quotes Flashcards
‘Si comprehendis….
‘Si comprehendis, non est Deus’
Augustine
‘if you think…
‘if you think you have understood God, then he would not be God’
Augustine
And God said, ‘Let…
genesis 1:3
- And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.
- demonstrates God’s omnipotence through ability to create the universe
‘when Jesus landed and saw a large crowd…
Matthew 14:14
‘When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick’
- demonstrating God’s omnipotence in his ability to perform miracles
‘shortly before dawn…
Matthew 14:25
‘shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake’
- demonstrating God’s omnipotence in his ability to perform miracles
‘is anything too…
Genesis 18:13-14
‘is anything too hard for the Lord?’
demonstrates God’s omnipotence from the things he does for people
‘for the grace of God….
Titus 2:11
‘for the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people’
- demonstrates God’s omnipotence from securing of salvation for humanity
‘former things have taken place….
Isaiah 42:9
‘former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce to you!’
omnipotence: knowledge of the future
‘I know the plans….
Jeremiah 29:11
‘I know the plans I have for you’
omnipotence
‘what you are…
John 13:27
‘what you are about to do, do quickly’
omnipotence
‘if it does evil in my sight…
Jeremiah 18:7-10
‘if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended’
- God is everlasting
‘with the lord…
2 Peter 3:8
‘with the lord a day is like a thousand years’
God is timeless
‘the love of the…
Lamentations 3:22
‘the love of the lord never ceases’
God’s omnibenevolence
‘we love because…
1 John 4:19
‘we love because he first loved us’
God’s omnibenevolence
scripture that deny total omnipotence
‘God is God…
Numbers 23:19
‘God is God and not human therefore cannot fail’