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1. Bible Versions - ANSWER Translation of the Bible into languages people
actually speak. Good translation is one that is accurate and readable; would
fall in between literal (word for word) and meaning (thought for thought);
none perfect, but Holy Spirit can illuminate. Use multiple versions when
studying.
2. Officially A/G approved: KJV and NIV. (position paper)
3. Canon of Scripture - ANSWER Canon means "rule, standard, measuring
rod."
Canon of Scripture = books that have met a standard and that the church has
accepted as the inspired Word of God.
OT - 39 books - accepted as Scripture in Jesus' day.
NT - 27 books - formed over 3 centuries; books from God testified for
themselves; Holy Spirit led process.
AD 367 - Athanasius - listed 27.
,AD 397 - Council in Carthage came up with same 27 using 4 tests:
- apostle or someone close to apostle authored it.
- match what church already knew to be Scripture.
- widely accepted by church.
- a quality that revealed divine inspiration; changed people's lives.
Apocrypha (in Catholic and some Eastern Orthodox Bibles) - books between
Malachi and NT - didn't pass tests.
4. Christology - ANSWER The branch of theology dealing with the nature,
person, and deeds of Jesus Christ. (dictionary.com)
- Jesus is God - His virgin birth, sinless life, own claims to deity,
miracles, acceptance of worship, and forgiveness of sin; His disciples'
recognition of His deity.
- Jesus is man - His human birth and development, human body and
limitations, human name.
- Jesus's works - died for sins of world (came to die); rose from dead; is
exalted on high (sent Holy Spirit, preparing place for us, at right hand
of Father interceding for us); is Prophet (speaks for God - God
speaking to us), Priest (represents us to God and God to us -
intercedes for us), and King (King of kings and Lord of lords).
- Phrases - Son of God (only eternal Son of God, we are created,
adopted), One with the Father (being in very nature God - Phil 2:5-6,
one not only in purpose but also in nature or character), Only
Begotten Son (one of a kind, unique), Firstborn (first in rank and in
resurrection).
,5. Incarnation - ANSWER The union of deity with humanity in the person
of Jesus Christ. The act by which the eternal Son of God became a human
being without giving up His deity (without ever ceasing to be God).
6. Inspiration of Scripture - ANSWER The special act of the Holy Spirit by
which He led the writers of Scripture to write the message that God gave
them. (THE 211, ch 1)
"...men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." - 2 Peter
1:21
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting,
and training in righteousness." - 2 Timothy 3:16
Breathed - spirit - wind, breath
Is - present power for life
All - it's all inspired
Fallacies:
- partial inspiration - since humans wrote it, could contain mistakes;
gives humans task of deciding; no, fully accept or reject.
- mechanical dictation - God took complete control; no, although Holy
Spirit gave message, individual writers used own vocabulary, and
their divergent personalities are clear. Holy Spirit helped them choose
words so that they communicated his intent and message.
7. Verbal Plenary Inspiration - ANSWER Plenary - full, complete, entire
Verbal - words
The Holy Spirit inspired every word in the original documents.
, The words are important because God inspired them.
8. Immutable - ANSWER Unchanging; God's nature and plans are
unchangeable.
"I the Lord do not change." Malachi 3:6
God "does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17
9. Arguments for Existence of God - ANSWER - ontological - our ability to
imagine a perfect Being means there must be one.
- cosmological - a First Cause caused the universe, it didn't just
happen.
- teleological - detailed design of universe could not have happened by
chance; a designer must have been at work.
- moral - basic conception of right and wrong cannot be by chance;
must come from God.
10.Virgin Birth and Conception - ANSWER The birth of Jesus Christ brought
about by God's creative act through the Holy Spirit so that Mary became His
mother without His having a human father. (glossary, Bible Doctrines)
Jesus was "not the literal son of Mary and Joseph; he was the literal son of
Mary and God" (Betzer 1989, quoted in THE 211, p. 45)
Both fully God and fully man. Born without sin nature. Sinless.
Actual Exam Questions With Reviewed 100%
Correct Detailed Answers
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1. Bible Versions - ANSWER Translation of the Bible into languages people
actually speak. Good translation is one that is accurate and readable; would
fall in between literal (word for word) and meaning (thought for thought);
none perfect, but Holy Spirit can illuminate. Use multiple versions when
studying.
2. Officially A/G approved: KJV and NIV. (position paper)
3. Canon of Scripture - ANSWER Canon means "rule, standard, measuring
rod."
Canon of Scripture = books that have met a standard and that the church has
accepted as the inspired Word of God.
OT - 39 books - accepted as Scripture in Jesus' day.
NT - 27 books - formed over 3 centuries; books from God testified for
themselves; Holy Spirit led process.
AD 367 - Athanasius - listed 27.
,AD 397 - Council in Carthage came up with same 27 using 4 tests:
- apostle or someone close to apostle authored it.
- match what church already knew to be Scripture.
- widely accepted by church.
- a quality that revealed divine inspiration; changed people's lives.
Apocrypha (in Catholic and some Eastern Orthodox Bibles) - books between
Malachi and NT - didn't pass tests.
4. Christology - ANSWER The branch of theology dealing with the nature,
person, and deeds of Jesus Christ. (dictionary.com)
- Jesus is God - His virgin birth, sinless life, own claims to deity,
miracles, acceptance of worship, and forgiveness of sin; His disciples'
recognition of His deity.
- Jesus is man - His human birth and development, human body and
limitations, human name.
- Jesus's works - died for sins of world (came to die); rose from dead; is
exalted on high (sent Holy Spirit, preparing place for us, at right hand
of Father interceding for us); is Prophet (speaks for God - God
speaking to us), Priest (represents us to God and God to us -
intercedes for us), and King (King of kings and Lord of lords).
- Phrases - Son of God (only eternal Son of God, we are created,
adopted), One with the Father (being in very nature God - Phil 2:5-6,
one not only in purpose but also in nature or character), Only
Begotten Son (one of a kind, unique), Firstborn (first in rank and in
resurrection).
,5. Incarnation - ANSWER The union of deity with humanity in the person
of Jesus Christ. The act by which the eternal Son of God became a human
being without giving up His deity (without ever ceasing to be God).
6. Inspiration of Scripture - ANSWER The special act of the Holy Spirit by
which He led the writers of Scripture to write the message that God gave
them. (THE 211, ch 1)
"...men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." - 2 Peter
1:21
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting,
and training in righteousness." - 2 Timothy 3:16
Breathed - spirit - wind, breath
Is - present power for life
All - it's all inspired
Fallacies:
- partial inspiration - since humans wrote it, could contain mistakes;
gives humans task of deciding; no, fully accept or reject.
- mechanical dictation - God took complete control; no, although Holy
Spirit gave message, individual writers used own vocabulary, and
their divergent personalities are clear. Holy Spirit helped them choose
words so that they communicated his intent and message.
7. Verbal Plenary Inspiration - ANSWER Plenary - full, complete, entire
Verbal - words
The Holy Spirit inspired every word in the original documents.
, The words are important because God inspired them.
8. Immutable - ANSWER Unchanging; God's nature and plans are
unchangeable.
"I the Lord do not change." Malachi 3:6
God "does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17
9. Arguments for Existence of God - ANSWER - ontological - our ability to
imagine a perfect Being means there must be one.
- cosmological - a First Cause caused the universe, it didn't just
happen.
- teleological - detailed design of universe could not have happened by
chance; a designer must have been at work.
- moral - basic conception of right and wrong cannot be by chance;
must come from God.
10.Virgin Birth and Conception - ANSWER The birth of Jesus Christ brought
about by God's creative act through the Holy Spirit so that Mary became His
mother without His having a human father. (glossary, Bible Doctrines)
Jesus was "not the literal son of Mary and Joseph; he was the literal son of
Mary and God" (Betzer 1989, quoted in THE 211, p. 45)
Both fully God and fully man. Born without sin nature. Sinless.
