Dr. Ford- New Testament Exam #2

The main message of Acts

The Gospel spreading by the power of the Holy Spirit against persecution.

Difference between description and prescription

Description - Describing the past, Prescription - Describing the past in how we are to live today

Argument for seeing Pentecost as descriptive

- reversal of Babel in redemptive history

- culmination of prophecies of the coming of the Holy Spirit

- Luke's introduction

The theological purpose of Pentecost

Opening the floodgate of the Spirit

Purpose of the mini Pentecosts

Continuity; the same message that saves the Jews saves the gentiles

Acts and the church

- two-tier structure (Acts 6); elders and deacons

The righteousness of God in Roman 1:17

Alien righteousness that we receive by faith

Why does Paul mention the Jews and Gentiles in Romans 1?

They still deserve God's respect because they are God's people, but they are not "elites" in receiving salvation; their Gentile brothers can now also receive this gift.

Why Paul brings up a doer of the law

do not presume on God's grace; we are supposed to be changed as an outcome of salvation

The gentile in Romans 2

a Christian/Believer

The nature of inerrancy

- hermeneutical applicability; the Bible cannot affirm two contradictory things

The identity of the "I" in Romans 7

non-Christian

Can Christians obey the law?

Yes but not perfectly

The purpose of the law in the Christian life

Paul is writing to Christians saying that we can learn about God through the law but it is not the means by which we become more Christ-like; we do by the way of the Spirit

The dilemma Paul is trying to solve in Romans 9

Who is true Israel?

What are the promises made to Israel?

The nature of his answer to the dilemma in Romans 9

He points to Jacob and Esau; Ishmael and Isaac; those promises were never made to every single genetic son of Abraham

The key theme of 1 Corinthians

Unity

The key principles of unity

- respecting leaders, not worshipping them

- prioritize the gospel

- prioritize purity

- prioritize love

The purpose of 1 Corinthians 13

recognize that all spiritual gifts mean nothing if they are not used for love

Main message of 2 Corinthians

suffering magnifies the Gospel

The textual unity of 2 Corinthians

tone change in chapter 10 signifies that it took Paul a while to write this letter

Paul's thorn in his flesh

Paul leaves this vague; struggling with physical ailment or spiritual temptation (undertone of humility)

Main message of Galatians

Salvation by faith alone, not by works

The role of Paul's story in defense of the gospel

Paul received the gospel directly from God, not from someone random

The two questions of Galatians

1. How are sinners reconciled by God?

2. Who are the people of God?

The logic of the Spirit in Galatians

Received by faith and not by works

Paul's argument in Galatians 4

Trying to define what it means to be a child of Abraham; not by circumcision or law, but by faith

Paul's argument from the story of Abraham

Abraham was justified before circumcision so his salvation must not have been dependent on that

Authorship of Ephesians

Self-contradictory; probably Paul

Main message of Ephesians

God saved us, so act like it (indicative and imperative)

The purpose of predestination in Ephesians 1

God's glory and His love for us

The possible rhetorical point of Ephesians 5

Role of men and women

The Christology of Philippians 2

Jesus is divine and human

The purpose of Philippians 2 in the flow of Philippians

Unity through humility

The three pieces of a word

1. sense- coming up mental image

2. sign- what the mental image is

3. referent- pointing to the meaning of the outside world

The meaning of "firstborn" in Col. 1

Preeminence and authority

The purpose of mentioning the second coming of Jesus

Encouragement and vigilance; assurance that they didn't miss out

The pieces of conversion

Repentance, faith, and perseverance

What it means to be a one-woman man

- does not mean you have to be married

How Paul argues for complementarianism in 1 Tim 2?

Appeals to the created order and their differences