christianbiznhi rh Flashcards
What does Immarent mean?
God is involved with the world and human lives
What does Atemperol mean?
God is outside time
How is God personal?
God is personal because he is often shown in the bible to be in a relationship with people through prayer, visions or the presence of the holy spirit
“You shall have -“
“You shall have no other God’s before me”
“I am the Alpha-“
“I am the Apha, the Omega, the Begining and the End”
What does Monotheistic mean?
When Christians believe that there is only one God who is all powerful, all loving and created the universe
Who is in The Trinity and what are their roles?
Father - The creator of the universe
Son - Jesus
Holy Spirit
Why did God come to Earth as Jesus?
To reveal himself to people - showing him his love and power and teaching people how he wants people to live
To sacrifice himself on the cross, receiving God’s punishment for human sin in order for the repentant people to be forgiven
To rise from the dead to show that God has power over death, that he is eternal and that the Christians too have an everlasting life in heaven after death
“I believe In God -“
“I believe in God, The Father almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth”
How do Christians believe Jesus was born?
Christians believe that Jesus wasn’t concieved naturally but placed in Mary by the Holy Spirit
What is a weakness to the Trinity?
Weakness: If Christians are monotheistic, then the belief of the trinity leads to the idea that there is more than one God - It is going against the ten co,mandments “you shall have no other God’s before me”
What i the Nicense Creed?
A Christian Statement of Faith
What did God do on the first day?
In the beginning, god created the heavens and earth
God said let there be light and there was light, he then separated the light from the darkness, those 2 were the first day
What did God do on the 2nd day?
God said let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water, the second day
What did God do on the 3rd day?
let dry ground appear and let the land produce trees and plants that will bear fruit, the third day
What did God do on the fourth day?
On Day Four, God filled outer space with all kinds of beautiful things
What did God do on the fifth day?
On Day Five, God filled the oceans with life and also created birds and other flying creatures
What did God do on the 6th day?
On Day Six, God commanded the earth to bring forth living creatures. He also made man and woman in His own image.
What did God do on the 7th day?
On Day Seven, God rested from His work of creating because it was finished. This is why Sunday is holy
What happened in Genisis 2?
In Genisis 2 God creates the first humans, Adam and Eve
God gave Adam and Eve life and put them in a beautiful garden
God is Anthropomorphic (god uses human characteristics) - an example is when god breathed life into adam
Adam is given free will (to chose to obey or not towards god)
God states that there is a tree that they shall not eat from, otherwise they will die, satans job is to make adam and eve eat the fruit from this garden (Gen 2)
Satan was in the form of a serpant
Satan tricks Eve into eating the fruit and she convinces adam too to eat this fruit
God then cast Adam and Eve out of the garden, this created sin (Original Sin)
What did Original Sin cause?
Original Sin caused humans to lose immortality and this is why everyone dies one day
What is Natural Evil?
Natural Evil is suffering created through no direct fault of humans (an example is a flood)
What is Moral Evil?
Moral evil is suffering caused by the act of humans
What are opinions on Inconcsistant triad?
People believe that if god is so omnipotent then he would care to stop all suffering caused by evil
Maybe he does not care enough to stop suffering therefore he is not omnibonevolent
Some people believe that god does not want totake away free will from humans and let them make their own choices
What is INconsistant Triad?
Inconsistant Triad is the problem of Evil, if god is so omnibelovent then he would not make us suffer
Why is Jesus’s life importiant to Chrisitans?
Jesus’s life for christians is importiant because it is a pattern for their own lives
Why did Jesus die?
To pay for all of human sin
Why was Jesus ressurected by God?
Jesus was ressurected by god because it was a thanks for restoring the friendship between humans and god
What does Jesus the Messiah mean?
he is the anointed one (the king)
What does Jesus as the lord and saviour men?
Jesus as the Lord and Saviour means that he saved humanity to die for human sin
What does Elohim?
Elohim means that Jesus was one with God the Father
Name 3 sermon on the mount teachings
Jesus and the law (10 Commandments)
True discipleship (Jesus talks about what it means to be a true follower)
The Narrow Gateway (\Jesus warns believers about the difficulties of being a christian)
What is in the Sermon and the Mount?
The sermon on the mount contains Jesus’s teachings and is split into 6 parts
How do Christian’s share the message of Jesus?
Christians share the message of Jesus by preaching and through their actions