Theology A. Intro Flashcards
. What is meant by “Systematic Theology?”
The study that attempts to arrange the teaching of Scripture in a coherent fashion, expressing it in a
contemporary form, and relating it to issues of practical Christian concern.
“Systematic Theology?” What are its divisions?
Divisions include: God Humanity The Person and Work of Christ The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit Salvation Church The Last Things (Eschatology) How God has Revealed Himself(Revelation)
What is the “Reformed Faith?” (Explain as to a new Christian.)
The Reformed faith is an approach to understanding (a system of belief and practice) God and the Bible through
stressing what the Bible stresses: the need of man, the grace of God; the absolute sovereignty of God, the centrality
of the Bible to all of life, Covenantal doctrine of Scripture, Sufficiency of the work of Christ, Effectual work
of the Holy Spirit
What is “Covenant Theology?”
Covenant Theology is a way of understanding how God relates to mankind. In the days of the Old Testament
covenants were relationships between kings and his people. God chose to use that relationship/covenant to show
how He relates to His people, only much more based on grace. Covenant theology believes that God has always
dealt with His people in a similar way, both in the Old Testament and the New. The only way they have gotten to be
in relationship is because He graciously chose to favor them with His presence. God’s people have always been
saved by grace through faith in the hopes that God would deliver them from the punishment they deserved.
Why is Covenant Theology important? (Explain as to a new Christian.)
Covenant theology is important because it maintains the unity and continuity of the Old and New
Testaments and the way God relates to His people in each. Covenant theology recognizes God’s
sovereignty over of history as an outworking of His loving grace
List and explain the ‘Five Points of Calvinism.’ Where did they come from?
Total depravity
Unconditional Election
Limited Atonement
Irresistible Grace Perseverance of the Saints
Total Depravity –
through the fall, every part of man has been corrupted by the effects so that man is not able to
restore His relationship with God. God must restore relationship if man is to enter into fellowship with God.
Romans 3:10-18; Gen. 6:5.
‘The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become. and that every inclination of the thoughts of
his heart was only evil all the time. “-Genesis 6: 5
“There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned
away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one. “ Romans 3:10-12
Unconditional Election –
God’s choice of certain persons to salvation is not dependent upon any foreseen
virtue or faith on their part.
“Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad-in order that God’s purpose in election might
stand: Not by works but by him who calls-she was told; “that older will serve the younger. .. Just as it is written:
“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. “ “-Romans 9: 11-13
“But when the kindness and love of God our savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had
done, but because of his mercy. “ Titus 3:4-5
Limited Atonement,
Particular Redemption – that Christ came to save those the Father had given Him. All those
Christ died for, God will draw to Himself.
John 10:14-15 “I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
John 6:37, 39 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast
out. 39 “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the
last day.
Irresistable Grace –
The elect come to faith by the Spirit’s effectual call.
John 6:37 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.
Acts 13:48b “as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.”
John 10:26-27 “”But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep. 27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know
them, and they follow Me”
Perseverance of the Saints –
By God’s grace and perseverance, those who genuinely come to trust in Christ,
despite their weaknesses, are preserved in the faith till the end
I Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused
us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to obtain an inheritance
which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are protected by the
power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
John 10:18 “I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.”
Phil. 1:6 “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of
Christ Jesus”
Rom. 8:28-39
They are a summary of the Synod of Dort; in response to the (5) Remonstances of Jacob Arminius.
