Key Terms
what word means authority or control?
Sovereignty
In whose image did God make mankind?
God's image
What did Adam and Eve's sin bring into the world?
Sin/Death
Why did God include the story of Cain and Abel in Scripture?
Show how Adam's sin affects all people
Who is essentially on trial in the book of Job?
God
What words mans the surrounding material that helps us understand something
context
What two things were mankind commanded to do in the Creation Mandate?
Fill the earth
Work
According to Genesis 4:7, what must people have dominion over?
Sin
What did Cain's story demonstrate about the effects of sin?
Adam's sin affects all people
Name one of Job's friends who wrongly concluded that Job's suffering was caused by his sin
Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar
What word means an account of a historical event?
Narrative
Where is the Creation Mandate first recorded?
Gen 1:26-28
Complete this statement: Conflict is the result of ________.
Sin
What did the Flood demonstrate about God's response to the wicked?
Judgment
What did Job's friends correctly conclude?
Job was suffering
What word means promise?
Name two human abilities that demonstrate the image of God.
speech, complex emotions, planning for the future, written language, technology, or creativity.
God's response to Adam and Eve's sin included what two things?
Curses and Promises
What did the Flood demonstrate about God's response to the righteous?
Mercy
What incorrect conclusion did Job's friends make about suffering?
They believed all suffering is the result of sin.
What word describes the first introduction to the good news of redemption?
How are human abilities different from God's abilities?
Human abilities are limited and fallible, while God's abilities are unlimited and perfect.
Give two ways Adam's life was different after the Fall.
he lost his special relationship with God, the ground produced thorns and thistles, work became more difficult, conflict entered relationships, and disease and death became part of life.
After what significant event did God repeat the Creation Mandate?
After the flood to Noah
A person says, "I can't believe in a God who allows people to suffer." Based on the lessons from Job, what is the best response?
God is the Redeemer and our only hope to end suffering.