New testament

The main message of Acts

Spread of the gospel by the Holy Spirit's power despite/sometimes because of persecution

prescription def

how things should be done

Description def

describing what is happening

Argument for seeing Pentecost as descriptive

-Lukes's purpose in writing (luke's introduction)

-Apocalyptic language

-1 Corinthians

The theological purpose of Pentecost

The floodgate of the Spirit.

Purpose of the mini Pentecosts

-continuity of the message

-the gospel that saves the Jews also saves the Gentiles

-continuity of authority

Acts and the church

-The universal church and the local church

The universal church

forming a people for himself (jews and gentiles)

local church

-2 tier structure within the church

-elders and deacons

The righteousness of God in Romans 1:17

The alien righteousness is received by faith. (forensic righteousness)

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

He's trying to cultivate a mutual respect between the two.

Why Paul brings up a doer of the law

Presumption!!!! God's grace leads to repentance. The doer shows that they believe.

The gentile in Romans 2

A believer

The nature of inerrancy

-Two contradictory statements

-compels you to see how the two texts speak to one another.

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

Expose sin

The dilemma Paul is trying to solve in Romans 9

-The promises of God

-What about Israel?

-The current state of Israel is rejecting God; Paul makes a statement about God's unbreakable love.

The nature of his answer to the dilemma in Romans 9

PromisGod's unbreak

-We do not know who Israel is. Jacob over Esau. What makes Israel Israel is God's choice?

The key theme of 1 Corinthians

Unity

The key principles of unity

-Prioritize the Gospel

-prioritize leaders (do not worship)

-prioritize purity and repentance

-prioritize love

The purpose of 1 Corinthians 13

Prioritize love over gifting.

Main message of 2 Corinthians

Suffering magnifies the gospel

The textual unity of 2 Corinthians

-Change in tone between chapter 9 and ten

-9 happy

-10 not happy

-written in long amounts of time

Paul's thorn in his flesh

intentionally vague.

Main message of Galatians

Salvation is by faith alone

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

Main point that his gospel is the one true gospel

The two questions of Galatians

-How are we reconciled by God?

-Who are the people of God?

The logic of the Spirit in Galatians

-Looking at the Old testament

- I already got the blessings of the law from the spirit, so why go back?

Paul's argument in Galatians 4

-Answering the who question.

-Because of Ismael.

-Gods promise

Authorship of Ephesians

May not be Paul because it is similar to one of Paul's letters, but also very different, which conflicts

Main message of Ephesians

God saved us so live like that

The purpose of predestination in Ephesians 1

-For His Glory

- He did it because He loves us

The possible rhetorical point of Ephesians 5

Role of men and women

The Christology of Philippians 2

-Christ is divine and human.

-Didn't cease to be divine but maintained it while being human.

The purpose of Philippians 2 in the flow of Philippians

Be humble

The three pieces of a word

-Sign

-Sense

-Reference

The meaning of "firstborn" in Colossians 1

Preeminent

The purpose of mentioning the second coming of Jesus

-Encouragement

- faithfulness

- hope

The pieces of conversion

-Repentance in faith

-Perseverance over time

What it means to be a one-woman man

If you were married, be faithful.

-----have wisdom

How Paul argues for complementarianism in 1 Timothy 2

He appeals to the created order.