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GBNT – 600 Ephesians: The Practical Application of Being In Christ 1st Printing, June 2014 Midwest Seminary of Bible Theology

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Homework I, Chp. I-III Name _______________________

1. Who was probably the most ardent anti–Christian leader in Judaism? ____________________________ 2. The Apostle Paul’s first visit to Ephesus resulted in a 3 year stay. True False 3. On his last recorded journey to Jerusalem, Paul summoned whom from Ephesus to meet him at Miletus? ______________________________ 3. Pergamum was Asia’s most important city, with more than an estimated 200,000 people. True False Describe attributes/information about the Temple of Diana: 4. _____________________________ _______________________________ 5. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________ _______________________________ 7. _____________________________ _______________________________ 8. The term “Asia” was, in those times, confined to the Roman province in the west of the peninsula. True False 9. Ephesus was the place of what in AD 431? _______________________________ 10. What had Paul become aware of when writing Ephesians? _______________________________ _______________________________

Name the three largest cities of the Lycus Valley in Phrygia: 11. __________________________ 12. __________________________ 13. __________________________ 14. Describe in your own words, in 2-3 paragraphs, what Ephesians is all about. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 15. Paul used the phrase “in Christ,” or its equivalent some 25 times. True False 16. Ephesians presents the __________ _____________ which is Christ's Body and of which He is the Head. What is the three-fold mystery of the Church in Ephesians? 17. ____________________________ _______________________________ 18. ____________________________ _______________________________ 19. ____________________________




20. Why is it doubtful that this Letter was specifically for the Ephesian saints? ________________________________________________________________ 21. Why was Ephesus a difficult place to start a church? ________________________________________________________________ What are the first three chapters of Ephesians about and of what type? 22. About: _____________________ _______________________________ 23. Type: ______________________ What are the last three chapters about and of what type? 24. About: _____________________ _______________________________ 25. Type: ______________________ 26. Those who opposed Paul said his apostleship was profanation of the heavenly doctrine because it threw open a share in the covenant of grace to wicked men. True False 27. In the Outline of General Comments, which is not included? ____ A. Blessing the God Who Has Blessed Us IN CHRIST ____ B. Every Spiritual Blessing ____ C. Saved by Grace through Faith ____ D. IN CHRIST ____ E. All of the above 28. Ephesians is different from Paul’s other Epistles as it does not describe all that Christ is or has provided. True False 29. Ephesians portrays Christ with power ______________ and His sovereignty ________________.

Why is the spiritual identity Paul mentioned sometimes referred to as the “mystical union?” 30. ___________________________ 31. ___________________________ 32. ___________________________ 33. ___________________________ 34. ___________________________ What are the 3 images Paul used for the Church? 35. ___________________________ ______________________________ 36. ___________________________ ______________________________ 37. ___________________________ ______________________________ 38. The word “faithful” is a description of whom? ______________________________ Match what should balance in a Christian’s life: ____ 39. Belief ____ 40. Creed ____ 41. Doctrine ____ 42. Lip ____ 43. Precept ____ 44. Position ____ 45. Revelation ____ 46. Root ____ 47. Standing A. Performance B. Life C. Behavior D. State E. Conduct F. Fruit G. Duty H. Practice I. Response




48. The believer’s standing IN CHRIST is perfect and changing. True False 49. Being “IN CHRIST” is the guarantee of the believer’s security. True False 50. Paul shows us that the phrase “IN CHRIST” is an accidental scheme. True False 51. The phrase “IN CHRIST” has one single sense. True False Match the phrase to what it refers to as its relationship: ____ 52. Election ____ 53. Redemption ____ 54. Protection A. The work of the Son B. The work of the Spirit C. The work of the Father Match the tense of the verb with its understanding about salvation: ____ 55. Salvation as a completed action ____ 56. Salvation as a state of being ____ 57. Salvation as a continuing process ____ 58. Salvation as a future consummation or context A. Present tense B. Perfect tense C. Future tense D. Aorist tense Match the term with what we are saved from: ____ 59. Justification ____ 60. Sanctification ____ 61. Glorification A. Saved from the power of sin B. Saved from the presence of sin C. Saved from the penalty of sin

Ephesians amplifies the words “…in Christ Jesus” as our salvation is defined by certain words. Name them: 62. ___________________________ 63. ___________________________ 64. ___________________________ 65. ___________________________ 66. ___________________________ 67. ___________________________ 68. ___________________________ 69. ___________________________ 70. Grace must always precede peace. True False In review, list the emphasis of chapters 4-6: 71. ___________________________ 72. ___________________________ 73. ___________________________ 74. ___________________________ ______________________________ 75. ___________________________ ______________________________ 76. ___________________________ 77. ___________________________ 78. ___________________________




Homework II, Chp. IV-V Name _________________________

1. The action God took is present tense in verse 3. True False 2. God formulated the plan of redemption and eternal blessings before the foundation of the world. True False E. K. Simpson lists the blessings as: 3. _____________________________ 4. _____________________________ 5. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________ 7. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________ 9. Our predestination is found in the infinite knowledge of the Lord toward us. True False Paul, in Ephesians, says the work of the Holy Spirit to us is that He: 10. ___________________________ ______________________________ 11. ___________________________ ______________________________ 12. ___________________________ ______________________________ 13. ___________________________ ______________________________ 14. ___________________________ ______________________________ 15. ___________________________ 16. ___________________________ ______________________________ 17. ___________________________ ______________________________ 18. ___________________________ ______________________________ 19. ___________________________ ______________________________ 20. ___________________________

21. Because we have this High Priest, we may with boldness draw near to the throne of grace. True False 22. The words “chosen” or “election” are used how many times in the New Testament? ______________________________ What are the elect called in the Bible? 23. ___________________________ 24. ___________________________ 25. ___________________________ 26. ___________________________ 27. How is the doctrine of election presented in Scripture? ______________________________ 28. The Greek word proorizo (G4309), meaning “to set before hand),” is translated as “predestined.” True False 29. The word “predestined” expresses the state of those living men who after death will be among the Blessed. True False God predestines His elect to be: 30. _________________________ 31. _________________________ 32. _________________________ 33. _________________________ ____________________________ 34. _________________________ 35. _________________________ 36. _________________________ 37. _________________________ 38. _________________________ 39. _________________________ 40. _________________________




41. Explain in your own words, in 3-4 sentences, what the Greek word υἱοθεσία, (huiothesia, G5206), means: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 42. Son-ship with God is not adoptive. True False 43. Adoption is a reward for holy living. True False 44. The recipients of His grace are the undeserving ones. True False 45. Explain in your own words, in 3-4 sentences, your understanding of the Greek word ἀπολύτρωσις (apolytrōsis- G629). ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 46. The primary result of redemption for the believer is forgiveness, a central salvation truth of the New Testament only. True False 47. Redemption and remission of sins is in direction proportion to the rich abundance of God’s grace. True False

48. How was redemption shown to not be complete without procuring pardon in the Old Testament? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ 49. What is the Greek word that means literally “the loosing of a person from that which binds?” _______________________________ 50. The wisdom and insight we have been given to understand the mystery of God’s will is only made possible because God has chosen to make it known. True False 51. God’s carefully designed strategy to make known the mystery has always had its focus where? ______________________________ 52. From the Greek word ἐκληρώθημεν (eklērōthēmen - G2820), means we were: ______________________________ 53. Both believing Jews and believing Gentiles have their share in this mystery or grand program of God. True False 54. Give from the commentary the analogy in the natural of what being “sealed with the Spirit” indicates. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 55. “Sealing” takes place subsequent to salvation. True False




56. The guarantee of our inheritance in Hellenistic Greek became the ordinary commercial term for what? _____________________________ 57. The Holy Spirit who seals is a deposit _______________ our ________________. 58. The faith and love of those Ephesian believers was an incentive to Paul to do what? ______________________________ In the statement Paul made about believers needing to have the eyes of their understanding enlightened, what was his subject matter they, and we, need to see? 59. ___________________________ 60. ___________________________ 61. ___________________________ ______________________________ 62. What must we have to advance in grace, achieve victory over Satan and sin, witness effectively for Christ and gain final salvation? ______________________________ ______________________________ 63. Energeia means what? ____ A. Stored up power ____ B. Inner power ____ C. Outward power ____ D. None of the above 64. When God created the universe and stars, He used His fingers. True False 65. The power displayed by the Spirit which raised Jesus from the dead has enough power to do what for us? _____________________________ _____________________________

66. Who had authority on the earth from Adam until the cross? ______________________________ 67. Jesus is the Head of the Church and has given us authority over _________. 68. The Church is the continued revelation of ______ ___________ _______ in human form. In review, list the truths involved in the doctrine of election: 69. __________________________ 70. __________________________ _____________________________ 71. __________________________ _____________________________ 72. __________________________ 73. __________________________ In review, match the five Greek words translated “power” in the New Testament with their correct understanding: ____ 74. Dunamis ____ 75. Energeia ____ 76. Kratos ____ 77. Ischus ____ 78. Exousia A. Overt power B. Power stored up C. Authority D. Endowed power E. Ruling power




Homework III, Chp.VI-VII Name _________________________

List how Paul described the Christian’s condition, as an unbeliever before God justified him: 1. ____________________________ ______________________________ 2. ____________________________ 3. ____________________________ 4. ____________________________ 5. Only a few men can boast that they have done something to earn salvation. True False 6. The statement “…prince of the power of the air” refers to whom? _____________________________ 7. The spiritual condition of unregenerate people allows them to accept the truth apart from God's grace. True False 8. As citizens of heaven, we have ___________ and the power of ___________ at our disposal. 9. The word “_________________” in Scripture means behavior, manner of life, or conduct. 10. Salvation is found in no other name than Jesus. True False 11. ________________ is the Greek word which means “filthy rich” (rich in the extreme). 12. Though we were dead in sins, we have been quickened together with Christ, which is to be made alive. True False

13. God’s abundant grace has little to do with how He supplies our needs. True False 14. God's grace channel and source of our salvation. True False 15. Salvation is by _________, not ___________, from beginning to end. 16. We are God's special creation from His heart, and the glory goes to Him. True False 17. List from the commentary what we must do to be saved: _____________________________ 18. Believers strive to live for God by His grace that works within them. What do people without Christ follow? 19. __________________________ 20. __________________________ 21. Why is it that famous or affluent individuals suffer from intense emptiness while publicly exhibiting a carefree and self-indulgent lifestyle? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 22. Races only exist in the flesh, not in the spirit. True False 23. We will remain Jew or Gentile in the sight of God after salvation. True False 24. Abraham was born a Jew. True False




25. Why do we have a part in the Davidic Covenant? ________________________________________________________________ 26. Jesus is our peace, made peace, and preached peace. True False 27. What was the original barrier between God and man? ____________________________ 28. Our message, as Jesus’ ambassadors, is what? ___________________________ 29. The cross was the ________ ________________ of the law. 30. The new birth will save a Gentile and a Jew just the same. True False 31. Explain the concept of reconciliation: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 32. Under the Law, Gentiles were excluded from citizenship in Israel. True False 33. In 2-3 sentences, explain what Josephus described as the barrier in the Jerusalem Temple: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________

Christ accomplished reconciliation in what ways? 34. ___________________________ 35. ___________________________ 36. ___________________________ 37. ___________________________ 38. ___________________________ From the commentary, list the major benefits of reconciliation: 39. ___________________________ ______________________________ 40. ___________________________ ______________________________ 41. ___________________________ ______________________________ 42. Jews, but not Gentiles, are now fellow-citizens in Christ. True False 43. What must all believers and churches be dependent upon? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ 44. The apostles are men especially appointed by the Lord Jesus Christ in the beginning of the Church, and had successors. True False 45. Why did Solomon have the cedars fashioned in Lebanon and the stones cut in quarries outside the city of Jerusalem? ________________________________________________________________




In review, list the four consequences of being IN CHRIST: 46. ____________________________ 47. ____________________________ 48. ____________________________ 49. ____________________________ In review, the words “…but now” point to four things Christ accomplished on our behalf. List them: 50. ____________________________ 51. ____________________________ 52. ____________________________ 53. ____________________________ In review all believers and churches are true believers and true churches only so long as they do what? 54. ____________________________ _______________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 55. _____________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 56.

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Homework IV, Chp.VIII-IX Name _______________________

1. Paul spoke of a ____________ _______________ of Israel to allow Gentiles to be included. 2. Explain the difference of “mystery” in modern speech and Greek mystērion: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. Mystērion appears only in Paul’s letters in the New Testament. True False 4. Perceived demonic hostility likely provided a partial motivation for Paul’s emphasis on the cosmic aspect of the mystery in Ephesians. True False 5. The content of the mystery in Ephesians is a number of “mysteries” with limited applications. True False 6. The central character of Chapter 3 is ___________________. 7. Paul saw himself as a __________ of the mystery of Christ. True False 8. The Bible is divided into seven ________________________. 9. Matthew 13:11 and Mark 4:10-11 uses Kingdom parables to explain the mysteries of the Kingdom. True False

10. A few people were filled with the Spirit in the Old Testament, manifested by speaking with tongues. True False 11. The _______ ____ __________, which is the Church, was unknown in the Old Testament. 12. Paul reaffirmed God’s historic plan for Israel, as well as His redemptive plan, which included the nations as well. True False 13. Paul was chosen through _______ __________ to record a large portion of the New Testament. 14. The word Paul used is the one found in the Septuagint to describe the inscrutability of God’s ways; it describes the unlimited riches to be found IN CHRIST. True False 15. The grace of God is an energizing strength that flows from the risen Christ and operates through the Holy Spirit indwelling the believer. True False 16. What did Paul consider himself, pre-conversion? _______________________________ 17. The marvelous mystery of Christ had both a grand and _____________ ___________________. God’s promises are so great. List from the commentary: 18. ___________________________ 19. ___________________________ 20. ___________________________ 21. ___________________________ 22. ___________________________




23. What did Jesus give to the Church in His name after He arose from the dead? ______________________________ 24. Both good and evil angels are evidently amazed at the working of God as seen in ____________ men and women. 25. _________ occurs in the ______ when we get our eyes off the Lord and onto the other things in life or on people. 26. God wants us to have ruling power in our inner man, which is what? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 27. Believers need most things God provides IN CHRIST. True False 28. Christians, in and around Ephesus, faced _______________ that sorely tested their faith. 29. Paul acknowledged that the Christian life is to be what? ________________________________________________________________ 30. What was the mystery that God gave to the Church, which had not been given to believers before? ________________________________________________________________

List what are the potential results of having the inner being strengthened by the Spirit: 31. ____________________________ _______________________________ 32. ____________________________ _______________________________ 33. ____________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ 34. ____________________________ _______________________________ 35. Explain in your own words, in four or five sentences, what being rooted and grounded does for us in revelation from His Word: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 36. Paul used many _____________ or _________ _______, phrases, and images, in an attempt to describe the spiritual bounty available IN CHRIST. 37 Our imagination or our dreams can exceed God’s provision IN CHRIST. True False 38. What is the promise that God will do more for us than what we ask or even more than our imagination can perceive dependent on? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________




39. Why should we get conditioned to such things as raising our hands, clapping, singing loud, and dancing in praise and worship? ________________________________________________________________ In review, list items from the mystery that are meat for our dispensation only: 40. ____________________________ 41. ____________________________ 42. ____________________________ 43. ____________________________ 44. ____________________________ 45. ____________________________ In review, Paul proclaimed that Jewish and Gentile believers were what? 46. ___________________________ 47. ___________________________ 48. ___________________________ ______________________________ In review, Paul’s heart longed for and prayed specifically for four things that every believer needs; list them: 49. ___________________________ ______________________________ 50. ___________________________ 51. ___________________________ 52. ___________________________




Homework V, Chp.X-XI Name ________________________

Match the phrase with where it was used: ____ 1. En Christō ____ 2. En Christō Iēsous A. In the Pastorals B. In the chief Pauline letters 3. Paul does not speak of Christ being in the believer. True False 4. How was divine life revealed? ______________________________ 5. When Jesus Christ died on the cross, what happened to the believer as far as sin is concerned? ______________________________ 6. Our identification with Christ in His resurrection gives us the possibility of what? ______________________________ In other places where the phrase IN CHRIST occurs in Paul’s writings, it has a power by which the Christian can: 7. __________________________ 8. __________________________ That power mentioned above does what? 9. ____________________________ 10. ___________________________ 11. ___________________________ 12. ___________________________ ______________________________ 13. ___________________________ 14. ___________________________ 15. ___________________________

Manifold divine operations are revealed in Ephesians, which include: 16. ___________________________ ______________________________ 17. ___________________________ ______________________________ 18. ___________________________ ______________________________ 19. ___________________________ ______________________________ 20. ___________________________ ______________________________ 21. ___________________________ ______________________________ 22. ___________________________ ______________________________ 23. ___________________________ Match the thought with the person credited, as to being in Christ: ____ 24. In Christ Spotless and blameless ____ 25. In Christ are closely related to others who are also in Christ ____ 26. United with Him for all the benefits of redemption ____ 27. Not enough to be IN CHRIST, but must be rooted in Him, grow, and bring forth fruit ____ 28. IN CHRIST we share the body life of the Lord Jesus Christ A. Morris, 1985 B. Lange, 2008 C. Hilyer, 1992 D. Stedman, 1997 E. Grudem, 1988 29. Abiding IN CHRIST is a __________ ________ to the soul. 30. Spirituality is not a matter of works, but ____________ to be IN CHRIST. 31. For in a real sense, to be IN CHRIST is at the same time to be ____ ______ ______________.




32. To be IN CHRIST (Co.2:11) is to have a _____________ __________. 33. Who said, “Election may be defined as God’s eternal purpose to cause certain specific individuals to be IN CHRIST the recipients of special grace, in order that they may live to God’s glory and may obtain everlasting salvation” ? _____________________________ Which statements deal with position and which with practice? Use A for position and B for practice to answer: ____ 34. Believers are perfect ____ 35. Believers should be perfect ____ 36. Believers should reckon themselves dead to sin ____ 37. Believers are dead to sin ____ 38. Believers are a holy nation ____ 39. Believers should be holy The followers of Jesus, Jew and Gentile alike, at one and the same time what? 40. __________________________ 41. __________________________ 42. __________________________ _____________________________ 43. Few are more able to reflect on transformation than Paul, being switched from a persecutor of Christ to a proclaimer of Christ. True False 44. The old life of slavery to self and sin has gone. True False 45. To be IN CHRIST means one should ___________ the _____________ that comes from Him.

46. How do we acquire and learn anew of our identity? ______________________________ ______________________________ To be IN CHRIST constitutes much, including: 47. ____________________________ 48. ____________________________ 49. ____________________________ 50. ____________________________ 51. ____________________________ 52. ____________________________ _______________________________ 53. ____________________________ 54. ____________________________ _______________________________ 55. ____________________________ 56. ____________________________ _______________________________ 57. How we live confirms or denies our claim to be IN CHRIST. True False 58. Who said, “When one died with Christ, one’s ‘old self’ died with Christ. That was arranged by God so that Christ, rather than the old Paul, might live in him” ? ____ A. Gaebelein 1979 ____ B. Barker, 1994 ____ C. Joseph, 1903 ____ D. Radmacher, 1997 List from the commentary the “three tenses” of salvation: 59. ____________________________ _______________________________ 60. ____________________________ _______________________________ 61. ____________________________ _______________________________




62. To be IN CHRIST carries the same status and responsibilities as what? ______________________________ 63. To be IN CHRIST is to be a soldier in His holy warfare, which means what? ________________________________________________________________ 64. Why can a member of the Body of Christ not have an exclusive, individualistic relationship with the Lord? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ 65. Sanctification is becoming in ourselves, by the Spirit’s work, what? ________________________________________________________________ 66. Being IN CHRIST is the _______________ of the believer’s security with all its privileges. 67. The equation of Christ and the Church in this image of “Body” leads to what? ________________________________________________________________ 68. To be a Christian is to be incorporated into a community of persons that is growing toward expressing, in its “body life,” the reality of Christ. It is also what? ________________________________________________________________

From the commentary list the summary of Paul’s teaching on what it means to be “in Christ”: 69. ____________________________ _______________________________ 70. ____________________________ _______________________________ 71. ____________________________ _______________________________ 72. ____________________________ _______________________________ 73. ____________________________ _______________________________ 74. Only with the _____________ and _________________ of the whole creation will God’s promises be fulfilled. 75. It would be a contradiction to say that God chose a person to be IN CHRIST but yet did not do what? _______________________________ List from the commentary the truths as Jesus fulfills the symbolism of all parts of the covenant ceremony. 76. _____________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ 77. _____________________________ ________________________________ 78. _____________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ 79. _____________________________ ________________________________ 80. Temporal truth is the application of __________ _________ to our everyday lives.




81. Concerning knowledge, what is the difference between the first three chapters and the last three? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ List from the commentary the spiritual maturity steps we take: 82. _____________________________ 83. _____________________________ 84. _____________________________ 85. _____________________________ 86. _____________________________ 87. _____________________________ 88. _____________________________ 89. _____________________________ ________________________________ List from the commentary how we are to walk worthy of the high vocation God places us in by walking: 90. ____________________________ 91. ____________________________ 92. ____________________________ 93. ____________________________ 94. The glue of peace will keep us from doing what? ________________________________________________________________ 95. At the moment of the new birth, Holy Spirit unites us with the Body of Christ in the place we have chosen. True False 96. Christianity is polytheistic. True False 97. All of the offices in which we stand as servants of Christ are manifestations of the _____________ _____________ of Christ.

98. Gifted men, as indicated by the Greek doma, are those called to what? ______________________________ 99. Jesus ascended up on high and gave gifts to part of the family. True False 100. As long as we still have the Church, we still have the five ministry offices. True False Name the offices, in order, of the “five-fold” ministry: 101. __________________________ 102. __________________________ 103. __________________________ 104. __________________________ 105. __________________________ 106. The distinction between pastors and teachers, according to Kimchi, is what? ________________________________________________________________ 107. These chosen ones were and are for what particular purposes in the Church? ________________________________________________________________ 108. What small thing is it that brings some confusion to the ministry offices work? _______________________________ 109. In answer to the previous question, what truth is brought forth at its removal? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________




110. The Body of Christ as a whole is ________ ___________ and each day is entering into more of a ___________ than ever before. 111. The major problem immature children of God have is _______________what is true doctrine. 112. Haphazard teaching and mere chance reading of the Bible will produce maturity. True False 113. Scolding and abuse from the pulpit brings a ______________ as to who God is. 114. When we share the Word with other believers, it should be to help remove the problem, as well as to ____________ and ______ for the person. 115. As each part ministers out of its measure, the Body _____________ itself toward the “fullness of the stature of Christ.” 116. Which of the following is not true concerning being IN CHRIST? ____ A. We were chosen IN CHRIST before the foundation of the world ____ B. We are identified with the Lord Jesus Christ in His birth ____ C. The sinless and divine life of Christ was placed within the sinless human body of the virgin Mary. ____ D. We are identified with Christ in His circumcision, death, and resurrection ____ E. All of the above ____ F. None of the above




Homework VI, Chp.XII-XV Name ________________________

1. Christians who become carnally minded, no longer controlled by the Spirit of God, are doing what? _____________________________ 2. The Word implies that from the moment of salvation we instantly make an outward change. True False 3. As we grow, there will be a new area each day that we will have strength to lay aside. True False 4. The Greek word for understanding is _____________, meaning the faculty of understanding. 5. Unclean thoughts drive people to what? ______________________________ 6. Romans 12:2 tells us to be “…transformed…” where and in what? ______________________________ 7. As we get our minds renewed, we will put away lying, which is what? ______________________________ 8. We are to love our brother, but hate the ______________ and help to get rid of it without doing the brother harm. 9. The Greek word _________ is where we get our English word “topography.” 10. Theft springs from a __________ _______, and often arises from poverty, idleness, sloth, and _______________.

11. To use corrupt communication is to violate what? ______________________________ Match the word and its meaning: ____ 12. Bitterness ____ 13. Clamor ____ 14. Malice ____ 15. Fornication ____ 16. All uncleanness ____ 17. Covetousness A. Display of anger B. Adultery, incest, sodomy, and every unnatural lust; C. Inner hatred for others D. Inward sinful thoughts; malicious or evil intentions E. Deed of the old man from phorneia F. immoderate desire after worldly things 18. Mimites in the Greek indicates what? ____________________________ 19. Jesting is the use of __________ _______________ to gain attention. 20. The Greek word for whoremonger is _____________________________. 21. The Word of God contains ______________ between the believer and the unbeliever. 22. The flesh can ________________ divine good, but they are not up to God's standards. 23. Paul wrote that a Christian who is carnally minded looks and acts like the _____________________. 24. To arise from the dead is to return to fellowship with the Lord and to do what? _______________________________




25. One’s life which is filled with power causes us to always bring ______________ and __________ to the Giver. 26. God's love for us is a`gape love, which shows that God is the ________________. 27. Paul does not say that every woman is the glory of every man, but she is what? _____________________________ 28. How can we tell when we have moved from phileo love to a`gape love with the Lord? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 29. The world cannot have a`gape love because it is a _____________ ______. 30. Submission is an _____________ while obedience is an _________. 31. When a wife quits fighting her husband and submits to his lordship, she becomes __________ __________ and ___________________. 32. We are _______-_______ with Jesus and an ____ with God the Father. 33. The Church will not be totally without spot or blemish until we have gone through what? _______________________________

34. When the man was told to leave the authority of his father and mother and cleave to his wife, what is insinuated by this? ________________________________________________________________ 35. Under what condition is it true that marriages cannot do anything but succeed? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 36. Honoring of parents by a child brings what? ________________________________________________________________ 37. Children become angry when they are ______________ without instruction as to why. 38. How hard we work is a witness for the Lord. True False 39. Spirit-filled bosses should be the _______ _____________________.




Homework VII, Chp.XVI Name _________________________ 1. If the duties which relate to the commonplace are not faithfully followed, there can be no ________ ____________ ______________ for the believer. 2. The armor is used to cover or clothe us, to ________ us, and ________ us. Match the word with the understanding: ____ 3. Strong ____ 4. Dunamis ____ 5. Ruling power ____ 6. Endowed power A. endunamoo B. ischuos C. dynamite D. kratos List from the commentary the ways strength in Him comes to be victorious in all things: 7. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________ 9. _____________________________ 10. ____________________________ 11. ____________________________ _______________________________ 12. ____________ in the Greek is pros. 13. Our main controversy is with the ___________ ___________ of _________________ that seek to destroy us. 14. Our adversaries are the _____________________, the world-rulers of this darkness.

List from the commentary what our struggle is with and what we will come in contact with: 15. ___________________________ 16. ___________________________ 17. ___________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 18. ___________________________ ______________________________ 19. ___________________________ ______________________________ 20. Since our armor originates in God, what is it vital for us to do? ________________________________________________________________ Match the word with its understanding: ____ 21. Wiles ____ 22. Devices ____ 23. To deceive in one’s mind ____ 24. Devil A. diabolos B. noemata C. phrenapatao D. methodos Match the word with its meaning concerning Satan’s perverted nature: ____ 25. Beelzebub ____ 26. Belial ____ 27. Dragon A. “worthless” B. “lord of the dunghill” C. “deadly poisonous, ready to strike and kill” 28. The Bible speaks of believers as pilgrims; what does that mean? ______________________________ 29. What is the most important piece of armor that God has given us? ______________________________




30. Our breastplate is having a _______________ _____________. 31. The word _____________ in Greek is parresia. 32. According to Paul, “peace” is an awesome weapon. True False 33. The word “peace” is taken from the Greek word _______________. 34. The word used where God is going to “bruise” the enemy under our feet comes from the Greek ____________. 35. The shield that completely covered the man comes from _____________ in the Greek, while the decorated, small shield in the Greek is ______________. 36. The phrase __________, “above all,” would be better translated as “out in front of all,” or “____________ _____.” 37. The shield Paul mentioned as our armor was a ______-_________ shield that the Romans carried. 38. When we have our shield out front like the Roman soldiers did in such events, what no longer matters? ________________________________________________________________ 39. There are three ________ weapons, three __________ weapons, and one ______________ weapon. 40. Our minds need to work in conjunction with our _____________.

41. The strongholds the enemy tries to build in the believer’s mind comes from the Greek ____________, which could be depicted as a _____________. 42. What is the Greek word for “thought”? ____________________________ 43. In the last question, what might it also mean? ____________________________ Match the word with the Greek: ____ 44. Sensible thinking ____ 45. Saved or delivered ____ 46. Intelligent thinking A. sophroneo B. phroneo C. sodzo 47. When our mind is guarded and renewed by the Word of God, we have what? _____________________________ Describe the gladius and machaira swords: 48. Gladius ____________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 49. Machaira __________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 50. What is the phrase “two-edged” taken from in the Greek? _____________________________ 51. Not only do we take up the whole armor of God, we also to do what? ______________________________




52. The Greek word-phrase en panti kairo would be more accurately translated as what? ________________________________ 53. Paul spoke of himself as an “ambassador,” which comes from the Greek word __________________, which represents ruling authority. 54. ____________ is the key word of the Epistle. In review, list God’s Armor: 55. _____________________________ 56. _____________________________ 57. _____________________________ 58. _____________________________ 59. _____________________________ 60. _____________________________ 61. _____________________________




Quiz 1, Homework I Name _________________________

1. Who was probably the most ardent anti–Christian leader in Judaism ? ______________________________ 2. Pergamum was Asia’s most important city, with more than an estimated 200,000 people. True False 3. The Temple of Diana was one of the _______ _________ of the ancient world and the largest Greek temple ever built. 4. The term “Asia” was, in those times, confined to the Roman province in the west of the peninsula. True False 5. What had Paul become aware of when writing Ephesians? ______________________________ ______________________________ 6. Colossae was not included in the three largest cities of the Lycus Valley in Phrygia. True False 7. Paul used the phrase “in Christ,” or its equivalent some 25 times. True False 8. Ephesians presents the ___________ __________ which is Christ's Body and of which He is the Head. What is the three-fold mystery of the Church in Ephesians? 9. ______________________________ 10. _____________________________ 11. _____________________________

12. Why is it doubtful that this Letter was specifically for the Ephesian saints? ______________________________ ______________________________ What are the last three chapters about and of what type? 13. About: _____________________

_______________________________ 14. Type: ______________________

15. In the Outline of General Comments, which is not included? ____ A. Blessing the God Who Has Blessed Us IN CHRIST ____ B. Every Spiritual Blessing ____ C. Saved by Grace through Faith ____ D. IN CHRIST ____ E. All of the above Why is the spiritual identity Paul mentioned sometimes referred to as the “mystical union?” (list three) 16. ___________________________ 17. ___________________________ 18. ___________________________ Match what should balance in a Christian’s life: ____ 19. Belief ____ 20. Creed ____ 21. Doctrine ____ 22. Lip ____ 23. Precept ____ 24. Position ____ 25. Revelation ____ 26. Root ____ 27. Standing A. Performance B. Life C. Behavior D. State E. Conduct F. Fruit G. Duty H. Practice I. Response




28. Paul shows us that the phrase “IN CHRIST” is an accidental scheme. True False Match the phrase to what it refers to as its relationship: ____ 29. Election ____ 30. Redemption ____ 31. Protection A. The work of the Son B. The work of the Spirit C. The work of the Father Match the term with what we are saved from: ____ 32. Justification ____ 33. Sanctification ____ 34. Glorification A. Saved from the power of sin B. Saved from the presence of sin C. Saved from the penalty of sin Ephesians amplifies the words “…in Christ Jesus” as our salvation is defined by certain words. Name five of them: 35. _________________________ 36. _________________________ 37. _________________________ 38. _________________________ 39. _________________________ 40. Grace must always precede peace. True False




Quiz 2, Homework II Name ________________________

1. God formulated the plan of redemption and eternal blessings before the foundation of the world. True False List three of the things E. K. Simpson says the blessings are: 2. ____________________________ 3. ____________________________ 4. ____________________________ Paul, in Ephesians, says the work of the Holy Spirit to us is that He: (list six) 5. ____________________________ ______________________________ 6. ____________________________ ______________________________ 7. ____________________________ ______________________________ 8. ____________________________ ______________________________ 9. ____________________________ ______________________________ 10. ___________________________ ______________________________ 11. Because we have this High Priest, we may with boldness draw near to the throne of grace. True False What are the elect called in the Bible? 12. __________________________ 13. __________________________ 14. __________________________ 15. __________________________ 16. The word “predestined” expresses the state of those living men who after death will be among the Blessed. True False

God predestines His elect to be: (list five) 17. __________________________ 18. __________________________ 19. __________________________ 20. __________________________ _____________________________ 21. __________________________ _____________________________ 22. Son-ship with God is not adoptive. True False 23. Adoption is a reward for holy living. True False 24. The recipients of His grace are the undeserving ones. True False 25. The primary result of redemption for the believer is forgiveness, a central salvation truth of the New Testament only. True False 26. Redemption and remission of sins is in direction proportion to the rich abundance of God’s grace. True False 27. The wisdom and insight we have been given to understand the mystery of God’s will is only made possible because God has chosen to make it known. True False 28. God’s carefully designed strategy to make known the mystery has always had its focus where? ____________________________




29. Give from the commentary the analogy in the natural of what being “sealed with the Spirit” indicates. ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 30. “Sealing” takes place subsequent to salvation. True False 31. The faith and love of those Ephesian believers was an incentive to Paul to do what? _____________________________ 32. What must we have to advance in grace, achieve victory over Satan and sin, witness effectively for Christ and gain final salvation? ______________________________ ______________________________ 33. Energeia means what? ____ A. Stored up power ____ B. Inner power ____ C. Outward power ____ D. None of the above 34. When God created the universe and stars, He used His fingers. True False 35. Jesus is the Head of the Church and has given us authority over ________. 36. The Church is the continued revelation of _____ __________ _____ in human form.

In review, match the five Greek words translated “power” in the New Testament with their correct understanding: ____ 37. Dunamis ____ 38. Energeia ____ 39. Kratos ____ 40. Ischus ____ 41. Exousia A. Overt power B. Power stored up C. Authority D. Endowed power E. Ruling power




Quiz 3, Homework III Name ________________________

1. Paul describes the Christian’s condition, as an unbeliever before God justified him, as being hopeless. True False 2. Only a few men can boast that they have done something to earn salvation. True False 3. The statement “…prince of the power of the air” refers to whom? _____________________________ 4. The spiritual condition of unregenerate people allows them to accept the truth apart from God's grace. True False 5. Salvation is found in no other name than Jesus. True False 6. __________ is the Greek word which means “filthy rich” (rich in the extreme). 7. God's grace channel and source of our salvation. True False 8. What we must do to be saved? ______________________________ 9. Why is it that famous or affluent individuals suffer from intense emptiness while publicly exhibiting a carefree and self-indulgent lifestyle? ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 10. Races only exist in the flesh, not in the spirit. True False

11. We will remain Jew or Gentile in the sight of God after salvation. True False 12. Why do we have a part in the Davidic Covenant? ______________________________ ______________________________ 13. Our message, as Jesus’ ambassadors, is what? ______________________________ 14. The cross was the __________ _________________ of the law 15. Explain the concept of reconciliation: ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Christ accomplished reconciliation in what ways? 16. ___________________________ 17. ___________________________ 18. ___________________________ 19. ___________________________ 20. ___________________________ 21. Jews, but not Gentiles, are now fellow-citizens in Christ. True False 22. What must all believers and churches be dependent upon? ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________




23. The apostles are men especially appointed by the Lord Jesus Christ in the beginning of the Church, and had successors. True False In review, list the four consequences of being IN CHRIST: 24. ___________________________ 25. ___________________________ 26. ___________________________ 27. ___________________________ In review all believers and churches are true believers and true churches only so long as they do what? 28. ___________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 29. ___________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 30. ___________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________




Quiz 4, Homework IV Name ________________________

1. Paul spoke of a ___________ _______________ of Israel to allow Gentiles to be included. 2. Perceived demonic hostility likely provided a partial motivation for Paul’s emphasis on the cosmic aspect of the mystery in Ephesians. True False 3. The content of the mystery in Ephesians is a number of “mysteries” with limited applications. True False 4. The central character of Chapter 3 is _________ ___________. 5. Paul saw himself as a steward of the mystery of Christ. True False 6. The ______ ___ ___________, which is the Church, was unknown in the Old Testament. 7. Paul was chosen through Holy Spirit to record a large portion of the New Testament. 8. What did Paul consider himself, pre-conversion? ____________________________ 17. The marvelous mystery of Christ had both a grand and __________ ______________.

God’s promises are so great. List from the commentary: 9. ____________________________ 10. ___________________________ 11. ___________________________ 12. ___________________________ 13. ___________________________ 14. What did Jesus give to the Church in His name after He arose from the dead? ______________________________ 15. Believers need most things God provides IN CHRIST. True False 16. Paul acknowledged that the Christian life is to be what? ______________________________ ______________________________ List what are the potential results of having the inner being strengthened by the Spirit: 17. ____________________________ _______________________________ 18. ____________________________ _______________________________ 19. ____________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ 20. ____________________________ _______________________________ 21. Paul used many _____________ or __________ _______, phrases, and images, in an attempt to describe the spiritual bounty available IN CHRIST. 22. What is the promise that God will do more for us than what we ask or even more than our imagination can perceive dependent on? ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________




In review, list items from the mystery that are meat for our dispensation only: 23. ___________________________ 24. ___________________________ 25. ___________________________ 26. ___________________________ 27. ___________________________ 28. ___________________________ In review, Paul’s heart longed for and prayed specifically for four things that every believer needs; list two of them: 29. ___________________________ ______________________________ 30. ___________________________




Quiz 5, Homework V Name ________________________

1. Paul does not speak of Christ being in the believer. True False 2. How was divine life revealed? _____________________________ In other places where the phrase IN CHRIST occurs in Paul’s writings, it has a power by which the Christian can: 3. ___________________________ 4. ___________________________ That power mentioned above does what? (list five) 5. ___________________________ 6. ___________________________ 7. ___________________________ 8. ___________________________ 9. ___________________________ _____________________________ Manifold divine operations are revealed in Ephesians, which include: (list three) 10. __________________________ _____________________________ 11. __________________________ _____________________________ 12. __________________________ _____________________________

Match the thought with the person credited, as to being in Christ: ____ 13. In Christ Spotless and blameless ____ 14. In Christ are closely related to others who are also in Christ ____ 15. United with Him for all the benefits of redemption ____ 16. Not enough to be IN CHRIST, but must be rooted in Him, grow, and bring forth fruit ____ 17. IN CHRIST we share the body life of the Lord Jesus Christ A. Morris, 1985 B. Lange, 2008 C. Hilyer, 1992 D. Stedman, 1997 E. Grudem, 1988 18. For in a real sense, to be IN CHRIST is at the same time to be ___ _____ ____________. 19. To be IN CHRIST (Co.2:11) is to have a ______________ ___________. Which statements deal with position and which with practice? Use A for position and B for practice to answer: ____ 20. Believers are perfect ____ 21. Believers should be perfect ____ 22. Believers should reckon themselves dead to sin ____ 23. Believers are dead to sin ____ 24. Believers are a holy nation ____ 25. Believers should be holy The followers of Jesus, Jew and Gentile alike, at one and the same time what? 26. __________________________ 27. __________________________ 28. __________________________ _____________________________




29. The old life of slavery to self and sin has gone. True False 30. To be IN CHRIST means one should ______________ the _____________ that comes from Him. 31. How do we acquire and learn anew of our identity? ______________________________ ______________________________ To be IN CHRIST constitutes much, including: (list six) 32. ___________________________ 33. ___________________________ 34. ___________________________ 35. ___________________________ 36. ___________________________ 37. ___________________________ ______________________________ 38. Who said, “When one died with Christ, one’s ‘old self’ died with Christ. That was arranged by God so that Christ, rather than the old Paul, might live in him” ? ____ A. Gaebelein 1979 ____ B. Barker, 1994 ____ C. Joseph, 1903 ____ D. Radmacher, 1997 List from the commentary the “three tenses” of salvation: 39. ___________________________ ______________________________ 40. ___________________________ ______________________________ 41. ___________________________ ______________________________

42. To be IN CHRIST carries the same status and responsibilities as what? ____________________________ 43. Sanctification is becoming in ourselves, by the Spirit’s work, what? ______________________________ ______________________________ 44. To be a Christian is to be incorporated into a community of persons that is growing toward expressing, in its “body life,” the reality of Christ. It is also what? ______________________________ ______________________________ From the commentary list the summary of Paul’s teaching on what it means to be “in Christ”: (list three) 45. ___________________________ ______________________________ 46. ___________________________ ______________________________ 47. ___________________________ ______________________________ List from the commentary three truths as Jesus fulfills the symbolism of all parts of the covenant ceremony. 48.___________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 49. ___________________________ ______________________________ 50. ___________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________




List from the commentary the spiritual maturity steps we take: (list five) 51. __________________________ 52. __________________________ 53. __________________________ 54. __________________________ 55. __________________________ _____________________________ 56. At the moment of the new birth, Holy Spirit unites us with the Body of Christ in the place we have chosen. True False 57. Christianity is polytheistic. True False 58. All of the offices in which we stand as servants of Christ are manifestations of the _____________ __________ of Christ. 59. As long as we still have the Church, we still have the five ministry offices. True False 60. These chosen ones were and are for what particular purposes in the Church? ______________________________ ______________________________ 61. The Body of Christ as a whole is _________ ___________ and each day is entering into more of a __________ than ever before. 62. Haphazard teaching and mere chance reading of the Bible will produce maturity. True False

63. Scolding and abuse from the pulpit brings a _______________ as to who God is. 64. Which of the following is not true concerning being IN CHRIST? ____ A. We were chosen IN CHRIST before the foundation of the world ____ B. We are identified with the Lord Jesus Christ in His birth ____ C. The sinless and divine life of Christ was placed within the sinless human body of the virgin Mary. ____ D. We are identified with Christ in His circumcision, death, and resurrection ____ E. All of the above ____ F. None of the above




Quiz 6, Homework VI Name _________________________

1. Christians who become carnally minded, no longer controlled by the Spirit of God, are doing what? _____________________________ 2. The Greek word for understanding is ____________, meaning the faculty of understanding. 3. Unclean thoughts drive people to what? ____________________________ 4. We are to love our brother, but hate the ___________ and help to get rid of it without doing the brother harm. 5. The Greek word _________ is where we get our English word “topography.” 6. To use corrupt communication is to violate what? ______________________________ Match the word and its meaning: ____ 7. Bitterness ____ 8. Clamor ____ 9. Malice ____ 10. Fornication ____ 11. All uncleanness ____ 12. Covetousness A. Display of anger B. Adultery, incest, sodomy, and every unnatural lust; C. Inner hatred for others D. Inward sinful thoughts; malicious or evil intentions E. Deed of the old man from phorneia F. immoderate desire after worldly things

13. Mimites in the Greek indicates what? _____________________________ 14. The flesh can ____________ divine good, but they are not up to God's standards. 15. God's love for us is a`gape love, which shows that God is the ______________. 16. How can we tell when we have moved from phileo love to a`gape love with the Lord? ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 17. When a wife quits fighting her husband and submits to his lordship, she becomes ________ ___________ and _______________. 18. When the man was told to leave the authority of his father and mother and cleave to his wife, what is insinuated by this? ______________________________ ______________________________ 19. Children become angry when they are _______________ without instruction as to why. 20. How hard we work is a witness for the Lord. True False 21. Spirit-filled bosses should be the _________ _________________.




Quiz 7, Homework VII Name _______________________ 1. The armor is used to cover or clothe us, to __________ us, and __________ us. Match the word with the understanding: ____ 2. Strong ____ 3. Dunamis ____ 4. Ruling power ____ 5. Endowed power A. endunamoo B. ischuos C. dynamite D. kratos 6. ___________ in the Greek is pros. List from the commentary what our struggle is with and what we will come in contact with: 7. ___________________________ 8. ___________________________ 9. ___________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ 10. __________________________ _____________________________ 11. __________________________ _____________________________ Match the word with its understanding: ____ 12. Wiles ____ 13. Devices ____ 14. To deceive in one’s mind ____ 15. Devil A. diabolos B. noemata C. phrenapatao D. methodos 16. The Bible speaks of believers as pilgrims; what does that mean? ________________________________

17. What is the most important piece of armor that God has given us? ______________________________ 18. According to Paul, “peace” is an awesome weapon. True False 19. The shield that completely covered the man comes from ___________ in the Greek, while the decorated, small shield in the Greek is ___________. 20. The shield Paul mentioned as our armor was a _______-_________ shield that the Romans carried. 21. There are three ________ weapons, three __________ weapons, and one ___________ weapon. 22. Our minds need to work in conjunction with our ___________. 23. What is the Greek word for “thought”? _____________________________ 24. In the last question, what might it also mean? _____________________________ Match the word with the Greek: ____ 25. Sensible thinking ____ 26. Saved or delivered ____ 27. Intelligent thinking A. sophroneo B. phroneo C. sodzo




Describe the gladius and machaira swords: 28. Gladius _____________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ 29. Machaira ___________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ 30. The Greek word-phrase en panti kairo would be more accurately translated as what? ______________________________ In review, list God’s Armor: 31. ___________________________ 32. ___________________________ 33. ___________________________ 34. ___________________________ 35. ___________________________ 36. ___________________________ 37. ___________________________




Mid-Term Exam- Homework I-IV Name _______________________

1. Who was probably the most ardent anti–Christian leader in Judaism ? ______________________________ 2. Pergamum was Asia’s most important city, with more than an estimated 200,000 people. True False 3. Ephesus was the place of what in AD 431? ______________________________ 4. What had Paul become aware of when writing Ephesians? ______________________________ ______________________________ 5. Paul used the phrase “in Christ,” or its equivalent some 25 times. True False 6. Ephesians presents the ___________ ___________ which is Christ's Body and of which He is the Head. What is the three-fold mystery of the Church in Ephesians? 7. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________ 9. _____________________________ 10. Why is it doubtful that this Letter was specifically for the Ephesian saints? ______________________________ ______________________________ 11. Why was Ephesus a difficult place to start a church? ______________________________ ______________________________

What are the first three chapters of Ephesians about and of what type? 12. About: _____________________ _______________________________ 13. Type: ______________________ 14. Those who opposed Paul said his apostleship was profanation of the heavenly doctrine because it threw open a share in the covenant of grace to wicked men. True False 15. Ephesians is different from Paul’s other Epistles as it does not describe all that Christ is or has provided. True False 16. Ephesians portrays Christ with power ____________ and His sovereignty __________________. Why is the spiritual identity Paul mentioned sometimes referred to as the “mystical union?” (list four) 17. __________________________ 18. __________________________ 19. __________________________ 20. __________________________ What are the 3 images Paul used for the Church? 21. __________________________ _____________________________ 22. __________________________ _____________________________ 23. __________________________ _____________________________




Match what should balance in a Christian’s life: ____ 24. Belief ____ 25. Creed ____ 26. Doctrine ____ 27. Lip ____ 28. Precept ____ 29. Position ____ 30. Revelation ____ 31. Root ____ 32. Standing A. Performance B. Life C. Behavior D. State E. Conduct F. Fruit G. Duty H. Practice I. Response Match the phrase to what it refers to as its relationship: ____ 33. Election ____ 34. Redemption ____ 35. Protection A. The work of the Son B. The work of the Spirit C. The work of the Father Match the tense of the verb with its understanding about salvation: ____ 36. Salvation as a completed action ____ 37. Salvation as a state of being ____ 38. Salvation as a continuing process ____ 39. Salvation as a future consummation or context A. Present tense B. Perfect tense C. Future tense D. Aorist tense

Match the term with what we are saved from: ____ 40. Justification ____ 41. Sanctification ____ 42. Glorification A. Saved from the power of sin B. Saved from the presence of sin C. Saved from the penalty of sin Ephesians amplifies the words “…in Christ Jesus” as our salvation is defined by certain words. (Name five): 43. ___________________________ 44. ___________________________ 45. ___________________________ 46. ___________________________ 47. ___________________________ In review, list five emphasis of chapters 4-6: 48. __________________________ 49. __________________________ 50. __________________________ 51. __________________________ _____________________________ 52. __________________________ _____________________________ 53. The action God took is present tense in verse 3. True False 54. Our predestination is found in the infinite knowledge of the Lord toward us. True False




Paul, in Ephesians, says the work of the Holy Spirit to us is that He: (list 5) 55. __________________________ _____________________________ 56. __________________________ _____________________________ 57. __________________________ _____________________________ 58. __________________________ _____________________________ 59. __________________________ _____________________________ What are the elect called in the Bible? (name 3) 60. _________________________ 61. _________________________ 62. _________________________ God predestines His elect to be: (name 5) 63. _________________________ 64. _________________________ 65. _________________________ 66. _________________________ ____________________________ 67. _________________________ ____________________________ 68. Son-ship with God is not adoptive. True False

69. The primary result of redemption for the believer is forgiveness, a central salvation truth of the New Testament only. True False 70. How was redemption shown to not be complete without procuring pardon in the Old Testament? ____________________________ ____________________________ 71. What is the Greek word that means literally “the loosing of a person from that which binds?” ____________________________ 72. From the Greek word ἐκληρώθημεν (eklērōthēmen - G2820), means we were: _____________________________ 73. Give from the commentary the analogy in the natural of what being “sealed with the Spirit” indicates. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 74. “Sealing” takes place subsequent to salvation. True False 75. The guarantee of our inheritance in Hellenistic Greek became the ordinary commercial term for what? _____________________________ 76. The faith and love of those Ephesian believers was an incentive to Paul to do what? _____________________________




77. What must we have to advance in grace, achieve victory over Satan and sin, witness effectively for Christ and gain final salvation? ____________________________ ____________________________ 78. Energeia means what? ____ A. Stored up power ____ B. Inner power ____ C. Outward power ____ D. None of the above 79. Who had authority on the earth from Adam until the cross? ___________________________ In review, list the truths involved in the doctrine of election: 80. ________________________ 81. ________________________ ___________________________ 82. ________________________ ___________________________ 83. ________________________ 84. ________________________ In review, match the five Greek words translated “power” in the New Testament with their correct understanding: ____ 84. Dunamis ____ 86. Energeia ____ 87. Kratos ____ 88. Ischus ____ 89. Exousia A. Overt power B. Power stored up C. Authority D. Endowed power E. Ruling power

List three ways Paul described the Christian’s condition, as an unbeliever before God justified him: 90. ___________________________ ______________________________ 91. ___________________________ 92. ___________________________ 93. As citizens of heaven, we have _________ and the power of _________ at our disposal. 94. _________ is the Greek word which means “filthy rich” (rich in the extreme). 95. God's grace channel and source of our salvation. True False 96. Salvation is by ________, not ________, from beginning to end. 97. Believers strive to live for God by _____ ________ that works within them. 98. Why is it that famous or affluent individuals suffer from intense emptiness while publicly exhibiting a carefree and self-indulgent lifestyle? ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 99. Races only exist in the flesh, not in the spirit. True False 100. Why do we have a part in the Davidic Covenant? ____________________________ ____________________________




101. Our message, as Jesus’ ambassadors, is what? ____________________________ 102. Explain the concept of reconciliation: ____________________________ ____________________________ Christ accomplished reconciliation in what ways? 103. ________________________ 104. ________________________ 105. ________________________ 106. ________________________ 107. ________________________ 108. What must all believers and churches be dependent upon? ____________________________ ____________________________ List the four consequences of being IN CHRIST: 109. ________________________ 110. ________________________ 111. ________________________ 112. ________________________ In review, the words “…but now” point to four things Christ accomplished on our behalf. List them: 113. ________________________ 114. ________________________ 115. ________________________ 116. ________________________ 117. Paul spoke of a __________ ______________ of Israel to allow Gentiles to be included.

118. Mystērion appears only in Paul’s letters in the New Testament. True False 119. The central character of Chapter 3 is _________ __________. 120. The Bible is divided into seven ___________________. 121. The ________ ___ __________, which is the Church, was unknown in the Old Testament. 122. The grace of God is an energizing strength that flows from the risen Christ and operates through the Holy Spirit indwelling the believer. True False God’s promises are so great. List from the commentary: 123. ___________________________ 124. ___________________________ 125. ___________________________ 126. ___________________________ 127. ___________________________ 128. God wants us to have ruling power in our inner man, which is what? ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 129. Paul acknowledged that the Christian life is to be what? ____________________________ ____________________________




List what are the potential results of having the inner being strengthened by the Spirit: 130. __________________________ ______________________________ 131. __________________________ ______________________________ 132. __________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 133. __________________________ ______________________________ 135. Paul used many ______________ or __________ _______, phrases, and images, in an attempt to describe the spiritual bounty available IN CHRIST. 135 Our imagination or our dreams can exceed God’s provision IN CHRIST. True False 136. What is the promise that God will do more for us than what we ask or even more than our imagination can perceive dependent on? ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ In review, list items from the mystery that are meat for our dispensation only: 137. ________________________ 138. ________________________ 139. ________________________ 140. ________________________ 141. ________________________ 142. ________________________

In review, Paul’s heart longed for and prayed specifically for four things that every believer needs; list them: 143. __________________________ ______________________________ 144. __________________________ ______________________________ 145. __________________________ 146. __________________________




Final Exam, Homework V-VII Name ____________________

Match the phrase with where it was used: ____ 1. En Christō ____ 2. En Christō Iēsous A. In the Pastorals B. In the chief Pauline letters 3. When Jesus Christ died on the cross, what happened to the believer as far as sin is concerned? _____________________________ In other places where the phrase IN CHRIST occurs in Paul’s writings, it has a power by which the Christian can: 4. ____________________________ 5. ____________________________ That power mentioned above does what? (list four) 6. ___________________________ 7. ___________________________ 8. ___________________________ 9. ___________________________ _____________________________ Manifold divine operations are revealed in Ephesians, which include: (list 5) 10. __________________________ _____________________________ 11. __________________________ _____________________________ 12. __________________________ _____________________________ 13. __________________________ _____________________________ 14. __________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________

Match the thought with the person credited, as to being in Christ: ____ 15. In Christ Spotless and blameless ____ 16. In Christ are closely related to others who are also in Christ ____ 17. United with Him for all the benefits of redemption ____ 18. Not enough to be IN CHRIST, but must be rooted in Him, grow, and bring forth fruit ____ 19. IN CHRIST we share the body life of the Lord Jesus Christ A. Morris, 1985 B. Lange, 2008 C. Hilyer, 1992 D. Stedman, 1997 E. Grudem, 1988 20. Spirituality is not a matter of works, but ______________ to be IN CHRIST. 21. To be IN CHRIST (Co.2:11) is to have a ________________ ________. Which statements deal with position and which with practice? Use A for position and B for practice to answer: ____ 22. Believers are perfect ____ 23. Believers should be perfect ____ 24. Believers should reckon themselves dead to sin ____ 25. Believers are dead to sin ____ 26. Believers are a holy nation ____ 27. Believers should be holy 28. Few are more able to reflect on transformation than Paul, being switched from a persecutor of Christ to a proclaimer of Christ. True False




29. To be IN CHRIST means one should _________ the ___________ that comes from Him. To be IN CHRIST constitutes much, including: (list 6) 30. __________________________ 31. __________________________ 32. __________________________ 33. __________________________ 34. __________________________ 35. __________________________ _____________________________ 36. How we live confirms or denies our claim to be IN CHRIST. True False 37. Who said, “When one died with Christ, one’s ‘old self’ died with Christ. That was arranged by God so that Christ, rather than the old Paul, might live in him” ? ____ A. Gaebelein 1979 ____ B. Barker, 1994 ____ C. Joseph, 1903 ____ D. Radmacher, 1997 List from the commentary the “three tenses” of salvation: 38. ___________________________ ______________________________ 39. ___________________________ ______________________________ 40. ___________________________ ______________________________ 41. To be IN CHRIST is to be a soldier in His holy warfare, which means what? ______________________________ ______________________________

42. Why can a member of the Body of Christ not have an exclusive, individualistic relationship with the Lord? ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 43. Being IN CHRIST is the ___________ of the believer’s security with all its privileges. 44. The equation of Christ and the Church in this image of “Body” leads to what? ____________________________ ____________________________ What is the summary of Paul’s teaching on what it means to be “in Christ”: 45. ___________________________ ______________________________ 46. ___________________________ ______________________________ 47. ___________________________ ______________________________ 48. ___________________________ ______________________________ 49. ___________________________ ______________________________ List from the commentary the truths as Jesus fulfills the symbolism of all parts of the covenant ceremony. 50. _________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 51. _________________________ ____________________________ 52. _________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 53. _________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________




54. Temporal truth is the application of ___________ __________ to our everyday lives. List from the commentary the spiritual maturity steps we take: (list 6) 55. ___________________________ 56. ___________________________ 57. ___________________________ 58. ___________________________ 59. ___________________________ 60. ___________________________ List from the commentary how we are to walk worthy of the high vocation God places us in by walking: 61. ___________________________ 62. ___________________________ 63. ___________________________ 64. ___________________________ 65. Christianity is polytheistic. True False 66. All of the offices in which we stand as servants of Christ are manifestations of the _____________ ____________ of Christ. 67. Gifted men, as indicated by the Greek doma, are those called to what? ______________________________ Name the offices, in order, of the “five-fold” ministry: 68. ___________________________ 69. ___________________________ 70. ___________________________ 71. ___________________________ 72. ___________________________ 73. The distinction between pastors and teachers, according to Kimchi, is what? ____________________________ ____________________________

74. These chosen ones were and are for what particular purposes in the Church? ____________________________ ____________________________ 75. In answer to the previous question, what truth is brought forth at its removal? ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 76. The Body of Christ as a whole is ________ ___________ and each day is entering into more of a _____________ than ever before. 77. Haphazard teaching and mere chance reading of the Bible will produce maturity. True False 78. Scolding and abuse from the pulpit brings a _______________ as to who God is. 79. Which of the following is not true concerning being IN CHRIST? ____ A. We were chosen IN CHRIST before the foundation of the world ____ B. We are identified with the Lord Jesus Christ in His birth ____ C. The sinless and divine life of Christ was placed within the sinless human body of the virgin Mary. ____ D. We are identified with Christ in His circumcision, death, and resurrection ____ E. All of the above ____ F. None of the above 80. Christians who become carnally minded, no longer controlled by the Spirit of God, are doing what? _____________________________




81. The Greek word for understanding is _____________, meaning the faculty of understanding. 82. Unclean thoughts drive people to what? ______________________________ 83. Romans 12:2 tells us to be “…transformed…” where and in what? ______________________________ 84. As we get our minds renewed, we will put away lying, which is what? ______________________________ 85. Theft springs from a _________ __________, and often arises from poverty, idleness, sloth, and __________________. 86. To use corrupt communication is to violate what? ____________________________ Match the word and its meaning: ____ 87. Bitterness ____ 88. Clamor ____ 89. Malice ____ 90. Fornication ____ 91. All uncleanness ____ 92. Covetousness A. Display of anger B. Adultery, incest, sodomy, and every unnatural lust; C. Inner hatred for others D. Inward sinful thoughts; malicious or evil intentions E. Deed of the old man from phorneia F. immoderate desire after worldly things 93. Jesting is the use of __________ _______________ to gain attention.

94. The Greek word for whoremonger is ____________________. 95. Paul wrote that a Christian who is carnally minded looks and acts like the ______________________. 96. God's love for us is a`gape love, which shows that God is the ____________________. 97. How can we tell when we have moved from phileo love to a`gape love with the Lord? ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 98. When a wife quits fighting her husband and submits to his lordship, she becomes ________ __________ and ______________. 99. The Church will not be totally without spot or blemish until we have gone through what? _____________________________ 100. When the man was told to leave the authority of his father and mother and cleave to his wife, what is insinuated by this? ____________________________ ____________________________ 101. Honoring of parents by a child brings what? _____________________________ 102. Children become angry when they are ___________________ without instruction as to why. 103. Spirit-filled bosses should be the ________ _________________.




Match the word with the understanding: ____ 104. Strong ____ 105. Dunamis ____ 106. Ruling power ____ 107. Endowed power A. endunamoo B. ischuos C. dynamite D. kratos List from the commentary the ways strength in Him comes to be victorious in all things: 108. __________________________ 109. __________________________ 110. __________________________ ______________________________ 111. __________________________ 112. __________________________ ______________________________ 113. Our adversaries are the ____________________, the world-rulers of this darkness. List from the commentary what our struggle is with and what we will come in contact with: 114. ___________________________ 115. ___________________________ 116. ___________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ 117. ___________________________ _______________________________ 118. ___________________________ _______________________________ Match the word with its understanding: ____ 119. Wiles ____ 120. Devices ____ 121. To deceive in one’s mind ____ 122. Devil A. diabolos B. noemata C. phrenapatao D. methodos

Match the word with its meaning concerning Satan’s perverted nature: ____ 123. Beelzebub ____ 124. Belial ____ 125. Dragon A. “worthless” B. “lord of the dunghill” C. “deadly poisonous, ready to strike and kill” 126. Our breastplate is having a _________________ ____________. 127. The word “peace” is taken from the Greek word _________________. 128. The word used where God is going to “bruise” the enemy under our feet comes from the Greek _____________. 129. The shield that completely covered the man comes from ____________ in the Greek, while the decorated, small shield in the Greek is _____________. 130. The phrase ___________, “above all,” would be better translated as “out in front of all,” or “__________ ____.” 131. When we have our shield out front like the Roman soldiers did in such events, what no longer matters? ____________________________ ____________________________ 132. There are three ___________ weapons, three __________ weapons, and one ____________ weapon. 133. Our minds need to work in conjunction with our _____________. 134. What is the Greek word for “thought”? _____________________________




135. In the last question, what might it also mean? ____________________________ Match the word with the Greek: ____ 136. Sensible thinking ____ 137. Saved or delivered ____ 138. Intelligent thinking A. sophroneo B. phroneo C. sodzo Describe the gladius and machaira swords: 139. Gladius _________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 140. Machaira _______________ ____________________________ ____________________________ 141. What is the phrase “two-edged” taken from in the Greek? ____________________________ 142. Not only do we take up the whole armor of God, we also to do what? _____________________________ 143. ____________ is the key word of the Epistle. In review, list God’s Armor: 144. _________________________ 145. _________________________ 146. _________________________ 147. _________________________ 148. _________________________ 149. _________________________ 150. _________________________




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To: All Students Subject: Course requirements From: Dean's Office Every course offered by Midwest Seminary of Bible Theology requires the following work: all homework, quizzes, and exams included with the Commentary must be completed and turned in at any level of education. Term papers and a reading log must be turned in before the final exam. Textbooks assigned to each course must be read. If audio tapes are included in a course, they must be listened to and notes taken and turned in. TERM PAPERS: One term paper for each course. This paper must be on the course subject. For example: if you are studying prayer, do not write on love. The following chart contains how many pages are expected at each level of schooling. Freshman to Associate: A minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of 6 pages Associate to Bachelor: A minimum of 6 pages and a maximum of 8 pages Bachelor to Master: A minimum of 8 pages and a maximum of 12 pages Master to Doctorate: A minimum of 12 pages and a maximum of 20 pages Do not write less then the minimum or more than the maximum pages required!

OUTSIDE READING: Reading must pertain to the course subject and must be from two or more sources. For example: if you are studying prayer, you may read on intercessory prayer or Christ's prayers. This reading includes books or other materials, other then your syllabus and the Bible or textbook included with the syllabus. (Hint: use the outside reading as reference material for your term paper). Freshman to Associate: A minimum of 2 sources 300 pages Associate to Bachelor: A minimum of 3 sources 450 pages Bachelor to Master: A minimum of 4 sources 600 pages Master to Doctorate: A minimum of 5 sources 750 pages A reading log, which is found in the back of the Homework, must be kept and turned in by the day of your final exam.




Term Paper Requirements Each term paper that is turned in must follow the following criteria. 1. A cover sheet with the following Information a. Name of Course b. Course Number c. Student’s Name d. Title of Term Paper e. Instructor’s Name 2. Every Term Paper must have one (1) inch margins on all four (4) sides 3. The body of the Term Paper must be in Times New Roman or Arial font no larger than a 12 point. 4. Every Term Paper must be in a folder when it is turned in to the instructor. 5. The Term Paper is not to be filled with written Scripture. You can refer to Chapter and verse and/or use part of a verse to begin your topic. However, a term paper filled with scriptures will not be accepted. 6. Every Term Paper must include a Works Cited Page in the back of the work. 7. No grade will be given without the required term paper being submitted Before the Final Exam Any question that you have about the term paper requirements should be discussed with your instructor at the beginning of the course. You will have 13 weeks to do all required reading and write a term paper for each course. It is important that you understand the requirements from the beginning so that you will have ample time to complete your assignments. MSBT desires to offer education with integrity. MSBT does not defer from these requirements for any level of education. We cannot permit any student to do less than the required work. There are no exceptions! Students who desire a college education must be willing to do college level work. The 'higher level of degree, the higher level of work is required. Please be aware of this fact before you enroll in a higher level education program. Tutoring or mentoring costs are not part of MSBT fees and are not initiated by the MSBT staff. Such help is up to an individual student. Correspondent students must be self-motivated and self-starting. Any tutoring cost, in which a correspondent student incurs, is that which he/she will initiate with a third-party, totally separate from MSBT. These are costs not related to MSBT.

"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Romans 12:2




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Dear Proctor,

All quizzes and exams are closed book. Please allow ample time for the student to take his/her quiz or exam. Please initial each paper as it is completed; also initial the appropriate space below. Some courses may have more quizzes than others. The student will tell you how many there are in each course that you proctor. A proctor’s responsibility is to monitor the student while they answer quizzes and exams. It is not your responsibility to grade the student’s papers.

We want to thank you for your time and interest in the student.

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