James P. Boice, Abstract of Systematic Theology, chapters 25-42

Review Questions:

36. Make sure you know what it means that in the Old Testament the human character of the Messiah was foretold in the prediction that he would be of human seed. (Pages 218-222)

37. Make sure you understand that in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, He is to be understood as one person with two natures. (Page 237)

38. Make sure you know the 3 offices ascribed to Christ in the Scriptures, and what these offices mean. (Pages 243-246)

39. Make sure you can define the Socian theory of the atonement. (Page 247)

40. Make sure you understand the Calvinistic theory of personal, unconditional, and eternal election. (Page 292)

41. Make sure you understand when, according to Boice, the election of God took place. (Page 297)

42. Make sure you understand Boice’s view of the doctrine of reprobation. (Page 300)

43. Make sure you know who hardens hearts according to the Scriptures. (Pages 305-309)

44. Make sure you understand why the outward call of God is insufficient for salvation. (Pages 310-316)

45. Make sure you can define regeneration, and that you understand the difference between regeneration and conversion. (Pages 317-324)

46. Make sure you can identify the meaning of true repentance, and that you can identify the aspects that it includes.

47. Make sure that you are aware of the meaning and importance of saving faith in the process of redemption. (Pages 327-328)

48. Make sure you understand that the vine and branches often picture the nature of union with Christ. (Pages 335-336)

49. Make sure you are aware of the high value Boice places on the doctrine of justification, saying of it that “no doctrine of Scripture is more important.” (Page 338)

50. Make sure you understand the imputation of the meritorious work of Christ to the account of the sinner as the grounds of justification. (Page 340)

51. Make sure you understand the doctrine of adoption and the state in which it leaves the believer who has been adopted (for example, in the family of God). (Page 347)

52. Make sure you can define sanctification and contrast it with justification. (Page 352)

53. Make sure you understand and can define the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints. (Page 365)

54. Make sure you understand what the "intermediate state" is. (Page 380)

55. Make sure you understand the type of appearance Christ will manifest at his Second Coming. (Page 384)

56. Make sure you understand the doctrine of the bodily resurrection of all, both wicked and righteous. (Pages 386-391)

57. Make sure you know what the Bible teaches about attempting to determine when Judgment Day will occur. (Page 392)

58. Make sure you understand who alone has the right and competency to be the presiding judge on Judgment Day. (Page 393)

59. Make sure you know what the Scriptures teach about heaven as an actual place and not merely a state of happiness. (Pages 402-403)

60. Make sure you understand Boice’s teaching on the eternal punishment of the wicked, especially the type of bodies the wicked will inhabit during that time. (Pages 404-405)

61. Make sure you understand the doctrine of annihilation. (Page 414)