Quiz 1 Flashcards
What is Truth?
Something with the quality of being true
What is Belief?
The acceptance that something exists or that a statement is true
What is Faith?
Complete trust of confidence in something or someone
What is General revelation?
God’s manifestation through history, nature, and the human experience that is accessible by anyone, anywhere.
What is Special Revelation ?
The manifestations of Himself to a particular persons, enabling the person to come into a redemptive relationship with Him.
How many books are in the Old Testament?
39
How many books are in the New Testament?
27 (think Bree’s Bday)
What is the time frame of the Old Testament?
Creation to before Jesus’s birth
What is the time frame of the New Testament?
Jesus’s birth, life, and anything that happened after.
Who wrote the Bible?
About 40 people, by shepards, kings, prophets, and apostles, between 1500 BC-96 AD
How did writers get their material?
- Dictation - When writes write down what God said to write, usually in their own words
- Eyewitnesses - People writing down their experience from memory
- Research
1/3 Bible myth
“The OG bible has been lost in translation”
The Bible has many old manuscripts that line up with our current copies!
2/3 BIble myth
The writers write novels or lies
Bible writers risked their lives for what they wrote. They were threatened and killed, yet still stuck with their story.
3/3 Bible myth
The Bible is sexist
The bible was written during a sexist age, yet promotes equality before God
Define Modalities
The different manners God presents himself or his will to the world
List 5 modalities
- Theophanies (visible manifestations or appearances of God)
- Dreams and visions
- Angels
- Miracles and signs
- Casting of lots (not magical)
what is the difference between inspiration and illumination?
inspiration is the relaying of that truth from the first recipients of it to another person, whether then or later
Illumination is a divine act by which God enables any person in a right relationship with Him to come to a correct understanding of what he has revealed
What’s the fill-in-the-blank we need to memorize?
The Bible helps us know God without actually seeing Him face-to-face
What are the inspiration models (7)
Dictation: God told bible writers what to write, word for word.
Thought: God gave ideas to bible writers, who chose their own words based on God’s ideas
Whole person: God gave the ideas to Bible writers and then allowed them to choose the words based on the ideas, though they incorporated their culture, emotions, and life experiences
Illumination: God guides us to something inspired, then directs us by bringing enlightenment.
Community: The community is the inspiration, not the Bible
Experience: Experience is primary in communicating with God, not the Bible
Verbal-plenary: God is disconnected from history and time, and lives outside of it all.
