Midterm

Question 1

What place should be given to the doctrine of man compared to the doctrine of God?

Answer 1

God is the Creator, we are the creature

Man is not the pinnacle or center of the theological system; we start with God

Our doctrine of man is important, but it comes out of and is ultimately subservient to our doctrine of God

We are above beast, but our sin humiliates us and lays us down in the dust

Question 2

Do Genesis 1 and 2 present contradictory accounts of man’s origins?

Answer 2

No, chapter 1 was God’s general creation, chapter 2 addresses God’s special creation in far greater detail

Question 3

Was death and fallenness part of man originally?

Answer 3

No, it was imparted to him at the Fall. At first, man was able to sin or not sin. After the fall, man is not able to not sin. Upon regeneration, man is once again able to sin or not sin. In glory, man will not be able to sin

Question 4

Does the Bible leave room for evolution from apes?

Answer 4

No; the passage testified that man was moulded out of the dust and that God breathed into him, unlike the other creatures. To deny man’s creation as recounted in Genesis 1-2 is to deny that man is made in the image of God.

Question 5

Where do we find that man was made in God’s image?

Answer 5

Genesis 1:26-30

Question 6

Is there a distinction between image and likeness?

Answer 6

Iranaeus believed so, but there is no evidence; it is Hebrew parallelism, not a different meaning

Question 7

Different views on the image of God

Answer 7

Intellect (rational soul separates man from beast)

Body (this can become heretical if one believes that God has a body that we’re modelled after)

Dominion (lies in man’s duty, which involves mind, body, soul)

Relationality (communion and fellowship with other humans, particularly in marriage)

Original Righteousness (holiness)

Question 8

Did man lose the image of God?

Answer 8

No, although it is heavily distorted in every way; it can only be healed by the Holy Spirit

Question 9

How would you describe the image of God?

Answer 9

Man reflects God in intellect, dominion, relationality, and righteousness, and this is made manifest through his physical body

Question 10

What is the cultural mandate? Where is it found?

Answer 10

To be fruitful and multiply, filling and subduing the earth (Genesis 1:28)

Question 11

What is the Sabbath? Where is it taught (in creation and the Law)?

Answer 11

A day in which man models the rest of God (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11)

Question 12

Which of the 10 Commandments incorporates the Sabbath?

Answer 12

Commandment 4

Question 13

What are the main principles of Sabbath rest?

Answer 13

Rest from work and worship of God

Question 14

What passage speaks of the creation of man’s body and soul?

Answer 14

Genesis 2:7

Question 15

What is dichotomy?

Answer 15

The belief that man is body and soul, spirit and soul are synonymous

Question 16

What is trichotomy?

Answer 16

The belief that man is body, soul, and spirit

Question 17

What is Creationism (with respect to the soul)?

Answer 17

For each conceived human being, God creates a soul and unites it to the body of that person

Question 18

What is Traducianism?

Answer 18

In this paradigm, the souls of the parents create the soul of the child through the same procreative activity that the body is produced

Question 19

What is Pre-Existence?

Answer 19

God creates souls and then they are given bodies at a later time (backed up more by philosophy than by Scripture, makes the body accidental and of little value)

Question 20

What is the Covenant of Works?

Answer 20

God’s covenant with Adam

Adam would receive eternal life so long as he obeyed the covenant stipulations; if Adam broke covenant, he would fall under the curse of death; salvation was secured or lost according to his works

Question 21

What is the distinction between the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace?

Answer 21

It would require man perfect obedience to uphold the Covenant of Works and be saved; while we are still saved by works in the Covenant of Grace, it is Christ’s works and not our own; we are saved through the vehicle of faith in Christ

Question 22

What Scripture passages teach the Covenant of Works?

Answer 22

Genesis 2:15-17

Hosea 6:7

Romans 5:12-21