Test #3 Flashcards
(65 cards)
Distinction made between exhaustive definition and description of faith in ch 11
Not exhaustive definition, but description of how faith responds, what it does
2 things faith believes in
The future (yet fulfilled) The invisible (realities that cannot be seen)
Nature of faith, sight, etc
Nature of faith (trust) means living without experiencing (seeing)
Assumption regarding Abel’s sacrifice
God had spoken about what pleased him in sacrifice
Abel heard and trusted
What absence of faith makes impossible
to please God
Significance of Abraham and others living “in tents”
They were who received the promise of a permanent “God made” city
Why Abraham could offer up Issac in sacrifice
He was convinced God would raise him back from the dead
Evidence of Joseph’s faith
He gave instructions about what to do with his bones when they left Egypt
Assumption about the act of hiding Moses on part of his parents
They were obeying God when they hid Moses
3 demonstrations of Moses’ faith
His:
Identification with the Israelites
Leading of the exodus
keeping of the Passover
Risk Moses took in identifying with his people
He could be mistreated along with Israelites
2 ways Israel as a people expressed faith
Stepping into the Red Sea
Walking around Jericho
Best known OT gentile convert to Israelite God
Rahab
Type of prostitute Rahab was
Secular prostitute
Rahab’s connection to Jesus’ genealogy
Great-grandmother of Jesse (father of David)
Early writer and how Jeremiah died. Early work and how Isaiah died.
Tertullian said Jeremiah was stoned
Talmud said Isaiah was sawed in 2
How/when OT faithful received their inheritance
They had to wait for us in order to receive their inheritance
Primary meaning of “witnesses” & instructor’s preference for how to understand the verse
Those giving their testimony that their faith is worth it
“Throwing off all that hinders,” athletic connection, “gym,” nakedness
runner behavior, our word for gym comes from Greek word 4 nakedness, old religion/sin would be thrown off
Meaning of “Author”
archegos - initiator, used as sense of pioneer or founder of city
“Religio licita”
Licensed religion
legal religion under Roman Empire
what instructor suggested what “issue” regarding the source of difficulty and the perspective with which we approach it
Enduring “as discipline”
not the source of difficulty/no matter where it came from we should face it as a disciplining experience
Ultimate aim in God’s discipline
Our good and making us who we’re intended to be: sharers in God’s likeness
meaning of “make every effort,” Greek word, etc
dioko, pursue/persecute
