Theology Questions

Question 1

Jehovah Jireh

Answer 1

The Lord the PROVIDER

Question 2

Jehovah Elohim

Answer 2

The Lord the CREATOR

Question 3

Jehovah Rapha

Answer 3

The Lord the HEALER

Question 4

Jehovah Shalom

Answer 4

The Lord the PEACE

Question 5

Jehovah El Elyon

Answer 5

The Lord the MOST HIGH GOD, THE OWNER

Question 6

Jehovah Elyon

Answer 6

The Lord the BLESSER

Question 7

Jehovah Shammah

Answer 7

The Lord the EVER PRESENT ONE

Question 8

Jehovah Raah

Answer 8

The Lord the SHEPHERD

Question 9

Jehovah Gibber

Answer 9

The Lord the MIGHTY ONE

Question 10

Jehovah Nissi

Answer 10

The Lord the BANNER

Question 11

Jehovah El Olam

Answer 11

The Lord the EVERLASTING ONE

Question 12

Jehovah Tsidkenu

Answer 12

The Lord the RIGHTEOUSNESS

Question 13

Importance of Studying Theology

Answer 13

God is man’s highest good. He is the source of life and sustenance.

Question 14

Explain God is incomprehensible and Yet Knowable

Answer 14

INCOMPREHENSIBLE
God is the Infinite One

He is incomprehensible.

We cannot comprehend the fullness of God’s Nature, nor we can we know completely all His plans and designs

KNOWABLE
Scriptures affirms the “knowability” of God. Heb. 1:1-3, John 1:18

God has revealed Himself and that He can be known to the extent of His self-revelation.

Question 15

5 Arguments for God’s Existence

Answer 15

The argument from Reason
- 1st phase of argument: “Cause and effect” – all around us are effects such as matter and motion

The argument from Nature
- We find designed purpose for almost everything in nature. Ps. 94:9-10

The argument from History
- This rests upon the foundation of the Divine providence

The argument from the human soul
- That of God’s image in Man.

The argument from Scripture
- This rest upon Scripture’s claims and upon its accuracy as the inspired Word of God.

Question 16

Erroneous Theories about God

Answer 16

1. Atheism – denies the existence of any deity
2. Agnosticism – does not deny God’s existence; this denies the possibility of the knowledge of God
3. Materialism – denies the existence of spirit, or spiritual beings
4. Pantheism – the religion of Hinduism. God is simply Nature, the sum total of the universal system.
5. Polytheism – belief in many gods
6. Deism – believes in a transcendent but “absentee” God. Also denies miracles
   Dualism – the doctrine of the existence of two opposite realms opposed to one another

Question 17

Proof of Trinity

Answer 17

The three Persons are in evidence at one time at the Baptism of Jesus. Mat. 3:16-17, Mk. 1:9-11, Lk. 3:21-22, John 1:32-34

The Baptismal Formula given by Jesus in the Great Commission clearly reveals the threeness and the oneness of God. Mt. 28:19

Question 18

Human and Divine Nature of Jesus

Answer 18

He took to Himself a genuine human nature with every human attribute except sinfulness
His human nature was in submission to His divine Nature without sacrificing any of tie humanness

He is called God and Lord in the NT. Jn. 20:28, 1 John. 5:20, Rom. 9:5, John 1:1, Titus 2:13, Heb. 1:8, Ps. 45:6

Question 19

Absolute Attributes of God

Answer 19

1. Self-Existence.
2. Immutability
3. Eternal
4. Omnipresent
5. Omniscient
6. Omnipotent
7. Sovereign