Bible Flashcards
1
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reason
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knowable by repeatable empirical observation
2
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faith
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knowable only by testimony from a witness
3
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creation
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all creation depends on god for its existence
4
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the state of original justice
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- “the man and his wife were both naked, but felt no shame (Genesis 2:25)
- because there was no bad/evil they didn’t know
5
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temptation
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- the snake tells eve that she will not die, but her eyes will be opened and be like gods, knowing good and evil
6
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immediate punishment
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- “there eyes were opened and they knew they were naked”
- they know know good and evil and they were kicked out of the garden of eden
7
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human nature in original justice vs the fallen state
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immortal - mortal
impassible - vulnerable to suffering
enlightened - darkness of mind
just - malicious
ordered desires - unruly desires
8
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very good
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- God is the model of his own creation
- The diversity and multiplicity of things in harmonious order reflect the beauty and goodness of God that can never be reproduced in any one finite creature
9
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created of dust from the ground
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- You are not God. You are created
- You are not evil.
- You are formed from God’s “very good” earth.
- All human beings are one, from one and the same earth: we are all equal in nature and dignity
10
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God breathed into [him]. . . the breath of life . . .
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gives us life and soul
11
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THE IMAGO DEI
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- God sees himself in us. Each human being is known and loved by God.
- The deepest reason for the inviolability of human dignity and for human solidarity.
- Power to know as God knows
- Power to love as God loves Free, relational persons
12
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the fall of man kind
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- the state of original justice
- the temptation
- the immediate punishment
13
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odyssey back to eden - origional justice
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- GIFT/COVENANT: FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN EDEN
- REJECTION/ INFIDELITY: DISOBEDIENCE IN EATING OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT
- HUMBLING: EXILE: EXPULSION FROM THE GARDEN, DEATH, SHAME, TOIL
- REPENTANCE/RETURN: ADAM + EVE ACCEPT PUNISHMENT
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ODYSSEY BACK TO EDEN - offspring of eve
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- GOD’S GIFT/COVENANT: THE OFFSPRING OF WOMAN WILL CRUSH THE SERPENT (GN 3:15)
- REJECTION/INFIDELITY: CAIN MURDERS HIS BROTHER ABEL
- HUMBLING: EXILE: FAMINE, TOIL, AND THE GREAT FLOOD
- REPENTANCE/RETURN: NOAH, THE RIGHTEOUS MAN
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ODYSSEY BACK TO EDEN - the covenant with noah
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- GOD’S GIFT/COVENANT: NOAHIDE COVENANT: PROMISE TO RENEW CREATION
- REJECTION/INFIDELITY: PRIDEFUL BUILDING OF THE TOWER OF BABEL
- HUMBLING: EXILE: CONFUSION OF LANGUAGES AND SCATTERING OF NATIONS
- REPENTANCE/RETURN: ABRAM, OUR FATHER IN FAITH
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the covenant with abraham
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- Lord said to abraham: Go forth from you land, relatives, and father’s house to a land that I will show you.
- A Great Nation: return from exile
- A Great Name: reversal of shame
- Source of Worldwide Blessing: glory of bringing God’s blessing to the world
- only asks for trust in return