NT Exam 2 Ford

The Main message of Acts

the spread of the gospel by the power of the Holy Spirit despite persecution

What is the difference between prescription and description?

Description communicates what has been done, and prescription tells us what to do 

Argument for seeing Pentecost as descriptive

Luke’s intent at the beginning of the gospel, Paul’s statements about tongues in verse 12, evidence of it being unique. 

The theological purpose of Pentecost

To show the age of the spirit 

Purpose of the mini Pentecosts

Show continuity of the church, and authority 

Acts and the church

Bringing the jew and the gentile together, all churches should have elders, sets a precedent that there is a 2 level structure in the church 

the righteousness of God in Roman 1:17

That it is from God, forensic righteousness, alien righteousness 

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

To pastorally help them to respect each other. 

Why Paul brings up a doer of the law

To address the presumption that you only need to follow the law to be saved 

The gentile in Romans 2

A Christian

The nature of inerrancy

It compels you to revisit those tensions between texts 

The identity of the “I” in Romans 7

A non-christian

Can Christians obey the law?

Yes, but not perfectly

The purpose of the law in the Christian life

To expose our sin

 The dilemma Paul is trying to solve in Romans 9

The tensions between God’s unbreakable love and the current state of Israel 

The nature of his answer to the dilemma in Romans 9

What makes someone Israel is God’s choice 

The key theme of 1 Corinthians

Unity

The key principles of unity

Respect your leaders, prioritize the gospel, prioritize holiness, love is all you need or prioritize love 

The purpose of 1 Corinthians 13

To prioritize love over gifting 

Main message of 2 Corinthians

suffering magnifies the gospel

The textual unity of 2 Corinthians

There is a tonal change in chapter 9 without evidence of writing a different letter 

Paul’s thorn in his flesh

He is being intentionally vague 

Main message of Galatians

Salvation is by faith alone 

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

Uses his story to defend that his gospel is from God 

The two questions in Galatians

Who are the people of God? And how are we made right with God? 

The logic of the Spirit in Galatians

The Spirit was promised to Israel, and yet by faith the Gentiles received the spirt. They must already be part of the team, so they do not need to submit to the law 

Paul’s argument in Galatians 4

His allegory that if circumcision made Abraham the son of Israel, what about Ishmael? 

Paul’s argument from the story of Abraham

He was declared righteous when he believed before he was circumcised 

Authorship of Ephesians

The style and content is different than other paulian letters, it is a copy of his other letters. 

Main message of Ephesians

God saved you, so act like it 

The purpose of predestination in Ephesians 1

To glorify God, its an act of love 

The possible rhetorical point of Ephesians 5

It possibly could be pushing against Greco-Roman patriarchy. 

The Christology of Philippians 2

To communicate that Jesus is divine and human 

The purpose of Philippians 2 in the flow of Philippians

To foster humility in us

The three pieces of a word

Sign, sense, referent 

The meaning of “firstborn” in Colossians 1

That jesus is preeminent over everything 

The purpose of mentioning the second coming of Jesus

To give you hope, and to help you stay awake and diligent 

The pieces of conversion

Repentance, faith, perseverance 

What it means to be a one-woman man

It does not mean you cannot be single, but it goes against polygamy 

How Paul argues for complementarianism in 1 Timothy 2

An appeal to the created order, and the nature of the fall