Christianity Class Notes Session 2

Basic Christianity Class Session 2 The Doctrine of Man Man was directly and immediately ______created___________ by God in His image and in His likeness. When we say “image and likeness we mean true knowledge, rational, spiritual, moral, holiness, self determinant, immortal. God’s intention is for man to _____glorify____ Him and ____enjoy_________ fellowship with Him. This was to be done as he lived his life in the ____presence__________ of God. And by this accomplish God’s purpose for man in the world that God created. Evolution assumes that man existence came about through spontaneous generation however humans are ____created_________ beings. Theistic Evolution believes that _______natural process_________ was used by God for the creation of life. Although the bible is not a textbook on science its assertions supersede ___scientific knowledge_____________. Scripture asserts that God __breathed________ life into man rather evolving from other life forms. Man is distinguished from other animal life by being in the image of God in that he is give authority and___ dominion ___________ over the creation. Man is made as a triune being composed of 1. Body 2. Soul and 3. Spirit. Imagine three circles. The outer circle would stand for the body of man, the middle circle for the soul, and the inner for the spirit. In the outer circle the ‘Body’ is shown as touching the _____ outer ______world through the five senses of ‘Sight,’ ‘Smell,’ ‘Hearing,’ ‘Taste’ and ‘Touch. The __soul_______ relates to the ‘Imagination,’ ‘Conscience,’ ‘Memory,’ ‘Reason’ and the ‘Affections. The “Spirit” then receives impressions of outward and material things through the soul. The spiritual sense of ‘Spirit’ is ____prayer__ ‘Faith,’ ‘Hope,’ ‘Reverence,’ ‘Prayer’ and ‘Worship.’ The fall of man speaks of man’s fall from life with God into death __and separation______ from God. This fall is a result of _sin_____. The violation of the prohibition alienated humans from God and ___damaged____ the nature of their perfect design. The nature of man once perfect is now in what is called a state of ___depravity_________. This condition has rendered humans incapable of doing anything spiritually good. Our inner conscience has also been damaged; this is reflected in our feelings of ___guilt________ and shame. The inner workings of our spirit is unresponsive to spiritual activity of ___prayer_______ and _______faith_____ and ____worship________ therefore we need a new nature we in fact need to be Born Again.