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- 7. The term _______ describes biblical truths and teaching essential to the Christian Faith.
- 9. The _______ theory states that Jesus died but wasn’t actually resurrected and that He only metaphorically “lives on” in His teachings and in the hearts and minds of His disciples.
- 11. The term _______ means "the union of divinity (God) with humanity in Jesus Christ."
- 15. A _______ is a legal agreement between two parties.
- 16. _______ means “God-breathed”; this means that Holy Spirit “downloaded” His message into their hearts as the human authors wrote.
- 17. Moral _______ is the philosophy that right and wrong depend on personal beliefs, not on an absolute standard.
- 21. _______ is the quality of being present everywhere all at once.
- 23. The two functions of The Law were to reveal our need for the promised _______ and to set Israel apart from other nations.
- 24. _______ is the quality of knowing all things.
- 26. The _______ theory states that Jesus never actually died; it says that He fell into a coma, from which He revived in the tomb.
- 27. The word _______ describes deliverance from the penalty, power, and dominion of sin.
- 29. A _______ is a story that illustrates a spiritual truth.
- 30. _______ means belief and/or confident trust.
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- 1. God has _______ us. Because of what Jesus did, Father removed our sins from us so that we no longer have to live under sin’s control or fear of death. We have eternal life by knowing Jesus.
- 2. To _______ means to remain in dependent fellowship with Christ.
- 3. _______ as it relates to Scripture, means we submit our whole life to Scripture to find out what to believe and how to live because it is God’s message to us.
- 4. _______ blinds people to the truth of reality.
- 5. Jesus died for us, as us. He died in our place for us to be free from the penalty of sin and to live in fellowship with God. This act, Him taking our place, means He is our _______.
- 6. _______ is a moral mismatch between one’s talk or beliefs and one’s behavior.
- 8. _______ as it relates to Scripture, means that its original autographs were completely dependable and incapable of failing in their purpose.
- 10. In John 15, Jesus said, “I am the _______, you are the branches,” which means that He is our very Source of life and, in order to live out the character of God, we need to remain in close relationship with Him.
- 12. _______ is the quality of having all power.
- 13. _______ (the process of mentoring a fellow believer) helps to mature a follower of Jesus in faith, character, and relationship with God.
- 14. _______ is when someone convicted of a crime is sentenced to a punishment.
- 18. We must know and let others know that every person is individually _______ to God for sin. Sin has destructive consequences. The consequences for sin is death, both physical and spiritual.
- 19. _______ as it relates to Scripture, means that in its original manuscripts, it is free from error.
- 20. The church is a _______ that is formed around the Gospel. We believe in one Savior, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one Spirit, and one Father. It matures together and worships (gives God praise, adoration, glory, and gratitude) together through various functions like Bible study, fellowship, communion, etc.
- 22. The _______ of Scripture refers to the list of inspired books of the Bible and it is closed, meaning nothing can be added to or removed from the Scripture we currently have.
- 25. The _______ theory states that Jesus was not actually physically resurrected, but that He only rose to life again as a spirit only and that His body was still dead.
- 28. We can trust the copies of the original manuscripts of Scripture because of scribal _______ (copies had to be perfect), manuscript agreement (MANY copies exist and they essentially agree with each other), and Biblical acknowledgment (Scriptures from all throughout the Bible affirm the rest of Scriptures all throughout the Bible).