Scripture Flashcards
(72 cards)
JESUS MAKES HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD
• For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. (John 5:18)
• “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30)
When was the apocryphal Acts of Peter written?
c. AD 180-190
DO NOT ALTER GOD’S WORD (COVENANT)
• Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32 (inscriptional curse)
• Proverbs 30:5-6
• Revelation 22:18-19 (Deut 28:58-59)
HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF SCRIPTURE
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins
(1 Corinthians 15:17)
THE LAW AND THE OT STILL VALID
• Matt 5:17-19
• Rom 15:4 (Matt 22:29; Luke 24:27)
• 2 Tim 3:16 (Matt 22:29; Luke 24:27)
• Isa 40:8
Which angel appeared to Mary and Zacharias?
Gabriel
How does the NT resemble an ancient treaty-covenant document?
• contains an “inscriptional curse” (Rev 22:18-19)
• the NT declares in several places that it should be read publicly (2 Cor 10:9; Col 4:16; 1 Thes 5:27; Rev 1:3)
• NT contains a “historical prologue” (Gospels); highlights when the people of the covenant enter into new lands (Acts); practical application of the covenant (apostle’s letters)
What name did Zacharias, John’s father, give John the Baptist when we was filled with the Holy Spirit?
‘prophet of the Highest’
Psalm 116:15
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints
Who in the second century regarded at least some NT books as scripture?
Reply:
• Although Irenaeus affirms the four Gospels, the entire Pauline corpus except Philemon, Acts, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 1 and 2 John, and Revelation, there were others who also affirmed several books as apostolic;
• The Muratorian fragment c. 180
• Theophilus of Antioch c. 177 had a similar collection of books to Irenaeus
• Clement of Alexandria c. 198 affirmed a list of Scripture similar to Irenaeus’s list
• Justin Martyr (teacher of Tatian) writing c. 150-160, held the four Gospels (“memoirs”) as Sripture
• The NT itself (1 Tim 5:18; 2 Peter 3:16) cites Paul’s letters and J as on par with the OT Scriptures
How does the eschatological beliefs of Jesus fulfilling OT promises affect the development of a canon?
• the structure of the OT naturally causes an expectation of new books to complete the OT story
• the OT pattern of redemption-revelation creates an expectation for new books
• the OT states that new revelation will accompany this new era of redemption (Deut 18:18; Isa 11:1, 4; 61:1-2; 2:2-3)
THE LORD IS ONE
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one Lord
(Deuteronomy 6:4)
True or False: Jesus was the firstborn
True (Luke 2:23)
What year does the book of Acts close?
AD 62
Date of Nero’s persecutions and reason
July 19, 64 AD; punishment for the great fire of Rome, to appease the gods
YE SHALL NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD
Deuteronomy 6:16
MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY BREAD ONLY
…man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
(Deuteronomy 8:3)
NO SECOND CHANCES AFTER DEATH
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement (Hebrews 9:27)
Meaning of ‘Onesimus’
‘Profitable’
When does Schaff date the epistle to the Romans?
A. D. 58
BIBLICAL PRECEDENT FOR COUNCILS
• Jerusalem Council in
A. D. 50, found in Acts 15 and Galatians 2;
• the Lord’s promise to be present in a gathering, found in Matthew 18
What does ‘Amen’ mean?
Hebrew for ‘be it so’
GOD LISTENS TO THE PRAYERS OF THE GODLY
15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
16The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. (Psalm 34:15-16)
GOD SPEAKS THROUGH DREAMS
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, (Job 33:15-16)
• Numbers 12
