NT Exam 2 - Ford

main message of acts

1 Spread of the gospel

2 through the holy spirit

3 despite persecution

difference between prescription and description

P: describing the past in a way that is applicable to us

D: describing the past or what was done

Argument for seeing Pentecost as descriptive

1 The Old Testament anticipates it, making it a unique event

2 Relating to Babel where God uses it to spread His people

3 Luke's intent, he says in the beginning of Luke that it he is simply taking record of what went on

theological purpose of Pentecost

it is still relevant to us in that it was a flood gate of the spirit, the same spirit that dwells in believers today

Purpose of the mini pentecost

- Continuity of Message

- Continuity of Authority

Acts and the church

- one people saved by the same means

- two tier structure with elders and deacons

- Universal

- Individual church

the righteousness of God in Romans 1:17

Forensic/Alien righteousness

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

He is showing that the Jews still have a special place in redemptive history, but that the Gentiles are still welcomed in

Why Paul brings up a doer of the law

He is addressing presumption, the idea that just because you are a descendant of Abraham you are saved, but instead he argues that it is a doer of the law that is saved

The gentile in Romans 2

Is a believer

The nature of inerrancy

- Does not allow you to affirm two contradictory passages

- Puts pressure to find textual meaning

The identity of the "I" in Romans 7

Is a non believer (flow of thought)

Can Christians obey the law?

Yes, just not fully

The purpose of the law in the Christian life

1 doesn't sanctify us

2 it exposes our sin

3 with the power of the Holy Spirit

The dilemma Paul is trying to solve in Romans 9

God's love is unbreaking, but Israel is falling short time and time again (basically, "what about Israel?")

The nature of Paul's answer to the dilemma in Romans 9

- They ask, "Is God's love unbreakable?", and Paul responds with yes, but not all Israel is real Israel. God made the promise to some decedents of Abraham (Jacob, Isaac)

- Ultimately, God chooses

Main theme of 1 Corinthians

Unity

The key principles of unity

- Love

- Respect leaders but don't worship them

- Prioritize the Gospel

- Prioritize repentance and purity

The purpose of 1 Corinthians 13

Recognizes 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 the flesh

Some kind of affliction, intentionally vague

Main message of Galatians

Salvation by faith alone, not by works

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

Paul's gospel is God's gospel, he received it directly from God (it is not man's gospel)

The two questions of Galatians

- Who are the people of God?

- How are we reconciled to him?

The logic of the spirit in Galatians

In the OT, God promises His spirit to Isreal, but the Galatians also have it. Therefore, they must have gotten it through faith

Paul's argument in Galatians 4

Abraham had 2 sons who were both circumcised, but only one was chosen

- Therefore, circumcision is not the decider

Paul's argument from the story of Abraham

The Judaizers were arguing that circumcision was righteousness, but Paul proves them wrong, pointing out that Abraham was righteous before being circumcised

Authorship of Ephesians

- Self defeating argument in that they say it doesn't sound like Paul so it wasn't written by him, but it sounds enough like him to be one of his disciples

Main message of Ephesians

God saved you, so act like it

The purpose of predestination in Ephesians 1

Purpose of Predestination was

- to glorify God

- because He loves us

The possible rhetorical point of Ephesians 5

The idea was that women were less than men, but Paul corrects that, saying men need to treasure their wives, and they have separate roles, but are equals (coheirs)

The Christology of Philippians 2

Affirms that Jesus was a divine human, but was not stripped of His divine unity of the spirit, He was both

The purpose of Philippians 2 in the flow of Philippians

To show an example of humility

The three pieces of a word

1 sign - word itself

2 sense - images or concepts attached to that word

3 referent - what the word points to

The meaning of "firstborn" in Colossians 1

Preeminence

The purpose of mentioning the second coming of Jesus

- to bring hope

- to stay awake (holiness)

- we haven't missed out

The pieces of conversion

1 repentance

2 faith

3 perseverance

What it means to be a one-woman man

Faithful to his spouse, does not mean elders are required to be married

How Paul argues for complementarianism in 1 Timothy 2

- Appealed to created Order: Adam was created first

- Nature of the fall: Eve sinned first