Christianity Flashcards
For some Christians, why is the trinity hard to understand?
For some Christians, belief in the Trinity is confusing because it appears to contradict belief in one God.
Why is it important for Christians to believe in a powerful and loving God
Christians believe in a god that is omnipotent and omnibenevolent. It is important for Christians to believe in a powerful and loving God because only such a God is worthy of worship.
Creation and the Bible…
The story of creation can be found in the Bible. There are some Christians who believe that all biblical accounts should be accepted as literally true and others who believe that some Bible accounts are metaphors.
Which Bible passages are interpreted by some Christians to indicate the presence of the Trinity in the process of creation?
Genesis 1:1-3 and John 1:1-3
Literal interpretation
Christians who believe that all biblical accounts should be accepted as factually true, including the account of creation.
Metaphorical interpretation
Christians who believe that some Bible accounts stories designed to communicate a truth and not a factual account of what happened.
What did the Biblical accounts of creation in Genesis say about the way God created the world…
The Biblical accounts of creation in Genesis say that God declared the world he had created to be good. It also says that men and women were made in the likeness of God.
Some Christians interpret the Bible accounts of creation as indicating the presence of the Trinity in the process of creation. Two key examples of such indications are found in Genesis 1:1-3 and John 1:1-3.
Some Christians interpret the Bible accounts of creation as indicating the presence of the Trinity in the process of creation. Two key examples of such indications are found in Genesis 1:1-3 and John 1:1-3.
Interpretation of Genesis 1
Some Christians interpret Genesis 1:1-3 as indicating the presence of the Trinity in the process of creation.
It speaks of God as Creator, of the Spirit of God that was hovering over the waters, and of the Word spoken by God to begin the process of creation
Interpretation of the Gospel of John
The idea that the Word refers to God the Son is important in the Gospel of John.
John says that the Word was present with God at the beginning and that everything that came into being did so through him.
John means that the Word is to be understood as Jesus, God the Son. Jesus is also the Word because he spoke God’s words throughout his ministry
The Gospel of John includes the sentence: ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God’. What is ‘Word’ thought to refer to?
Jesus, the son
