What are the three secular views of humanity?
Mechanistic
Animalistic
Fatalistic
What is the mechanistic view of Humanity?
human value is found only in what humans can do; an ethic of doing versus an ethic of being (mechanisms, robots)
What is the Animalistic View of Humanity?
humans are just highly evolved life forms (animals)
What is the Fatalistic View of Humanity?
humans are at the mercy of destiny determining forces beyond their control (fate)
What are the main differences between the two biblical accounts of human creation?
Genesis 1:26-31- the PURPOSE for which God created humanity (cultural mandate)
Genesis 2:7,18-25- the WAY of God’s creation of humanity
What are the three views of the image of God?
- Substantive View of the Image of God
- Relational View of the Image of God
- Functional View of the Image of God
What is the Substantive View of the Image of God?
the image of God is some definite characteristic within the makeup of humanity
What is the Relational View of the Image of God?
the image of God consists of the experience of a relationship
What is the Functional View of the Image of God?
believes that the image of God is something we do, a practical function we perform
What are the six Implications of the Image of God covered in class?
- We belong to God
- The Image of God is universal in Humanity
- We should pattern our lives after Jesus
- There is goodness in learning and work
- We experience full humanity only in a proper relationship with God
- The human is valuable
What are the five Theological Implications of the Nature of Humanity?
- Each human is to be treated as a unity
- Humans are complex beings
- All aspects of humanity are to be respected and cared for
- Spiritual maturity is not subjugating (enslaving) one part of human nature to another
- There is a personal, conscious existence after death
What are the five aspects to The Nature of Sin in the Bible?
- Sin is an inward inclination
- Sin is rebellious and disobedience
- Sin entails spiritual disability and death
- Sin is incomplete fulfillment of God’s standard
- Sin is the displacement of God
What are the three main areas of life that sin affects?
- Our relationship with God
- Our relationship with ourselves
- Our relationship with others
What is meant by the extensiveness and intensiveness of sin?
Extensiveness- Sin is universal
Intensiveness- Sin affects the whole person, Our basic sinfullness
What are the three lecture points covered on the meaning of The Doctrine of Total Depravity?
- Sin encompasses the whole person
- Even our good deeds are done with an element of improper motive
- There is nothing we can do to save ourselves
What are the three main Theories of Original Sin and what does each theory affirm?
- Pelagianism
- Arminianism
- Calvinism
What is the theory of Pelagianism?
Adam’s original sin only influences us as a bad example, we were created neutral. Focuses on our free will as it relates to the theory of original sin
What is the theory of Arminianism?
what we recieve from Adam is a corrupt nature, we inherit “pollution” from Adam, but no guilt; there is no total depravity.
What is the theory of Calvinism?
Adam’s sin is our sin as well, God imputes to us both a corrupt nature and guilt
