PCA Ordination - Theology 2024 Test Exam Questions With Correct Answers New Update

PCA Ordination - Theology 2024 Test Exam Questions With Correct Answers New Update What is meant by "Systematic Theology"? - Answer -What the whole Bible has to say about a certain topic. What are the divisions of systematic theology? - Answer --Bibliology: Scripture -Theology Proper: God -Anthropology: Man -Christology: Christ -Pneumotology: Holy Spirit -Soteriology: Salvation -Ecclesiology: The Church -Eschatology: The Last Things (Eschatology) What is "Reformed Theology/ Faith?" (Explain As To A New Christian.) - Answer --An approach to understanding Christianity that emphasizes the Sovereignty of God in all of life. -A desire to work everything relating to faith and practice from Scripture. **What Is "Covenant Theology?" Why Is It Important? (Explain As To A New Christian.) - Answer --CT is a way of understanding how God relates to mankind. -CT sees the Bible as telling one story of God successively dealing with people on the basis of covenant relationship. -CT emphasizes unity of Scripture. Define and Defend the Covenants in Scripture - Answer -I. Covenant of works: Gen 2:16 II. Covenant of grace a. Adamic: Gen 3:15 b. Noahic: Gen 9 c. Abrahamic: Gen 12, 15, 17. c. Mosaic: Ex 19-24 d. Davidic: 2 Sam 7 e. New: Jer 31 Why is "Covenant Theology" important? - Answer --CT maintains the unity and continuity of the Old and New Testaments and the way God relates to His people in each. **List And Explain The 'Five Points Of Calvinism - Answer --Total Depravity: Outside the work of the Holy Spirit, man is unable to come to God, do anything to save himself "or prepare himself thereunto" -Unconditional Election: Before the foundation of the world, God sovereignly chose those whom he would save. Election not based on anything in man, foreseen faith, but solely grounded in God's will. -Limited Atonement (Particular Redemption): Christ came to save those the Father had given Him. All those Christ died for, God will draw to Himself. Sufficient for all, effectual for the elect. -Irresistible Grace: When God chooses to save a person, he removes the hardness of their heart so that they are freed to respond to him. -Perseverance of the Saints: Those who are truly converted will persevere in faith until the end of their life, enabled by the grace of God and the work of the HS. **Include two proof text for each of the five points - Answer -T- -Rom 3:9-20: none righteous, lots of OT quotes to show how sinful people are -Eph 2:1: "dead in trespasses and sins" U- -Eph 1:3: "just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless" -Rom 8:29: "Those whom God foreknew, these he predestined to be conformed to image of his Son" L- -Matt. 1: "he will save his people from their sins" -Eph 5:25: Christ gave himself up for the church I- -Jn. 6:37: "all the Father gives me will come to me" -Jn 12:32: "When I am lifted up from the earth I will draw all men to myself" P- -Rom 8:29-30: foreknew→ predestined→ called→ justified→ glorified; none lost at any point -Phil 1:6: he who began a good work will carry it to completion **What is "General Revelation?" - Answer -Truth about God available to everyone through nature