THE KEY TO THE BIBLE, STUDENT - 2nd SESSION
GET
ACQUAINTED - What do you for a living and what do you enjoy most about it?
Last
time we saw that the New Testament reveals ________ at the center of all revelation,
and that His work in accomplishing ______________ is the pervasive theme of the
Bible. The history of redemption has r_________ and r__________ of the c___________
as its ultimate goal.
What insights will you bring to share?
THIRD LESSON
8. When,
where, and how was redemption accomplished? Rom.4:25
2 Cor.5:21
Explain the dilemma of how God can remain righteous and forgive
sin. Rom.3:21-26
What does Rom.3:26 have to do with the vindication
[definition?] of God?
1 Tim.3:16
Jn.3:33
Rom.3:4
Isa.5:16
Explain how God resolves the tension
between judging sin and forgiving the sinner.
2 Pt.1:1
1 Jn.1:9
FOURTH LESSON
What might be the purpose of exercise 9?
9. Besides redeeming
enslaved people, glean from the verses below other things God has done for us
through Christ. Define the terms, using
a dictionary where needed [see Taxonomy,
session 1]. Try to find examples
illustrating the idea of each term in the Old Testament. The use of paraphrases such
as the New Living Translation are not recommended for this
exercise. NAS, ESV, and NKJ are
recommended (see Partial List of On-Line Resources below)
Mk.10:45
1 Tim.2:6
a. ___________ -
_____________________________________________
term definition
OT
example -
·
What was our ransom price,
what determined it, and how was payment made?
Rom.6:23a
1 Pt.1:18-19
1 Pt.2:22-24
Titus 2:11
Acts 28:28
b. ___________ - _____________________________________________
OT
example -
Rom.5:1
Titus 3:7a
Rom.3:24
c. ___________ -
_____________________________________________
OT
example -
Col.1:20-22
2 Cor.5:19
d. ___________ - _____________________________________________
OT
example -
Heb.2:17
1 Jn.4:9-10
e. ___________ -
_____________________________________________
OT
example –
Heb.9:21-22, 26
Tit.2:14
f. [Expiation] -
________________________________________________
OT example –
·
Explain Isa.6:7b.
·
Look up the hymn “Rock of Ages” and
perform an interpretive analysis of the first 2 verses.
Acts 13:38
Col.2:13-14
g. ______________ -
___________________________________________________
OT
example –
Tit. 3:5
2 Cor.5:17
Col.2:13
h. Regeneration -
_____________________________________________
OT
example –
·
Fill in the blanks with the words faith and regeneration and explain.
_____________
logically precedes ____________.
FIFTH LESSON > review handout, Dealing with Language
FURTHER
STUDY
Study the following passages in sequence and place
them under one of the above theological categories. 1 Cor.15:50; Jn.1:12-13; Jn.3:1-8;
Jas.1:18; 1 Pt.1:3
Use cross references
and a concordance to find other passages on the subjects covered in the
lesson. There are passages that combine
several of these concepts and that express the same concepts in different
terms.
PARTIAL
LIST OF ON-LINE RESOURCES from Problems
Defining Biblical & Theological Terms
http://blueletterbible.org/ Searchable Bibles,
lexicon, concordance, commentaries
http://www.biblegateway.com/ Searchable Bibles
(many translations)
http://www.carm.org/dictionary.htm Dictionary of
theology, creeds and confessions, etc.
http://www.ondoctrine.com/00dictio.htm
Theological terminology dictionary
http://www.mtio.com/articles/aissar101.htm
Dictionary of theological terms
http://reformed-theology.org/html/dictiona.htm
Basic dictionary of theological terms
http://vines.mike-obrien.net/ Vine’s Expository Dictionary
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/ Apologetics,
cults, Vine’s, etc.
http://www.antioch.com.sg/bible/
http://bible.crosswalk.com/
Bible study tools - Vine’s, dictionaries, lexicons, commentaries
http://bibleencyclopedia.com/ encyclopedia,
atlas, thesaurus, concordance, dictionary
http://www.bibletexts.com/ Commentaries,
articles
http://www.reference.com/ http://dictionary.reference.com/ Eng. Dic.,
thesaurus, encyclo.
http://www.mamma.com/ Metasearch
engine, employs many search engines
http://ixquick.com/ Metasearch
engine
http://geneva.founders.org/ Search selected Reformed
web sites