Test 1 Flashcards
Define monotheism
Belief in one God
Opposing views to monotheism
List and explain them: Atheism Agnosticism Pantheism Polytheism
Atheism
There is no God
Agnosticism
There is a God, but His existence is unknown and is probably unknowable
Pantheism
Equates God and nature
Polytheism
Believes there is more than one God
What three religions are monotheists?
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
Explain the two views of trinitarianism
1- one emphasizes the unity of God without having a true understanding of what is meant by three persons in the Godhead.
2- those who emphasize the threeness to the point of being tritheistic
Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Deuteronomy 4:35
“Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.”
He is the One ____, not a second person
Mediator
Moses was a mediator of the _____. Christ was a mediator of ______
Law
Redemption
What is binitarianism ??
De-emphasizes the Holy Ghost as a person and leaves two
Strict monotheism ( two schools of thought)
1- there are those that believe in one God and believe that the fullness of the Godhead rest in Christ.
2-There are those who believe in one God but deny deity of Christ
Isaiah 37:16
“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.”
