Doctrine # 2

Question 0

Atheist

Answer 0

There is no god

Question 1

Say Doctrine 2

Answer 1

We believe there is only one God, who is infinitely perfect, the creator, preserver, and governor of all things, and who is the only proper object of religious worship.

Question 2

Agnostic

Answer 2

You cannot know if there is a god.

Question 3

Animist

Answer 3

All objects have a natural life or souls; animals, plants, stones, men.

Question 4

Pantheist

Answer 4

The universe is God and God is the universe.

Question 5

Rationalist

Answer 5

There is no higher source of knowledge than reason.

Question 6

The theist

Answer 6

God or gods exist.

Question 7

The deist

Answer 7

God has made the world but abandoned it.

• a distant god

Question 8

Fill in the blank:
God is____________

We are____________

Answer 8

1. Infinite

2. finite

Question 9

Infinite

Answer 9

Meaning boundless, measureless.

Question 10

Incomprehensible

Answer 10

Beyond comprehension
*Our minds are limited
Example: read
Isaiah 45:6

Question 11

Name 5 qualities of God’s nature

Answer 11

Infinite, incomprehensible, the object of worship, one, yet three in one, personal, spirit, eternal, holy, love, jealous, merciful, true, uncreated, righteous, consistent, supreme, transcendent, alive, separate, worthy, triune, good.

Question 12

Finite

Answer 12

Man cannot fully know the infinite God.
Examples: read
1 Timothy 6:15-16
Hebrews 1:3

Question 13

Holy

Answer 13

In Hebrew is qodesh , hagios in Greek.

Question 14

How is God’s love revealed?

Answer 14

.Revealed in the preservation of creation.

.Revealed in his Son.

Question 15

Immutable

Answer 15

Unchanging 
*he cannot be inconsistent 
Example: read 
James1:17
Malachi 3:6

Question 16

Omnipotence

Answer 16

All power; there is no source of true power apart from God.

Example: read
Genesis 17:1
El Shaddai- God almighty

Question 17

Omniscient

Answer 17

All knowing, I.e ‘seeing’ is knowing, ‘seeing’ is understanding.

Example: read
Genesis 16:13
El Roi - ‘God who sees (me)’

Question 18

Omnipresence

Answer 18

He is everywhere.

Example: read - Jeremiah 23: 23-24

Question 19

Based on Doctrine 2, what are his roles?

Answer 19

Creator: all inclusive - includes things created from creation.
Preserver: preserves creation as a whole, preserves his people( God sustains his people THROUGH danger and trial, not FROM
Governor: what he makes and maintains, he manages.

Question 20

Define:

Ex nihilo

Answer 20

From nothing.

Question 21

Immanent

Answer 21

God’s presence and activity within nature, human and history.

Example- Acts 17: 27-28

Question 22

Transcendent

Answer 22

God is separate from and independent of nature and humanity.

Example- Isaiah 55: 8-9, psalm 113: 5-6

Question 23

What has God revealed about himself?

Answer 23

His creative work
His active word
The word incarnate (Jesus)

Question 24

Pantheism

Answer 24

All living things are divine.

Question 25

False worship

Wrong theology

Answer 25

False concept of God: pantheism- “all living things are divine”
Polytheism: many gods- anthropomorphism( human characteristics are attributed to God(s).)
Deism.
Atheism
Idolatry

Question 26

False worship

Wrong practice

Answer 26

Worship absorbed is own activities
Failure to distinguish between creature and creator
Elevation of persons, places, objects or institutions to divine status.

Question 27

True worship

Answer 27

• concerned with the moral perfection of God who alone is worthy of praise.
• reverence for divine nature
• acknowledgement of God as creator and preserver
• submission to God as Ruler
• adoration of God for goodness, holiness & love

Question 28

True worship cont.

Answer 28

-Elevates creation towards the creator
- creates desire for pure relationship: God/human
Creation
-leads to repentance & re-creation
-celebrates the goodness of God