Study Guide

Question 1

What does James Dunn mean by “conversion-initiation”?

Answer 1

Salvation or entrance into the Kingdom of God

Question 2

What is the OT paradigm of salvation?

Answer 2

1. Encountered by God

2. Call upon the name of the Lord

Question 3

What is the NT paradigm of salvation?

Answer 3

1. Having the name called over you

2. Infilling of the Spirit

Question 4

What is the point of showing other places in Scripture than Acts to establish our doctrine of pneumatology?

Answer 4

Baptism & receiving the HG is more than just an acts experience but a whole Bible experience. It showed the apostles agreed and were in unity.

Question 5

How does Jn. 3:3-8 inform soteriology and pneumatology?

Answer 5

You have to be born of the water and of the spirit in order to be saved.

Question 6

What is Jn. 3:5 a repetition and expansion of?

Answer 6

John 3:3

Question 7

What does Jesus show about the two components regarding water and spirit baptism in Jn. 3:5?

Answer 7

It’s two parts of one thing. They are both needed for entrance into the kingdom of God.

Question 8

What does the Greek in Jn. 3:5 clearly show (even according to Belleville)?

Answer 8

There is unity between “water-spirit”… Both are unmet conditions

Question 9

How does 1 Cor. 6:11 inform soteriology and pneumatology?

Answer 9

The text is not about baptism alone