MidTerm

Question 1

Definition of Inspiration

Answer 1

being mentally stimulated to do or feel something (especially something that’s creative)

Question 2

How did Jesus uphold the scripture?

Answer 2

• Using the bible as a defense when tempted by Satan
• Placed the bible over human tradition
• Rebuked the Jews for setting aside the authority of the scriptures.

Question 3

Relation between the OT and NT

Answer 3

• they do not contradict each other
• OT uses prophets and symbols to reveal the savior to come
• NT uses the story of Jesus to reveal the savior who has come

Question 4

The purpose of scriptures according to the gospel of John.

Answer 4

It reveals that the word is Truth and that God does not lie
- Every word he pronounces is true
- We are to believe and share his word

Question 5

General Revelation

Answer 5

refers to God’s revelation made to all men everywhere, discovered through natural observations (nature, philosophy, reasoning)

Question 6

Special Revelation

Answer 6

means to impart the knowledge and understanding of Jesus Christ, salvation, and atonement.

Question 7

God’s communicable attributes:

Answer 7

holy, loving, just, good, merciful gracious, faithful, truthful, patient, and wise

Question 8

God’s incommunicable attributes:

Answer 8

omnipresent, omniscience, omnipotence, immutability, self-existence, and eternal

Question 9

The parables of Luke 15:

Answer 9

• the lost sheep
• the lost coin
• the lost sons

Question 10

Prophets who prophesized Jesus’ coming:

Answer 10

• Abraham
• Isaiah
• Adam
• Daniel
• Micah
• Zachanas

Question 11

The person of the spirit:

Answer 11

Referred to as The Comforter, this means that the holy spirit is a person

Question 12

What is the relation between the two creation accounts in Genesis?

Answer 12

They are joined by Genesis 2:4
- the first creation story refers to God as Elohim
- The second refers to God as Yahweh and or Yahweh Elohim

Question 13

What is a “day” in the account of creation?

Answer 13

• Each yom was filled with creation activity, and the sabbath climaxed the creation week
• The fourth commandment would be meaningless if the days of creation were loner than 24-hour long periods

Question 14

What is the Hebrew word for day?

Answer 14

Yom

Question 15

What are the 12 significances of creation?

Answer 15

• The antidote to idolatry
• The foundation of true worship
• The sabbath
• Established marriage as a divine institution
• The basis of true self-worth
• The basis of true fellowship
• personal stewardship
• Responsibility for the environment
• Dignity of manual labor
• The worth of the physical universe
• The remedy of pessimism, loneliness, and meaninglessness
• the holiness of God’s law

Question 16

What is the basis for conditional immortality?

Answer 16

It’s a concept where the gift of immortality is attached to the belief in Jesus Christ

Question 17

What is the theological meaning of the death of Christ?

Answer 17

God’s saving deed for the world

Question 18

What is atonement?

Answer 18

• The process of reconciliation
• The state of being at one or in agreement
• illustrates the process of judgment that eradicates sin

Question 19

Ex Nihilo

Answer 19

Out of Nothing

Question 20

Hislaterion

Answer 20

propitiation, expiation, sacrifice of atonement

Question 21

Ekklesia

Answer 21

Church

Question 22

Bapto

Answer 22

immerse

Question 23

Hades

Answer 23

The place of the dead

Question 24

What are the 6 results of Christ’s saving ministries?

Answer 24

• reconciliation throughout the universe
• the vindication of God’s law
• justification
• the futility of salvation by works
• a new relationship with God
• the motivation for a mission

Question 25

What are the two deaths that begin a new life?

Answer 25

• The first death is of this life
• the second death is after the resurrection