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Midterm Flashcards

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What are the key points about the human condition?

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  • From birth inclined toward evil
  • unable to choose selfless good
  • our freedom is constrained by our sinful nature
  • unable to genuinely please God
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Key passage of Doc. of Salvation?

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Ephesians 1:1-14
3-6 the father is the source
7-12 the son is the provision
13-14 the spirit makes effective

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Name the 5 atonement theories.

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  1. ransom
  2. satisfaction
  3. moral influence
  4. governmental
  5. penal substitution
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Ransom theory

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Key Passages:

  • Mark 10:45 he gave his life as a ransom for many
  • Col. 2:15 he disarmed the rulers and authorities
  • 1 Cor. 6:20 you are bought at a price
Pros
-ransom for many; imagery is important
-there was a great cost
Cons
-the literalness can be pushed too far
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Satisfaction Theory

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Key Points:

  • God’s honor is offended
  • God’s honor must be recompensed
  • Christ makes satisfaction of God’s wounded honor
Pros
-something needed to be offered for salvation
-Christ death is objective and Godward
Cons
-too heavily draw to the feudal system
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Moral Influence

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Key Points:

  • Christ death was a lavish demonstration of love
  • This love softens sinners and brings about ethical change
  • our changed hearts are able to live new lives

Pros
-something happened IN us in salvation
Con
-takes away from the outward happening life/death/resurrection
-too optimistic about the human condition

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Governmental Theory

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Key Points:

  • Christ’s death was a “token” payment
  • Is. 42:21 “the Lord was pleased…to magnify his law”

Pros
-the offense was against something outside of us
Cons
-locates the law as outside of God himself

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Penal Substitution

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2 Cor. 5:21 - he was made sin for others
1 Pt. 2:24 - He bore our sins in His body on the cross
Heb. 9:28 - He suffered once to bear the sins of others
Is. 53:4-6 - He experienced horrible suffering, scourging, and death in place of sinners

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Propitation

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To turn away wrath by means of an offering

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Redemption

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To purchase at the marketplace; it means liberation from slavery because payment has been made

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Forgiveness

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To remove the changes that were held against sinners; made possible because of propitiation and redemption

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Reconciliation

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To bring harmony and peace; the barrier is removed between God and man

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Christ our Example

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His life as a model brings us inspiration to imitate Him

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Christ our Victor

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He conquered evil and reigns in triumph; Christ’s resurrection is the victory over sin, death and the law

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What are the objections to Penal Substitutionary Atonement

also know objections to objections

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  1. It makes Christ death a glorification of domestic violence
  2. It is based in ancient pagan notions of an angry deity
  3. Moral debts, unlike monetary ones, can’t be paid or another
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Universal Redemption

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Christ Work objectively redeemed every person

John 1:29, John 3:16, 1 Cor. 15:22

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Particular Redemption

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Christ’s work objectively redeemed particular people (the elect)
Rom. 8:33-34, John 10:11, Eph. 5:25

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Hypothetical Universal Redemption

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Christ’s work make the redemption of every person possible

Ez. 18:23, 1 Tim. 2:4, 1 Tim. 4:10

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Union With Christ (5)

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Ontological - the creator absorbs creation into divine life
Sacramental - the Christian is incorporated in Christ mystically through sacraments
Covenantal - united with Christ under the covenant of grace
Moral-Filial - the christian is brought into the deepest relationship with God and each other
Experiential - the christian identifies with christ as a new reality

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Conditional Election

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Premise:
-God’s choice incompatible with free will
-Christ died for all and wills all to be saved
-personal obligation is limited to one’s ability to act otherwise
Foreknowledge-see who will believe
Election- God choosing those who freely believe
Synergism- God and man act together
Adherents- Arminius

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Corporate Election

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Premise:
-God wills to have a people
-God wills to provide salvation for all people
-Personal obligation is limited to one’s ability to act otherwise
Foreknowledge- God looking forward in a group/class of people
Election- God’s purpose to save a class of people
Synergism- God and man act together in election/conversion
Adherents: William Klein; Clark Pinnock

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Double-Unconditional Election

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Premises:
-God’s sovereign choice is compatible with human freedom
-Christ died for the elect
-personal obligation does not imply personal ability to act otherwise
Foreknowledge- foreordaining
Election- save some/condemn others
Monergism- God acts alone in election/conversion
Adherents: Luther, Calvin and Zwingli

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Universal Election

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Premise:
-Calvinist have hidden will of God apart from Christ
-It is a static view, rather than dynamic
-it suggest God is for some and against others
Foreknowledge- God’s sovereign counsel to be God for us in Jesus Christ
Election- God’s sovereign choice of Jesus Christ - the elect man & electing God
Monergism- God alone acts in Jesus Christ
Adherents- Karl Barth

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Single-Unconditional Election

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Premise:
-God’s sovereign choice is compatible with free will
-Christ died for the elect
-Personal obligation does not imply personal ability to act otherwise
Foreknowledge- Foreordaining
Election- Save some/Leave others
Monergism- God acts alone
Adherents: Aquinas, John Gill, A.H. Strong

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Supralapsarian

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Decree to…

  1. Elect
  2. Create
  3. Permit fall
  4. Jesus
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Infralapsarian

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Decree to…

  1. Create
  2. Permit fall
  3. Elect
  4. Jesus
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Sublapsarian

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Decree to…

  1. Create
  2. Permit Fall
  3. Jesus
  4. Elect
28
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Grace (5)

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Natural Capacity- natural enablement
Divine- gift to those who seek him; increases with faith
Universal Prevenient- flows unconditionally to all
Identical to Christ- redemption we have in Christ
Effective- Freely given to all; specially given to believers

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Election

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  1. Before creation, because of his sovereign good pleasure. God chooses some people to be saved. Eph. 1:4-5
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Calling

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  1. God summons people to himself through the human proclamation of the gospel so they respond in saving faith. Rom. 8:30
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Regenration

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  1. God secretly and sovereignly imparts spiritual life to those who have been called. Titus 3:5
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Conversion

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  1. We willingly respond to the gospel call repenting of sin and placing faith in Christ for salvation. 2 Cor. 7:9-10
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Justification

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  1. An instantaneous legal act of God in which he declares that our sins are forgive and Christ’s righteousness is ours. Romans 3:24-28
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Adoption

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  1. An act of God in which he makes us members of his family. Romans 8:15
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Sanctification

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  1. A progressive, lifelong work of God and man that frees us from sin and makes us more like Christ. Eph. 4:1-2
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Perseverance

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  1. All those who are justified will be kept by God’s power and persevere as Christians to the end of their lives. Phil. 1:6
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Glorification

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  1. God will finally remove all trace of sin from the Christian and give him a resurrection body. Romans 8
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Call: Natural Capacity

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  • no original sin
  • natural ability to believe
  • i came by myself
39
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Call: Special & Resistable

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-Lutheran view (cross between arm. and cal.)

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