CHRIST & SALVATION
According to St. Athanasius, humanity could not accomplish this by itself after becoming corrupted by sin and death.
What is heal or restore itself?
This Orthodox teaching means participation in God’s life by grace.
What is theosis?
Every human being possesses this because humanity was created according to Genesis 1:26–27.
What is the image of God?
Sin is more than simply breaking these.
What are rules or commandments?
God calls us to show our love for Him by also loving these people.
Who are others/our neighbors?
God the Word did this so that humanity could be healed and restored.
What is become man / take on human nature?
This object placed in fire illustrates how something can share the fire’s heat and light without becoming fire by nature.
What is iron?
Appearance, popularity, grades, talent, money, and other people’s opinions may describe us, but according to the lesson, they cannot determine this.
What is our worth or deepest identity?
The Greek word hamartia uses this picture to describe sin.
What is missing the mark?
This characteristic of God is questioned when people ask, “If God is just, why is there so much evil in the world?”
What is God’s justice?
Christ is called this in 1 Corinthians 15, contrasting His obedience with Adam’s disobedience.
Who is the Last Adam?
According to 2 Peter 1:4, Christians are called to become “partakers” of this.
What is the divine nature?
Humans were created not only in God’s image but to grow by grace toward this.
What is the likeness of God?
The sermon describes sin through four lenses: transgression, sickness, corruption and death, and this rupture in our relationship with God.
What is broken communion?
This biblical man’s story is used to examine God’s justice in the midst of suffering.
Who is Job?
Salvation includes forgiveness, reconciliation, adoption, healing, liberation, sanctification, resurrection, and this relationship with Christ.
What is union with Christ?
Theosis does not mean becoming God by this, even though we truly participate in His life by grace.
What is nature or essence?
In Christ, human beings are more than creatures; through grace and adoption, they receive this relationship with God.
What is becoming children of God?
In the Fall, Adam and Eve attempted to grasp godlikeness independently instead of receiving it through this relationship with God.
What is communion?
The love sermon ends by challenging whether someone can truly claim to love God while doing this to other people.
What is hating others?
Put these stages in their correct theological order: Theosis, Fall, Church & Mysteries, Creation, Incarnation, Cross & Resurrection.
What is Creation → Fall → Incarnation → Cross & Resurrection → Church & Mysteries → Theosis?
This Alexandrian Father famously summarized the Incarnation and theosis by saying, “He was made man that we might be made god.”
Who is St. Athanasius of Alexandria?
Complete this summary of human identity: whole human persons, body and soul, created in God’s image for ______ and likeness.
What is communion?
According to the lesson, sin affects these five areas: the nous, will, desires, body, and ______.
What are relationships?
In Job 38, when Job questioned God about his suffering and God’s justice, what question did God ask Job to demonstrate how limited Job’s understanding was compared to His?
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?”