Test 4 Doctrine and Ethics terms

Question 1

what is the messiah

Answer 1

a title which highlights Jesus’ role as the long-expected savior of God’s people, the anointed one

Question 2

what is the Son of Man

Answer 2

a title that Jesus uses for himself taken primarily from Daniel 7 where this man is given eternal dominion by the Ancient of Days

Question 3

what is the Only Begotten Son

Answer 3

a title taken primarily from the gospel of John which speaks to Jesus’ intimate, unique, eternal, and essential relationship with the Father

Question 4

what is Ebionitism

Answer 4

taught that Jesus was a superior prophet and moral teacher, who guides us to salvation through our own obedience to the law

Question 5

What is Adoptionism

Answer 5

taught that Jesus, though exclusively human, was adopted as God’s son at his baptism or at some other point in his life

Question 6

what is Docetism

Answer 6

taught that Jesus only appeared to have a human body

Question 7

what is Gnosticism

Answer 7

a parody of Christianity which borrowed Christian terms, themes, and figures, but reinterpreted them within a vastly different scheme; grew out of Docetism

Question 8

what is Subordinationism

Answer 8

taught that Jesus is subordinate (lesser) to the father ontologically (in his essence)

Question 9

What is Arianism

Answer 9

taught that Jesus was the first creation of God who created the world

Question 10

What is Semi-Arianism

Answer 10

taught that the son is of a similar essence to the Father

Question 11

What is Apollinarianism

Answer 11

taught that Jesus had a true human body but the divine Logos had replaced the human soul

Question 12

What is Monothelitism

Answer 12

taught that Jesus only had one will

Question 13

What is Monophysitism

Answer 13

taught that Jesus only had one nature, the divine swallowed his humanity

Question 14

What is Nestorianism

Answer 14

separated Christ’s 2 natures

Question 15

What is Kenotic Christology

Answer 15

teaches that Jesus in some way emptied himself of this deity; based on Philippians 2

Question 16

What is Penal Substitution

Answer 16

Christ’s sacrifice was the payment of a debt to divine justice as a substitute for his people

Question 17

What is Propitiation

Answer 17

Christ’s sacrifice satisfied God’s justice and wrath against sin

Question 18

What is Expiation

Answer 18

Christ’s sacrifice removes our guilt

Question 19

What is Reconciliation

Answer 19

Jesus restores a right relationship between God and his creation; the transition from a state of war to a state of peace

Question 20

What is the atonement theory Satisfaction

Answer 20

God’s wrath is satisfied by Jesus dying on the cross

Question 21

What is the atonement theory, Christus Victor

Answer 21

He defeated sin and death through the cross

Question 22

What is the atonement theory Ransom

Answer 22

he pays our debt saving us from our imprisonment

Question 23

What is the atonement theory Recapitulation

Answer 23

Christ is doing what we should have done and that is how he is fixing things

Question 24

What is the atonement theory Moral influence

Answer 24

Jesus’ death on the cross motivates us to be better people

Question 25

What is the atonement theory Moral Government

Answer 25

demonstration of God’s wrath against sin and allows us to be forgiven of our sins

Question 26

Contrast the Covenant of law and the Covenant of grace. Explain their usefulness on the test.

Answer 26

Covenant of law is when you earn your reward from God. Covenant of grace is when God freely gives you a gift. The usefulness to know these are to be able to tell the difference between what is a reward and what is a gift from God when you are given something from him.

Question 27

Contrast Active and Passive Obedience of Christ. Explain their usefulness on the test.

Answer 27

Active obedience of Christ is when you obey your father and earn righteousness. Passive Obedience of Christ is when Jesus suffered on the cross and took our guilt and paid our debt. The usefulness to know these are to be able to tell which type of obedience you have to Jesus and for accountability. When you have passive obedience, it’s most likely because you sinned.

Question 28

Contrast Sufficent and Efficent in relation to the atonement. Explain their usefulness on the test.

Answer 28

Sufficient in relation to the Atonement is Jesus being sufficient to pay for all but efficient is that it is only efficient for those who repent. This is useful to know because we can use this as a reminder to constantly repent for our sins as we sin every day.