BTH343-Midterm-Exam

Hamartiology is the knowledge of or the study of the doctrine of sin

God cannot and did not sin or create it, for He is holy.

Men have never been puzzled why God allowed sin to come into existence in His creation.

Sin came first to earth, then into heaven.

God could have made us innocent, un- fallen beings without the ability to err.

Man can learn without experience and revelation.

How strange it is when Christ exercised His grace toward us, though we deserved only His wrath.

We do not need to study sins beginning in the universe to understand its reality and nature.

Lucifer lifted up his will against God’s will six times.

There are two heavens.

Satan’s desire was for an earthly kingdom only.

The modern theory of heredity and environment is also contradicted by Genesis chapter 3.

Receiving and reciprocating the love of God is not a potential in the human race.

Poison was present in the fruit of the forbidden tree.

The cooperation of the individual being tempted is required for a successful temptation.

Satan fell without any other factor, such as a tempter.

Man was given a free will that had to be tested.

“Ye shall be as god” is a weak appeal to man’s self-centered ambition.

Adam and Eve’s sin immediately awakened their conscience which later accused them to themselves.

Sinful man seems to have the natural tendency to try to cover up sin.

There are three hiding places in this universe from Him who sees and knows every secret of men’s hearts.

There is mercy expressed in God’s judgment.

Contradictions of God’s character of holiness are sin.

We should understand that the Law is good.

God’s law is arbitrary.

God was not cognizant of the fact that man would not, and indeed could not, keep His Law.

A believer’s “paidagogos,” is compared to the permanent, purely provisional nature of the Law.

The death of Christ is only deliverance from the curse of the Law.

Ignorance or diminishing what should have been in full measure is not a way sin is described in the Bible.

Sin is not a specific type of evil.

Sin is a principle or nature that inhabits the sinner.

Being sinners by nature came after Adam and Eve had become sinners in practice.

Three considerations regarding sin are sins of omission, sins of unbelief, and sins of ignorance.

The idea of sins of ignorance is not expressed in the New Testament.

One sin and one only makes a man a sinner.

That Christ died for all is a poor indicator that all mankind are sinners and must have His saving grace.

To “impute” means to attribute or reckon something to a person.

“Sinned” is the same as “became sinful.”

From this principle of paying tithes to Melchizedek, we see that the whole human race was in Adam, their natural head.

The Bible does not teach that a son or grandson is counted as guilty of the individual sins of his parents.

Every sinner is partially destitute of that love to God which is the fundamental requirement of the law.

Every policeman required in a nation is required because of the results of sin.

Our greatest defense against sin is not to be shocked at it.

There is no contrast between sins of impulse and sins of deliberation.

Depravity and guilt rests upon mankind now, as well as the penalty in its fullness.

There is a vast difference between chastisement and punishment.

The total and irreversible penalty of sin is threefold in nature.

Death is the separation of the soul from the body and the cessation of the personality.

Eternal life will be restored to the born again ones at the time of salvation.

Spiritual death is the separation of the soul from God.

In most respects, the man is like the beast.

God’s call to Adam, “Where art thou?” was only a gracious invitation to share fellowship

The Genesis story de-emphasizes the close relationship between man and earth.

Man’s relationship with animal creation is equally ordained.

Labor is punishment.

Disorder in the universe and disturbance in human relationships have nothing in common.

Paul emphasizes the dignity of the body, but not any degradation of the body.

The body needs to be disciplined and yielded to Christ.

“Soul” is used to give expression to sensory perception as well as religious experience.

Man’s chief end is to glorify God.

Man’s freedom has no consequences so, man is not accountable.

No discussion of man’s sinfulness is morbid self-analysis.

Man is incapable of thinking in the right way.

Death is a universal and inescapable fact.

Thoughtful reflection forbids us to believe that death is intrinsically natural.

Scripture gives support to total annihilation.

Many metaphors are employed in God’s word to remind the reader of death.