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New Testament Survey
Lasom New Testament Survey
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Old Testament is God's ancient (Solemn Declaration) of | His creation of the world & humanity, their fall into sin & God’s saving work over many centuries to address sin’s disastrous consequences. |
| 1. New Testament is God's | saving work in the lifetime of the biblical writers |
| 2. What is the relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament | Together they form our Bible. |
| 2. Both Testaments point to... | an eternal order beyond the world as we know it, of a world of heavenly glory for those who seek God but of judgment for those whose lives remain centered on themselves. |
| 3. Torah – | the first section of the OT (five books of Moses means guidance, teaching, law) |
| 3. Prophets – | the second section of the OT - works like Isaiah, Joel & Obadiah |
| 3. The Writings – | the third section of the OT - historical writings Psalms, Proverbs & other works |
| 4. What is cultural literacy? | Acquaintance with at least the broad aspects of science, the humanities, and the fine arts. As well as, familiarity with the beliefs, social organization, and moral traits of a society. |
| 5. What comprised the standard by which the books in the canon as we now know it? | -possessed the mark of apostolic authorship (written by Jesus’s handpicked followers, the apostles, or their close aides). -bore evidence of their first-century origin. -contained the apostolic message of the true gospel of Jesus Christ. |
| 6. What were the main theological beliefs of the Pharisees? | They believed in God, angels, and spirits, providence, prayer, the necessity for faith and good works, the last judgment, a coming messiah, and the immortality of the soul. |
| 6. Where did the main theological beliefs of the Pharisees come from? | They developed a set of views based on the Old Testament and their own oral traditions, both of which they considered equally authoritative. |
| 7. What were the main theological beliefs of the Sadducees? | They did not believe in angels or spirits, the resurrection, the last judgment, life after death, divine providence, or a coming Messiah. |
| 7. Theologically, the Sadducees... | rejected almost everything the Pharisees believed. |
| 8. Samaria | was roughly the region occupied by the Old Testament kingdom of Israel. Destroyed by the Assyrians in 722BC, it later resettled with a population mixed both ethically and religiously. |
| 8. Samaritans | served the LORD but also other gods according to the customs of the pagans who lived among them. |
| 8. Being forbidden to help rebuild the ____, the Samaritans built their own, which was destroyed by the Jews. | temple |
| 8. Samaritans defiled the Jewish temple and killed several __________. | Jewish pilgrims |
| 8. Samaritans & Jews long-standing and deep hatred for one another eventually lead to a ________. | civil war |
| 8. Samaritans considered themselves _____ but worshiped in their own distinctive way. | Jews |
| 9. The Gospels trustworthy because it took place while those who had known Jesus were still alive and information could be traced back to them, because either they said it or they recorded it. | And according to the best evidence available from the early years of the church, 3 of the 4 Gospels are directly linked to the apostles; the 4th, Luke by his own testimony was dependent on eyewitnesses and those who had known Jesus from the beginning |
| 9. Another reason the Gospels trustworthy because | It must never be forgotten that God had a hand in all this. It is part of the Christian faith that God is active in human affairs and has made his will known to his people. |
| 1. What does Testament mean? | Solemn Declaration |
| 10. What was Matthew’s basic purpose in writing his Gospel? | to preserve what he knew about Jesus’ life and words. He wanted to make sure the truth about Jesus would never be lost. |
| 11. Ways that Jesus was the supreme authority over People & Places... | Temple History Destiny of all human beings His Destiny & Mission on Earth Sin Demons |
| 11. Ways that Jesus was the supreme authority over Illness & Disease... | Blindness Leprosy Paralysis Suffering |
| 11. Ways that Jesus was the supreme authority over nature... | Wind Water Space Time The Future |
| 12. Internal & external evidence suggests that _____ is the most likely site of composition of the Gospel of Mark. | Rome |
| 13. What special place did women play in Jesus’s ministry? | At many points, Christ included women not only as recipients of his message but also as co-laborers in his ministry. |
| 14. What is the focus of Luke’s Gospel? | History as the place where God's salvation was effected and on Jesus as God's Savior. |
| 14. From Adam onward, there is one human race and one flow of time, with all nations, Jews and gentiles, and all people, men and women, seen as.. | universally loved by God and prospective recipients of salvation. |
| 15. How is the Gospel of John different from the Synoptics? | At lest 90% of it lacks direct verbal parallel in the 3 synoptics. |
| 15. John’s Gospel shares a _____ picture of information shared in the Synoptics. | supplemental |
| 15. John also implies a ___ ministry, as well as different aspect of Jesus teachings. | 3 year |
| 16. What is the first and most distinctive feature of John’s Gospel? | Its emphasis on the divine glory of Christ - he is nothing less than God himself, incarnate in human flesh. |
| 17. Who did John the Baptist recognized himself to be? | A transitional figure who was a forerunner to the Messiah. |
| 18. What are two of the four basic points of theology touched on in the course of Jesus’ preaching? | God, the kingdom of God, and Jesus’s relation to the kingdom. The uniqueness of Jesus - his special relation to God, his special relation to other human beings, and his sense of mission. |
| 18. Two more of the four basic points of theology touched on in the course of Jesus’ preaching. | Human life, Human sinfulness, and God. The end of the age, the second coming, and the life to come. |
| 19. Events that will precede Jesus’ second coming | Apostasy & Betrayal the rise of antichrist false: Christs, prophets & signs and miracles increase of evil Earthquakes, Famines & Pestilence international strife, wars and rumors of wars, unparalleled distress persecution of believers |
| 19. Worldwide proclamation of the gospel will precede.. | Jesus’ second coming |
| 20. Hermeneutics | The theory and practice of interpretation. |
| 21. Criteria used (by liberal scholars) to find Jesus’ real words | Multiple Source Attestation Palestinian Environment Aramaic Language Dissimilarity Embarrassment Consensus of Scholars Multiple forms of Statement. |
| 22. Statements from Luke 1:1-4 also apply to Acts and helps to explain the contents of the book of Acts | Reliable traditions about Jesus and the early Christian movement have been handed down by eyewitnesses. Luke has made careful investigation of these experiences and reports. Knowledge of and growth in the Christian Faith. |
| 23. What was the primary fervor of Peter’s sermon at Pentecost (Acts 2)? | Repentance |
| 24. Combined with Luke’s Gospel, the Book of Acts makes up over what percent of the New Testament | 1/4 or 25% |
| 25. What can we learn from the focus on individual persons in Acts 8-12 | The impacts of acceptance of Christ, rebuke and even judgment for disobeying Christ. It shows God’s personal awareness of and interest in the lives of all people, whether Jew or gentile. |
| 26. Why was Peter’s visit to Cornelius controversial? | Jewish customs forbid contact with gentiles. |
| 26. God used ______ to show Peter and the early church that gentiles who repented and believed in Christ were acceptable to God. | Cornelius |
| 27. Why were many of early Christians suspicious of Saul? | They questioned if his turn was genuine or if he was pretending to follow Jesus as a way to gather information to use against the Christians later. |
| 28. Three scripture references of Saul’s (Paul’s) conversion. | Acts 9: 1-31 Acts 22: 4-16 Acts 26: 9-18 |
| 29. What role did Antioch play in the life of Paul and the early church? | It modeled the ethnic diversity appropriate to the gospel that brings people of all backgrounds into the one family of God. |
| 29. ________ became the primary missionary church of earliest Christianity. | Antioch |
| 29. *All three of ____ missionary journey’s began at Antioch.* | Paul’s |
| 30. What effect did the spread of the gospel have at Ephesus? | Christianity was damaging the local economy, especially the silversmithing guilds, because idols were no longer selling at their former pace. |
| 31. For what reason, in Paul’s own view, was he “in chains?” | His arrest served to advance the gospel. |
| 32. List the three theologies and religions of Paul’s day and his argument against them | Polythesim – Paul insisted that God is one. Stoicism – Paul preached a God who was personal and accessible rather than impersonal and inscrutable. Most pagan religions – Paul presented a God concerned with social morality and personal ethics |
| 33. What is ironic about Paul serving as teacher and missionary of the church at Antioch? | This multiracial church had been founded by Christians driven out of Israel (present day Palestine) by persecutions instigated by Saul of Tarsus. |
| 34. Pauline Epistles. | Romans 1 & 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1 & 2 Thessalonians 1 & 2 Timothy Titus Philemon |
| 35. How does Paul address homosexuality? | It is displeasing to God just like other sins outside monogamous marriage, and is an offense against God's law. |
| 36. What does Paul address in the clear prescription for Christian living in Romans | Their daily lives as Christians should reflect the beliefs about Christ that they have embraced, in worship, the use of gifts, acts of service and hospitality, the role of government, loving one’s neighbor, living in the day and pursuing peace. |
| 37. Correspondences between Paul and the Corinthians. | lost letter: Paul to Corinthians 2. letter from the Corinthians to Paul 3. Paul’s reply to their letter – our 1 Corinthians 4. A subsequent “painful letter” from Paul to the Corinthians 5. 3rd letter from Paul to the Corinthians – our 2nd Corinthians |
| 37. Initial letter from Paul to the Corinthians | now lost |
| 38. What is a consistent underlying theme in 2 Corinthians? | The way to glory is the way of the cross. |
| 39. Galatians was written to what five churches? | Perga Pisidian Antioch Iconium Lystera Derbe |
| 40. Founder of the church at Colossae | Epaphras |
| 41. Ephesus was noted for | It was a center of emperor worship, the occult, idolatry, and spiritualism. |
| 42. Paul wrote the letter to the Philippians to | express his pastoral concern over their current situation, to let them know about his circumstances, and to prepare them for a visit from Timothy and possibly himself. |
| 43. What was the purpose of the Epistle to Philemon? | To encourage him to consider standards of justice and love that are rooted in the character of God. |
| 43. Because a large percentage of the population in that era consisted of slaves, Paul took the opportunity to address the matter of the runaway slave, _______ with his personal friend. | Onesimus |
| 43. Philemon | was Paul's personal friend. |
| 44. In the first Epistle to the Thessalonians Paul confirms that hard times are.. | part of God’s plan for his people. Like what Paul and Jesus endured. |
| 44. In the first Epistle to the Thessalonians Paul encourages the new believers.. | by commending their faith and love, which he remembers in his prayers continually. |
| 44. In the first Epistle to the Thessalonians Paul encourages by giving further instructions. | Although their love for one another was exemplary, there is always room and need for improvement. |
| 44. In the first Epistle to the Thessalonians Paul encourages his readers by.. | giving them insight into the last things. Eschatology – the study of what the Bible says will happen at the end of this age and beyond. |
| 45. Why are 1,2 Timothy and Titus are called Pastoral Epistles | All three letters show pastoral concern for their recipients, Timothy and Titus. |
| 45. 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus deal with pastoral matters.. | involving the care of souls and the orderly conduct of God’s people in the church as well as in the world. |
| 46. It is not clear who wrote the Epistle of | Hebrews |
| 47. What is the major practical concern of Hebrews? | To encourage Christians not to be intimidated by the difficult circumstances they face. |
| 48. What error is addressed by Paul in Romans? | Salvation is earned by human merit. |
| 48. _____ is God’s free act of grace, which we receive by faith, not by acts of merit. | Salvation |
| 49. What error is addressed by James? | Equates faith with mere assent to certain doctrinal truths like the existence of God. |
| 49. Authentic trust in Christ results in.. | good works. |
| 50. Who is most likely the author of James? | the half-brother of Jesus |
| 51. At what point is the purpose of James’s letter achieved? | When the church humbly accepts his message as a verdict on itself, and when God’s people submit to God and relate to one another with selflessness and compassion, God’s people are poised to serve as the salt and light that Jesus called them to be. |
| Jesus called God's people to serve as | the salt and light to those around us. |
| 52. What comfort does Peter offer to his suffering friends? | That Christ also suffered and they are participating in the very suffering of Christ. |
| 53. Four basic areas of concern covered by 2 Peter | Sanctification Scripture Warning against false teachers The end of the age |
| 54. What is the “New Commandment? | To love one another. |
| 54. 1 John | 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
| 54. 1 John | 4:11 Beloved if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| 54. 1 John | 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. |
| 55. What is the purpose of the writing of Jude? | To urge Christians to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. The believers were to go on the offensive (but not be offensive!) for what they believe against those who deny that Jesus Christ is the sovereign Lord. |
| 56. Why is it unfortunate for people to avoid reading and studying Revelation? | From the early days of the church this book was turned to in times of persecution as a source of strength and encouragement. |
| 57. What are the four major theories of interpretation of Revelation? | Historic premillennial view Amillennial view Dispensational premillennial view Postmillennial view |
| The historic premillennial view | holds that the book relates to the life of the church. The various persecutions are to be experienced by the believers up to the time of the end, when they will be delivered from the power of antichrist. |
| The amillennial view (no millennium) held by Luther and Calvin and has been the majority view throughout church history. | It rejects the idea of a literal thousand-year reign of Christ after his return at the end of the age. Believes everyone will rise to meet Christ at his 2nd coming and the lost are cast into the lake of fire. |
| dispensational premillennial view - pretribulation rapture theory or any moment rapture theory | the church is removed before the great tribulation |
| any moment rapture theory | the rapture of the saints may take place at any moment and without warning. |
| The postmillennial view | Christ returns in his glory after the millennium when The Great Commission is fulfilled and the knowledge of the Lord covers the earth and the world has been made worthy of Him. |
| 58. What is the central fact of Revelation? | God exists created the universe is guiding the course of its history has overcome evil will bring everything to a triumphant conclusion in his own good time. |
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