BIB 353 1 & 2 Corinthians Fall 2024 Exam Study Guide PDF

**STUDY GUIDE** BIB 353 1 & 2 Corinthians Fall 2024 **The objective exam includes True/False, Matching, and Multiple Choice** questions. The exam is based on the ppts and this study guide. **Eleven Problems** For each (chapter, problem, storyline, theological key0 See ppts **Theological Keys...

**STUDY GUIDE** BIB 353 1 & 2 Corinthians Fall 2024 **The objective exam includes True/False, Matching, and Multiple Choice** questions. The exam is based on the ppts and this study guide. **Eleven Problems** For each (chapter, problem, storyline, theological key0 See ppts **Theological Keys** You are not your own Bought with a price Washed, sanctified, justified You will judge the world Temple of the Holy Spirit For whom Christ died Resurrection Same power that raised Jesus from the dead **List of slogans** All things are lawful for me Food for the stomach and the stomack for food Sins outside the body It is good for a man not to touch a woman **List of Vices in 1 Corinthians** Sexual immorality Covetous/greed Drunkard Reviler Homosexual Swindlers Thieves Adulterer **Spiritual Gifts** See glossary below (p. 8) or 1 Cor. 12 **Characteristics of Love** (1 Cor. 13) See verses 4-7 (13 characteristics) **See page 9 for an example question.** **Scroll down for Glossary of Terms** **Glossary of Terms** **Note: If term is marked with an \*, the term will not be on the exam. Also, for some terms I have written extended definitions. For this exam, you only need the meaning not the details.** **Adoption:** An act of God whereby he makes us members of his family (John 1:12) and as believers we share the same inheritance rights as God's own Son. **Apocalyptic:** Literature in which an angelic being reveals truths that are filled with visions and vivid imagery. In the Bible, apocalyptic literature was written for communities of God's people who were suffering brutal persecutions. The message was very hopeful: God is with you in your suffering: the brutal tyrants of this age will not have the last word. (See especially the Books of Daniel and Revelation). ***Ascension:*** After his resurrection Christ ascended to a place in heaven (Acts 1:9---11) where he received glory and honor that had not been his before as the God-man (Phil. 2:9). In a demonstration of the completion of his saving work and his position of power (Heb. 1:3), Christ is now seated at the right hand of the Father. Christ's ascension foreshadows our future ascension into heaven with him (1 Thess. 4:17), gives assurance of our final home in heaven with him (John 14:2---3), and enables us to already share in Christ's authority over the universe (Eph. 6:12). ***Atonement*** (doctrine of): The atonement is the work Christ did in his life and death to earn our salvation. The act of atonement reconciles God and humanity. Christ atones for our sins by: - Paying the penalty of sin in his sacrifice of atonement, - Removing God's wrath as our expiation, - Overcoming our separation from God through reconciliation, - Freeing us from slavery to sin in redemption. The New Testament presents the person and work of Christ as God\'s ultimate provision for atonement (the doctrine of the work of Christ). Christ presented as our reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18), as a propitiation (1 John 4:10), in giving his life as "a ransom for many" (Matt. 20:28), having poured out his blood "for the forgiveness of sins" (Matt. 26:28). **Authority of Scripture**: The words in the Bible have proceeded from God and the Bible receives its authority from God alone and not from human beings. **Biblical theology** is the study of individual book (s) of the Bible focusing on the different aspects of theology offered by the authors. **Christ**: Messiah. **Christology**: The section of Christian theology dealing with the person and work of Jesus Christ, particularly the question of the relation of his human and divine natures. **Communion or the Lord's Supper**: An ordinance (ceremony) that Christ commanded his church to observe repeatedly as a sign of continuing in fellowship with Christ. It primarily symbolizes our participation in the benefits of Christ's death and resurrection. **Condemnation:** The consequence of sin in which the unrepentant sinner stands guilty before God. **Conversion**: The result of a life-changing encounter with God that produces a radical change in a person's life. Conversion requires repentance from sins and trust in Christ. This experience is also called being "born again." **Divine Healing**: A belief in divine intervention in the restoration to health from illness. **Doctrine**: What the whole Bible teaches us about specific topics. **Ecclesiology**: The study of the nature and the function of the Church ***Ekklesia***: A Greek word translated "church" in the New Testament. It literally means the "called out ones" or "assembly." In the New Testament it designates the church as God's special people in community. **Eschatology**: The study of the "last things," especially the ideas of the second coming, resurrection, final judgment, hell, and eternal life. **Eternality:** God's everlastingness (no beginning and no end) and freedom from temporal limitations (time and space). **Evangelical**: A term initially used to refer to the nascent reforming movements, especially in Germany and Switzerland, in the 1510s and 1520s. The term was later replaced by \"Protestant\" in the aftermath of the Diet of Speyer. In modern times, the term has come to be used of a major movement, especially in English-language theology, which places especial emphasis upon the supreme authority of Scripture and the atoning death of Christ. See pp. 110-13. **Exegesis**: The science of textual interpretation, usually referring specifically to the Bible. The term \"biblical exegesis\" basically means \"the process of interpreting the Bible.\" The specific techniques employed in the exegesis of Scripture are usually referred to as \"hermeneutics.\" **Faith:** A trust in Jesus Christ as a living person for forgiveness of sins and eternal life with God (John 1:12). **Glorification**: The future transformation of saved persons in which we will be like Christ in every way. The final step in the application of redemption will happen when Christ returns and raises from the dead the bodies of all believers for all time who have died, reunites them with their souls, and changes the bodies of all believers who remain alive, thereby giving all believers at the same time perfect resurrection bodies like his own (1 Cor. 15:12---58). **Glossolalia:** A speech commonly known as the gift of "speaking in tongues." **Hermeneutics**: The principles underlying the interpretation, or exegesis, of a text, particularly of Scripture. **Holiness**: The condition of being set aside as special for a divine purpose. It is the work of the Holy Spirit in "sanctification" whereby the person becomes more like Christ. **Illumination** (by the Spirit): **Imago dei:** The image of God in humans by which they reflect something of God in a limited and imperfect way (i.e. moral attributes). **Immanence**: God's presence in and with creation. God's gracious involvement with the world of nature and history (God gets involved with his creation). **Immanuel**: God With Us **Immortality**: The existence of the human personality (soul) after death. ***Incarnation***: That part of Christian theology that deals with the union of the divine and human natures in the ONE PERSON, our Lord Jesus Christ. "*The WORD became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father"* (John 1:14). **Inspiration**: The work of the Holy Spirit in influencing the authors and compilers of the Scripture to produce writings which adequately reflect what God desired to communicate to us. **Justification by faith:** God's act of declaring the sinner righteous by virtue of the righteousness of Christ. God "reckons" the person righteous not on account of any righteousness that exists within the person but on account of Christ's righteousness. Justification is an instantaneous legal act of God in which he (1) thinks of our sins as forgiven and Christ's righteousness as belonging to us, and (2) declares us to be righteous in his sight (Gal. 2:16). **Kingdom of God:** The reign of God. **Lord Jesus Christ:** **Messiah:** A divine figure, the "anointed one," who would come to save the people and establish the rule of God over all people by divine intervention. **Miracle:** An occurrence that seems impossible and supernatural from a human perspective. **Monotheism**: The belief in one God who is personal, transcendent (other than the world) and immanent (present with the world). **Original Sin**: Humans from birth are spiritually dead and alienated from God and totally unable to contribute anything toward our salvation **Pentecostals/Pentecostalism:** Pentecostal theological thinking and action springs from a transforming spiritual experience usually evidenced by speaking in tongues, given for an endowment of spiritual "power" for witness and/or to be active participants in God's mighty works (including divine healing and supernatural interventions). Pentecostals believe that God's miraculous actions in the Scriptures are continuous and normative throughout history including the present, and that through the operation of the Spirit they are empowered to do everything that Jesus said and did. **Pneumatology:** The study of the Holy Spirit. **Practical theology** is the study of the application of doctrine to contemporary contexts. **Ransom:** A payment made to secure one's freedom**.** **Reconciliation**: A result of Jesus' mission in which the enmity or hostility between God and humanity is overcome and set aside thereby restoring a right relationship. **Redemption (or ransom -- see above)**: An effect of Jesus' death on the cross in which our enslavement to wickedness and evil powers and principalities is overcome. The concept is to secure someone's release through payment. Since we are enslaved by our sin, we are redeemed from sin through Christ's death on the cross. **Regeneration**: An act of God in salvation in which he imparts new spiritual life (John 3:3-8), often called "born again." The Holy Spirit affects a new, reconciled relationship between the person and God. **Repentance**: A heartfelt sorrow for sin, a renouncing of it, and a sincere commitment to forsake it and walk in obedience to Christ (2 Cor. 7:9---10). **Resurrection of the Dead in Christ**: ***Sacrifice: A means whereby the guilty could make an acceptable offering as a means of expiation (see definition) or worship.*** ***Salvation***: Act of God's grace that frees people from alienation, condemnation, enslavement and depravity because of their sin and gives them eternal life on the basis of Christ's atoning sacrifice. Salvation includes the past (saved from the penalty of sin); present (saved from the power of sin); and the future (saved from the presence of sin). **Sanctified: to be set apart** **Sanctification**: The ongoing process by which the Holy Spirit makes us holy by setting us apart, transforming us into the likeness of Christ, and leading us into service to God. **Second Coming:** The return of Christ from heaven to earth with trumpets and heavenly signs to gather his saints at the end of "the Age." **Sin**: Failure to fulfill God's intention. Actual sins are thoughts, words, and deeds contrary to God\'s Law or the failure to do the good that God commands. We sin, because we are sinners from birth. **Soteriology**: That part of Christian theology that deals with the saving work of our Lord Jesus Christ (the doctrine of salvation). **Sovereignty**: God's rulership over the ultimate course of history. de facto: God's actual control over events within his creation. de jure: God's right to control every event within his creation. **Spiritual Gifts** Tongues Tongues and Interpretation of Tongues Prophesy Miracles Healing Discernment Word of Wisdom Word of knowledge Faith **Spirituality:** The pietistic (or religious) habits, actions, and experiences of ordinary members emerging from the beliefs and values that characterize a specific religious community. **Systematic theology** is a study of Christian theology that formulates an orderly and coherent account of the Christian faith and beliefs. **Theology** is the systematic reflection on, and articulation of, the fundamental beliefs we share as followers of Jesus Christ. **Tradition**: Tradition is understood as a process as well as a body of teaching that is a "handing down" from one generation to the next. **Transcendence**: God's otherness ―over‖ and ―beyond‖ the world of creation (i.e. God is separate from his creation). **AN EXAMPLE QUESTION** **Matching Question** a\. 1 Cor. 1-4 b. 1 Cor. 5 c. 1 Cor. 6:1-11 d. 1 Cor. 6: 12-20 1. Divisions 2. Going to Court 3. Going to Prostitutes 4. The Incestuous Man