Bible Midterm Flashcards
God is unity
Deut 6:4
All creation comes from God and exists for His Glory
1 Chronicles 29:11-13
Acknowledgements of the existence of God is intuitive and reasonable.
Psalm 14:1
God is eternal
Psalm 139: 1-6
There is only one God
Isaiah 43:10-11
Special revelation (the Bible) is necessary for salvation
Romans 10:17
God is three “persons’’ i.e. the father son Holy Spirit
1 john 5:7
God is a spirit
John 4:24
Gods revelation of himself in history, nature, and conscience justifies beliefs; insufficient for salvation
General revelation
Gods revelation of himself to specific people at specific times and places ( embodied in the scriptures)
Special revelation
Mans inherent sense of right and wrong
Conscience
Argument from cause (cause and effect)
Cosmological
Argument form design (design demandss a designer )
Teleological
Argument from harmony (sustaining natural system )
Congruity
Argument from idea of a perfect being (requires his existence)
Ontological
Arguments form human nature
Anthropological
Argument from moral nature (moral law demands a lawgiver )
Moral
A physical manifestation of God in the O.T.
Theophany
A human manfestation of Christ in the O.T.
Christophany
An attributing human features to God as a way of understanding Him
Anthropomorphism
A description of God as one being, but existing in 3 person: father son and Holy Ghost
Trinity
Refers to the trinitys distinction of order
Ontological trinity
Refers to the trinitys distinction of function
Economic trinity
God has beginning and no ending (there has never been a time when God was not
Eternal
God is absolutely cosnsistent and unchangeable
Immutability
God can do all He wills to do
Omnipotent
God is everywhere he wills to be
Omnipresent
God knows all He wills to Know
Omniscient
God is unlimited in all things
Infinite
God is seperate from and above His creation
Transcendent
God is actively involved in his creation
Immanent
God possesses perfect and total purity, as well as perfect and total separation from sin
Holy
Gods response to sin is always right
Just
Gods actions are always right
Righteous
God cannot lie or tolerate untruth.
True
God has a self-sacrificial concern for the welfare of others.
Love
God acts with compassion, not giving people punishment they
deserve.
Merciful
God acts with unmerited goodness, giving people kindness they do not deserve (unmerited favor).
Gracious
God deals bountifully with all men (aka “lovingkindness”) .
Goodness
God has the right to do as He pleases with what belongs to Him Divine right of ownership)
Sovereignty
Elohim
God
One who is great,mighty, majestic
Elohim
Most high, pre-eminence
El Elyon
One who is mighty completely nourish, satisfy, supply us” Implies His ability to provide as promised
El Shaddai
master, lord”
God is owner and ruler over everything that is.
Implies sovereignty, deserving of unqualified obedience
Adonai
he who is”
God is the self-existent, covenant-keeping God.
Implies self-existence / self-sufficiency
Most frequently used name (5321 times in the OT)
Yahweh
