Person of God Flashcards
Explain the core tenets of the Trinity
One God
Three Distinct Persons
Each Person is Fully God
What are verses for One God?
Deuteronomy 6:4 - The Lord is One
James 2:19 - God is one
What is a key verse for One God?
Deuteronomy 6:4
“Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One”
What are verses for Three Persons?
Genesis 1:26 - Making of man and God said “Let us make man in our image” using plural form
Isaiah 6:8 - God sending Isaiah using plural form of “who will go for us”
Matthew 3:16-17 - when Jesus is baptized you have Jesus, heavens open with God speaking, and the Holy Spirit descending on Jesus
Matthew 28:19 - Jesus tells disciples to go make disciples and baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
1 Peter 1:2 - mentions The Father, Holy Spirit, and Jesus separately
What is a key verse for Three Persons?
Matthew 3:16-17
“16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
What are some Attributes of God?
- All Knowing - Psalm 139:1-16
- All present - Psalm 139:1-16
- All powerful - Psalm 139:1-16
- Spirit - John 4:24
- Consuming fire - Hebrews 12:29
- Light - 1 John 1:5
- Love - 1 John 4:8, 16
- Eternal - Psalm 90:1-2
- Jealous, avenging, wrathful - Nahum 1:2
- Slow to anger, great in power - Nahum 1:3
- Good - Nahum 1:7
- Holy - 1 Peter 1:15-16
What is a key verse for God’s Attributes?
Nahum 1:7
“The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble.”
1 John 1:5
“God is light; in him there is no darkness at all”
1 John 4:16
“God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. “
