Test 1 Flashcards
(44 cards)
Sacrament
Part III
- outward sign of inward grace
- Eph. 3:4-6
- latin: sacramentum (means of setting something apart as holy, consecrated)
Ceremonies
Marriage
Brithday
Bar/Bat Mitzvah (Bar=boy/bat=girl)
OT Celebrations
Leviticus 23
- Passover
- Pentecost
- Festival of Lights
- Feasts
OT Foundations
Covenant Rite=?
Circumcision
- Covenant for Abraham
- Practice for proselytes
- Paul’s interpretation for gentiles
OT Spiritual practices and rituals
- The sacrificial system (Heb. 10:1-10)
- The priestly system (Heb 10:11-14)
- External regulations applying until the time of new order (Heb 9:6-10)
Significance of “elements”
Manna & Water
Life sustaining provision
What did Jesus teach in the NT?
Mark 7:1-3
People were so caught up in human tradition they forgot he meaning behind it
What did Jesus teach in the NT?
John 4:13-24
jesus asks for drink from Samaritan woman; jesus is the true source of life sustiance
What did Jesus teach in the NT?
John 15:1-8
Vine and branches; being connected to Jesus and other believers
The Early Church
Community Life
Broke bread and prayed
The Early Church
Decision regarding Gentile/Christians
God knows their hearts and has purified their hearts. God has given then the spirit as he has done for us (Acts 15:8-11)
The Early Church
Paul - baptism
Believed it was his duty to baptize
-God called him to preach, not baptize
Roman Catholic Sacraments are viewed as….
a means of grace, God bestows blessing upon them due to their sacrifice
Roman Catholic Sacraments include…
Baptism Confirmation Eucharist Matrimony Holy Orders Penance Anointing of sick
Protestant Sacraments were….
baptism & eucharist
TSA Positions
Sacraments were observed in the early days
-Couldn’t merge with the Anglican church
When did William Booth announce decision to discontinue practicing sacraments? And how?
1883
War Cry Article
Baptism
Part III
Sacramental rite which admits a candidate into the Christian church
- represents believer’s union with Christ
- participate in death and resurrection
- cleansing from sin
Describe Jesus’ baptism
- Fire & Holy Spirit
- Represent publicity of God’s will
- Turning from carpenter to teacher
TSA position on Baptism
- NT baptism was not of water but of the Holy Spirit
- Jesus never baptized anyone, so it is not essential
- Scripture does not say baptism is necessary for salvation
Eucharist
Part III
“thanksgiving”
a means of remembering and expressing thanks for Jesus’ death and resurrection
-also known as holy communion or the Lord’s Supper
Transubstantiation
Part III
Roman catholic interpretation:
during administration of the Eucharist, the substance of the communion bread and wine is transformed into the literal blood and body of Christ.
Consubstantiation
Part III
after the consecration of the substances (bread and wine to blood and body) co-exists in union with each other, united, yet each intact in itself
Where do we find the first passover?
Exodus 12:1-28