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Match each Bible reference with the description of its contents.

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If you stumble at one point of the law, you are guilty of breaking all of the law.
Not the smallest letter of the law will pass until all is fulfilled.
The Ten Commandments

James 2:10-11
Matthew 5:18-19
Exodus 20:1-17

Put the Ten Commandments in their order as found in Exodus 20.

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Have no other gods before me.
Make no idols.
Do not misuse the name of the Lord.
Keep the Sabbath Day.
Honor your father and mother.
Do not murder.
Do not commit adultery.
Do not steal.
Do not give false testimony.
Do not covet.

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Match each category of the law, as theologians often describe them.

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General ethical principles, often identified with the Ten Commandments.
Instructions for worship and the sacrificial system.
Principles for governing society.

Moral law
Ceremonial law
Civil law

Match each category of laws with the office that can be associated with it.

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Prophet
Priest
King

Moral law
Ceremonial law
Civil law

Match each use of the law, as named in traditional theology, with its corresponding description.

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It exposes sin and drives an unbeliever to Christ.
It restrains sin in society.
It shows Christians how to live a more ethical life.

Pedagogical
Civil
Normative

According to the lesson, which of the following may be found in the Scriptures? Mark each correct answer:

Ethically indifferent passages
Sarcasm
Hyperboles
Imaginative language
Symbolic language
Incorrect quotes
Incorrect scientific information

According to the lesson, which of the following statements best describes the way many people during the Middle Ages understood the extraordinary nature of Scripture?

Many believed that the extraordinary nature of Scripture made it impossible to understand, without the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit to reveal the meaning to His people.
Many believed that the extraordinary nature of Scripture made it so difficult to understand that only specialized scholars approved by the Church authorities could interpret it properly.
Many believed that the Bible contained symbolic meaning that not even the biblical authors themselves understood.

What does Dr. Frame teach about Matthew 6:11? (“Give us this day our daily bread.”)

He teaches that even though the text uses an imperative form of the verb, it should be understood as a petition, and not interpreted in an overly literal way.
He teaches that the text uses an imperative form of the verb, and that we can learn from this that if we pray with faith, sometimes our prayers can be in the form of "commands."
He teaches that most translations give us the wrong impression, because they translate the verb as if it were in the imperative form; in the original Greek, the verb is in the subjunctive mood, and not imperative.

How does Dr. Frame interpret Amos 4:4? (“Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more.”)

He says that there is an error in the copies we have; the original text says "not" to sin.
He says that this is an example of sarcasm used in Scripture.
He says that on this occasion God commanded the non believers to sin, in order to compound their guilt and make their condemnation greater.

Which of the following statements best summarizes Dr. Frame’s teaching regarding the ethical aspect of narrative passages of Scripture?

Narrative passages do not give us moral lessons.
We must be careful about taking moral lessons from narrative passages; we can only be sure what the ethical teaching is if the passage itself expressly states that an action was blessed or cursed.
Narrative passages teach moral lessons in many ways, through the evaluations expressed in them, the context that they provide for direct commands, and their teachings about salvation as the source of the capacity to obey God.

According to the lesson, which of the following genres of literature in Scripture give us ethical instruction?

Only the passages of the Law
Only narrative passages, prophetic passages, and passages of the Law
All genres

What implication does the lesson highlight from the fact that Scripture contains a wide variety of styles of language and genres of literature?

Our own teaching of ethics should use a variety of forms.
We should be careful to use only the passages intended to teach ethical norms when we make ethical decisions.
We should never be dogmatic about our ethical conclusions.

How does Dr. Frame use the term “law” when he speaks of the Bible?

He uses it to refer only to the books of Moses.
He uses it to refer to all of Scripture.
He uses it to refer to all portions of legal code in Scripture.

The Westminster Confession of Faith says that the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament are now ___________.

abrogated
confirmed
fulfilled

What does the Westminster Confession of Faith say about the use of the civil laws of the Old Testament today?

They are confirmed under the New Covenant and should be applied today just as in that day.
They expired together with the state of Israel, but they give us ethical duties regarding general equity.
They are fulfilled in Christ and no longer apply to the people of God under the New Covenant.

What does Dr. Frame mean when he says that the Ten Commandments have “historical primacy”?

They were the first legal code received by Israel.
They were the first commandments given in the Old Testament.
In Jewish tradition, they had an important place in their liturgy.

What evidence does Dr. Frame give to show that the Ten Commandments have “theological primacy”? Mark each correct answer.

God wrote them with his own finger on the stone tablets.
They were the first commandments given in the Old Testament.
They were the first legal code given to the nation of Israel.
They were given under unusual circumstances to highlight their importance, such as thunder, lightning, smoke, and the sound of trumpets.
The tablets were kept in the Ark of the Covenant.

Which of the following statements express Dr. Frame’s views of the traditional way of describing three aspects of the law? Mark each correct answer.

He accepts this division as having substantial value.
He rejects these categories, because the Scripture does not make such a distinction.
He believes that all biblical laws can be clearly placed into these categories.
He believes that some laws fit more than one category.
He believes that all laws have moral, ceremonial, and civil aspects.
He prefers to speak of these differences as "aspects" rather than distinct "categories."

Which of the following statements best expresses Dr. Frame’s view of the continued application of the Old Testament law?

The civil and ceremonial laws no longer apply to us today, but only the moral laws.
All three aspects of the law should be applied today in the same way as in the time of the Old Testament.
All three aspects of the law are still binding today, but they have different application in our new situation.
All Old Testament laws still apply to us today, but only in certain aspects.

According to the lesson, what important lesson can we learn from the story of Zelophehad’s daughters in Numbers 27?

Sometimes an ethical principle should be applied in a different way in a new situation.
Sometimes ethical principles no longer apply in new situations.
Sometimes an ethical principle must be disobeyed in order to keep a second more important ethical principle that is in conflict with the first.

What is the common teaching of Matthew 22:37-40, Romans 13:9-10, Galatians 5:14 and Deuteronomy 6:1-6?

God is Lord of all creation.
Love is the summary of the law.
God is our standard of good.

Which statement best expresses the teaching of Dr. Frame regarding the Old Testament law under the New Covenant?

Under the New Covenant, the same law applies, but now it is written on our hearts.
Under the New Covenant, only the moral aspects of the Old Testament law apply to us.
Under the New Covenant, all the laws of the Old Testament still apply, but in a different way now, and looking back on the finished work of Christ as a the basis for obedience.

What point does Dr. Frame illustrate by referring to Matthew 5:23-24?

Sometimes one law may take priority over another.
Sometimes there are unusual circumstances that allow exceptions to the normal keeping of a law.
Sometimes there are conflicts between one law and another.

What point does Dr. Frame illustrate by referring to Acts 5:29?

Sometimes one law may take priority over another.
Sometimes there are unusual circumstances that allow exceptions to the normal keeping of a law.
Sometimes there are conflicts between one law and another.

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