Lesson 9 Flashcards
Give Dr. Cara’s view that Acts 19:1-7 points toward the Trinitarian formula in baptism.
Why is the question asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” (Acts 19:2-3)
1. This question is predicated on the Twelve’s answer about not knowing the Holy Spirit
- The question requires the assumption that at a Christian baptism, the Holy Spirit’s name is mentioned in the Trinitarian formula (Matt 28:19)
- Hence, Luke’s formula “baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus” is a technical term, a shorthand way to designate language describing the full Trinity
What connections does Dr. Cara emphasize between the Holy Spirit tongue-events in Acts 2, 8, 10, and 19? Briefly explain each event and how it matches to Dr. Cara’s overall emphasis.
The Holy Spirit and miraculous signs are associated with the Twelve
1. Dr. Cara argues that the primary purpose of these events in Acts is to confirm that God has called different types of ethnic and R-H groups into the church
- Tongues in Acts are only at 2:3-4, 11; 10:46; 19:6. Also, according to Dr. Cara and most others it is implied at Acts 8:17-18
- Acts 2 (R-H beginning and Palestinian / Hellenistic Jews), Acts 8 (Samaritans), Acts 10 (R-H, Gentiles), Acts 19 (R-H, John’s disciples)
Hence, these events are not normative for today
2:3-4 => Pentecost and tongues of fire. The H.S. filled them and they began to speak in tongues.
Acts 8:17-18 => Peter and John laid hands on people in Samaria to receive the H.S.
10:46 => gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles
19:6 => Paul had laid his hands people at Ephesus and the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying
What minor complaints does Dr. Cara have about Reformed creeds related to baptism and its emphases in Acts?
H.S. ministry gifts are not emphasized in Baptism as we see this general gifting associated with Baptism and work of HS.
Explain the “vision” theory of the resurrection that most critics believe. (Ladd, chapters ch. 25)
This theory holds that the disciples experienced real visions that they interpreted to mean that Jesus was alive and victorious over death.
The reality behind them was a series of real subjective experiences, visions, or hallucinations in which the disciples were sure they
experienced the living Jesus
Explain Ladd’s comment on p. 362, “The resurrection of Jesus … ought not to be described simply as a supernatural event—a miracle—as though God had interfered with the ‘laws of nature.’” (Ladd, chapters ch. 25)
Jesus’ resurrection is not an isolated event that gives to men and women the warm confidence and hope of a future resurrection; it is the beginning of the eschatological resurrection itself. Ifwe may use crude terms to try to describe sublime realities, we might say that a piece of the eschatological resurrection has been split off and planted in the midst of history.
It is not the “disturbance” of the normal course of events; it is the
manifestation of something utterly new. Eternal life has appeared in the midst of mortality.
What is Ladd’s “best guess” as to why the Son of Man title is virtually dropped in Acts? (Ladd, chapters ch. 26)
The best guess is that it did not seem an appropriate title for
Jesus during the period between his earthly ministry and his parousia. The Gospels put the title on Jesus’ lips to designate his humiliation and suffering, and his coming in glory. Therefore, from the perspective of the early church, “Half its content was already a thing of the past, and half was yet in the future
How does maranatha (1 Cor 16:22) argue against Bultmann’s view of the rise of the expression “Lord” for Jesus? ( Ladd, chapters ch. 26)
That Paul should use an Aramaic expression in a letter to a Greek-speaking church that knew no Aramaic proves that the use
of mar (kyrios) for Jesus goes back to the primitive Aramaic church and was not a product of the Hellenistic community. This liturgical expression, stemming from the primitive community, had become so widely used that the Corinthians needed neither translation nor explanation of its meaning. Jesus was Kyrios to the Greek churches
