Person of God Flashcards
How does Scripture describe God?
Light: John 1:5-“The Light shines in darkness, and the darkness will not overcome it.”
Love: 1 John 4:8-“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
Consuming Fire: Hebrews 12:29-“for our God is a consuming fire.”
Spirit: John 4:24-“God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
What is the basis for the Christian belief that God is a person?
God has will, emotion, intellect, and is personal
Genesis 6:6: “The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.” (intellect and emotion)
Matthew 6:10 your kingdome come, your will be done (will)
Luke 22:42-Father if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done (will and emotion)
John 11:35 Jesus wept (emotion and personal) his emotion was at least in part a result of the relationship that he had with Lazarus, Mary and Martha.
Genesis 6 God talking to Noah (personal)
Name some attributes of God and give some scriptural evidence
Psalm 139: all knowing; ever present; Creator, light
Job 38: God’s line of questioning to Job shows him to be all powerful
Holy: 1 Peter 1:16-for it is written Be Holy as I am Holy.
Loving-1 John 4:8-“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
Acts 17:24-28:
Creator: 24: Then God who made the world and everything in it
Lord: 24 is the Lord of Heaven and Earth
Source of life and Sustainer: 25 He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else
Explain the meaning of holy in reference to God and explain why it underlies all else in the character of God.
Holy- “set apart” He is wholly different and perfect and complete God is the complete contrast of sin
Rev. 4:8- we see him set apart from the rest of creation, and worshipped “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty, who was and is and is to come.”
He is completely separate from sin (no darkness at all) 1: John 5-“God is light and there is no darkness in him at all.”
All other attributes are guided by his holiness and no other attribute will ever cancel out his holliness
Explain the terms
- Theism
- Deism
- Atheism
- Humanism
- Agnosticism
Theism: one true personal God active in creation
Deism: Force created nature and now uninvolved
Atheism: No God
Humanism: salvation through human achievement
Agnosticism: questioning the belief of God
What are some evidences and arguments for the existence of God?
Creation and humans point to God - Romans 1:20 “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
Scriptural Truth-If you believe Scripture to be true, the entire Bible points to God!
Personal experience-being in God’s presence-seeing the work of his hand first-hand!
What is your belief concerning God, creationism, and evolution?
God created the world and oversees it’s development (Genesis 1)
