Bible Doctrines 2- Test 1
What are the 4 methods of theology?
1. Biblical theology: What does the text say? 2. Systematic theology: What is true? 3. Historical theology: what have Christians believed? 4. Practical Theology: what should i do?
What affect did Adam's sin have on me?
1. I am separated from God 2. I am inherently sinful 3. I cannot change my nature 4. I cannot earn merit with God 5. If all people are totally depraved, how is it that unsaved people can do good things?
What are the implications of the biblical account of creation?
1. Man is distinct from, but dependent upon God 2. Man is part of the physical creation, but higher than anything else in it 3. Limitations are not inherently sinful 4. Man's needs extend beyond the physical and social
What are the beliefs of the image of God in man?
1. Man is in the image of God because he is like God 2. Man is the object of God's greatest love and attention 3. The image of God has not been lost due to sin 4. The image of God in man establishes the unique value of human life 5. The image of God is shared universally and equally by all human beings 6. The fact that man is in the image of God makes man the appropriate vehicle for the incarnation
What are the four views of Adam's sin and how it affected us?
1. Pelagian (Adam's Bad example) 2. Arminian (Sin nature) 3. Federal (Sin nature / condemnation) 4. Augustinian (Sin nature / condemnation)
What are the beliefs with the transmission of man's soul?
1. Preexistence: the soul was created at the same time of creation 2. Creationism: God creates the soul at the same time of conception 3. Traducianism: God designed the human race that the soul was created as the human body is created
What are the beliefs with the created nature of man?
1. Trichotomy 2. Dichotomy 3. Monism
Enns points out that progressive creationism does acknowledge the direct creation of _________.
Adam and Eve
The __________ view teaches that God grants to each sinner "a special influence of the Holy Spirit, which is sufficient to counteract the effect of the inherited depravity."
Arminian
What are the alternate theories of human origins?
Atheistic evolution Theistic evolution Gap Theory Day-Age theory
The __________ view teaches that all men were seminally (actually) present in Adam and thus participated in his sin.
Augustinian
What is dichotomy?
Divides man into 2 parts- body (physical) and soul/spirit (immaterial)
What is trichotomy?
Divides man into 3 parts- body (physical), soul (thinks and feels), and spirit (distinguishes us from animals)
T/F Although man's will and emotion are depraved, his intellect was not affected by the fall.
False
The __________ view teaches that Adam is the representative head of the human race and thus plunged the entire race under God's judgment by his sin
Federal
What is creationism?
God creates the soul at the same time of conception
What is Traducianism?
God designed the human race that the soul was created as the human body is created
What is the Pelagian view?
It says that all Adam was was a bad example
What is the nature of sin?
Missing the mark Transgression Rebellion/Disobedience Sin is a violation of a standard God has set the standard that sin violates The standard can be violated actively or passively The standard can be violated by actions, words, or thoughts Iniquity Breach of Contract Perversion Abomination
The _________ view teaches that man is created neutral and can freely choose to be either holy or sinful.
Pelagian
_________ bases its position (in part) on Psalm 90:4 and 2 Peter 3:8.
Progressive Creation
What key verse describes the doctrine of the imputation of Adam's sin?
Romans 5:12
What is sin's origin? (Genesis 3)
Sin is not inherently part of man (as a created being), God created human beings without a sin nature. Sin and evil are in the world because of man (not God)
Which does Enns state is a theological problem for theistic evolution?
The comparison between Adam and Christ in Romans 5:12-21
Which of the following views of the origin of the soul has the least support in Scripture?
Theory of Pre-existence
What is the Augustinian view?
This view says that We were in Adam when he sinned
The _________ best explains the ongoing transmission of human depravity.
Traducian Theory
The Pelagian, Arminian, Federal, and Augustinian views are all relevant for which question?
What affect did Adam's sin have on rest of the human race
What question do we ask with Biblical Theology?
What does the text say?
What question do we ask with historical theology?
What have Christians believed?
What question do we ask with systematic theology?
What is true?
What question do we ask with practical theology?
What should I do?
What is monism?
Your body, soul, and spirit are one
What does "divine fiat" mean?
a kind of a command when the commander causes the thing to be by just speaking it
Scripture describes sin as _______.
both the inner impulse to rebel and the actions themselves
According to Enns, Adam and Eve could have gained the knowledge of good and evil ___________.
even if they had not eaten the fruit
The view that God created in 24-hour days is also referred to as ________
fiat creation
According to Enns, Satan intended to make Eve suspect God's ________.
goodness
Which of the following aspects of the non-material nature of man does Enns specifically say are being restored in Christ?
man's moral nature
Which of the following does Enns specifically reject in reference to the image of God in man?
man's physical nature
What does "ex nihilio" mean?
out of nothing
The fact that "formless and void" do not necessarily refer to something that results from divine judgement is primarily a difficulty for __________.
the Gap Theory
Enns notes that the book of _______ is especially usefully in contradicting the idea held by some ________ that the body is inherently evil due merely to the fact that it is physical.
the Song of Solomon ... Greek philosophers
What is Hamartiology?
the doctrine of sin
What is preexistence?
the soul was created at the time of creation
What is the Federal view?
this view says that Adam was our representative
What is the Arminian view?
this view says that all the descendants of Adam were born with the bent of sin
