Final Exam

In the Old Testament, God’s Spirit was presented as an impersonal force or power.

In which of the following passages do we see the entire church receive the gift of the Holy Spirit in a spectacular way?

The Jews in Jesus’ day rightly understood that there is only one true God and that he exists as only one person.

The Apostles’ Creed grew out of local baptismal creeds that date as far back as ________.

In what passage do we find Jesus’ fullest teachings on the Holy Spirit’s distinct personhood?

The doctrine of the Holy Spirit as a distinct, uncreated person of the Trinity took millennia to develop.

Which 20th century theologian compared the Old Testament to a room that’s richly furnished but poorly lit?

In what passage do we see God speaking of remaining present with his covenant people through his Spirit?

How did Isaiah intend his original audience to interpret the names “Holy Spirit” and “Spirit of the Lord” in Isaiah 63?

Where in Scripture do we see Israel’s rebellion grieving the Holy Spirit?

When the Old Testament uses names like “Spirit of God” or “my Spirit,” it is a direct reference to the third person of the Trinity.

In which New Testament passage do we see the Father, Son and Holy Spirit listed as equals while the author uses a singular form of the word “name”?

________ revelation is intended for all human beings, irrespective of issues like sin and salvation, while ________ revelation is given to a select group of sinners for whom God intends salvation.

God’s primary purpose for humanity is for us to turn the world into ________.

When it comes to humanity at large, the Holy Spirit’s providential work is sometimes the terrifying implementation of divine judgment.

With what does the Westminster Larger Catechism primarily identify God’s creative work?

All revelation is ultimately ________.

Which systematic theologian distinguished between two types of common grace, that which restrains evil and that which meets humanity’s daily needs?

Because Paul pointed out that the Holy Spirit directly grants wisdom and insight to believers in 1 Corinthians 2, we have the same authority to speak or interpret God’s words as the apostles had.

Daniel’s rescue from the lions is called a sign and wonder in Daniel 6:27 because it ________.

In Genesis 1, we see God dealing with creation’s emptiness on days 1-3 and its formlessness on days 4-6.

All Evangelical Christians should agree that one of the principle functions of the Holy Spirit is to cause people to ________.

Mark all that apply. In what passages of the Old Testament do we see God presented as a potter and human beings as clay?

In what passage do we see God’s providential control of Nebuchadnezzar in taking away both his royalty and his sanity?

What is the main point of Deuteronomy 4:8?

True or False? Just like the church in the Old Testament, the New Testament church contains both believers and unbelievers.

What is the belief that the Holy Spirit so controlled the human authors that these men had little to no creative input into Scripture?

Scripture also refers to ancient Israel as the “church.”

Fill in the blank. “The New Testament was written by apostles and prophets who served as God’s covenant ________.”

Fill in the blank. “The commandment to love our neighbors is fundamentally ________.”

Where do we see God first creating Israel as a special nation?

We don’t have a single book of Scripture that consists entirely of quotations from God.

What metaphor did Paul use in 1 Corinthians 12:8-31 to explain the use of spiritual gifts?

Match each biblical event with its date given in the lesson.

Even unbelievers in the church can receive spiritual gifts.

What did Jesus mean in Matthew 22:37-40 when he referenced “the Law and the Prophets”?

Mark all correct answers. In Ephesians 1:4-12, what does Paul mention as part of the inheritance we receive in the blessings of salvation?

Mark all correct answers. In what passage do we see New Testament authors confirm that every human being comes into this world spiritually dead?

When the Holy Spirit regenerates us, he doesn’t simply repair our spirits and then leave us to our own devices.

Fill in the blank. All people enter the world in a state of ________.

In the New Testament the fruit of the Spirit and spiritual gifts are virtually synonymous.

Salvation is a fully Trinitarian work.

In what passage do we find a good example of the Spirit’s convicting work as part of conversion in the New Testament?

Fill in the blank. The Spirit’s intercession on our behalf is always successful because he always intercedes in accordance with ________.

Fill in the blank. Paul called us ________ in Romans 5:6 because of sin’s corruption.

Fill in the blank. A very common way Scripture speaks of the Holy Spirit’s preserving work is through the language of a ________.

Fill in the blank. Part of the Holy Spirit’s saving work of ________ is to make us aware of how sinful we really are.

Fill in the blank. In his letter to ________, Paul indicated that the Holy Spirit applied Christ’s righteousness to us as part of his work of conversion, contemporaneously with our regeneration.

The Holy Spirit only began to indwell believers in the New Testament age.

When the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin, he shows us that our sin is just an oversight of some sort, or a technical mistake.