Number 4 Flashcards
Attributes of God
The one true God is Holy
Defined: God is absolutely _____ from and exalted above all his creatures and creation, and he is equally separate from all moral evil and sin
Separate
Attributes of God
The one true God is Just and Righteous
Defined: God’s righteousness are just or justice here is his perfect_____ nature of always perfectly dealing rightly, and just with all that is holy and unholy, I’m just punishing all evil and rewarding all good
Moral
The one true God is self existent
Defined: God’s existence is uncaused and arises from his own eternal nature. God is not dependent upon any outside source are creative force. God is originless and simply exists because he _________
God is not _______ upon any outside source for his thoughts, his power or his counsel.
The answer to the question * where did God come from??* is_______
Exists
Dependent
God
The one true God is self-sufficient
Defined: God’s infinite divine nature is so perfect that he has no spiritual, emotional, mental, relational, physical or material______ Outside of his own divine being
God’s self-sufficiency is related to his divine self existence. God has never had an indeed cannot ever have in the present, in eternity past, or in eternity future, a single._______ of any con that is not entirely fulfilled within his own infinite and perfect being
Need/ need
The one true God is eternal
Defined: God is the one and only being who has existed for all of eternity past, who will exist for all eternity future, and who actually exist outside of and beyond the realm of_________, as the creator, not the servant of time
God‘s eternal nature is also distinct from that of his creatures ( men and angels) who will exist forever, and that he not only_______ exist for all eternity, but He _____ existed from all eternity and beyond even this, he_____ Exist in all eternity
God does not exist within linear time . He exists _______time
Time - will- has - does- above
The one true God is infinite
Defined: God is unlimited in time, space, power, presence, knowledge, essence, love, grace, and moral perfection
God has no eternal _________ outside of his own holy nature
God is ___________
Limitations~ measureless
The one true God is omnipresent
God is ______ everywhere with His ______being at the _____ time at _____times
Contrasted: a sharp distinction must be drawn between the Bible doctrine of God’s omnipresence, and the Hindu and New Age heresy of_______. God is indeed everywhere, but pantheism wrongly declares that God is______ Are that everything is God
Present, whole, same, all
Pantheism , everything
The one true God is omnipotent
God is ______ ________
The question is often ask can God do anything? The scripture answer is clearly: no. There are no limits to his power, but.* God cannot be tempted with evil*. He cannot contradict his own nature.
All powerful
The one true God is omniscient
Defined: God is ______ _______
God has absolute perfect and total knowledge of all that has been, that is, that will be, that could have been, and that can be
God cannot______ because he already knows all that there is to be known. God never has, never will, and actually cannot learn, for to learn implies that there has been a time at which God did not know all
All knowing, learn
The question has Long been asked: if we cannot choose other than what God already knows we will choose, then are we truly able to choose? Some have imagined that solution to this apparent tension between God’s for knowledge and man’s free will is to conclude that man cannot choose. The problem is that if God cannot know all, unless he causes all things, then he cannot for know the sinful choices of men and angels unless he causes all of these sinful choices. This view blasphemy makes God the author of._____ an indeed of all____
Sin- sin
The one true God is wise
Defined: God’s wisdom is his ability to______ Omniscience in such a way that he always chooses the highest____ for the greatest_____ for the longest_____ and the most excellent______ to accomplish that purpose
Applied: God’s wisdom has practical meaning for us in that we can always_______ his will to be far better than our will
Apply-good-number-time-means
Trust
The one true God is immutable
Defined: God is_______
God is above even the _____ of change
Change must be either for the better or worse both are impossible with God there is nothing better than what he is, and he cannot become less and still be God. Absolute infinite perfection cannot change in a. ____ way for there is no other state in which God could exist, which is._____ with himself
Unchangeable-possibility-neutral-equal
The one true God is free
Defined: God’s will, and purpose are unlimited by any______ Force, and he is un restrained in his will and plans except by his own nature
Outside
God created man in his own image. One aspect of this creative act is that man is created with free. God created man with the ability to freely accept and love God are to reject and rebel against God.
True
God’s creation of both men and angels with free will provide the ultimate answer as to why there is sin and suffering in God’s perfect creation
True
There are only two alternatives to the question of evil. Either God gave free will, and then angels and men chose sin or God controls and causes all things and is therefore the._______ of all_____
Author -sin
We do not exalt God by over, emphasizing one of his perfect attributes at the cost of deemphasizing other of his attributes. The attributes of God are in perfect unity, and balance. There is no conflict or tension between the perfect attributes of God.
True
The one true God is sovereign
Defined: the authority of God overall things is absolute. He is the sole.______ overall that exist. God is in control. He is on the throne. He rules as Lord.
Ruler
God has ________for(but not arranged for or caused in anyway) send to enter this universe because he has allowed both men and angels to possess_____ _____
Allowed~ Free Will
The one true God is incomprehensible
Defined: no finite being can ever hope to even remotely grasp or begin to ________The infinite God
This is why all attempts to really picture God( by Gravin images, drawn images, or even mental images ) are always idolatrous.
Understand
The one true God is inscrutable
Defined: God is ________ in his inexplicable and mysterious ways
Elaborated: this attribute is similar to incomprehensibility, but it carries this truth one step further. Theoretically God could be beyond our understanding., but not always do what is_____! But God is both incomprehensible and inscrutable
Unquestionable _ best
The one true God is true
Defined: by truth, we mean that the attribute of the divine nature in virtue of which God‘s being and God‘s knowledge eternally conform to each other
Elaborated : truth is therefore anything factual about God
God is the ultimate and only source and standard of truth
True
The one true God is faithful
Defined: God always keeps his______! He never fails to love, tend, and care for the needs of his children and his creation
Promises
The one true God is light
Defined: he is both the source and strength of all illumination
True
