Ford- NT Exam 2

Main message of Acts

The Gospel spreading by the Holy Spirit against persecution.

Difference between prescription and description

Prescription is what we are to do. Description is what was true.

Argument for seeing Pentecost as descriptive

1. It's unique (reversal of Babel)

2. culmination of prophecy

3. Luke's introduction

4. not all speak in tongues

The theological purpose of Pentecost

Opening the floodgate of the spirit.

Purpose of the mini-Pentecost's

Continuity (message and authority)

Acts and the church

2-tier structure: elders and deacons (one in the same), one gentile church.

The righteousness of God in Roman 1:17

Alien righteousness received by faith.

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

Cultivate mutual respect between Jew and Gentile.

Why Paul brings up a doer of the law

1. He is addressing presumption (do not presume on God's kindness)

2. Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is never alone.

The gentile in Romans 2

A believer (a Christian).

The nature of inerrancy

It doesn't allow the Bible to affirm a contradiction.

The identity of the "I" in Romans 7

Non-Christian (pre-Christian experience). Paul gave an example of life before salvation.

Can Christians obey the law?

Yes, but not perfectly.

The purpose of the law in the Christian life

The law is not the means of which we pursue sanctification.

The dilemma Paul is trying to solve in Romans 9

1. Who is true Israel?

2. The promises made to Israel.

The nature of his answer to the dilemma in Romans 9

What makes one Israel is God's choice (Jacob and Esau, Ishmael and Isaac).

The key theme of 1 Corinthians

Unity.

The key principles of unity

1. Respecting leaders but not worshipping them

2. Prioritizing the Gospel

3. Prioritizing purity

4. Prioritizing love

The purpose of 1 Corinthians 13

All our spiritual gifts are worthless without love.

Main message of 2 Corinthians

Suffering magnifies the Gospel.

The textual unity of 2 Corinthians

Tone change in Ch. 10, took Paul a long time to write the letter.

Paul's thorn in his flesh

Intentionally vague, could be physical or spiritual.

Main message of Galatians

Salvation is by faith alone.

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

Didn't get it from anybody, but from God directly (how we know it is the true Gospel).

The two questions of Galatians

How are we made right with God? Who are the people of God?

The logic of the Spirit in Galatians

Gentiles/Galatians know they are people of God because they received the Spirit (not by the law but by faith).

Paul's argument in Galatians 4

Circumcision and genetic relationship with Abraham are not the means of being a child of Abraham.

Paul's argument from the story of Abraham

Order of circumcision, not the means by which he was saved.

Authorship of Ephesians

Self-contradictory.

Main message of Ephesians

God saved us, so act like it. Walk in a manner worthy of your calling.

The purpose of predestination in Ephesians 1 (why does God save us?)

God is for his glory, and he loves us.

The possible rhetorical point of Ephesians 5

Affirming differences in men and women, both made in the glory of God.

The Christology of Philippians 2

Jesus is divine AND human, God, man, and omnipresent.

The purpose of Philippians 2 in the flow of Philippians

Unity through humility.

The three pieces of a word

Sense, sign, referent.

The meaning of "firstborn" in Colossians 1

Pre-eminence, Jesus is above all.

The purpose of mentioning the second coming of Jesus

Hope, vigilance, the second coming is not missed.

The pieces of conversion

Repentance, faith, and perseverance.

What it means to be a one-woman man

Sexual purity after salvation.

How Paul argues for complementarianism in 1 Timothy 2

Appeals to created differences in men and women.