CWV-101 Topic 3 Review questions and answers

Summarize Isaiah 59:1-2. " Your Inequities" have made a separation (distance) between you and your God. Our sin is what separates us (relationally) from God. The textbook and lecture make mention of Judges 21:25, "In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (ESV). This is a common refrain in Scripture (Deut. 12:8; Prov. 12:15; 26:12). What does this refrain indicate about the spiritual-state of the people? It affirms the universality of sin and how separated they are from God. How and why foolishness is associated with doing what's right in your "own" eyes. You re justifying yourself enough to believe in your own lies. What is the prophecy in Genesis 3:15 known as, and what does it mean? It is known as the protoevangelion meaning the first gospel. This passage indicates redemption for humanity. A main idea, according to the textbook, is that the history of humanity is characterized by a departure from what a departure from wisdom, but God brings hope, deliverance, and redemption. Which book of the Bible begins with the story of Moses? Exodus What kind of prayer is found in Nehemiah 9, and how does it contrast God and the people? It is a prayer of confession and sin. The Israelites confessed and professed how God is loving, faithful, righteous, and creator of all. It contrasts from God and the people because it shows Gods repeated faithfulness and how man is sinful. Although created in the image of God, humanity became sinful by nature after the fall. How extensively does this original sin or depravity affect us according to Romans 3:10-23? Paul makes this clear when he says that all people have sinned and fallen short of God's glory. Our sin traces back to Adam and Eve. How did the fall (sin of Adam and Eve) affect the world according to Genesis 3:16-19? Created lots of pain and suffering in the world. Suffering death, painful child birth, painful work, thorns, thistles, weeds, distortions of God's provisions. What metaphor does the textbook use to describe idolatry? An unfaithful spouse According to the textbook, what was the primary message of the Old Testament prophets? he prophets' primary message was to get the people to flee from idolatry and return to God. List the names of Israel's first three kings David, Hezikiah, and Josiah After Israel divided into the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom, the southern kingdom of Judah endured much longer but eventually fell to what nation? Babylonians According to the textbook, the Wisdom literature (Job through Ecclesiastes) has what central theme? The fear of the Lord According to this topic's assigned reading, "The Mystery of Original Sin: We Don't Know Why God Permitted the Fall, but We Know All Too Well the Evil and Sin That Still Plague Us," by Shuster, what is the problem with the world? Me and my sins