How, What, Why of Doctrine
What should motivate us to study doctrine?
To know and love God more!
What is the Apocrypha?
The collection of writings written between the Old and New Testament
What is the definition of Theology?
The study of God and His Word
What is the Canon of Scripture?
The 66 books of the Bible considered God’s breathed out word
What does it mean to fear the Lord?
Respecting Him, obeying Him, submitting to His discipline, and worshiping Him in awe.
What does the word Heresy mean?
False teaching so severe if someone willingly followed, he/she cannot be a Christian
What does “Transmission” mean?
The process of writing the original writings of the Bible
What is the definition of Doctrine?
A summary of the Bible's teaching on a particular topic
What does the word “Inerrancy” mean?
The idea the Bible does not contain any errors
What does the term Legalism mean?
Trying to achieve salvation and God’s favor by keeping external rules and tradition
What does the word Harmonization mean?
Studying bible passages relating to a topic, putting them together to see what it teaches
How many manuscripts or writings of the Bible have we found?
5000 of the New Testament, 3000 of the Old Testament
True or false: The doctrine of Spiritual gifts is a major doctrinal category
False
What does the term "Eisegesis" mean?
Reading one’s own ideas back into
the text of Scripture
What is General Revelation?
God has revealed general truths about His existence and power through creation
What are the four steps of forming a doctrinal conclusion?
Gather all the biblical data, organize it, see how all the data fits together into a biblical teaching, relate it to other biblical teachings
What categories did the Jews divide the Old Testament into?
Law, Prophets, Writings
True or False: One purpose for learning doctrine is to help you to discern error and avoid it
What does the term Exegesis mean?
Reading out of the text what the writer intended to communicate to His audience
What is Special Revelation?
God revealing Himself more fully, and how we can be saved from His wrath - through His Word and ultimately in Jesus
What does Verbal Plenary Inspiration mean?
God through His Spirit has inspired every word of Scripture to His authors to record perfectly
What rules did scribes have to follow to copy the Old Testament?
1. Counting every paragraph, word, and line to make sure the copy matches the original
2. Making sure to only write at a certain time of day
3. Keeping their page being copied as long as it has less than 3 errors
What is one way we can trust that God's word is credible?
Possible answers:
God is incapable of error; He cannot lie
The consistency between Old Testament copies
God guided the authors through the Holy Spirit
Who translated most of the Old Testament and New Testament from Greek and Hebrew into English?
William Tyndale
True or False: Someone can be saved through General Revelation
False