Vocab 1
What is Theology?
the study of who God is and how He relates to us
What is Ekklesia?
"Called out" refers to God's Church
What does the Holy Spirit do?
It Guides believers in God's way of truth, enables them to live a godly life, and seals their inheritance for them until our final redemption
Why was Paul placed on trail in Caesarea?
He had hope in the resurrection.
Who was the prophet who gave warning to Paul not to go to Jerusalem?
Agabus
What is Grace?
God giving salvation and blessing to those who don't deserve it or can't earn it.
What is the Trinity?
God is one God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
What four words sum up mankind's problems and God's solution?
SALVATION BY GRACE ALONE
What is God's Church?
Total number of believers in every place, from every tribe, tongue, nation, throughout all history: past, present and future.
Who was the leader of the Roman troops in Jerusalem?
Claudius Lysius
What is justification?
legal act of God declaring a sinner "not guilty"
What is Incarnation?
Jesus being born as a human being
How is it possible to say that a guilty person is innocent?
Christ bore our deserved punishment so that we can be legally declared innocent
What is the Gospel and what does it mean to be forgiven?
The Gospel is the good news that Jesus will return and save us. Forgiveness is the grace by God to be forgiven.
Who was the leader of the Jerusalem Church?
James
What is Sanctification?
process of being changed by the Holy Spirit and becoming a person who wants to please God
What is Shema?
"Hear, O Israel. The Lord our God, the Lord is one."
Paul uses the word grace how many times?
86 All things through God's grace: salvation, justification, resisting temptation, living each day
What was Paul's hope for the future?
CHRIST WOULD RETURN!
Sadducees
What is Eschatology?
"being devoted and separated to God"
Why is the resurrection a key part of the Christian Faith?
If Christ didn't rise from the dead, our faith would be futile!
Why do we need the Scriptures?
To learn about God and all that he has done for you.
This was the language spoken by the Jews in Jerusalem?
Aramaic