Bible and the Gospel Dr. Ford Final Exam Cedarville University
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What is the gospel?
We are sinners,God sent us His Son to die on the cross for our behalf, he rose three days
later, we are to accept this by faith.
What is a false gospel?
False teaching at the level of the fundamentals of the faith
What is the prosperity gospel?
God wants you to be healthy and wealthy.
What is wrong with the prosperity gospel?
o As Christians, we will suffer, but God doesn’t say we will be healthy and wealthy.
o Biblical prosperity is dependence on God.
What is the free grace gospel?
o Presume on God’s kindness.
What is wrong with the free grace gospel?
o Misunderstands grace, Biblical grace transforms our hearts.
The three essential historical facts of the gospel?
Christ lived a perfectly righteous life, died, buried, rose again.
What was the theological purpose of Christ’s death?
o to save us from our sins
What is the righteousness of God in Romans 1:17?
o Alien/forensic righteousness
o Christ’s righteousness is counted as our righteousness.
What is Paul trying to do in Romans 1 generally?
o Condemn gentiles for their sin.
What is the effect of the knowledge of God described in Romans 1:19?
o Renders individuals without excuse
What does Romans 1 communicate about the nature of sin?
o Heart issue, we are not born in a neutral state.
What is Paul trying to do in Romans 2 generally?
o Condemn Jews for their sin.
What sin does Paul condemn in Romans 2?
o Presuming on God’s kindness and grace
1. How does he address this presumption?
o Christian Gentiles: law written on your heart and part of the new covenant community.
How does inerrancy affect the was we interpret the Bible?
o It doesn’t allow for contradictions; it compels us to look at things that seem contradictory.
1. What does Paul conclude in Romans 3 from Romans 1 and 2?
o All have sinned (and fallen short of the glory of God)
What does “propitiation” mean?
o Sacrifice that absorbs the wrath of God
Against the backdrop of Exodus 34:1-7, what is the purpose of Christ’s death as stated in Romans 3:26?
o He is able to be both just and the justifier of those who believe. Just (needs atonement) and merciful (has great love and compassion for us)
How does Paul ground the exclusivity of faith in Abraham’s story?
o He was saved before circumcision.
What is union with Christ?
(1) Mysteriously connected to Jesus by faith so that (2) His life is our life and (3) His death is our death
Are Christians slaves to sin?
o No, we are sinners but not slaves to that sin.
Does sanctification require effort?
o Yes, but it doesn’t earn us anything.
What role do we play in sanctification?
o Spiritual disciplines
What role does the Spirit play in sanctification?
o Initially, opens our eyes to the Gospel, convicts and enables us to pursue holiness, and helps us to persevere.
What is mortification?
o Putting our sin to death (Romans 8)
What is positional holiness?
o Declared holy at the beginning of our salvation.
What is practical holiness?
o Actual growth in godliness, bearing fruit.
What is prayer?
o The idea that God is God, and we are not. To have a conversation as well as to be in awe of Him. In reverence.
What is the ground of prayer?
o God’s goodness
Why might God say “no” to our prayers?
o When we ask for something bad; we ask with the wrong motives.
Why should prayer be in secret?
o Because prayer is about speaking to God, not looking cool.
What are the pieces of prayer as we see them in the Lord’s prayer?
o Adoration- adore God.
o Confession- confess sins.
o Thanksgiving- thank for answered prayers.
o Supplication- asking God for things.
What is fellowship?
o Intentional community to become more like Jesus and to see the lost saved.
What are the three types of people with whom we should seek fellowship?
o Mentor, peer, mentee (Paul, Barnabas, and Timothy)
What are the three things we should do when in fellowship with another believer?
o Listen, Encourage, Rebuke (the smallest sliver)
What are the two different modes of the church in the Bible?
o Local and universal
What is the universal church?
o All believers everywhere
What is a local church?
o Gathered believers in a local spot, embassy.
Are Christians obligated to join a church?
Yes
What is the purpose of baptism?
o Union with Christ; died and raised with Christ.
What is the purpose of the Lord’s supper?
o Renewing of the covenant ceremony; remember the blood and the body of Jesus.
What is the church discipline?
o Removing someone from membership at a church. (lack of repentance)
Why should it be practiced?
o Untethered, unrepentant sin will affect your entire local body.
o Individual purpose: so that they will repent.
What does it mean for the Bible to be “inspired”?
o Verbal plenary: by a mysterious act of providence God ensured that what He wanted written was written.
What are some of the implications of the doctrine of “inspiration”?
o Inerrancy, authority, sufficiency
What is authorial intent?
o What the author is doing with the text.
Why is it the ground of meaning?
o Process of elimination: Author, text- inanimate, reader- contradictory meanings
What are the three pieces of a word?
o Sign- the word.
o Referent- what it is.
o Sense- what we think of when we hear the word.
What determines a words meaning?
o Context and how an author uses that word at a particular time.
What is the goal of translation?
o Accuracy and clarity
What is an allusion?
o A subtle nod to another text (new to old, or old to old)
How do we find them?
o Know your OT, look for verbal overlap, and look for explanatory power.
What determines meaning in an epistles?
o Flow of thought.
What are some of the possible relationships between propositions?
Ground, Inference, Action-Purpose, Series, Progression, Alternative, Action Matter, Comparison, Negative-Positive
Ground
o occurs when the second proposition provides the reason for the first; because, for, since
Inference
o : occurs when the second proposition is drawn as a conclusion from the first (opposite of ground); thus, therefore
Action-Purpose
o: the second proposition describes the intended result of the first; in order that, so that
Series
o : no explicit or logical relationship; and both-and, neither-nor, asyndeton
Progression
o : each step advances toward a climax; ,, ,, ,, then, not only this but also
Alternative
o : author presents the reader with options; either-or, on the one hand – on the other hand
Action Matter
one proposition describes the means by which the other is done; by, in that
Comparison
o : one proposition is merely compared with another; just as, as, like, even as
Negative-Positive
occurs when there are two alternatives – one is denied, and one is affirmed; not, but
What determines the meaning of a narrative?
o Flow of plot
How do we tap into that meaning?
o Providing an explanation that deal with all the pieces; explanatory power.
What is the defining marker of Hebrew poetry?
o parallelism
What are the types of parallelism?
o Synonymous: practically the same
o Antithetic: opposite of one another
o Synthetic: the b-line advances the a
Synonymous
: practically the same
Antithetic
o : opposite of one another
Synthetic
o : the b-line advances the a