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SQ: Chapter 2

Stephen G. Reynolds, Jr.

Dispensational Truth

November 29, 2004

Study Questions

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Dispensational Truth

Study Questions

 

  1. What was the first Dispensation?

The first Dispensation was the Dispensation of Innocence.

 

  1. What period of time does the Antediluvian Age cover?

The Antediluvian Age extends from the Re-Creation of the earth to the Flood.

 

  1. What period of time does the first Dispensation cover?

It extends from the creation of Man to the expulsion from the Garden.

 

  1. What state was man created in?

Man was created in innocence.

 

  1. What was man commanded to do in Genesis 1:28?

Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

 

  1. What was the environment the man was placed in?

Man was place in a perfect environment.

 

  1. What does Eden mean in Hebrew?

Eden means “delight” in Hebrew.

 

  1. What was man commanded to do to the garden?

Man was commanded to dress and keep the garden.

 

  1. What was man tested on?

Man was tested on obedience.

 

  1. What is the meaning of Free Moral Agent?

The meaning Free Moral Agent is: one having the right to choose.

 

  1. What was the source of the temptation?

Satan was the source of the temptation.

 

  1. What does Satan use lies to do?

Satan uses lies to deceive.

 

  1. What were the three areas of the temptation?
    1. The lust of the flesh
    2. The lust of the eyes
    3. The pride of life

 

 

Stephen G. Reynolds, Jr.

Dispensational Truth

November 29, 2004

Study Questions

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  1. How did Jesus overcome the temptation?

Jesus overcame the temptation by the written word.

 

  1. What was Satan’s purpose in the temptation?

Satan’s purpose in the temptation was to spoil God’s purpose in the creation of man to repopulate the earth with a holy race.

 

  1. What was destroyed in man in yielding to the temptation?

In yielding to the temptation, man’s innocence was destroyed.

 

  1. What makes innocence righteousness?

Innocence can be made righteousness was it has been tested and has passed that test.

 

  1. What did man become conscious of when he failed the test?

Man became conscious of sin and came into a state of self-consciousness when he failed the test.

 

  1. What did the first Dispensation end in?

It ended in judgment and expulsion.

 

  1. What was the Edenic Dispensation characterized by?

It was characterized by the absence of sin - the presence of God.

 

BONUS: What do innocence and a perfect environment prove?

Eden proved that innocence and a perfect environment are not enough of a safeguard to prevent sin or trouble.

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