Test 2 Q3 Flashcards
What two treasures are found within that ultimate Truth?
Wisdom and Knowledge
The gathering of factual information.
Knowledge
The proper application of factual information to real-world situations.
Wisdom
This conference was an attempt by man to capture the infinite essence of God’s nature.
Westminster Confession
In seeking for understanding about eternal life, _____________ was seeking satisfaction in life.
Samaritan Woman
In seeking for understanding about eternal life, ____________ were seeking for evidence through the works being done on Earth.
Jewish People
In seeking for understanding about eternal life, ____________ were seeking miraculous signs.
The disciples
In seeking for understanding about eternal life, _________ was seeking factual evidence.
Nicodemus
True or False. The search of the Word of God contains the answers to eternal life.
False (found only in Jesus).
How will people have eternal life?
Whoever looks to Jesus and believes in Him
Who did Jesus pray for just prior to His crucifixion?
For all of humanity
What did Jesus ask God for those in His prayer in the question above?
That all humans may know God and Jesus
Where in scripture is Jesus’ prayer to God found?
John 17:1-3
Hosea 6:6 and Jeremiah 9:23-24 shows that the knowledge of God is living by:
Faith
Hosea 6:6 and Jeremiah 9:23-24 shows that the knowledge of man is seeking:
Evidence
Where in scripture does it state that “the Word of God” stands forever?
1 Peter 1:24-25
What are the two manners in which we can trust the Word of God?
It is living and active
Where in scripture can you find the claim that we can trust the Word of God because of these two manners?
Hebrews 4:12
- Those who do not believe in the Word of God will try to ________ it and _______ it.
Discredit, Minimize
In 1776, ________ mocked those who believed in God by stating that within 100 years of his death Bibles will only be found in museums.
Voltaire
In 1985, ___________ attempted to discredit the authority of the Bible by using science methods to conclude that 82% of the words attributed to Jesus were not spoken by Him.
Jesus Seminar
What is the primary reason why people will try so vehemently to attack the Word of God?
Because the Word of God gets in the way of their selfish desires
God shows His protection of us through his jealous protection of what we believe. The name of God that describes this is:
El Qanna
Through this jealous protection of us, God shows His _______ when sin threatens our _________ relationship with Him.
Zeal, Covenant
Proverbs 12:1 teaches that we are to love __________ because God uses correction to keep us from living in a ______________ of following sin.
Discipline, Lifestyle Pattern
Those who do not know God, will be able to hear it through our:
Love
The intense, committed study of the Word of God makes us all:
Theologians
Who stated that non-believers have to come to be open to discovering an understanding about the existence of God and the trustworthiness of God’s Word in order to believe?
R.C. Sproul
What does history provide?
Reminders of what God has done through man
Using history to tell the story of humanity is known as a:
Meta Narrative
What is significant about 1859?
Darwin’s “Origins of Species” was published
According to Historical Revisionism, what happens if you rewrite the past?
You can make people believe whatever they want in the present