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Did Jesus see himself as a prophet and king? |
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| What activities did Jesus' kingship entail? |
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| He rules the physical universe; he rules the Church; and he will be King of kings and Lord of lords. |
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| What are the aspects of Jesus' priesthood? |
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His past work as a redeemer (atones) and his present work of intercessor. |
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| Who proposed the Socinian Theory of the antonement? How does the theory work and what is its weakness? |
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| Faustus Socinus; the atonement was an EXAMPLE of the LOVE we are to have towards God and an INSPIRATION to give to us; It ignores other Scripture that says Jesus is a ransom, high priest, sacrifice, etc. |
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| Who proposed the Moral-Influence theory? How does this model work and what is its main weakeness? |
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| Peter Abelard, Horace Bushnell, Hastings Rashdall; God is love, the atonement was a DEMONSTRATION of Christ's LOVE and that we should not fear God; ignores the atonement motifs of Scripture |
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| Who proposed the Governmental Theory? What does this theory say and what is its major flaw? |
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| Hugo Grotius; it is a DEMONSTRATION OF JUSTICE if we continue to sin, and God is seen as a ruler who must enforce the law; Isaiah 42:21 does not deal with the atonement and is a jurist's invention. |
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| Who proposed the Ransom (Classical) Theory? What does it say and what is its major downfall? |
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| Origen; Satan as the ruler of the world and has possession, in order to reposses humanity God had to pay a RANSOM (Jesus Christ); Scripture does not say taht the ransom was paid to Satan, but rather the theme throughout the Bible is that Satan is defeated. |
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| Who proposed the Satisfation (Penal-Substitution)Theory? What does it say? |
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| St. Anselm; Jesus died to SATISFY the requirement of God's nature that sin must be punished; and since man cannot make atonement for it, God must make it himself (BUT only man can redeem man, so God took on flesh in the person of Jesus Christ) |
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| Which of the six theories has the greatest Scriptural warrant, and upon which all others depend? |
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| The Satisfaction Theory OR Penal-Substitution |
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| What is the parallel between the OT sacrificial system and Christ's atoning work? |
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| The OT sacrificial system offers a background in which we can draw an analogy to Christ’s work of atonement. |
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| What is the meaning of the word "atone"? |
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| What is the meaning of the word propitiate? |
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| Propitiate means "to appease God's wrath against sin." |
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| Was Jesus' atonement an example of propitiation OR expiation? |
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| What was an early group with Pentecostal tendencies? What did it teach? |
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| The Montanists taught that the Holy Spirit is active in giving NEW revelation and that Christ will come again very soon. |
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| Were the Montanists ever condemned as heretical? |
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| Who was the Montanists most famous convert? |
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| Was the full deity of the Holy Spirit and the dignity of the Holy Spirit ever questioned? |
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| YES, in fact the Arians had an exact parallel to the Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ. That Jesus is subordinate to the Father and the Holy Spirit is subordinate in turn to Jesus. |
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| Which member of the Godhead is particularly evident in the church age? |
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| Is it proper to pray to the Holy Spirit? |
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| What was the filioque controversy about? |
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| Whether the Spirit proceeds from the Father AND the Son or just from the Father |
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What Scriptural evidence is there that the Holy Spirit is in fact God? |
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| Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Only God can be blasphemed. Therfore the Spirit is God |
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What Scriptural evidence is there that the Holy Spirit is a person of the Trinity and an ACTUAL person? |
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| The Trinitarian formula, all parts of the Trinity were present at the baptism. The Bible refers to the Spirit as HE not IT. |
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| What is the only extende, didactic portion of Scripture on the Holy Spirit? |
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| What is the Spirit's role in the giving of prophesy and writing of Scripture? |
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Given to Ezekiel, Saul, and Balaam (2 Peter 1:21 and Acts 1:16; 4:25) |
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| What one special gift was conferred by the Spirit in the OT? |
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| Which OT figures were empowered by the Spirit? |
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| Prophets, judges, and kings. |
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How was the Messiah's anointing by the Spirit a sign of his "Messiah"ship? |
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| The anointing of the MEssiah was prophesized in the OT; the Messiah had an extraordinary measure of anointing. |
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| What was the significance of the outpouring of the Spirit on His people? |
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| The OT said that the outpouring of the Spirit would happen in the Messianic Age (in Joel) |
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| What were the works of the Spirit under the new covenant? |
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| Bringing Glory to God, Conviction of Sin, Empowering Believers, Illuminating and guiding them into truth, Interceding on their behalf, Regenration of the Heart, and Sanctifying the Believer. |
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| When did the Spirit anoint Jesus for His ministry? |
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| What was the significance of Jesus working miracles and casting out demons through the Spirit? |
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| That Jesus had a joint reliance through the Spirit to perform miracles |
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| What was the significance of Jesus' power to cast out demons? |
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| Casting out of demons was a sign that the new age of the Messiah has come, and the powers of evil has been defeated. Unique to the NT |
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| What are the subjective aspects of salvation that the Spirit accomplishes? |
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| Replacing an old rebellious heart with an obedient one. (taking out a heart of stone and replacing it with a heart of flesh) He dwells in us. |
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Are the gifts of the Spirit functions, offices, or special abilities? |
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| All three FUNCTIONS – serving, teaching, giving OFFICES – apostles, evangelists, pastors, teachers SPECIAL ABILITIES – tongues, faith, healing |
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| Are the gifts of the Spirit for individual or corporate use? |
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| Are we to seek a particular gift or gifts from the Spirit? |
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| Does the Spirit ever give one person ALL of the gifts? |
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| What is the main argument in FAVOR of the bestowal of tongues today? |
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| The Bible offers no definitive word on the “end” of the gift of tongues |
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| What is the main argument AGAINST the bestowal of the gift of tongues? |
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| The purpose of tongues in the early church was to validate revelation. Once revelation ceased (the Bible) so did tongues. |
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| What is the Pentecostal belief in a second "Spirit baptism" based upon? |
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| The incidence in Acts; the baptism of the Holy Spirit AFTER the new birth and baptism |
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| What is the argument against a second "Spirit baptism"? |
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| Not two (an old covenant or new covenant) baptisms BUT rather we are baptized into ONE body. |
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| What is Erickson's position on whether the Spirit still gives the gifts today? |
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MAYBE, only on a case by case basis |
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| What is the explanation for incidents of delayed Spirit-baptism in Acts? |
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Involves people who were the last of the OT believers. There was a transitional period. |
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| What is Erickson's position on the use of tongues in the church today? |
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| They must be regulated; a translator and one person at a time. |
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| What are the four main critiques of Pentecostalism? |
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Similar ecstatic behavior is found in religions that are demonstratably false In many instances, ecstasies can be explained psychologically. Many so-called “tongues” don’t even exhibit recognizable linguistic traits. Unregulated use of tongues in worship is not in keeping with Paul’s teaching that “everything must be done in a fit and orderly way.” |
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