Theology (1-20) Flashcards
Plenary Inspiration
It claims all Scripture to be equally inspired, basing its claim upon 2 Timothy 3:16, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God.”
Verbal Inspiration
Verbal inspiration means that the process of inspiration applies to the very words used in the biblical books. It does not mean that God mechanically dictated the words of the Bible, but that those words express the thoughts that God intended, and, being correctly interpreted, are free from errors of fact, doctrine, or judgment.
The New Perspective on Paul-Sanders, Dunn, Wright
Justification
Original Sin
Romans 5:12 “When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
True Israel
1 Kg 19 (prev. chap: Elijah goes to meet Ahab and gives challenge. Contests with the priests of Baal.)
Rom 2:28-29 “A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 28 For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter.
Phil 3:3 “For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh”
Gal 3:7 “ Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.”
Those of Faith are the sons of Abraham
Gal 3:7
Bible Received as the Word of God
Prov 22:19-21 “That your trust may be in the Lord … I have made them known to you … make you know what is right and true.”
Matt 4:4, 7, 10 “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone …” [temptation account]
Isa 8:19-20 (Don’t consult the spirits of the dead) … “Look to God’s instructions and teachings!”
Define Ordination
“authoritative admission of one duly called to an office in the church.”
Conversion
faith and repentance
Define Dispensationalism
It is a view that God’s dealings with men have proceeded through ‘well-defined time-periods, which believe that different redemptive agendas for Israel and the church.
Scripture and the Trinity
(1) John 1:14 The word became flesh
(2) John 3:16 For God so loved the world
(3) 2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
1 Cor 12:4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.
1 John 5:7 (KJV): three that testify: spirit, water and blood
Canon of Scripture
2 Tim 3:16
Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
Prov 30:5 ““Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.”
God’s Sovereignty
Psalm 103:19 “The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.”
Substitutionary Atonement
(1) Gal 3:13-14 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us-for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”-
14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
(2) Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Romans 3:23-25
(2) 1 Peter 3:18 “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.”
(3) Isa 53:6 “sheep..each turn to his own way…Lord laid on him the iniquity.”
*1 John 4:10 “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
5) 2 Coe 5:15
Assurance
(1) Heb 13:5 “never will I leave you nor forsake you.”
(2) Phil 1:6 “he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
(3) Heb 10:22 “let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith bring”
