THE 100 Quiz 3

The Bible’s teaching regarding the origin of man 

• God took special care in the creation of man 

• God breathed in man's body the breath of life and man became living 

• God created man as a unity of body and soul 

  • Physical and spiritual unity

  • The separation of the two is only due to sin

• Physical aspects: body, flesh, dust, bones, house of clay

• Spiritual aspects: soul, spirit, heart, and mind 

The broader and narrower senses of what it means for man(humans) to be made in the image of God

Imageness in a Broad Sense 

• Humans are:

  • Spiritual beings

  • Self conscious

  • Self determined 

  • Capable of reason 

  • Capable of making ethical decisions 

  • Capable of emotion 

  • Capable of aesthetic judgment 

Imageness in a Narrow Sense: Lost due to sin

• God created humans

  • Truly Holy

  • Truly Righteous 

  • With a true knowledge of God, self, and reality

Difference between broad and narrow sense: explains the difference between before the fall into sin and after the fall into sin 

The egalitarian and complementarian perspectives on gender roles

• Egalitarian Perspective: men and women are equal in worth and are called to serve in any role based on their gifting and calling, rather than their gender

• Complementarian Perspective: men and women are equal in worth but have distinct complementary roles in the church and family, women are typically not permitted to hold certain roles because they are reserved for men.

God’s covenant with Adam

• God justly required Adam to have perfect obedience. This was the obligation of the covenant with God 

• As a test God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

The consequences of Adam’s sin

• The Penalty: Curse was death (physical, spiritual, eternal)

• The Promise: Blessing was life (physical, spiritual, eternal - only coming to Adam if the test was passed 

The effects of sin

• Shame/Separation between man and women, man and God, creation and man

• Fear/Separation of man from himself

• Original Sin: in Adam every human being sinned

• Every human is by nature sinful 

• Human Guilt: sinful nature makes us truly guilty before God

• Commission: doing wrong 

• Omission: failing to do right 

• Every human is blind/deaf to spiritual truths

• Humans are slaves to sin 

• Referred in the Bible as children of the Devil 

• People are spiritually dead, unable to come to Christ

• People die physically 

• Unless a person trusts in god they will also die eternally

Objections to God’s sovereignty and the problem of evil 

• Gods control: everything happens according to God's plan 

• God's Authority: all of His commands ought to be obeyed 

• God's Presence: we cannot escape God's justice and love 

• Objection, If God controls all things, were merely puppets/robots 

  • The Bible affirms sovereignty and free will 

• Objection, If God is sovereign over all things, how can he hold people responsible for their sin 

  • God determines what is fair, our concept of fairness should align with his 

• Objetcion, if God decides everything, he is the author of sin 

  • Sin isn't a physical thing, it arose from rebellion not God, God understands things men don’t 

• The Problem of Evil: the question of how to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering with omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God. If God existed he would be powerful enough to prevent evil, and good enough to want to . Since there is evil, He cannot exist. 

• The Logical Argument

  • A perfectly powerful being can prevent any evil 

  • A perfectly good being will prevent evil as far as he can 

  • God is perfectly powerful and good 

  • If a perfectly powerful and good God exists, there will be no evil 

  • There is evil

  • Therefore there is no God