Christianity Flashcards
Trinity
Idea that god exists in 3 people father son holy spirt
Father
God father is god of Old Testament
He created heaven and earth and sustains them
The title father is mark of respect of god ‘be perfect , as your Heavenly Father is perfect
The son
Jesus is the incarnation of god in human form
He is seen as both divine and human
Jesus is a model for Christians behaviour
The gospel contains record of his life and teachings and a important source of guidance for Christians on how they should live their lives
Holy Spirit
Holy spirt is the presence of god in the world , before his death Jesus promised the disciples ‘I will ask my father and he will give u another advocate to help you and will be with you for ever the spirt if truth
It continues to guide the church and guides them personally on being good Christians
Concept of god - omnipotent
God is all powerful but allows free will
Benevolent
God is loving and caring ‘for god is so loved the world that he have his one and only son’
Omniscient
He knows everything pas present and future
Eternal
God has always existed and he will continue to exist for forever
Transcendent
God is beyond this world that he doesn’t depend on world to exist
Creation of world
Day one light and darkness were made
day 2 sky
3rd day oceans and lands and plants on the land
Day4 sun the moon and the stars and day 5 the creatures of the sky (birds) and water (fish) and 6th day animals and people
‘The lord formed a man from dust of the ground
Evil and suffering
•free will led to suffering as god let us decide to choose whether to be evil or not since god is good they try to follow his example
•evil entered the world as result of Adam and Eve giving in to temptation in garden of Eden
This disobeyed god byy eating fruit of the tree knowledge ,this switch from a perfect world to one that causes evil -the fall , therefore after the fall every human being was born with a flawed nature capable of suffering this is idea of original sin
Evil affects of Christians
- evil can lead to people questioning their beliefs in god or even rejecting their faith
- some might say if suffering happens god can’t be omnipotent and benevolent as a loving a powerful god wouldn’t allow it to happen
- ’the lord is compassionate and gracious
- some may say he wants to help me he’s isn’t powerful enough
- suffering is often seen as test of faith and suffering can bring people closer to him
- others say life on Earth isn’t meant to be perfect and focus should be reaching heaven
- Christians believe they should help suffering and give to charity ‘whatever you did for one of these brothers/sisters of mine you did for me’
