Lesson 2 - Our Loving God: Father and Creator Flashcards
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
Isaiah 26:3
“The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
Deuteronomy 31:8
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
Matthew 11:28-29
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11
central to all other aspects of our Catholic faith.
Belief in one true God
a loving Father, in charge, directing us to our destination.
God, our Father
beliefs in only one God
Monotheistic religions
Monotheistic religions
Judaism
Christianity (Father)
Islam (Allah)
‘mono’ means?
one
‘theos’ means?
God
‘poly’ means?
many
beliefs in many Gods
Polytheistic religion
Polytheistic religion
Hinduism (Yahweh)
most popular religion
Christianity (33.32%)
believes that God created the universe, but that he takes no further interest in it
Deists
people that do not believe in the existence of God
Atheists
claims the world can operate without any recourse to God
Secular humanists
people who claim that God’s existence cannot be known
Agnostics
man can know God with certainty, on the basis of his works.
By natural reason
order of knowledge, which man cannot possibly arrive at by his own powers:
the order of Divine Revelation.
God has revealed himself and given himself to man.
Divine Revelation
God has fully revealed this plan by…
sending us Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Intellectual Proofs for God’s Existence
The Unmoved Mover
First Cause
Everything Comes from Something
Supreme Model
Grand Designer
whatever is in motion must be
moved by something else
The Unmoved Mover
nothing causes itself
First Cause
“nothing” cannot create “something”
Everything Comes from Something
we can only speak of different
degrees of qualities (truth, beauty, goodness) by
comparing them to a reference point
Supreme Model
the beauty, immensity, symmetry, and power in the world forces us to conclude that a Grand Designer made it all
Grand Designer
St. Augustine’s Heartfelt Proofs for God’s Existence
An unquenchable thirst for joy and happiness
An experience of beauty and truth
A sense of personal conscience, moral goodness,
and justice
Love
God implanted a homing device that causes us to be restless until we find him
An unquenchable thirst for joy and happiness
when we experience profound joy and truth, we get a taste of God’s beauty and truth
An experience of beauty and truth
we sense there is an absolute moral
authority that teaches the standard of human behavior
A sense of personal conscience, moral goodness,
and justice
love comes from love itself: God
Love
Divine Revelation
God’s self-revelation
Divine Revelation
Human Reason
Salvation History (Bible)
Revelation through covenants in the bible
Noah
Abraham
Sinai
Jesus Christ
TRUE OR FALSE:
Jesus was registered way back on the time of Julius Caesar
TRUE
entrusted by Christ to the Apostles
The Deposit of Faith
divinely inspired writings by the Holy Spirit (Bible)
Sacred Scripture
the living “handing on” of the Church’s Gospel message
Sacred Tradition
there are how many writers of the bible?
at least 400 writers
infallible truth - cannot be wrong - that the Church has defined to be contained in divine revelation
dogma
central truths and center - absolute - of faith
dogma
First gospel written
Mark (80 A.D)
LINNEAGE OF DIVINE REVELATIONS
[1] Sacred Tradition & Sacred Scripture
[2] Christ - [3] The apostles
[4] Magisterium; Pope & bishops
[5] dogma
Who Is God?
Attributes:
Unique, Eternal, Infinite, Immense, Contains all things, Utterly simple, Immutable unchanging, Personal, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Holy,
Yahweh “I Am” and 100+ adjectives
everywhere
Omnipresent
almighty
Omnipotent
The Blessed Trinity; the central mystery of faith
Father
Son
Holy Spirit
TRUE OR FALSE:
God is one but has three persona
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE:
God is holy because he is pure
TRUE
Truths about God’s creation:
God freely created an orderly and good
world out of nothing.
God is totally beyond us. At the same
time, God is present to us, upholding and
sustaining creation.
God guides creation through divine
providence.
God created human beings in his
image and likeness.
“In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth…”
Genesis 1:1
Truths about God’s creation [2]:
God created us male and female out of
love and for love.
God is the creator of all that is seen and
unseen.
Though essentially good because God
made us, humans are tainted with sin.
Through Jesus Christ and the power of
the Holy Spirit, God invites us into a
personal relationship with him.
The Fall and Original Sin
Adam and Eve’s misuse of freedom; disobedience = Original Sin
The Fall and Original Sin [2]
Loss of Original Holiness and
Justice
Disunity between God and their
descendants
Disharmony between nature
and humans
Alienation from each other
Our fallen human nature:
Ignorance
Suffering
Concupiscence
Death
Liberation from Original Sin:
Only through Jesus Christ
Baptism
Constant help of Holy Spirit
rewards for those who believe in the
one, true God:
knowledge of God’s greatness and his love for us
Our life has meaning
God will always care for us
We come to knowledge of God’s
greatness and his love for us
God
loves us unconditionally
Our life has meaning
we have dignity
and should care for one another
God will always care for us
God will not abandon us when we sin
Personal Revelation
you and God
Divine revelation
sacred traditions and sacred scriptures
