Midterm Flashcards
What are three ways God changes us?
People
Circumstances
Discipline
When God changes us by people and circumstance, the process works _______ ________
Outside In
When God changes us by discipline, the process works ________ _______
Inside Out
The Greek word for discipline is __________
Gumnasia
1 Timothy 4:5 of the KJV translates Gumnasia as __________
exercise
1 Timothy 4:5 of the ESV/NIV translates Gumnasia as __________
Train
1 Timothy 4:5 of the NASB translates Gumnasia as ________
Discipline
The original language of 1 Timothy 4:7,”…make it plain that this is a _______ of God, not merely a _________.
Command and Suggest
The great danger of neglecting the disciplines is the danger of _______ _______.
Missing God
Some neglect the disciplines simply because they have no ________ for them because they have no ________ for God.
Appetite and Hunger
There is a ________ in embracing the Spiritual disciplines.
Freedom
In the Bible God tells us about ________, and especially about ______________, the incarnation of God.
Himself and Jesus Christ
If we would know _____ and be _____, we must know the _____ of _____.
God, godly, word of God
We must remember that the most transforming practice available to us is the _______________ of _________.
Disciplined intake of Scripture
The most critical Discipline is the ______ of ______ _____.
Intake of God’s word
Whitney suggests what 3 things for daily bible reading?
Plan, Time and Meditate
What are 5 benefits of Bible memorization?
Supplies spiritual power Strengthens faith Prepares for witnessing Provides means for good guidance Stimulates meditation
God not only has spoken clearly and powerfully to us through _______ and the _________ He also has a Very Large _____ continuously open to us.
Christ, Scripture, Ear
Prayer is _________ only to the intake of God’s word in importance.
Second
1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing,”…reminds us that prayer is also a _________.
Relationship
We can be prayer _________ and see the expectation to pray merely as ________, or we can be _________ who view prayer as an opportunity to _________ the mercy and grace of God.
Pessimists, obligation, optimists, receive.
Often we do not pray because we _______ that anything will actually ________ if we pray.
Doubt and happen
Godliness without the _____ of God is ___________.
Word and unthinkable
What is the heart of private worship?
Bible intake and meditation
In worship we should also sing ________ __________ _______ as both a musical declaration of God’s truth and biblical response (praise and thanksgiving) to the revelation of God.
Biblically spiritual songs
In what ways has God revealed Himself to us?
Creation and The Incarnate Word
What are two ordained elements of public worship?
Baptism and The Lord’s Supper
Worship often includes ____ and _____, but it goes beyond them to focus on the _____ and _____.
words, actions, mind, heart.
What must we have in us before we can worship in spirit and in truth?
COME ON YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS..
The Holy Spirit.
To worship God in spirit involves worship for the ______ ____.
Inside out
Worship in truth is worship according to the _________ ______ _________
Truth of Scripture
So we must worship in both spirit and in truth, with both _____ and ______, with both ______ and ______
spirit, truth, head, heart.
The church of Jesus Christ is not a __________ ____ ___________.
collection of Isolationists
Without discipline, our worship of God will be ______ and _______.
Thin and Inconsistent
How is it that the worship of God is both the end and the means?
End; focus+response
Means; To godliness
