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Apostles' Creed
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I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilot, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell: The third day he rose again from the Dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Communion of the Saints; The Forgiveness of Sins; The Resurrection of the Body, And the Life Everlasting. Amen.
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What does Prolegomena mean?
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"Things that are said before" Prolegomena is the introduction of the study of theology because it comes first and gives direction to the formation of one's beliefs.
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What are the three presuppositions of prolegomena?
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A presupposition is my attitude or what I assume about something. Prolegomena begins with the presuppositions that there is a God, that truth exists, and that a person can know the truth. Therefore, we assume THERE IS A GOD and that THE TRUTH EXISTS IN HIM. We assume WE CAN KNOW THE TRUTH, hence we can come to know God or even come to know him directly.
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What is the contemporary usage of the word "Theology"?
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Strong writes, Theology is the science of God and the relations between God and the universe." Fitzwater writes, "Theology, therefore, is the science of God's essential being and His relationship to the universe as set forth in the Holy Scriptures."
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What is catechism?
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The study of theology, stimulated by a question, is thought to challenge the mind to explore an obvious answer. The problem with catechism is that the answers become catalogued and neither than question nor the answer are any longer spontaneous.
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What are the five presuppositions for the task of theologizing?
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(1) that there is a God and that He has revealed Himself, (2) that there are laws that are self evident, (3) that man has the ability to know things to the degree to which he directly observes them, (4) that truth does not contradict itself, but is consistent and corresponds to reality, and (5) that the mind accepts that which is logical and rejects that which is illogical.
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What are the tests that are used to verify theological truths? Explain.
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a. the test of consistency. But consistency is not enough to guarantee that a system is true; b. The test of correspondence. "Does His correspond to reality or life?" Christianity is not provided by pragmatism, but once embraced, it will reaffirm its credibility in the application of its message to the lives of its recipients; c. The test of priority of data. A systematic theology will discriminate between what is essential and what is irrelevant. Many times that which appears to be contradictory is usually irrelevant; d. The test of cohesiveness. The center of Christianity rests in the historical and supernatural revelation of Jesus Christ
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What is the aim of biblical theology?
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Biblical theology aims to arrange and clarify the facts of revelation, confining itself to the Scriptures for its material, and treating the doctrine only so far as it was developed at the close of the apostolic age.
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Where does Biblical theology get its material?
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Confined to the scriptures
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What is the "historical" theology the study of?
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The study of the expression of theology in each age with an examination of its expressed aim, emphasis, omissions and forces that change its expressions from generation to generation since the closing of the canon.
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Apostles' Creed
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I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilot, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell: The third day he rose again from the Dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Communion of the Saints; The Forgiveness of Sins; The Resurrection of the Body, And the Life Everlasting. Amen.
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What does Prolegomena mean?
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"Things that are said before" Prolegomena is the introduction of the study of theology because it comes first and gives direction to the formation of one's beliefs.
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What are the three presuppositions of prolegomena?
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A presupposition is my attitude or what I assume about something. Prolegomena begins with the presuppositions that there is a God, that truth exists, and that a person can know the truth. Therefore, we assume THERE IS A GOD and that THE TRUTH EXISTS IN HIM. We assume WE CAN KNOW THE TRUTH, hence we can come to know God or even come to know him directly.
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What is the contemporary usage of the word "Theology"?
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Strong writes, Theology is the science of God and the relations between God and the universe." Fitzwater writes, "Theology, therefore, is the science of God's essential being and His relationship to the universe as set forth in the Holy Scriptures."
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What is catechism?
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The study of theology, stimulated by a question, is thought to challenge the mind to explore an obvious answer. The problem with catechism is that the answers become catalogued and neither than question nor the answer are any longer spontaneous.
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What are the five presuppositions for the task of theologizing?
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(1) that there is a God and that He has revealed Himself, (2) that there are laws that are self evident, (3) that man has the ability to know things to the degree to which he directly observes them, (4) that truth does not contradict itself, but is consistent and corresponds to reality, and (5) that the mind accepts that which is logical and rejects that which is illogical.
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What are the tests that are used to verify theological truths? Explain.
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a. the test of consistency. But consistency is not enough to guarantee that a system is true; b. The test of correspondence. "Does His correspond to reality or life?" Christianity is not provided by pragmatism, but once embraced, it will reaffirm its credibility in the application of its message to the lives of its recipients; c. The test of priority of data. A systematic theology will discriminate between what is essential and what is irrelevant. Many times that which appears to be contradictory is usually irrelevant; d. The test of cohesiveness. The center of Christianity rests in the historical and supernatural revelation of Jesus Christ
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What is the aim of biblical theology?
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Biblical theology aims to arrange and clarify the facts of revelation, confining itself to the Scriptures for its material, and treating the doctrine only so far as it was developed at the close of the apostolic age.
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Where does Biblical theology get its material?
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Confined to the scriptures
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What is the "historical" theology the study of?
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The study of the expression of theology in each age with an examination of its expressed aim, emphasis, omissions and forces that change its expressions from generation to generation since the closing of the canon.
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What is "dogmatic" theology a study of?
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The study of varied beliefs and creeds of the different religious sects and orders throughout church history.
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What is Philosophical theology?
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The collecting, scientifically arranging, comparing, exhibiting and defending of all data including logic, experience, reasons, and facts from the natural world.
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What is contemporary theology?
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The study of the men, movements, institutions and trends found in the current theological world.
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What is systematic theology?
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The study of the men, movements, institutions and trends found in the current theological world.
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What does "practical theology" seek to do?
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It seeks to apply to practical life the things contributed by the other three departments of theology.
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What is the "theology of the SCRIPTURES" called?
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Bibliology
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What are the six uses of reason?
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To recognize and receive truth
To interpret truth To accept and confirm evidence that supports truth To correlate truth with other truth To apply truth To defend truth |
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What are the four tools for accurately arranging a systematic theology?
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• Collecting
• Scientifically arranging • Comparing • Exhibiting and Defending Of all facts from any and every source concerning God and His works. |
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What four questions must we ask about faith?
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• Is the present day Christian faith in harmony with and growing out of, that continuous faith to Christians found in the New Testament.
• If faith is a reality and is available to all, then the method of acquiring it and expressing it must be predictable. • This deals with private faith. When a person has experienced faith, it becomes nonverbal (experiential) in personal acquisition. Hence, when we study theology and faith, we are delving into the area of axiology that which is assumed to be true and mysticism that which is felt to be true. Is private faith based on objective faith? • To understand faith, one must describe it as well as define it. Hence, are the symbols (justification, regeneration) of one's faith meaningful? |
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What 5 factors can limit our theology?
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• Human understanding
• Language • Ignorance of Scripture • The Silence of God • The Nature of Science • Spiritual Blindness |
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What is Revelation?
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The ACT whereby God gives us knowledge about Himself which we could not otherwise know
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What is inspiration?
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The supernatural guidance (without error) of the writers of Scripture by the Spirit of God whereby they wrote the divine Word of God, transcribed accurately without error and reliability
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What is inerrancy?
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Inerrancy recognizes that what God revealed and inspired is accurate, reliable, authoritative and without error.
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What is the Canon?
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The standard (measuring rod) by which the 66 books in the Bible and their content were determined and the basis upon which they were included in Scripture.
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What is hermeneutics?
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The science of biblical interpretation.
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What is illumination?
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The work of the Holy Spirit in helping the believer understand and apply the spiritual meaning of the Scriptures.
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What is the primary motivation of revelation
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Was not to give man doctrine, not to communicate words, not to communicate supernatural knowledge, nor is it given to stimulate man's ability to respond to God. Revelation is essentially an act whereby God unveils himself to his people
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What does Hebrews 1:1-2 teach about divine revelation?
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That it is progressive. God spoke both "in times past unto the fathers by the prophets" and "hath in these last days spoken unto us by the Son".
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What are the two areas of revelation?
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• The self revelation of God is in nature and his creation
• God has revealed Himself through the word of God and its central message, who is Jesus Christ. |
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What is reason?
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The intellectual and moral faculties of man as exercised in the pursuit of truth apart from supernatural aid. God uses reason for man to understand His power and personal hand in nature
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What does the Cosmological argument state?
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The study of the world as it reveals God. It is based upon the fact of causation, or that God is the First Cause.
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What 3 things is the Cosmological argument dependent upon?
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• That every effect must have a cause
• That the effect is dependent upon its cause for its existence • That nature cannot produce itself. |
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What does the Teleological argument state?
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How God is revealed in the design or goal in His creation. Ultimately, it is based upon the recognition of the operations of an intelligent cause in nature. Design means three things; First cause had a blueprint before the process began, the First Cause selected the proper means (laws, decision, interdependency of parts, etc) to accomplish the results that were desired, and the First Cause used the means according to His independent and all-powerful nature to accomplish the preconceived design.
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What does the Anthropological argument state?
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Human nature reveals a personal God.
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What does the Anthropological argument reason?
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That the higher parts of the human nature could never have come from non-intellectual matter.
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What does the ontological argument state?
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Our thoughts of God imply the existence of God.
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What does congruity mean?
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The existence of God is in harmony or congruity with all facts, whether those facts be connected with man's innate knowledge of God, the revelation of God in nature, or the knowledge of God that man can have through or as a result of his rational process.
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What does the existence of laws imply?
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The existence of a law giver.
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What does laws in society give evidence of?
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That God has made man a social creature and placed within man a desire for law and order. They imply that man's inborn impulse to judge others who break the law is evidence of that law.
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What three arguments are the basis for arguments from revelation?
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• That the bible is consistent with itself.
• That the bible corresponds with itself. • That the bible's claims can be scientifically demonstrated. |
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According to CS Lewis, what are the 3 alternatives for Christ's claims to be God?
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• You can shut him up as a fool
• You can spit and him and kill him as a demon • You can fall at His feet and call him Lord and God |
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What empirical evidence sets Christianity apart from other belief systems?
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It's demonstrated ability to predict the future, or fulfillment of prophecy.
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Name two sources that establish an early date of scripture
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• The septuagint, written about the time of Alexander the Great
• The dead sea scrolls, which established an historical date to indicate that these books were not written late, were found in 1947 in the Kumran Community |
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What is the unified theme of the Bible?
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The bible has a unified message that center on Jesus Christ, a unified theme which is the redemption of God, a unified structure so that each part of the bible contributes to the whole, a unity of literary emphasis, even though there are numerous authors, there is one mind that guided the preparation of the entire bible.
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What are the four qualities of inspiration?
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• Inspired guidance
• Inspired personality • Inspired words • Inspired results |
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Inspiration incorporates the personality of the writer into the final product.
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Inspiration incorporates the personality of the writer into the final product.
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What does Conceptual inspiration state was inspired?
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God inspired the ideas of Scripture
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What does partial inspiration state?
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God did in fact inspire parts of scripture, but failed to identify which parts of Scripture were inspired
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What does limited inspiration state?
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The scriptures are inspired and authoritative only in matters of religious dogma.
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What are the five arguments for inspiration/inerrancy?
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• The bible teaches that it is inspired inerrant
• Jesus affirmed inspiration/inerrancy • Church fathers recognized inspiration/inerrancy • Argument from the character of God • Argument from animation or the life-giving spirit of the Scriptures. |
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According to the text, what is "Bibliolatry"?
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Worshipping the bible
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According to the text, about what percent of the New Testament is either quotation or allusion to the Old Testament?
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About ten percent
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What is Textual Criticism?
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An investigation of the facts to determine the credibility of the text. The aim of textual criticism is to recover the actual words of the autograph.
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What is lower criticism?
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Lower criticism also called textual criticism, deals with the actual text with a view of determining the original manuscript,
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What is Higher Criticism?
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Higher criticism, dealing with the area of authorship, sources dates, and historical matters.
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What four criteria determine that person is a biblical prophet?
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• He must claim that his message is from God
• The recognized predictability of his prophecies • His message must be in accord with the revealed will of God • If he leads the people of God away from God he is not a prophet |
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What are the four basic principles to guide the test of canonicity?
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• The authorship of the book by an apostle is necessary to be included in the canon.
• The spiritual content of the book indicated it was revelation in nature • The universal acceptance of the book by the church indicated it canonicity • Was there evidence of divine inspiration |
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List four rules for literal interpretation of the Bible.
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• Interpret the bible in light of its historical background
• Interpret the bible in light of the authors purpose and plan • Interpret the bible verse in light of their context • Interpret the bible within author's meaning of words ○ Etymology: the historical meaning of the word and its origin ○ Usus Loguendi: how the author normally uses the words ○ Koine: the common use of the word within biblical times. Interpret the bible according to grammar |
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What does the term "Spirit" mean when used to define God?
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It means that God is immaterial, incorporeal, and invisible
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What does it mean that God is a "person"?
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God has the power of intellect
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What do most religions portray God as?
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Impersonal Being or Force
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What does it mean to say that God is immutable?
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He has an unchanging nature.
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What does Dogmatic Atheism espouses?
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The non-existence of God
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What does Agnosticism affirm?
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Affirms the impossibility of any true knowledge holding that all knowledge is relative and, therefore, uncertain.
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What is Animism?
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The term used in primitive religions to describe the existence of spiritual beings who are held to affect or control the events of the material world, and man's life here and hereafter, and it being considered that they hold intercourse with men and receive pleasure or displeasure from human actions.
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What does Polytheism believe?
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Represents the worship and belief in a multiplicity of gods.
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Define Henotheism
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Recognizes many gods, but places them in various ranks, identifying one as supreme above others.
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Define Tritheism
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The abuse of the doctrine of the trinity to suggest the existence of three gods coequal in every respect, yet distinct deities and personalities
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Define Dualism.
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This theory assumes that there are two distinct and irreducible substances or principle. In epistemology these are idea and object; in metaphysics, mind and matter; in ethics, good and evil; in religion, good (God) and evil (satan)
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Pantheism
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The Theory which regards all finite things as merely aspects, modifications, or parts of one eternal and self-existent being; which views all material objects, and all particular minds, as necessarily derived from a single infinite substance.
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What are the 3 absolute attributes of God?
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Holiness, Love, Goodness
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What does Omniscience mean?
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He possesses perfect knowledge of all things.
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What does Omnipresence mean?
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God is present everywhere at the same time.
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God's Omnipresence teaches that God will manifest himself in some places more than others.
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God's Omnipresence teaches that God will manifest himself in some places more than others.
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God can do everything that is in harmony with his nature and perfection.
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God can do everything that is in harmony with his nature and perfection.
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What does "El" mean?
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Strong One or Perfect Creator
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What does "Jehovah" mean?
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LORD - Yahweh
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What does "Adoni" mean?
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Lord or Master
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What are the four different expressions (categories) of the law?
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• The Physical Law of god
• The Moral Law of God • The Social Law of god • The Spiritual Law of God |
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What are the four purposes of the law?
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• To show the oneness and sovereignty of God
• To place a restraint on the sinner • To show the greatness and reality of sin • To lead the sinner to Christ |
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What are the five Calvinism (the tulip acrostic)?
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Total depravity
Unconditional election Limited Atonement Irresistible Grace Perseverance of the saints |
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Define "Predestinate".
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God has a plan of salvation and extended it to everyone who would respond in faith.
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Define "Foreknowledge"
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Extends God's sovereignty into the future.
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Define "Elect".
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Those who responded to God's call were part of the plan that God had chosen for their salvation.
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The definition of the trinity states that the members of the trinity are equal in nature; distinct in person; and subordinate in duties.
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The definition of the trinity states that the members of the trinity are equal in nature; distinct in person; and subordinate in duties.
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The word Trinity is not found in scripture, the idea and doctrine are.
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The word Trinity is not found in scripture, the idea and doctrine are.
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What is the existence of three gods called?
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Tritheism
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The trinity is NOT three manifistrations of God
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The trinity is NOT three manifestations of God
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What belief teaches three different manifestations of God?
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Sabellianism
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What belief errors by denying the eternality and distinctiveness of the three person's of the trinity?
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Modalism
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The trinity does not teach that the father created the Son and the son created the Holy Spirit.
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The trinity does not teach that the father created the Son and the son created the Holy Spirit.
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What belief taught that only the Father was eternally begotten from the beginning?
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Arianism
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How does the baptism of Christ point toward the trinity? How does the New Testament Baptism Formula point to the trinity?
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
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Jesus Christ is the second member of the trinity, is equal with the father in nature and yet submissive in duty.
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Jesus Christ is the second member of the trinity, is equal with the father in nature and yet submissive in duty.
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Christ was a single and undivided personality.
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Christ was a single and undivided personality.
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Jesus claimed to be one with the Father.
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Jesus claimed to be one with the Father.
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Jesus claimed to have the ability to forgive sins.
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Jesus claimed to have the ability to forgive sins.
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Jesus allowed people to worship Him.
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Jesus allowed people to worship Him.
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Jesus claimed to have omnipresence, omniscience, and omnipotence.
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Jesus claimed to have omnipresence, omniscience, and omnipotence.
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What does the term "preexistence" mean?
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Christ existed in the Old Testament
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What does the term "eternality" mean when referring to Christ?
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He is not limited by time, but that He has not beginning or end.
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The fact that Christ allowed people to worship him shows that He thought He was divine.
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The fact that Christ allowed people to worship him shows that He thought He was divine.
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What would Jews think who heard Christ calling himself the "Son of Man?"
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Immediately think Messiah
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What is Christophany or Theophany?
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The manifestation of God in invisible and bodily form before the incarnation.
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What is a fore teller?
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Spokesman of God
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What is foretelling?
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Predicting future events
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What is forthtelling?
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Preaching
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What is it essential that have been born of a virgin?
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So he would be born without the Sin Nature. Sinless.
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What was Christ's 3 fold office?
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Prophet
Priest King |
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What is The Kenosis?
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"to empty himself or pour out" The act of Kenosis as stated in Philippians 2 may therefore be properly understood to mean that Christ surrendered no attribute of Deity, but that HE DID VOLUNTARILY RESTRICT THEIR INDEPENDENT USE IN KEEPING WITH HIS PURPOSE OF LIVING AMONG MEN AND THEIR LIMITATIONS.
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The limitations of God's Omnipotence
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1. God cannot create a being or world to which His essential incommunicable attributes can be given.
2. He cannot create a being whose nature is sinful. 3. He cannot impose laws not accordant with righteousness and holiness. 4. He cannot deal with any o His creatures unjustly. 5. He cannot commit sin. 6. He cannot change His own nature 7. He cannot change His decrees or purpose 8. He cannot do impossibilities. |
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What is the purpose of the Law?
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1. To show the oneness and sovereignty of God
2. To place a restraint on the sinner 3. To show the greatness and reality of sin 4. To lead the sinner to Christ. |
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Christian fundamentals.
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1. Verbal plainary inerrancy of Word of God
2. Virgin Birth 3. Death of Christ. 4. Resurrection of Christ 5. Second coming |
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What is incarnation?
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Jesus became flesh - the God-Man. The miracle of God becoming fully man, yet remaining fully God.
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Jesus Christ was God when He was on earth
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Jesus Christ was God when He was on earth
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What is the Hypostatic Union?
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Jesus is the God-Man meaning that Jesus is totally God and totally human at the same time.
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What are the comparative attributes of God?
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Omniscience
Omnipresence Omnipotence |
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What does temptability mean?
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Christ was actually tempted
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What does Impeccability mean?
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Christ could not sin and did not sin.
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What is vicarious suffering?
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Suffering endured by one person in the stead of another.
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What is a "vicar"?
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A substitute
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Without the shedding of blood, there is no payment for sins
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Without the shedding of blood, there is no payment for sins.
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What does the word "redemption" mean?
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to buy back
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What does the word "propiciation" mean?
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Turning away wrath of God by Offereing. Christ is the propiciation of our sins.
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The law is a unit, to break one law is to break them all
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The law is a unit, to break one law is to break them all.
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How is every person a sinner on three counts?
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1. Every person is guilty of personal sin.
2. A person is a sinner because of imputed sin. 3. A person is a sinner because of the sin nature. |
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What is judicial guilt?
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The non-experiential condition of the sinner who stands before God
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What is personal guilt?
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Experiential in nature and becomes a means by which a sinner is convicted of his sins.
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Man is reconciled to God through the blood of Christ
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Man is reconciled to God through the blood of Christ.
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What is the Swoon Theory?
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The theory that taught that Christ did not really die on the cross (the soldiers just thought he died).
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The disciples were surprised of Christ's resurrection
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The disciples were surprised of Christ's resurrection.
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What is the biblical definition of death?
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Separation of a person's body and spirit.
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At the resurrection, Christ's body and spirit were reuinited.
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At the resurrection, Christ's body and spirit were reuinited.
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What are the five results of the resurrection?
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1. Eternal Life
2. Imparting Power 3. Manifesting justification 4. Providing our future resurrection 5. Union with Christ |
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What are the five results of the ascension of Christ?
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1. Sending His Holy Spirit
2. Giving of Spiritual Gifts 3. Imparting Spiritual Power 4. Preparation of a Heavenly Home. 5. Standing of the believer. Union with Christ |
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Christ's resurrection provides our future resurrection
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Christ's resurrection provides our future resurrection
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Who is sometimes called the forgotten member of the trinity?
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The Holy Spirit
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What are the attributes of the Holy Spirits Personhood?
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1. Equal with the Father and son in nature.
2. Holy Spirit is a person 3. Intellectual ability 4. Emotional ability 5. Faculty of Will |
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What did the early church think about the Holy Spirit's deity?
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Recognized the Deity of the Holy Spirit in the equal recognition given Him in the benediction of the Baptismal formula: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
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Dove
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The dove speaks of the beauty and gentleness of the Spirit's character
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Seal
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The seal indicates the security of the Spirit's grace and the proprietorship of His Love
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The Holy Anointing Oil
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The Holy Anointing Oil is emblematic of the Holy Spirit's character and claims as the Holy One.
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The Act of Anointing
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The Act of Anointing is suggestive of the Spirit's consecrating grace and guidance
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Oil
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The Oil is typical of the Spirit's grace nad the illumination of his teaching
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Fire
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The Fire is an emblem o the purification and penetration of the Spirit's operation
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Rain
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The Rain desginates the abundance and grace of the Spirit's supply
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Atmosphere
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The Atmosphere portrays the element and use of the Spirit's exclusiveness
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Wind
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The Wind proclaims the winnowing and searchingness of the Spirit's power
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Rivers
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Rivers proclaim the abundance of the Spirit's supply and the pletitude of His grace
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Dew
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The Dew shadows forth the refreshing and fertilization of the Spirit's presence
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Water
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The Water symbolizes the effectiveness and sufficiency of the Spirit's ministry
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Clothing
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Clothing depicts the equipment and strength of the Spirit's endowment
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Earnest
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The Earnest delineates the sample of the Spirit's promise of Glory.
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The Deity of the Holy Spirit
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His spoken of as God; the attributes of God are ascribed to him, such as life, truth, love holiness, eternity, omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence; he does the works of God, such as creation, regeneration, resurrection; he receives honor due only to God; he is associated with God on a footing of equality, both in the formula of baptism and in the Apostolic benedictions.
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Which member of the Godhead convicts of sin?
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The Holy Spirit
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What is regeneration?
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Regeneration is the work of the Spirit of God whereb men are given God's life and God's nature and made apart of the family of God
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What is "Baptism of the Holy Spirit?"
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The baptism of the Holy Spirit is an act whereby the individual is placed in the body of Christ.
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Baptism into the Spirit is permanent
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Baptism into the Spirit is permanent
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Five aspects of the Indwelling.
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1. Automatically at conversion
2. Not-experiential 3. Permanent 4. Basis for all the other ministries of the Holy Spirit 5. Basis for the new life you have. |
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Sanctification
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To be set apart
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How is sanctification a three fold process?
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a. First, the believer was sanctified (forgiven and set apart to God in salvation.
b. Second, the believer is constantly being set apart from sin as he utilizes the means of grace in his life. c. Third, he will be completely sanctifed when he meets the Lord in the rapture or death and at that time be without sin. |
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What are spiritual gifts?
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Spiritual gifts are devinely given capacities to perofrm useful functions for God, especially in the area of spiritual service.
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What are the three main passages that discuss spiritual gifts?
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Romans 12:3-8
1 Cor. 12-14 Eph. 4:7-11 |
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What is the purpose of the "gifts of the spirit"?
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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are God's Divine inventions to remedy the native capacity of the virtues to elevate man to the perfection to which he is called. The gifts are necessary to man if walks worthily of his vocation.. Their function is to enable man to do righteously in a superhuman way to bring his actions into line with God's own standards of conduct. The Gifts enable man to live his human life as God would live a human life.
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Spiritual gifts cannot be earned, and all believers receive Spiritual Gifts
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Spiritual Gifts cannot be earned, and all believers receive Spiritual Gifts.
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The word angel means messenger
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The word Angel means Messenger
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Angels are not omnipotent, omnipresent or omniscience
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Angels are not omnipotent, omnipresent or omniscience
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What does the name Lucifer mean?
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"bearer of light"
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What does the name Gabriel mean?
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"Man of God"
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What does the name Michael mean?
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"Who is like the Lord?"
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What is an archangel?
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Highest in the order of angels
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What are cherubimand what do they do?
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Attached to the throne of God and guard the Holiness of God
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What are seraphim and what do they do?
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Concerned with the Holiness of God
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What does the word Seraphim mean?
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burners. This order of angels probably relates to sacrifice and cleansing.
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What types of work to angels do?
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Angelic transportation at death
Angelic revelation Angelic protection Angelic emancipation Angelic influence Angelic provision Angelic encouragement Angelic administration Angelic appearance |
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Originally Satan was created as a good angel. He is a person rather than just a force. He is not omnipotent, omnipresent, or omniscient.
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Originally Satan was created as a good angel. He is a person rather than just a force. He is not omnipotent, omnipresent, or omniscient.
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Angels were created with free will.
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Angels were created with free will.
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What makes up Satans kingdom?
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Angels who fell, hearts of regenerate men.
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What makes up Satan's three-fold work?
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Opposition to will and work of God.
Imitation of the work of God. Destruction of all that is good. |
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Satan's desire is to be like God
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Satan's desire is to be like God.
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Where did demons come from?
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Demons are fallen angels who rebelled against God
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Demonic power is limited both in time and extent by the permissive will of God
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Demonic power is limited both in time and extent by the permissive will of God
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One third of the angels left with satan when he left heaven.
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One third of the angels left with satan when he left heaven.
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In Job, who is referred to as "sons of God"
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angels
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What issue somes out of Genesis 6:1-4?
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The "sons of God" cohabited with the daughters of men who were human women and produced giants. God saw the wickedness and destroyed with flood. the angels responsible were placed in Tartarus to wait for judgment at the Great White Throne Judgment.
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Demons can be responsible for physical afflictions but not all
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Demons can be responsible for physical afflictions but not all
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Mental diseases can be caused by demons but not all
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Mental diseases can be caused by demons but not all
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What activity of demons is a sign of end times.
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False Doctrine
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What is divination?
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The practice of killing of a chicken or some small animal, and on occasion, observing of its liver to determine the state of affairs, and direction of the immediate future.
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What is Necromancy?
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An effort to communicate with and interrogate the dead. The bible teaches the dead are unable to communicate with the living. This is an abomination unto the Lord.
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What is sorcery?
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Socery relates with calling upon demons to create situations around people. Their practices may have also included the use of mood changing or psychedelic drugs.
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What is witchcraft?
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The witch is one who makes use of magic and sorcery to accomplish the will of demons and is directly opposed to God.
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