Alligood Theology 1 Final Exam

what does natural revelation imply?

that God reveals himself in what he has made and by what he has done

natural revelation contains enough to....

condemn

What can be discerned through natural revelation?

-God exists

-All that is created exists because of God--> imago dei

- all creation is dependent upon God

-mankind participates in God's existence by way of dependence on him

-morality is implied in creation

special revelation

- God is revealing himself in VARIOUS SPECIFIC ways to mankind

-God speaks sometimes personally or in visions

-God intended special revelation is always through inspired writers

- what we have in scripture is what he intended for us to have

the greatest revelation of God to use comes....

in the incarnation of the eternal son Jesus

5 Attributes of Scripture

1. Inspiration

2. inerrancy

3. Sufficiency

4. Authority

5. Perspicuity

theopneustos

God-breathed

intuition theory for inspiration

high degree of insight

illumination theory for inspiration

Holy Spirit illuminates the mind of the authors

dynamic theory for inspiration

combination of divine and human elements without dual authorship, some human, some God

dictation theory for inspiration

God speaks, man writes

verbal plenary theory for inspiration

the text (verbal) is inspired (God-breathed) and it is inspired as the whole (plenary)

- concursive inspiration

-better way of expressing verbal plenary theory

-superintended

-absolute and full inerrancy

Norma Normans

the rule that rules- Scripture is the rule that rules

Norma Normata

the rule that is ruled- creeds and confessions

Creation and God's Decree

- the triune God is eternal and needs nothing

-yet creation is an eternal divine idea in the mind of God

-God creates everything from nothing and does so from an eternal decree

- God's decree is that which is ad intra in eternity and extra in economy

divine ideas

that which is eternally in the mind of God

creation ex nihilo

out of nothing

creator/creature distinction

trinitarian

Creation order

time

universe

forms and fills

Inseperable operation

-the trinity works as one

-there is one will in God and so God acts as one---> one will with many appropriations

ontological

humanity is the imago dei; the being of mankind in all that it is, its the imago dei

anthropology

-the study of mankind in relation to God and the rest of his creation

-GOD CRATED MANKIND AS THE PINNACLE OF CREATION

-the creation of mankind is set apart from the way in whcih God creates the rest of creation

state of humanity- innocence/holiness

able to sin, able to not sin

state of humanity-Nature (falleness)

not able to not sin

state of humanity-Grace (justification and sanctification)

we will sin but we have an advocate

state of humanity-eternity (glorification and eternal condemnation)

unable to sin

three views of human composition

trichotomism

dichotomism

monism

trichotomism

body, soul, and spirit

-soul and body related through the spirit

-separate and distinct

dichotomism

body and soul

-soul and spirit can be used interchangeably

monism

not composed of parts, but profound unity

-more than body and soul, makes no distinction

Christ in his incarnation is....

the ideal man

beatific vision

being able to behold God in his glory without being hindered by the consequence of sin

union with Christ

justification

sanctification

glorification- we are united to Christ's image more

faith and Creation

-because no one can account for origins, we take this truth by FAITH

-Transcendence

-Immanence

transcendence

God is over his creation in his creation power and providential care

immanence

due to his providential care, he is near

God's relation to creation- orthodox view

God created the world and is providentially involved (pure act) with his creation

God's relation to creation- materialism

only what is physical is real

God's relation to creation-pantheism

everything that is real is divine

God's relation to creation-dualism

material and spiritual or physical and spiritual are always in conflict

God's relation to creation-deism

God creates and steps back from his creation

creation and beauty

God is beauty and beauty come from him

Yom

translated as era or age

age-day theory

yom doesn't account for 24-hr period

yom as literal day

yom means literal 24 hr day

what is the chief end of man

to glorify God and enjoy him forever

substantive view of imago dei

the imago is some definite characteristic or quality within the makeup of human nature

relational view of imago dei

the imago is not resident within human nature, but rather an experience of relationship

functional view of imago dei

the imago is not resident within human nature but has something to do with the dominion mandate as reflecting the image of God

what is true of our glorified state

-final stage of the triune God's overarching work of salvation in believers in which he wholly conforms them to the image of the glorified human nature of the Son and by which they will be totally free from sin and its effects

-we are not looking back to the Garden and are looking forward too

hamartiology

-the study of the doctrine of sin

-departure from with human or divine standards on uprightness

-evil is a privation of good

-evil is not a substance but an absence of good

-sin causes a disruption of mankind's relationship with God

total depravity

-man is sinful throughout the entirety of his being

-we cannot reconcile ourselves to God

federal headship

-adam is our federal representative

-adam's sin is imputed to us, to our account, by virtue of his substitution of all humanity

-it is credited to our account

-language interchanged between Adam and Jesus as representatives, which is what makes the gospel good news

Hope

-christ is our federal representative concerning our salvation from sin

-just as Adam's sin is imputed to us, so too Christ's righteousness is imputed to all who believe

-the only hope we have for our sin to be dealt with is the perfect life of Christ we could not live (his active obedience)

we are not sinners because we sin....

we sin because we are sinners

what is the telos of mankind?

the beatific vision