Systematic Theology Flashcards
Romans 12:2
Do NOT conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
THEN you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will.
2 Corinthians 5:9
So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
Philippians 2:5
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 3:15
But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have (do this with gentleness and respect).
Why Study Theology
- Knowing the truth about God helps me know God better
- Knowledge is an essential foundation and commandment
- Doctrine feeds my soul
- Knowing the truth enables me
to serve others - Knowing truth protects against error
- Bc how I think determines how I act
- Bc I’m commanded to study the truth
- Bc I’m commanded to live the truth
- Bc I’m commanded to defend the truth
Titus 2:1
But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine.
3 Warnings of Knowledge
- Knowledge must be balanced with discernment
- Knowledge must be balanced w/grace
- Knowledge must be balanced w/ love
Psalm 103: 2-5
Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all HIS benefits,
Who forgives all your sins
And heals all your diseases
Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you w/love and compassion
Who satisfies your desires w/good things.
Psalm 103: 10
He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our inequities.
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.
2 Peter 1:21
For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
5 reasons the Bible came from God
1) unity of the message of scripture from diverse human sources
2) choose to believe because of the extraordinary claims (prophets)
3) fulfillment of prophecy..hundreds of years sometimes thousands of years in advance
4) honesty of scripture regarding the very people it’s about (hero is always God)
5) the unique revelation and personal work of our Lord Jesus Christ in the lives of his people
John 1:18
No one has EVER seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
Amos 4:13
He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth-
The Lord God Almighty is his name.
Romans 1:20
General Rev. Nature
For since the creation of the world Gods invisible qualities —his eternal power and divine nature —have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made so that people are without excuse.
Isaiah 43: 10-13
Before me no God was formed,
nor will there be one after me. I, even I am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed- I, as not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses, declares the Lord, “that I am God. Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
Psalm 22:4
In you our ancestors put their trust; THEY trusted and YOU delivered them. To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it ALL in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the father through him.
Mark 13: 32-33
But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the father. Be on guard be alert!
2 Corinthians 5: 19-20
In Christ, God was reconciling the world to HIMSELF… and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ; certain that God is appealing through us.
John 14:6
“I am the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”
John 6:43
I have come in my Father’s name and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
John 7:38
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of water will flow from within them.
1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.
1 Corinthians 12:13
For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body— whether Jews or Gentiles slaves or free— and we were given the one Spirit to drink.of
Ephesians 1: 13-14
When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are Gods possession— to the praise of his Glory.
1 Corinthians 6: 12
I have the right to do anything, you say— but not everything is beneficial. I have the right to do anything — but I will not be mastered by anything.
Matthew 13: 41-42
The Son of Man will send out his angels,and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Psalm 145:17
The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.
Ephesians 2: 8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast.
