Unit 3

Question 1

Holy Spirit

Answer 1

Primarily a a way of referring to Gods presence and action in the world; also the 3rd distinct person of the Trinity

Question 2

Martyr

Answer 2

Someone who died for what they believe in

Question 3

The Way

Answer 3

The terms Christian’s seemed to use to refer to themselves in the first century

Question 4

Christian

Answer 4

Follower of Christ

Question 5

Elders

Answer 5

The group of individuals, probably older men, who oversaw the direction of individual churches

Question 6

Righteousness

Answer 6

Legal Context: innocent or acceptable in the eyes of the law
Christian Context: one is acceptable before our God

Question 7

Imputation

Answer 7

Action or process of ascribing righteousness to someone by virtue of similar quality in another

Question 8

Election

Answer 8

God making a conscious choice for Christian’s to be his people (some Christians Belice this is true of individuals as well)

Question 9

Rejection

Answer 9

The conscious choice of a person to not accept Jesus Christ

Question 10

Restoration

Answer 10

The returning of a divine establishment to its intended state to ensure the realization of the divine purpose

Question 11

Sin

Answer 11

Any wrongdoing, particularly any intentional wrong doing. For the Jews its primarily meant breaking the Old Testament law

Question 12

Salvation

Answer 12

I’m Roman’s, escaping Gods wrath, which is the consequences of our sins, “being saved from our sins”

Question 13

Sanctification

Answer 13

The action or process of being freed from sin and purified or the action of making or declaring something holy

Question 14

Sovereignty

Answer 14

In the end god has absolute control and continue what he wishes

Question 15

Service

Answer 15

God has prepared good works for us to do in advance of our living for all of Gods creation and expects us to do those good works

Question 16

Foreknowledge

Answer 16

God knows directly all that has happened, is happening, and will happen.

Question 17

Predestination

Answer 17

The idea that God has already decided who will believe and be saved

Question 18

Amanuensis

Answer 18

A scribe; someone who actually wrote an author’s words on paper

Question 19

House Church

Answer 19

A group of believers that meet at a house of a particular person

Question 20

Church

Answer 20

Body of believers

Question 21

Demythologize

Answer 21

To remove aspects of the New Testament that seem foreign to our current worldview

Question 22

Creed

Answer 22

A statement of basic belief

Question 23

Body of Christ

Answer 23

Metaphor god used for all Christians. Each of us have a different function, and the Holy Spirit dwells within the whole body

Question 24

Catechism

Answer 24

a summary or exposition of doctrine and serves as a learning introduction to the Sacraments traditionally used in catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adult converts

Question 25

Evangelism

Answer 25

Spreading the good news

Question 26

Flesh

Answer 26

any human action or achievement without dependence upon the Holy Spirit and without glorying in Christ Jesus (definition not from the book)

Question 27

TULIP

Answer 27

T - Total Depravity
U - Unconditional Election
L - Limited Atonement
I - Irresistible Grace
P - Perseverance of the Saint

Question 28

Docetists

Answer 28

Believed Jesus’ body was an illusion

Question 29

Atonement

Answer 29

the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus Christ.

Question 30

Free will

Answer 30

The ability to make your own choices

Question 31

Justified

Answer 31

Legally innocent; declared not guilty

Question 32

Justified by faith

Answer 32

Righteous by imputation is Gods responsibility

Question 33

North Galatia Theory

Answer 33

The epistle Galatians was written very soon after Paul’s second visit to Galatia.

Question 34

South Galatia Theory

Answer 34

Paul wrote Galatians before the First Jerusalem Council and that it was written to churches he had presumably planted during either his time in Tarsus after his first visit to Jerusalem