Lesson 4 Flashcards
(37 cards)
By slaying an animal to provide coats of skin for Adam and Eve to wear after giving in to Satan’s temptation, God Used the highly symbolic and heart-wrenching sacrifice to reveal His decision not to simply ____ sinners or _____ sin but to personally ____ for what had been done
Condemn
Condone
Atone
In Gods ____ of Abel’s slain lamb and His ____ of Cain’s garden produce, the principles of true and false religion are clearly _____.
Acceptance
Rejection
Demonstration
Relying on human ____ identifies false religion, and trusting in divine _____ characterizes true religion
Attainment
Atonement
The first biblical account of any significant change in the worship of God is the story of…..
Cain and Abel and the two altars on which they places their offerings
From a biblical perspective, how many religions/altars are there
2
Human centered religion
God favorably responding to what ppl are doing for themselves
God centered religion
Ppl favorably responding to what God has already done for them
If you are not worshiping and serving the ___ God, the you are worshiping and serving a ___ one.
True
False
For Jews, the “god” of other religions was an ___, viewed as an _____.
Idol
Enemy
Underlying theme of scripture
Salvation is not achieved be human effort but received through Christ by faith
Exclusivism
Christianity’s claim that only the followers of Christ worship the one true God and that salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ
Exclusivists point out that scripture never states that religion is received from______, _____ _____, or ______ religions
Idols
Pagan gods
Heathen
God characterizes heathen Gods as “_____ _____” and “a _____” to His people
Abominable idols
Snare
Inclusivism _____ the claim of exclusivism
Broadens
Inclusivism
Says that while Christianity may be uniquely true and valid, salvation is accessible in other religions
If we are saved ____ we have faith, then faith is our Savior and in whom we believe is irrelevant. Buy if we are saved ____ faith, if faith is the only way of making contact with God then the one in whom we place our faith is important
Because
Through
In Christianity, faith never ____ salivation; it simply ____ the gift offered
Makes
Takes
Maintains that people can have a saving relationship with God within any world religion because all of them are equally viable paths to God
Pluralism
____ and ____ Both believe that in the end all humankind will be saved
Universalism and pluralism
What declares that no religious ideology is universal an absolute
Pluralism
Pluralism insists that when a religion makes absolute claims for itself such claims lead to ______, _______ and ________
Intolerance
hatred
violence
What endorses the attitude of political correctness
Pluralism
The idea that one shouldn’t do or say anything that another group might find offensive
Political correctness
What is pluralism based on
Relativism
