Christianity SOWAs Flashcards

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How Christians view the nature of God - benevolence

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‘For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son’

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How Christians view the nature of God

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‘Whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life’

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How Christians view the concept of God as a trinity of persons

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‘And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever - the Spirit of truth’

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How Christians view the concept of God as a trinity of persons - the Spirit

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‘The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.’

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Biblical accounts of creation - God’s authority over creation

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‘God called the dry land “Earth”’

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Biblical accounts of creation - the role of the Spirit

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In Genesis 1, the Spirit is present ‘hovering over the waters’

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Biblical accounts of creation - the Spirit

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Genesis 2 describes how God ‘breathed into his [Adam’s] nostrils the breath of life’
Can be translated as Spirit

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Biblical accounts of creation - the Spirit

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Genesis 2 describes how God ‘breathed into his [Adam’s] nostrils the breath of life’
Can be translated as Spirit

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Biblical accounts of creation - the Word

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In John 1 the title given to the Son of God is ‘the Word’

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The Role and Purpose of human beings - procreation

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Humans are told to ‘be fruitful’ meaning they should have children and populate the Earth

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The Role and Purpose of human beings - The Fall

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God places one rule on Adam and Eve: ‘they must not eat from the tree of ‘the knowledge of good and evil’’

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Jesus Christ

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‘Therefore the Lord will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel [which means God with us]’

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The Role and Importance of Jesus’ teachings and life as an example for Christians - love God

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‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’ Jesus replied: ‘ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.

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The Role and Importance of Jesus’ teachings and life as an example for Christians - love everyone

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‘Love your neighbour as yourself’

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The Role and Importance of Jesus’ teachings and life as an example for Christians - who is the neighbour?

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Parable of the Good Samaritan

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Christian love

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Jesus said the greatest commandment was to ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind’

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Christian love - example

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‘When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said ‘Lord if you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Jesus reaching out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing’ he said. ‘Be clean!’ Immediately he was cleaned of his leprosy’

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Concept of salvation

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Hebrews 9:26 tells Christians that Jesus’ sacrifice was once and for all and that humans could be forgiven and made right with God even if they were imperfect

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Concept of salvation - grace

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‘For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast’

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Concept of salvation as a gift

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‘For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord’

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Eschatological beliefs - Resurrection and life after death

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Paul, writer of the letter to the Corinthians, explains that humans’ imperfect and mortal bodies will die but that their spiritual bodies will be resurrected (1 Corinthians 15:42-44)

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Eschatological beliefs - Different Christian beliefs about life after death

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The Parable of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25