POJ: KNOWLEDGE OF GOD Flashcards
What does Jesus call God?
“Abba”
What do the ‘I am’ statements suggest?
That Jesus is one with the father and so has the knowledge of God.
Give an ‘I am’ statement.
“I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life.”
What quotation can be used from John 10:30 to show Jesus’ knowledge of God?
“The Father and I are one.”
Before his birth, what are the Shepards and Joseph told?
Jesus will be a saviour.
What is Jesus described as in terms of his two natures?
the “perfect conjunction”, termed as the “hypostatic union”.
What may the “I am” statements be seen as alternatively?
Maybe this just means Jesus was fully conscious of God’s will and wanted to obey it.
Where is there evidence that Jesus may have just been fully conscious of God’s will?
John 1:28 “the Father is greater than I.”
What did the Council of Chalcedon state about Jesus’ nature?
Jesus was consubstantial with the Father that in Jesus there is the “perfect conjunction” of two natures.
What did C.S. Lewis reject?
Anyone who accepted Jesus as a teacher but not the Son of God.
What did C.S. Lewis state about people who accepted Jesus as a teacher but not as son of God?
“A man who is merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher.”
How does Moses link to Jesus’ teachings not being unique?
Jesus himself said he had come to fulfil the law not to do away with it - merely a development of Moses.
What did Hick recognise about Jesus and his knowledge of God’s will?
If Jesus was only aware of God’s will and God’s willingness to act - he is no different from many others: Moses, Jeremiah and Muhammed.
