DOCTRINE 3 SPRING 2017 TEST #1

Question 1

What does Doctrine 9 say?

Answer 1

We believe that continued
obedient faith in Christ
provides continuance in a
state of salvation.

Question 2

what are the responsibilities giving to humans in our ongoing salvation?

Answer 2

Obedience and faith.
obedience:
=matt 22:35-39;6:9-10
=Rom 13:10;8:3-4

=James 1:25

 Faith: =Holy Spirit in the believers life. =prayer =

Question 3

what is Backsliding?

Answer 3

Failure to be Obedient
Backsliding
“Backsliding is falling away from God after
having been saved by Him.”

Question 4

what is apostasy?

Answer 4

Apostasy
“apostasia” “meshubah”
A falling away, a with drawal, a defection. To
turn one’s back upon, to reject.

Question 5

what causes backsliding or contributes to it?

Answer 5

q Gradual (Proverbs 4:23)
q Secret at first within the soul but evident
through outward life
q Partial or entire
q Unsaved people are not backsliders (Mt. 13: 1-23)
q Failure to maintain a sustained prayer life
q Continual acts of wilful sin (heart attitude)
q Heart becomes cold to Godly prompting

Question 6

• What safeguards and resources (means of grace) are you drawing upon to keep yourself in way of Christ?

Answer 6

Direct Means
Prayer – Conversation with God
Meditation – Waiting on God
Scripture Reading – Seeking God
Fellowship – Presence of God
Worship – God speaks to us

Indirect Means
Christian Gathering – God’s people gather
Disciplines – Practicing His Presence
Christian Service – Living out His Presence
Christian Suffering – Living Sacrificially
Devotions – Hearing God through Others

Question 7

Give 3 biblical references (and explain) to demonstrate that it is possible to fall away from salvation.

Answer 7

• John 15:5
• I Corinthians 10:6-13
• Hebrews 2:1-3
• Hebrews 6:4-6
• Hebrews 10:26-29
• Revelation 2:4-5, 3:1-6, 14-22

Question 8

what does the phrase TULIP stand for?

Answer 8

T= total Depravity
U=Unconditional Election
L=Limited Atonement
I=Irresistible Grace
P=Perseverance of the Saints

Question 9

who was Jacobus Arminius?

Remonstrants’ (followers of James Arminius)

Answer 9

Arminianism,is a theological movement in Christianity, a liberal reaction to the Calvinist doctrine of predestination.
=The movement was named for Jacobus Arminius, a Dutch Reformed theologian of the University of Leiden (1603–09)

Question 10

who was John Wesley?

Answer 10

John Wesley was an 18th century Anglican cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefield, founded Methodism
Born: June 17, 1703, Epworth
Died: March 2, 1791, London
Nationality: British
Spouse: Mary Vazeille (m. -1791)
Parents: Susanna Wesley, Samuel Wesley

Question 11

what are 3 of Jacobus Arminius important theological contributions to Christianity?
1= Prevenient Grace
2=what is Free will?
3=Universal Salvation

Answer 11

what is free will? 
Conditional
Election God
has
chosen that all humanity
be righteous by His grace,
yet has called us to
respond to that grace by
exercising our Godrestored
human freedom
as a condition of fulfilling
election.

Question 12

what is Universal Salvation?

Answer 12

Unlimited
Atonement The
effects of the Atonement
are freely available to all
those whom He has
chosen, which includes all
humanity, "whosoever
will."

Question 13

give 3 biblical references (and explain) to demonstrate that it is possible to fall away from salvation

Answer 13

John 15:5
Heb 2:1-3
Heb 6:4-6
Heb10:26-29

Question 14

Discuss two scriptures that emphasize God at work with us to keep us living for Christ.
1st scripture

Answer 14

1Co. 10:13 no temptation has seized you except what is common to man. and God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. but when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

Question 15

give 3 biblical references (and explain) to demonstrate that it is possible to fall away from salvation

Answer 15

— John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
Heb 2:1-3 We must pay more careful
attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just
punishment, 3 how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
Heb 6:4-6 It is impossible for those who
have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance,
because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public
disgrace.
Heb10:26-29 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful
expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much
more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under
foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Question 16

what is a second scripture that emphasizes God at work with us to keep us living for Christ?

Answer 16

2 Thessalonians 3:3 but the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.

Question 17

John Calvin*
Foundation laid by
Augustine
what is the Wesleyan response to the calvinist doctrines?using the Bible?
T
Total Depravity Human
beings are so
affected by the negative
consequences of original
sin that they are incapable
of being righteous, and
are always and
unchangeably sinful;
human freedom is totally
enslaved by sin so we can
only choose evil.

U
Unconditional
Election Since
human
beings cannot choose for
themselves, God by His
eternal decree has chosen
or elected some to be
counted as righteous,
without any conditions
being placed on that
election.

L
Limited Atonement
The
effects of the
Atonement, by which God
forgave sinful humanity,
are limited only to those
whom He has chosen.

i
Irresistible Grace The
grace that God
extends to human beings
to effect their election
cannot be refused, since it
has been decreed by God.

p
Perseverance of
the Saints Since
God
has decreed the elect, and they cannot resist grace,
they are unconditionally
and eternally secure in
that election.

Answer 17

John Wesley
Foundation laid by
Arminius

Deprivation Human
beings are sinful and
without God, incapable
(deprived) on their own of
being righteous; however,
they are not irredeemably
sinful and can be
transformed by God’s
grace; God's prevenient
grace restores to
humanity the freedom of
will.

=Conditional
Election: God
has
chosen that all humanity
be righteous by His grace,
yet has called us to
respond to that grace by
exercising our Godrestored
human freedom
as a condition of fulfilling
election.

=Unlimited
Atonement; The
effects of the Atonement
are freely available to all
those whom He has
chosen, which includes all
humanity, "whosoever
will."

=Resistible Grace: God’s
grace is free and
offered without merit;
however, human beings
have been granted
freedom by God and can
refuse His grace.

=Assurance and
Security There
is security in God’s grace that allows assurance of
salvation, but that
security is in relation to
continued faithfulness; we
can still defiantly reject
God.