Christian Beliefs Flashcards
nature of God, trinity, creation, heaven & hell, resurrection, crucifixion, ascension, sin, salvation
words to describe god (6)
omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omnipresent, transcendent, immanent
members of trinity
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit
1st day of creation
-“Let there be light”
-separates day & night
2nd day of creation
-separates sky from sea
3rd day of creation
-creates land in sea
-makes plants
4th day of creation
-sun to rule over day
-moon to rule over night with stars
5th day of creation
-birds in sky
-fish in sea
6th day of creation
-land animals
-humans
-“like us”
7th day of creation
-rest
-blessed, made holy
-“God was pleased”
(Heaven) - “Lord God will…”
“…give them light”
(Heaven) - “prepare a…”
“…place for you”
(Heaven) - “many…”
“…mansions”
(Heaven) - “never again…”
“…will they hunger”
(Heaven) - “God will…”
“…wipe away every tear”
(Heaven) - “Springs of…”
“…living water”
(Heaven) - “foundations…”
“…adorned with all kinds of precious stones”
(Heaven) - “no more…”
“…night”
(Hell) - “blazing…”
“…furnace”
(Hell) - “weeping…”
“…and gnashing of teeth”
(Hell) - “everlasting…”
“…destruction”
(Hell) - “shut out…”
“…from the presence of the Lord”
(Hell) - “wicked go…”
“…down to…realm of the dead”
(Hell) - “forget…”
“…God”
(Hell) - “fiery…”
“…lake of burning sulphur”
(Hell) - “second…”
“…death”
incarnation
-born human
-divine to heal relationship with God
-Doctrine of Incarnation
-Jesus is God, 100% human & 100% divine
Last Supper (c)
-“one of you’ll hand me over”
-“it isn’t me is it?”
-Judas Iscariot:” It Isn’t me is it Rabbi?”
-“don’t play games with me”
-Jesus goes to Gethsemane leaves disciples
betrayal (c)
-“if there is any way, get me out of this. But if it’s your will, I’ll do it”
-Jesus is taken to Pilate
torment (c)
-Judas gives his bribe to temple & hangs himself
-soldiers mock J & give him crown of thorns
-J carries cross up Golgotha, refuses painkiller, nailed to cross, stabbed through side with spear.
-next to 2 common criminals
death (c)
-“Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing”
-12-15 darkness
-“My God, why have you abandoned me?”
-at death: temple curtain rips from top to bottom & earthquake
Sin definition
any action/thought that separates humans from God
Genesis 3 (original sin)
- Adam + Eve have free will & choice to trust God
-serpent convinces A+E to eat fruit to become like God
-feel vulnerable, hide from God
God’s punishment
-Serpent’ll die but will bite descendant’s heel first
-every aspect of life will have pain + grief
-men’ll struggle & have to work hard
-women have pain of childbirth
grace
Jesus’ undeserved love
repentance
sorry & turn away from evil
salvation
being saved from sin & its consequences
(salvation) “God did not send..”
“… His Son into world to condemn it, but to save the world through Him”
what was the gap between humans & god created by
sin + disobedience
how we repent
-welcome holy spirit
-accept grace
-good works
-prayer
-faith
‘I am the…‘(resurrection)
‘resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die’
‘And if Christ…’ (resurrection)
‘has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith’
‘Christ…‘(resurrection)
‘died for us while we were still sinners’
‘Jesus bore…‘(resurrection)
‘our sins in his body on the cross’
