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| How is Jesus' humanity shown? |
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Definition
-Physical Appearance
-incomplete knowledge
-physical needs
-emotions
-temptations |
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| If Jesus was not able to sin then... |
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Definition
-His temptations were not real
-He can not relate to our needs
-His death on the cross is meaningless |
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| Importance of Jesus' humanity |
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Definition
-essential for the incarnation
-grounds the incarnation in history
-establishes Jesus' ability to identify with us
-basis of Jesus' saving work
-provides model for what humanity was designed to be |
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| Common Incarnation misunderstandings |
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Definition
-Jesus did some things from his divine nature and others from human nature
--Schizophrenic Jesus
--Eutychian Viewpoint
-temporary event
--denies inseparability and indivisibility of Jesus' nature
--denies Jesus' ability to identify with us
-His divine nature was changed
--Kenotic Christology
--incorrect interpretation of passage
--violates immutability of God
-Jesus was not really human
--only looked like a man
--Doceticism
--Jesus can only save that which he becomes |
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| How were Jesus' miracles done? |
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Definition
By Holy Spirit through Self-Limitation
-Jesus' divine abilities always resided within himself yet
he chose not to use them |
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| How is Jesus our supreme example? |
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Definition
-Do the will of the Father
-allow the Holy Spirit to empower you |
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| What were the two forms of Jesus' ministry? |
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| What was the primary focus of Jesus' teaching? |
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| What is the Kingdom of God? |
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Definition
Actual kingdom
Rule of Men's hearts |
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| When is the Kingdom of God? |
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Definition
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| Points of Jesus' teaching ministry |
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Definition
Centers on the Kingdom
is veiled and hidden
heightens ethical requirements
indirectly reveals Jesus' Messiahship |
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Term
| Points of Jesus' works ministry |
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Definition
Miracles
-Healing of sick/raising of dead
-restoration of humanity
-foreshadows the Kingdom
-feeding the hungry
-restoration of humanity
-foreshadows the Kingdom
-control over nature
-restoration of all creation
-foreshadows the Kingdom |
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| How does Jesus' works ministry compliment his teaching ministry? |
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Definition
| with its emphasis on restoration and the Kingdom |
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| The Father's activity to bring humanity back into a right relationship with himself through Jesus Christ |
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| Act of the Father accomplished through the Son, whereby the sin separating God and humanity was removed thus bringing reconciliation |
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| The act of the Holy Spirit to re-awaken or re-new man's capacity to have relationship with God |
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Definition
| the restoration of the relationship between God and a human individual |
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| The act of God wherein the guilt and condemnation of sin is removed from an individual |
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| act of humanity and the Holy Spirit to bring the life of the individual into conformity with the Father's will |
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Definition
| act of God, accomplished at Christ's second coming, wherein man's sanctification is completed and man formally receives salvation |
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Term
| What are the atonement models? |
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Definition
Sacrifice
Ransom
Satisfaction
Exemplarist
Substitutionary |
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Definition
served as the final sacrifice to appease God forever
-not a direct correlation because the priest offers
something other than man
-gives birth to sacramentalism |
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Definition
serves as the price to ransom sinful man
-to whom is the ransom paid?
-does the devil own sinners? |
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| serves as the means to give God satisfaction since our sin is an affront to his honor |
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Definition
serves as example of true love and selflessness, love overcomes sin
-does not demand that Jesus be divine
-view of modern liberalism |
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Definition
| Died as substitute for everyone and took our punishment upon himself |
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Term
| What is limited atonement? |
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Definition
| Jesus only died for the sins of the elect |
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Term
| What is general atonement? |
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Definition
| Christ dies for the sins of all humanity |
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Term
| Pros and cons of limited atonement? |
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Definition
Hell is for unforgiven sinners
Salvation is not available to all |
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Term
| Pros and cons of general atonement? |
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Definition
Hell is for those who reject
all sin is forgiven
salvation is available to all
foundation of Universalism |
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Term
| What is the order of conversion events? |
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Definition
1. Conviction of sin
-God is always initiator of salvation
-accomplished by Holy Spirit
2. Recognition of Christ's saving act and divinity(Belief)
3. Placing trust in the sufficiency of Christ's death(Faith)
-faith is the bending of one's will to the will of God
4. Regeneration and the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
(Grace) |
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| What is the Calvinistic order of events? |
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Definition
1. Regeneration
2. Conviction of sin
3. Belief
4. Faith
5. Indwelling |
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Term
| What does the Holy Spirit do? |
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Definition
Conversion
Assurance
Purifying
Illumination
Empowering
Guiding |
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Term
| The work of the Spirit in conversion? |
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Definition
-The Spirit always initiates salvation
-conviction of the lost |
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Term
| The work of the Spirit in assurance? |
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Definition
-The Spirit assures us of our Salvation
-The Spirit comforts us |
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| The work of the Spirit in purifying us? |
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Definition
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| The work of the Spirit in illumination? |
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Definition
| revealing the truths of the scripture |
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| The work of the Spirit in empowering? |
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Definition
-with gifts
-with supernatural abilities |
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Term
| The work of the Spirit in guiding? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the purpose of the Spiritual gifts? |
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Definition
| to edify or build up the Church |
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Term
| How do the gifts build up the church? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is some practical application of the gifts? |
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Definition
-We must identify our specific gifts
-we must find a proper ministry outlet or expression for our gifts |
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Term
| What are arguments for the cessation of some gifts? |
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Definition
-only needed during the infancy of the church
-needed while the canon was being developed
-problem of ongoing revelation |
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Term
| What are arguments against the cessation of some gifts? |
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Definition
-will not cease until Christ comes again
-who decides which have ceased and which have not
-isn't the occurrence of a gift proof of its existence |
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Term
| Instructor's thoughts on gifts.. |
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Definition
-more fantastic gifts were never exercised on a regular basis
-institutionalized miracles serve to bring individual's glory
-need for some gifts has been replaced by scripture
-question of gender specific gifts |
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Term
| The Potentiality of all gifts remains apart from the institutionalization of certain gifts. |
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| What is Augustine's view of sin? |
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Definition
-sin is the misdirection of the human will
-sin is failure to do God's will |
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| What is Augustine's view of the root cause of all sin? |
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Definition
| Pride-putting our will above the will of God |
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Term
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Definition
-in Calvinism, yes
-others only created the potentiality of sin |
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Term
| What are the effects of sin? |
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Definition
-alienation from God
-alienation from each other
-guilt and shame are felt
-man's relationship with his environment is altered
-depravity is multiplied
-death |
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Term
| What are the views of original sin? |
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Definition
-Man is born guilty of sin
-Man is not born guilty of sin, but is born into a sinful
environment with an inclination toward sin
-Man is born sinless and is able to maintain innocence |
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Term
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Definition
-man inherits a sin from Adam
-man is unable to do good
-salvation alters this nature, allowing the Christian to live
less-sinful life |
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Term
| What is the origin of original sin? |
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Definition
Augustine of Hippo- argued that we were all seminally
present in the garden and all partake of Adam's sin
John Calvin- incorporated the thinking of Augustine but
denied seminal presence |
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Term
| Strengths of original sin? |
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Definition
-explains sinful actions of man
-elevates the grace aspect of salvation
-Biblical support |
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Term
| Weaknesses of Original sin? |
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Definition
-implications of original sin on Christ and atonement
-implication of perfection of Christians
-implication of perfect offspring
-condemnation of infants
-ignorance of environmental factors
-hermaneutical treatment of supporting passages
-Christ's use of children as an example |
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Term
| What is sinful inclination? |
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Definition
-man freely chooses to sin
-sin in the environment affects man and his judgment
-man has inclination to sin, but no sin nature
-man is neither totally good nor totally depraved
-at some point, every human chooses sin
-the sin is in "the sinning" |
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| Strengths of sinful inclination? |
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Definition
-view is scriptural
-neutral view of man
-accounts for environmental impact upon actions
-preserves human freewill
-individual responsibility for sin
-explains sinful actions of man
-establishes basis of "age of accountability" |
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Term
| Weaknesses of sinful inclination? |
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Definition
-may allow the human individual to turn to God on own
-issue of realization of the inclination |
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Term
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Definition
-man is born sinless and is able to choose to not sin
-man has no inclination toward sin
-is very positive view of man |
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Term
| Strengths of Pelagianism? |
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Definition
-view is scriptural
-positive view of man
-preserves human freewill
-individual responsibility for sin |
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Term
| Weaknesses of Pelagianism? |
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Definition
-unable to sufficiently explain human sinfulness
-all sin becomes environmental
-no need for the incarnation
-borders on salvation by works |
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Term
| What makes humanity special? |
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Definition
| created in the "Image of God" |
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Term
| What are the Imago Dei possibilities? |
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Definition
-man's appearance
-dominion over the world
-capacity to reason and freedom to act
-capacity for relationship |
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Term
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Definition
The Church Catholic
-composed of all true believers, both dead and alive
The Church Triumphant
-composed of all true believers who are dead
The Church Militant
-composed of all true believers who are alive
The Church Invisible
-the church as God sees it
The Church Visible
-the church as We see it |
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Term
| The mission of the church... |
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Definition
-worship
-discipleship
-fellowship
-service |
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Term
| Are election and predestination the same thing? |
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Definition
| Election in the OT refers to being chosen to perform a certain task and does not address salvation |
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Term
| The doctrine of Predestination is based upon God's divine attributes of: |
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Definition
-Omnipotence
-Calvinism-God possesses all power to fulfill his will
-Omniscience
-Arminianism sees as a logical necessity of God's
foreknowledge |
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Term
| What are the three approaches to Predestination? |
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Definition
-Double Predestination
-Predestination based on Foreknowledge
-No Predestination-Just Election |
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Term
| What is Double Predestination? |
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Definition
-God has predestined some to go to Heaven and some to go
to Hell
-First proposed by Augustine, later reshaped by Calvin
-God does as He pleases |
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Term
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Definition
-High view of God
-emphasizes dependence on God
-Does not require a distinction between elec. and predes.
-allows for salvation of unreached people groups
-provides answers for every question(complete theology) |
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Definition
-God's character is brought into question
-Calvinism is deterministic
-incentive for evangelism is obedience only
-God is made the source of evil
-God's election of some contradicts his will all be saved
-logical inconsistency with substitutionary atonement
-limited role of prayer
-key elements of Calvin's system are logic not explicit
-Calvinism has hermeneutical difficulties with Bible |
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| What is Predestination based on foreknowledge? |
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Definition
-God has predestined those he knew would accept Jesus
-God is choosing but based on whether we accept or reject
-God's sovereignty is preserved as is man's freewill
-God chooses us because we choose Him |
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| Strengths of Arminianism? |
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Definition
-High view of God
-preserves man's freewill
-balances "few are chosen" with "God's will all be saved"
-provides Biblical coherence |
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| Weaknesses of Arminianism? |
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Definition
-must differentiate between election and predestination
-foreknowledge can be interpreted to referring to knowing
the person rather than knowing their decision
-security of the believer may be compromised
-issue of foreknowledge being deterministic
-dependence on Man rather than God
-God's will may not be realized |
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| What is no predestination? |
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Definition
-God did not elect individuals but rather wants church to
continue to execute His plan
-corporate election
-God has elected a group to fulfill his redemptive plan
-all who choose to become a part of this task-given group
are free to do so |
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Term
| Strengths of no predestination? |
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Definition
-high view of God
-preserves man's freewill
-balances "few are chosen" with "God's will all be saved"
-no longer entangled with issues of salvation for some
and not others |
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Term
| Weaknesses of no predestination? |
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Definition
-reduces the importance of the Individual
-hermaneutical difficulties with texts that mention
predestination through individual elements
-a god who knows all must know the eternal state of
each individual-thus some type of predestination must
occur if God knows the future |
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Term
| What are the views of what happens after we die? |
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Definition
-Heaven in a disembodied conscious state
-Waiting place in a disembodied conscious state
-Unconscious state/soul sleep
-Conscious state with resurrection body |
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Term
| What is go to Heaven in a disembodied conscious state? |
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Definition
| -Soul departs the body and enters the presence of God |
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Term
| Problems with going to Heaven in a disembodied conscious state? |
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Definition
-bypass judgment
-need of a body in Heaven
-must leave heaven during rapture
-does not address where lost people go |
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Term
| What is a waiting place in a disembodied conscious state? |
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Definition
Soul departs body and enters into a waiting place
two options
-Abraham's bosom-divided waiting place
-one place where both saved and lost await judgment |
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Term
| Problems with waiting place view? |
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Definition
-based on a parable
-bypass judgment (Abraham's bosom)
-need of a body |
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Term
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Definition
| -dead person is unaware of passing of time between their death and resurrection |
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Term
| Problems with soul sleep? |
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Definition
| -must explain verses which imply consciousness |
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| What is conscious state with resurrection body? |
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Definition
| dead person is immediately transformed and taken to Heaven |
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Term
| Problems with conscious state with resurrection body? |
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Definition
-bypass judgment
-must leave Heaven during rapture
-no scriptural support
-does not address where lost people go |
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Term
| What are the views on where babies go when they die? |
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Definition
-all go to Heaven
-only elect go to Heaven
-all are unsaved
-given a post death opportunity to exercise faith
-go to neither heaven nor hell |
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| Strengths of all babies going to heaven? |
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Definition
-protects righteousness of God
-Recognizes that infants have not knowingly chosen to sin
-comfortable |
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Term
| Weakness of all babies going to Heaven? |
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Definition
-salvation is not through faith in Christ
-salvation violates the freewill of infants
-salvation is universal for infants |
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| Strengths of only elect infants go to heaven? |
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Definition
-is not universalistic
-protects justice of God
-foreknowledge grants a hypothetical exercise of freewill |
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Term
| Weaknesses of only elect infants go to heaven? |
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Definition
-some are condemned without having a chance to receive
salvation
-some are condemned without exercising their freewill to
sin |
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Term
| Strengths of all babies are unsaved? |
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Definition
-rules of salvation are not changed for one class of people
-escapes the difficulty of age of accountability |
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Term
| Weaknesses of all babies are unsaved? |
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Definition
-rests on a specific understanding of original sin
-not a traditional Baptist position |
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Term
| Strengths of infants given a post death opportunity to exercise faith? |
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Definition
| rules of salvation by faith are not changed |
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Term
| Weaknesses of infants given a post death opportunity to exercise faith? |
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Definition
| why do infants receive this opportunity when others who never heard do not |
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