Revelation Flashcards
General Revelation
When believers feel God is revealed through the Natural World or experiences anyone can have
Special Revelation
The belief that God is revealed in a special way such as a miracle or a vision - usually only to one or a few people.
Numinous
The feeling people get when they look at the natural world and think there must be something greater than them.
Conscience
Theists believe this is the voice the God
Conversion
People converting from being an atheist to theist
Transcendent
The belief that God is Supreme and above the world - God is not controlled by time and space.
Immanent
God is involved in the world - miracles and Jesus
Personal
That humans can know and have a relationship - talk to God
Impersonal
Humans cannot know God or understand God
Omnipotent
The belief that God is all powerful
Omniscient
The belief that God knows and sees everything
Omnibenevolent
The belief that God loves everything
Illusion
The idea that revelation is just made up and imagined be the believer
What was Nicky Cruz like in his Early Life?
He was born into a Satanist family in Puerto Rico, his parents brutally abused him, both physically and mentally. His mother often said that they did not want him and his father used to lock him in a room with pigeons who would scratch his skin. He moved to New York, soon, due to his fighting, talk of the neighbourhood and became a member and then the leader of the gang called the Maus Maus, most feared gang in New York.
During the conversion of Nicky Cruz, what happened?
A preacher called David Wilkerson was preaching in Cruz’s neighbourhood. Cruz didn’t care about what he was saying and went to a meeting one day in order to kill him. Wilkerson said ‘ You could chop me into a thousand pieces and lay them on the street and everyone would still love you.’ The day after Nicky and some of his friends that had converted went to the police and handed all of there weapons in. He became a preacher and returned to his old neighbourhood. Many began to except Jesus.