Officer Training Questions Flashcards
How many kinds of revelations are there?
General and Particlar/Special
What is the internal evidence that the Bible is inspired?
Heavenliness of matter Efficacy of the doctrine Majesty of the style Consent of all the parts the scope of the whole evidences itself to be the Word of God
What does it mean for the Bible to be inspired? Scripture proof.
Inspiration is God breathing out the words of Scripture. 2 Timothy 3:16
What is the only standard by which Christians live their lives?
The Scripture alone should function as the authority in the conscience of the believer, and in the churches corporate life and government. Scripture alone is able to equip the child of God thoroughly.
2 Timothy 3:17; 2 Peter 1:3
What is meant by the term attributes?
God’s attributes are most commonly classified communicable and incommunicable.
What are the communicable attributes of God?
Spirit, knowledge, wisdom, faithfulness, goodness, love, grace, mercy, patience, holiness, righteousness, justice, sovereignty, freedom, power
What are the incommunicable attributes of God?
Omnipresence, Omniscience, Omnipotence, Immutability, Self existence, and Eternality
Cite a scripture text showing teaching the existence of God?
Since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made.
Romans 1:20
Cite a Scripture text showing that history is controlled by God?
Psalm 135:6
Whatever the LORD pleases, he does,
in heaven and on earth,
Hebrews 1:3
Daniel 4:34-35
Acts 17:25, 26, 28
Job 38, 39, 40, 41
Cite a Scripture text that shows that seemingly accidental events are controlled by God
Habakuk 1:6
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter and hasty nation,
who march through the breadth of the earth,
to seize dwellings not their own.
Psalm 76:10
2 Kings 19:28
What does total depravity mean? Cite Scripture
Man’s nature is corrupt, perverse, and sinful throughout. The adjective “total” does not mean that each sinner is a totally or completely as corrupt in actions and thoughts as it is possible for him to be. Instead, the word “total” is used to indicate that the whole of man’s being has been effected by sin.
Romans 3:10; Ephesians 2:1-3
Even though man is totally depraved, can he still believe in Christ on his own? Why or why not?
No. Because his heart is dead and unable to believe.
Eph 2:1-3; Romans 3:10
What is meant by saying that God’s election is not “conditional”?
“that eternal act of God whereby He, in His sovereign good pleasure, and on account of no foreseen merit in them, chooses a certain number of men to be the recipients of special grace and eternal salvation.”
- Berkhof.
If man could fulfill some condition upon which basis God would then elect him, what teachings of Scripture would be denied?
The Bible teaches that man is spiritual dead from birth.
Psalm 51:5; that man’s heart is deceitful and beyond cure Jer 17:9; a man is dead in trespasses and sin Eph 2:1; for that reason, no man has within himself the inclination to trust in, love, and obey God. Man is forever going his own way and unless he is turned around by God’s power, he will never turn to God on his own.
Why has God chosen to show mercy to elect some while passing by others?
“The sovereign decision of God before creation to pass over some persons, in sorrow deciding not to save them, and to punish them for their sins, and thereby to manifest His justice. - Grudem 685
What does the term limited or definite atonement mean?
Christ did not die to make salvation possible for all, but He died to save His people, the elect, that fixed number of people whom alone God gave to the Son to save. Isaiah 53; John 10:15; John 6:37-40; John 10:10-18; Eph 5:25-27
What do we mean by free will?
God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that is neither forced, nor by any absolute necessity of nature determined, to good or evil.
WCF 9.1
What is the ordo salutis?
Election in eternity past Effectual Calling, Regeneration, Faith / Repentance, Justification, Adoption, Sanctification, Perseverance, Glorification.
What is the relationship between regeneration and conversion?
“Regeneration precedes faith” this is the reformed view. God changes the heart bringing spiritual renewal that results in a person responding to the external call with saving faith. Acts 16:14
What does the term “justify” mean?
To declare righteous
not by infusing righteousness in them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous: not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ’s sake alone.
Romans 8:30; Romans 3:24; Romans 4:5-8; 2 Corinth 5: 19, 21
What is the difference between justification and sanctification?
1) Justification is an act whereas Sanctification is a process
2) Justification is an ACT of God’s free grace. Sanctification is a WORK of God’s grace.
Can a believer lose their salvation?
No. WCF XVII: 1 states, “they, whom God hath accepted in His beloved, effectually called, and sanctified by His Spirit, can neither totally, nor finally, fall away from the state of grace: but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved.
Phil 1:6; 2 Peter 1:10; John 10:28-29; 1 John 3:9; 1 Peter 1: 5,9
List the five points of Calvinism?
Total Depravity Unconditional Election Limited / Particular Atonement Irresistible Grace Perseverance of the saints
Give a definition for the person of Christ WSC#21
Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect? WSC#21 The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continues to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever.