Test (2.19.16) Flashcards
Refutation Arguments Against Theistic Evolution
- Evolution says that all life began in the ocean while Genesis teaches that life began on land.
- The order of events in evolutionary theory differs from that presented in the Genesis account.
- Theistic evolution assumes the Genesis account to be allegorical and/or poetic with no reason to do so (proper Hermeneutics)
- Derivation of man from a non-human ancestor cannot be reconciled with Genesis 1:26, 27, and Genesis 2:7.
- Evolution teaches that the development of fish and birds are separated by hundreds of millions of years while Genesis says they were created together.
- Evolution assumes a concurrent evolution of man and woman while Genesis teaches that woman was created from man’s side.
- Evolution is seen as an ongoing process over several millenia, even possibly continuing today, while Genesis 2:1 and 2:2 state that God is finished at the close of the creation week.
Refutation Arguments for Day Age Theory
- Hebrew grammar – olam is the term most commonly used in Hebrew to indicate a long period of time; yom most commonly is used to refer to a common day period.
- The use of a numerical adjective with yom always refers to a common day (first, second, etc).
- The phrase “evening and morning” is strongly indicative of a common day.
- If man has been on Earth for 1 million years, the Geneologies in Genesis 5 and 11 would require a 50,000 year gap between each name.
- If life has been on earth for 1 billion years, then each day of creation would have to represent 125 million years.
- According to Genesis, plants were on the 3rd day and the sun on the 4th making anything but a common day impossible.
- The use of 2 Peter 3:8 as support is a classic illustration of proof-texting
- The pattern of Exodus 20:9-11 9 (Sabbath) is ludicrous unless the days of creation are common days.
Ways Man is Made in the Image of God
God is Trinity, Gave us a Triune Body
God is Soul, Have us a Spirit
God is Morality, Gave us Conscience and Passion
3 Different Theories for Origin of Man’s Soul
Preexistence Theory - each man receives his soul from a previous existence in the past
Creationist Theory - each soul is a special and immediate creation which enters the fetus early in its development
Traducian Theory - both body and soul are passed on through natural generation (genetics)
Soul’s 4 Basic Characteristics (Role it Plays in Moral Situations)
Intellect - that which tells one whether a given issue is either right or wrong
Sensibility - that which tells one what he would like to do about a given issue
Conscience - that which tells one what he should do about that issue
Will - that which determines what one will do about that issue
Original Responsibilities of Man Given by God
- Be head of all nature
- Live in and care for the Garden
- Love and protect his wife
- Reproduce and fill up the earth
- Obey God
7-Fold Sentence God Gave Adam for His SIn
- Shame
- Fear
- Discord
- Death (Physical, Spiritual)
- Suffering
- Labor (and fatigue)
- Separation
5 Different Theories for Adam’s Effect of Sin on Posterity
Liberal Position - story is a Hebrew legend and thus has no impact at all
Pelagian Position - because God imputes to a man only those sins which he personally commits, Adam’s sin affected only himself. The only impact on posterity was that of a bad example
Arminian Position - Adam’s sin weakened the will of his descendants to remain sinless, but did not destroy the possibility
Augustinian Position - as seminally present in Adam, all his descendants were participants with him in his sin. Thus, God holds all men guilty because all men are guilty
Federal Position - as the federal head or representative of all mankind, his sin was charged not only to him but to all he represented as well
What Depravity Does Not Mean
a. that all unsaved men are as depraved as they can possibly become
b. that an unsaved man has no sense of God or of good and evil
c. that an unsaved man cannot admire that which is noble or even perform noble acts
3 False Theories for the Destiny of Man
Nirvana - Hindu belief that at death man ceases all personal existence and is absorbed by some great life-giving principle in the Universe
Restorationism - in a future life all men will be given a second chance to make the choice for God they did not make in this life
Materialism - atheistic belief that there is nothing after life and thus after death man just rots away into nothingness
Compare/Contrast Hades and Gehenna
Hades - (sheol) the place of departed souls (10 uses). Location is within the earth
Gehenna - place of everlasting punishment (12 uses). Location is somewhere away from earth
Characteristics of Hell
A place of unquenchable fire A place of memory and remorse A place of thirst A place of misery and pain A place of frustration and anger A place of separation A place of undiluted divine wrath A place prepared for Satan and his followers Eternal
3 Heavens
Atmospheric - the home of the birds and clouds
Celestial - home of stars, planets, etc
Spiritual - home of God
New Jerusalem Description
- City shaped like a cube or pyramid
- City is 12,000 furlongs in each dimension
- Foundation of city is 12 layers of precious stones
- Walls of city are 144 cubits
- Main street of city is paved with purest gold
Heaven’s Residents
Father Son Spirit Holy and elect angels 24 elders Church Redeemed Israel
