RS Unit 4.1 Christian Understandings Of God And 4.2 God Is Good Flashcards
What are some Christians beliefs about the Trinity?
•Majority of Christian’s accept the trinity
•Unitarianism teaches that God is one being and Jesus is a ‘son’ of God, so not God
Why do Jehovah’s witnesses say about the trinity?
•Reject the trinity
•Jesus was created by Jehovah (God)
•He has a unique beginning
What does the Nicene Creed say about the trinity?
•Rejects the trinity
•Spirit comes from both God the father and God the son
What does the Eastern Orthodox Church say about the trinity?
•Reject
•Holy spirit comes only from the father
Which 5 groups reject the trinity?
- Jehovah Witness
- Unitarians
- Nicene Creed
- Eastern Orthodox
- Orthodox
How can Christians see God’s existence and how?
•World - Genesis and how he created the world, the world is dependent on the command of God as he is the craftsmen
•Humanity - ‘let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness’, humans are apart from his other creations, unique link. He gives human’s stewardship
SoW- When god creates Adam he breathes in his nostrils to give him life
What are some views about Gods relationship with humanity?
•Some Christians say that God is timeless and everlasting therefore he is in time and with humans all the time.
•Catholic- When a priest is ordained he acts in the power of Christ and is the link
•Protestants- believe that they don’t a mediator between them and God, prayer is the way for communication
How is Gods goodness revealed (4ways)
- Creation
- Provision of Law
- Judgement
- Salvation
How is Gods goodness shown through creation?
•He creates Earth, he makes it ‘good’
•He provides all that is needed for sustaining the world and it’s inhabitants
How is Gods goodness revealed through the provision of law?
•In the Bible, God wants people to do right, he has given them rules on how to live a good life.
•These rules show that God wants good for his people
•Because God is good, his rules are good
•Free will, he never forces goodness on people
How is God’s goodness revealed through judgement?
•Christianity teaches God will judge all humans when they die
•Unlike any human judge, God sees and knows everything, perfect judge
How is Gods goodness showed through salvation?
•As part of his goodness, he offered humans forgiveness
•God sent his own son to repent for all of human sin
•If you have faith and repent God will forgive you and you can spend eternity in heaven
