Test 2 (the holy spirit in Inspiration -the gospel and effective calling)

(New testament Revelation)

God continued to reveal himself through _ _ _

Revelation through Christ

• Revelation in the _

• Revelation through the _ _

• Revelation _

His holy spirit

Believer

Written word

Eschatologically

(The Holy Spirit in inspiration)

1. The importance

• Every religion has some basis of _ on which its followers believe and behave

• For the Christian, the authority is the _

• The _ is the most credible testimony to its inspiration

Authority

Bible

Bible

(The Holy Spirit in inspiration)

2. The meaning of inspiration

• True or false: There are not many occurrences of the word inspiration in the Bible

• The Greek word does not mean inspiring but it means _ _

• God _ out his word. He did not breathe into the word or the writer

• True or false Like the existence of God, the scriptures attempt to prove it's inspiration

• True or false Inspiration did not override the writers, vocabulary, emotions, knowledge, and experiences

True

Breathing out

Breathed

False

True

(The Holy Spirit in inspiration)

3. Inspiration

• _: is the imparting of God's message

• _: is the recording of that message

• The Holy Spirit determines what is included and excluded

Revelation

Inspiration

(The Holy Spirit in inspiration)

3. Inspiration

A. Testimony of the OT _

• The writers of scripture may not have completely understood everything they wrote, but they did understand that it was from God

B. Terminology of the _

• Use of the phrases like “ thus saith the Lord” is found throughout the OT indicating the source of the message

  • This is God's message not man's

C. Titles of _

• Word of the Lord, thy word, my word, word of his mouth

Writers

Prophet

Scripture

(The Holy Spirit in inspiration)

3. Inspiration

D. The testimony of _

• Jesus is speaking of David- the Holy Spirit used him

E. The testimony of the _

• Peter- wrote about how God spoke from David about Judas, Paul, spoke about Isaiah quoted about David

F. Analogy from oral _

• Some scripture was written. Some was from oral prophecy- but all scripture given is from the work of the Holy Spirit

Jesus

Apostles

Revelation

(extent of inspiration)

• There are various _ included in scripture

• They are all inspired in the sense that they were chosen to be included in the written message

• What are the six genres in scripture?

Genres

Unknown past

History

Law

Diction

Devotion literature

Contemporary prophetic message

(accident of inspiration)

• What refers to the portion of scripture that are direct quotes from God?

• Devotional literature

  • Inspiration guarantees the accuracy of the recording thoughts and feelings, but it does not guarantee the truthfulness of what is recorded

  • Which book is most of the devotional literature?

• Contemporary prophetic message

  • Every prophecy that God gave was not recorded

  • Only those prophecies to be read were recorded

dictation

Psalms

(Inspiration in the New testament)

The NT- like the OT- is inspired by ……

The exact words were given through each writer's personality, experience, and vocabulary

_ authenticated the NT

• Inspiration in the NT claimed by the _

• _ of the OT is proof of inspiration

• Acceptance of NT by apostolic _

The Holy Spirit

Christ

Apostles

Quotes

Church

(The Holy Spirit and Christ)

The gospel covers how many dispensations?

What are they?

• Interpretation can be complicated at times

• Christ's physical life on Earth is recorded in the _

3

The law, Church, Kingdom

Gospels

(The Holy Spirit and Christ)

1. The work of the Holy Spirit in the gospels

• His Messianic ministry: in the OT, his work with Christ is obvious

• The work of the Holy Spirit follows OT _

Pattern

(The Holy Spirit and Christ)

2. The Virgin birth

• The _ of Jesus was a work of the holy Spirit

• The entire _ is involved

• The mystery

  • The life which was joined to humanity was that of the _ _

  • The _ _ is always referred to as the father of Jesus Christ

  • The _ _ is never referred to as the father of Jesus Christ

• _ was the mother of Jesus.

  • This is clear in the scriptures

Conception

Trinity

Second person

First person

Holy Spirit

Mary

(The Holy Spirit and Christ)

3. The nature of the conception of Christ

• Deity becoming _ is a great miracle

• The origin of sinless humanity is a _ dilemma

  • Man is sinful- how can Christ be man and sinless?

• Generation versus creation

  • Generation is through the natural _ _

  • Creation is a special _ of his _

• Scripture seems to indicate _

  • Christ was born

  • Conceived

  • Brought forth

  • Made of a woman

Humanity

Theological

Birth process

Creation, humanity

Generation

(the Holy Spirit and Christ)

3. The nature of the conception of Christ

• _

  • This is the transmission of sin from generation to the next generation

  • Creationism implies that each soul is _ created by God

    • This creates a problem because it's saying God creates impure souls

  • Transmission from generation to the next generation

    • Sin is passed down by the seed of man

    • Jesus did not have a human father

Traducianism

Individually

(The Holy Spirit and Christ)

4. That humanity of Jesus Christ

• The law of redemption

  • Ruth and Boaz illustrates the kinsmen Redeemer

• The elements of humanity of Jesus Christ

  • He possessed _ and _

  • He had the capacity to _ and thirst

  • He became _

  • He wept

  • He became angry

  • He had _

Flesh blood

Hunger

tired

compassion

(The Holy Spirit in the Life of Christ)

1. As a child

• Christ was filled with the spirit at _

• His human nature possessed all spiritual _

• His human nature developed: _ growth and _

conception

Gifts

physical

wisdom

(The Holy Spirit in the Life of Christ)

2. At his baptism

• The unity of the Trinity is seen at the baptism

  • The father

  • The Holy Spirit descending like a _

  • The son present

• Though three persons are revealed there is only _ God

3. As a prophet

• Christ depended on the Holy spirit for the exercise of his prophetic office

• Jesus taught his disciples this

Dove

1

(The Holy Spirit in the Life of Christ)

4. As a preacher

• This was prophesied by _

• Christ alluded to this

5. The miracles of Christ

• Miracles were performed in the power of the Holy Spirit

• Christ used his power at times too

6. The sufferings of Christ

• In life

  • Unity in the Trinity- they mutually support each other

  • The holy spirit is a comforter to the believer

• In death

7. The glorification of Christ

• The Holy Spirit is involved- but scripture is not clear how

Isaiah

(The Holy Spirit and salvation)

1. _ _

• This is the work of the Holy spirit on behalf of the _

• This includes his _ work and _ the gospel

Revealing is a three-fold work of the spirit:

• Of _

• Of _

• Of _

Common Grace

Restraining, revealing

Sin, righteousness, judgment

(The Holy Spirit and salvation)

Revealing of sin:

• The spirit enlightens the unsaved of the one sin

• What is the one's sin?

• The Gospel does not present something for the unsafe to do, but rather_ is the sin

Of righteousness

• This is what kind of righteousness?

• This is what is given which makes the unbeliever accepted of God and will enter heaven

• Through Christ it is possible for God to deal with them as those that are righteous

Failure to receive Christ and his salvation

Unbelief

Imputed

(The Holy Spirit and salvation)

Of judgment

• This speaks of the judgment of _& _ on the cross

• There is a three-fold emphasis

  • The unsaved must understand that salvation depends upon _ _ _

  • The righteousness of God is made available to The sinner through _

  • That there is judgment, and that Christ was judged and slain as their _

Sin, Satan

Faith in Christ

Christ

Substitute

(the Holy Spirit and salvation)

Restraining

• Restraining in the OT

  • The spirit restrained the course of sin in _ day

  • In the spirit, revealing truth and judgment through the _ was a restraining work

• Restraining in this age

  • The spirit may work through what four things to restrain sin?

  • The restraining by the spirit is part of common Grace

  • This work of the Holy Spirit is proof that God is a god of _ _

Noah's

prophets

The believer, the church, the word of God, the government

Infinite Grace

(The Holy Spirit and salvation)

2. Efficacious Grace

• Efficacious Grace is defined by some as the work of the Holy Spirit and moving men to effective faith in Jesus Christ as Savior

• This is what kind of position?

• Some characteristics of this position:

  • Those that are _ will be saved

  • The call to salvation is based on the _ of God and not man's choice

  • This position is sometimes called _ _

  • It is called this because it is an immediate act of God which by its nature cannot be resisted

  • It is believed that this is needed because of the _ of the elect

  • Total depravity presence the sinner from _ Christ

Reformed/combinistic

Called

Sovereignty

Irresistible Grace

Predestination

Receiving

(common Grace versus Efficacious Grace)

• Titus 2:11-14

• The difference between common and efficacious. Grace

  • This is how Calvinism comes up with irresistible Grace

• Two biblical facts ignored by Calvin

  • The election and call are unto _ not salvation

  • Election is _- not for specific individuals

• For example: the _ covenant

  • It was a national covenant

  • Individual appropriated it Isaiah accepted the terms of the covenant

• The New covenant

  • Just as all Abraham seed were under the abrahamic covenant, the _ is in the New covenant

    • You enter the New covenant through _

    • The spirit of God baptizes me into the body of Christ

    • The church as a body has been elected during this dispensation

    • The abrahamic covenant was God's plan during the dispensation of the _

    • The _ were automatically a part of it

    • Gentiles had to become _

    • And the church age the Jew must become a _

Sanctification

Corporate

Abrahamic

Church

Salvation

Law

Jews

Proselytes

Christian

(The gospel and effective calling)

Romans 8:30 has a definite order- what is the four things in this order?

1. Effective calling (_)

• This calling is _ of God

• Called out of _ to _

• Into the _ of his son

• Into his kingdom and _

• To be _

• Called into a realm of _

• Freedom

• Hope

• Holiness

• Patient _ of suffering

• Eternal _

• A _ from the king of the universe

• Capacity to draw us out of _ and bring us into God's _

• This powerful act of God is often referred to as _ _ (_)

Predestination, calling, justification, glorification

Act

Darkness, light

Fellowship

Glory

Saints

Peace

Endurance

Life

Summons

Darkness, Kingdom

Effective calling, Grace

(The gospel and effective calling)

Effective calling (Grace) continued

• Effective calling comes through the preaching of the _

• Effect of calling is defined as an _ of God, the Father, speaking through the _ proclamation of the _, in which he summons people to himself in such a way that they respond in _ Faith

• This does not mean that people will be saved by the power of the call apart from their own willing response to the gospel

• Unless God works in people's hearts to make the proclamation of the Gospel effective, there can be no genuine saving response

• The gospel call is offered to all people- even those who do not accept it

• The effect of calling of God that brings about a willing response from the person who hears is sometimes called an _ _

• The gospel call is the means God has appointed through which the _ _ Will come

• Without the gospel call- no one would respond and be saved

Gospel

Act, human, gospel, saving

Eternal calling

Effective call

(The gospel and effective calling)

2. Elements of the Gospel call

• What are the three facts concerning salvation?

• Invitation to respond to Christ in faith

  • When the NT talks about people coming to salvation, it speaks in terms of a _ response to an invitation from Christ himself

  • This is a genuine _ invitation that seeks a personal response for all that hear it

  • What two things is involved in coming to Christ?

All people have sinned, the penalty of sin is death, Christ died to pay the penalty for our sins

Personal

Personal

A coming from to a coming too, a willing to reannounce sin not clinging to it

(The gospel and effective calling)

2. Elements of the Gospel call continued

• A promise of _ and _ _

  • The primary thing that is promised in the gospel message is the promise of _ _ _ and _ _ with God

  • Coupled with the promise of forgiveness and eternal life- should be an _ and that Christ will accept all that come to him in sincere repentance and Faith seeking salvation

Forgiveness, eternal life

Forgiveness of sins, eternal life

Assurance

(the gospel and effective callings)

3. The importance of the Gospel call

• If there is no gospel call- we could not be saved

• The call to salvation addresses the total person: what three things make up the total person?

• Which one deals with the facts of salvation?

• Which one deals with the personal invitation to respond?

• Which one is involved by the spirit asking us to hear his invitation and to respond willingly?

Intellect, emotions, will

Intellect

Emotions