god Flashcards
old testament - god as head of pantheon
‘who is like thee, o lord, among the gods’ exodus
‘there is none like thee among the gods, o lord’ psalms
monotheism in isaiah
’..i am he. before me no god was formed, nor shall there be after me’
basis of shema prayer + ideal expression of ethical monotheistic belief - mark 12:28-31
‘hear, o israel: the lord our god is one’
standard revised version of genesis
the earth was without form or void, and the darkness was on the face of the deep
more likely translation of hebrew in genesis
the earth being without form of void, the darkness being upon the face of the deep
god as sustaining universe psalm 104:5
‘set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be shaken’
god’s transcendence - isaiah 55:8-9`
the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts’
god’s reply to moses about his identity
‘i am who i am’ - ehyeh aser ehyeh YHWH
evidence for doctrine of trinity
go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the father, of the son and of the holy spirit
jesus as god incarnate
i and the father are one (john 10:30)
i am in the father and the father is in me john 14:9
holy spirit
they were all filled with the holy spirit, and began to speak in other tongues acts 2:1-4
perichoresis in johns gospel
father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee
john 1:1-2
in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god and the word was god. he was in the beginning with god
parallel descriptions of father + jesus in 1 corinthians
for us there is one god, the father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one lord,
jesus christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist
descriptions of god in human terms
genesis
walking, rested, sorry, grieved,
psalms
eyes and ears
