Midterm Flashcards
What are the names of the four historical groups whose theology developed away from correct biblical pneumatology as discussed in class?
- Puritans
- Wesleyans
- Holiness Pentecostals
- Modern Pentecostals
What did group 1 believe the “second work” of the Spirit was supposedly after conversion and what instinctive did that include for each?
- Puritans
2nd work:
Assurance of salvation
What did group 2 believe the “second work” of the Spirit was supposedly after conversion and what instinctive did that include for each?
- Wesleyans
2nd work:
Sanctification; totally irradiated the sin nature
What did group 3 believe the “second work” of the Spirit was supposedly after conversion and what instinctive did that include for each?
- Holiness Pentecostals
2nd work:
Sanctified but evidenced by tongues
What did group 4 believe the “second work” of the Spirit was supposedly after conversion and what instinctive did that include for each?
- Modern Pentecostals
2nd work:
Empowerment for ministry
How did the second group know they had received the so called “second work” of the Spirit and what did it supposedly eliminate?
An arbitrary feeling that showed you had eradicated the sinful nature.
What was the different evidence for the third group as opposed to the second regarding evidence of the Spirit’s so called “second work”?
It was no longer an arbitrary feeling but was evidenced by tongues.
What did the fourth developing group stop practicing leaving the third group and how did that affect their pneumatology?
- They left holiness
2. They no longer saw sanctification as the second work so they said it was empowerment for ministry
What does James Dunn mean by “conversion-initiation”?
Salvation or entrance into the Kingdom of God (Born Again)
What is the OT paradigm of salvation?
- Invoking/Calling the name of the Lord over people
2. The presence of the Lord was encountered
What is the paradigm of NT salvation?
- Invoked/Calling the name of Jesus over people
2. They were filled with the spirit
What is the point of showing other places in Scripture than Acts to establish our doctrine of
pneumatology?
Because taken together with the acts they represent a unified Apostolic confession
How does Jn. 3:3-8 inform soteriology and pneumatology?
Both water and spirit baptism are essential to be born again and to enter the Kingdom of God
What is Jn. 3:5 a repetition and expansion of?
John 3:3
What does Jesus show about the two components regarding water and spirit baptism in Jn. 3:5?
Jesus cemented them into a singular necessary experience