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