Quiz 2 Study Guide
Towns: pp. 485–552

• Be able to define and distinguish between the external and internal law.

is expressed in precepts, prohibitions, or dictates.

• Understand the theological concept of a “covenant of works” as applied to Adam. What conclusion does the textbook reach regarding the legitimacy of a “covenant of works?”

God and Adam entered into a covenant in which if Adam did not sin, he would be removed from a probationary period and receive a confirmed state of immortality.

• What opinion does the textbook propose regarding the nature of the Tree of Life’s existence?

It was an instrument to test the motives of Adam, to reveal if he could demonstrate his virtue through obedience.

• Know the 3 avenues of temptation through which Satan tempted Eve.

1. Lust of the eyes.
2. Lust of the flesh.
3. Pride of life.

• Understand the distinctions between the Arminian and Calvinist views of total depravity, and be able to provide a biblical definition of it.

Man cannot reason except through the grace of God. Man can do know good until salvation occurs. No moral works can be performed.

Man can reason, but he can't obtain merit from God. Man is unable to do spiritual works unless he is regenerated. Socially moral works can be performed by unbelievers.

• What is the textbook’s view regarding the nature (or reality) of the serpent found in Genesis 3?

Satan used an actual serpent.

• At what point (and through what event) was the promise of God to “crush” Satan’s head fulfilled?

At Calvary when Satan was judged.

• Understand the nature of sin as revealed by Old Testament and New Testament words. Note the emphasis upon outward acts in Old Testament words and upon inward disposition in New Testament words.

the idea of physically missing the mark or transgressing a known law or principle. the sinner is inwardly immoral and wicked, therefore subject to guilt and condemnation.

• Understand the various incorrect views regarding the nature or definition of sin as provided in the textbook and the lectures.

o Dualistic Theory:

a scheme that allows for the continuous existence of good and evil.

o Sin as connected with the limitations of man’s being:

is a necessary cause that stems from our finite being.

o Leibniz’s Theory of Privation:

man was placed in the best possible world, afforded the best possible physical conditions, yet sinned because of a simple negation of being, an offense for which no efficient cause was needed, it just happened.

o Sensuous Theory:

assigns the origin and nature of sin to sensuous nature of man. When the soul is placed in connection to the physical organism.

o Sin as Pride: theologians trace sin's origin to pride.

o Sin as Natural Life:

Sin as Natural Life

is merely natural life, "life that is not, yet ethical"

o Sin as Selfishness:

represents an undue preference for one's happiness, as opposed to the happiness or welfare of our fellowman

• Understand the distinction between actual and conditional sin.

an actual act of man who conscientiously chooses to violate a known law of God.

describes the state in which man was born.

• Be able to answer and explain the following questions:

o Does God tempt man to sin?

No

o Should temptation be equated with sin?

No

• Understand and be able to distinguish between presumption and ignorance as well as sins of commission and sins of omission.

presumption a willful, premeditated and rebellious act by man to purposely deny and disobey God's clear command.

ignorance things that are done, yet the person is conscious of the fact that he is doing.

commission definite intent to do evil. omission intentional acts where man fails to do something he should do.

• Be able to distinguish between original guilt (imputed sin) and the reception of a sinful nature, both resulting from the Fall.

original guilt focuses on man's condition at birth.

sinful nature a desire to do evil

• Does “death,” when used theologically, refer to the cessation of existence, or does it refer to separation of something to something else?

the separation of something to something else.

• Note that imputation is a term that can possess inherent evilness or goodness, depending on the context to which it is applied.

True

• What does it mean when it is said that the sin of Adam is imputed to his posterity?
Adam's sin is legally transmitted to thehuman race.

• How should the “federal headship” view of imputation be defined?

imputed guilt and the inheritance of a sinful nature

• How should the “seminal head” or “Augustinian” view of imputation be defined? all humanity exists in Adam

• How can the “federal headship” view be distinguished from the “seminal head” view?

Rivera: Chapter 8

• Which 2 passages are most commonly referred to in discussions associated with evangelism?

• True or false: Rivera explicitly recommends against using various conventional methods of evangelism.

• Be familiar with the ABC rubric presented in the text.

• What should one’s evangelistic method be combined with?