names are written in heaven
  3. angels are spirit beings without bodies
  4. resurrected people will have bodies
42
Q

Angels desire to understand

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the Good news of salvation and this implies they have intelligence

43
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Angels express emotion or feelings through

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the worship and praise they render to God, as well as through the joy they manifested at creation

44
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Angels illustrate the exercise of will best through

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their decision to abandon their God-given positions

45
Q

Describe the characteristics of personality that angels express that lead us to refer to them as personal beings

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Angels demonstrate intellect through their inquiring minds, emotion through the joy they showed at creation, and will through the exercise of free will in their decision to leave their position.

46
Q

Paul’s statement that “our struggle is not against flesh and blood” indicates that spirit beings

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do not have physical bodies

47
Q

On occasion God grants angels a temporary bodily form so they can

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appear to people and communicate with them

48
Q

The power that angels exercise is solely what

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God has delegated them to do

49
Q
  1. Members have no federal head; so each member is entirely responsible to God for his actions
  2. Members neither reproduce nor do they grow old and dies, their number never increases or decreases
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Company - which are angels

50
Q
  1. Members transmit certain traits from one generation to the next
  2. Based on clear biblical evidence, members share in the consequences that resulted from the fall of their federal head
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Race

51
Q

Of the knowledge of angels, we can most accurately say

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  1. that it is limited in the areas of people’s redemption and the second coming
  2. Superior to people but inferior to God
52
Q

Describe the knowledge of angels

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  • angels are great in wisdom since they serve in God’s presence
  • They do not know the mystery of God’s grace revealed in the plan of salvation nor do they know the time of Christ’s return.
    They have greater knowledge than people but are not omniscient
53
Q

Even though the power of angels is greater than that of people but it is

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limited

54
Q

Rolling away the stone from Christ’s tomb and releasing apostles from secure prisons provide valid

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evidence of angels’ great power

55
Q

Angels act as

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  • instruments of God’s judgement
  • deliver those who are in distress
  • engage in warfare with opposing spiritual forces
56
Q

The word angel in the Bible can refer to

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  1. both human and divine messengers
  2. deity on occasion, as well as to holy and evil spirit beings
  3. Persons whose behavior is seemingly perfect
  4. One must determine this from scriptural contect