Study Guide 2

Question 1

Can God be known? And if so in what way

Answer 1

God can be known through the Bible

Question 2

In what 3 ways do we know God exists

Answer 2

1) Scripture
2) human behavior
3) evidence from creation

Question 3

“God”; reveals gods divine power. Depicts God as the strong and might One, God of creation

Answer 3

Elohim

Question 4

“Lord/Master”; Pictures God as the almighty ruler

Answer 4

Adonai

Question 5

Stressed God’s self-existent nature and His covenant faithfulness and Grace

Answer 5

Yahweh or Jehovah

Question 6

Knowing everything

Answer 6

Omniscient

Question 7

Transcending all space. Yet He is fully present in every part of space. He is eternal, exceeding the limits of time, yet is fully present in ever moment in time

Answer 7

Omnipresent

Question 8

God is all-powerful; nothing is impossible to Him

Answer 8

Omnipotent

Question 9

What one word best describes the character or God

Answer 9

Love

Question 10

What 2 indicators do we have from scripture that God does not choose beforehand that some will be saved and some will be lost

Answer 10

1) God says that WHOEVER believes in Him will have eternal life
2) God says that it is the INDIVIDUALS choice

Question 11

Give at least three OT passages that show God is a plurality while still being One God

Answer 11

1) Gen 1:26
2) Gen 3:22
3) Gen 11:7

Question 12

Why is the cross so important to understanding God

Answer 12

The cross showed Gods true nature and love

Question 13

A fundamental assumption of science is that the universe is ___

Answer 13

Rational

Question 14

A second assumption is that the universe is ___

Answer 14

Predictable

Question 15

Christians seem to rely on “___” when they don’t understand science

Answer 15

God did it

Question 16

Scientific worldview: God must be ___ in order to make sense of the world. Miracles are only ___

Answer 16

Excluded

Apparent

Question 17

Christian Worldview: The universe is rational only if we assume an ____ ____. Faith and reason go hand in hand

Answer 17

Intelligent designer

Question 18

The universe has a beginning

Anything that has a beginning is caused by something else

Since the universe had a beginning, it’s cause must exist outside of itself

Answer 18

Evidence 1: Law of Causality

Question 19

The watchmaker argument- William Paley

All designs imply a designer

There is evidence of design in all of the universe

Therefore, there must be a Great Designer

The more complex the design, the greater the designer

Answer 19

Evidence 2: argument from design

Question 20

All human beings have some conscious understanding of an objective moral law

Moral law imply a lawgiver

Therefore there must be a supreme law giver

Humans have a consistent lightness that cannot be explained away be evolution. We know that we ought to love other and do right

Answer 20

Evidence 3: Argument from moral law

Question 21

Give 3 things that evidence 1 (law of causality) evidence 2 (argument from design) evidence 3 (Argument from moral law) show

Answer 21

1) God is powerful
2) God is intelligent
3) God is moral/loving