Why do the NT and the OT need each other?

What is the main point of Matthew?

1. Jesus is Messiah to Jewish people

What is the main point of Mark?

1. Jesus is the son of God who gave his life as a ransom for many

What is the main point of John?

1. God the Son Incarnate, respond with belief

What is the main point of Luke?

1. Jesus is the Savior of the word; men and women, rich and poor, Jew and Gentile

What is the main point of Acts?

1. gospel spreading by power of Holy Spirit against persecution

What is the main point of 1 Corinthians? 

1. unity

What is the main point of 2 Corinthians?

1. suffering magnifies the Gospel

What is the main point of Galatians?

1. salvation by faith alone

What is the main point of Ephesians?

1. God saved us, so act like it

What is the main point of Philippians?

1. unity through humility

What is the main point of Colossians?

1. Christ is supreme, so live in light of his preeminence

What is the main point of 1 and 2 Thessalonians?

1. persevere, stay awake, and hold onto your hope because Jesus is coming back

What is the main point of Hebrews?

1. persevere because God has spoken through his son

2. (not Jesus is God)

What main sin issue does the author address throughout the book?

1. licentiousness

2. apathy

What clues in the first 4 verses of Hebrews indicate that he thinks of Jesus as God? 

1. contrast with prophets

2. son’s agency in creation (imprint of his nature)

3. comparison to the angels

Why does he bring up Jesus’s divinity in the first four verses?

1. God has spoken through the son, in the intro he doesn’t just talk about divinity of Jesus, it gives weight to his speaking

Why does the author bring up angels in the first chapter? 

1. lesser/greater comparison

2. angels mediated in old covenant, their warnings came true

3. not bad vs good

What was the main reason I gave for denying Pauline authorship of Hebrews?

1. author is a second generation Christian

Who does the author of Hebrews think Psalm 8 is referring to?

1. Jesus

2. not Adam

When read in its Old Testament context, who does Psalm 8 seem to be referring to? 

1. Adam

How could Psalm 8 be referring to both Adam and Jesus?

1. typology

What is the iceberg effect?

1. all the theology in the quote is not seen on the surface, goes deeper

What is the “loss of salvation” view of the warning passages?

1. believers can lose their salvation

What are its strengths and weaknesses?

1. natural reading of Heb 6 and 10

2. no repentance offereed to those who have apostatized

What is the “once saved always saved” view of the warning passages?

1. passage is not referring to believers, they can’t lose their salvation

What are its strengths and weaknesses?

1. deals better with other passages

2. doesn’t read well with Heb 6

What is the “infallible warnings view” of the warning passages?

1. ultimately, true believers will heed the warning and return

What are its strengths and weaknesses?

1. allows the text to be read naturally

2. does justice to assurance of salvation passages

3. feels artificial

What book of the Old Testament is James most like?

1. Proverbs

What implications does this have?

1. no long, linear point

2. bits of wisdom, somewhat disconnected

What is the main point of the books of James?

1. the faith that saves is never alone

What is the difference between temptations and testing?

1. intent

Where does temptation ultimately come from according to James?

1. ourselves

What is the main point of 1 Peter?

1. pursue holiness, in all circumstances, in all of its forms

What is the main point of 2 Peter and Jude?

1. beware of false teachers

In what sense are pastors priests?

1. access to God

In what way does Peter think believers should relate to the government?

1. submit

What does it mean to live with your wife in an understanding way?

1. not fully understand, but live in an understanding way

Why does Peter call the wife the weaker vessel?

1. not physical weakness, but to work together with exhortation

2. help understand what it means to live in understanding way

What is false teaching in 2 Peter and Jude?

1. twisting essentials of the faith

How should we respond to false teachers of our time?

1. not compassion, critical rebuke

2. (talking about deceiver, not the deceived)

What is the main point of 1, 2, and 3 John?

1. assurance of salvation

What does it mean that 1 John is progressively recursive? 

1. repetitive

2. adds layers of meaning

What heresy does Paul seem to be addressing in 1 John?

1. protodocetism

2. Christ did not actually come in the flesh

Why did this false teaching probably spread in the church John is addressing?

1. physical stuff is bad

How does fighting sin relate to assurance?

1. sin causes doubts

2. to gain assurance, fight sin

Why doesn’t 1 John teach Christian Perfectionism?

1. if we say we’re without sin, we are liars

Why is it important that we recognize that the gospel is not merely helpful, but true?

1. eventually, the usefulness will wear off

2. the only thing that will last is that it’s true

What does John remind his readers of that are fighting against sin?

1. Jesus died to pay for their sin

Why does it matter that John wrote Revelation to churches in his time?

1. had to have revelance for them, and by extension, for us

Which of the big three ways of reading Revelation is the best way?

1. all 3 combined

What is the genre of Revelation?

1. apocalyptic

Who do the seven spirits symbolize in Romans 1:4?

1. Holy Spirit

What impact does the genre have on the way we read?

1. inclines us to read Revelation symbolically

What does symbolism do in the book of revelation?

1. 2 way street

2. takes things and points to other things (beast isn’t just beast, points to Daniel and secular gov.)

3. reveals reality of mundane things

What is the main point of Revelation?

1. beast wars against the lamb, lamb will be victorious, so hold on

How does the beast wage war against the lamb and his people in Revelation?

1. sex and money

2. temptation

Why does Revelation focus on God’s sovereignty?

1. to comfort us

Why does the millennium probably describe the reign of Christ after his second coming?

1. binding of Satan

2. resurrection in vs 5 → physical resurrection

3. literary structure