Systematic Theology 1 Quiz 3 Flashcards
Introduction: Need to Know God - Why is it important to know who God is?
-when he went to college he sought after God to figure out is he real or not - book by AW Tozer - The Knowledge of the Holy - ch1 sentence 1 -
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us”
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us” quite a statement - why is this? what does this mean?
there is a secret law of the soul that moves us to our mental image of God = God has so made us that we instinctively seek to become like whatever we esteem most highly // Ex. Micheal Jordan
God has so made us that we instinctively seek to become like whatever we esteem most highly // God made us so that we become like what we
adore, what we worship.. whatever we view as God
Two important deals here with knowing God
- Know God as He is - we as whole as a church need to do this more
- In knowing God for who He is to see these truths as beautiful and adore and admire him - we become more loving, more like Him as we admire him more and more
the more you know God the more __________________ // we become like the one we ____ // ex. the Greatest Commandment .. worthy of our love and God expects us to reflect his __________
you will be like Him
love
character in a finite way
to know God is our purpose in life (Isaiah 11:1 - a shoot will spring from the stump of Jesse, creation restored by Jesus’ work).. also discusses how…
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord this is where joy comes from
What is the goal of all of creation?
that the earth is full of the knowledge of the Lord - God made us to be full of the knowledge of God -
Jeremiah 9:23-24 - don’t boast in your wisdom, might, or riches.. but only boast in that he
understands and knows God - boast = glory / glory = the weighty of God… what really matters
-only consider the the knowledge of God to take boast in =
find your identity in Christ
the knowledge of God is understanding = ________________________ factionally correct / living with him ……………….
an intimate relationship knowledge..
day by day and knowing him more and more
Jeremiah 31 - new covenant = end goal God has for us as His people what does he want for us in the end..
to know the Lord.. that we know him.. that we are a people who knows him
Philippians 3 - he sees something so much greater than any accomplishment.. to know Christ - seen in Jeremiah & Isaiah. Jesus is
all and all. knowing God for who he is - Jesus exhibits for us who God is.. this is what I value above all
*What is God’s number one goal for us?
TO KNOW HIM. Pursue the very things that God seeks for us to have that are most important in life - that we may know him.
Passages about making knowing God your highest priority
Isaiah 11:1
Jeremiah 9:23-24
Jeremiah 31
Philippians 3
(latin) arguments that are made prior to sense experience, you can reason that God exists
Apriori
even the fool who doesn’t believe God exists, has some thought that there might be a greater being, must be the case that this being exists
2 kinds of existences 1. contingent = one that fails to exist 2. necessary existence = something that cannot fail to exist.. on thinking of being that is the highest being he must exist necessarily.. the argument against this this does not prove God exists, just explains the necessary existence of God
ontological argument
ontological argument who came up with this argument?
St. Anselm’s argument 1033-1109 - proposed this - the ontological argument for God’s existence // some believe in this, most people say it doesn’t work
who else believes in the ontological argument ?
-Alvin Platical - Charles Harsource
ontological argument…. proves conclusively that….
God exists
-if this works it proves positive
an argumentation post/after sense experience, makes use of what we can see and experience in the world
Aposteriori
Aposteriori - who came up with this argument?
Thomas Aquinas 1224-1274 - argued that there really 3 way to show God is real - common to all of these is they all work in the same fashion, other people observe something and say how can we account for that.. moves to effect to cause // we look at the affect and say what caused that // look at some aspect of reality and ask what caused this
Aposteriori -what they present is _______ ________, because it is based on _________, you can always ask the question could more evidence been given, yes more evidence could be given and it might be forth coming
probable conclusion; evidence
Aposteriori - can never be more than _______ _______
- the evidence gives us a very probable ability for this to be truth - everything in our life is based on this - knowledge based upon experience
probable conclusion
Aposteriori - almost everything we believe is based on _______ __________ we know with some ______ that this is true // ex.
probable evidence; degree // George Washington 1st president of USA