Theology Questions Flashcards
Jehovah Jireh
The Lord the PROVIDER
Jehovah Elohim
The Lord the CREATOR
Jehovah Rapha
The Lord the HEALER
Jehovah Shalom
The Lord the PEACE
Jehovah El Elyon
The Lord the MOST HIGH GOD, THE OWNER
Jehovah Elyon
The Lord the BLESSER
Jehovah Shammah
The Lord the EVER PRESENT ONE
Jehovah Raah
The Lord the SHEPHERD
Jehovah Gibber
The Lord the MIGHTY ONE
Jehovah Nissi
The Lord the BANNER
Jehovah El Olam
The Lord the EVERLASTING ONE
Jehovah Tsidkenu
The Lord the RIGHTEOUSNESS
Importance of Studying Theology
God is man’s highest good. He is the source of life and sustenance.
Explain God is incomprehensible and Yet Knowable
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.
5 Arguments for God’s Existence
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.
Erroneous Theories about God
- Atheism – denies the existence of any deity
- Agnosticism – does not deny God’s existence; this denies the possibility of the knowledge of God
- Materialism – denies the existence of spirit, or spiritual beings
- Pantheism – the religion of Hinduism. God is simply Nature, the sum total of the universal system.
- Polytheism – belief in many gods
- 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
Proof of Trinity
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
Human and Divine Nature of Jesus
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
Absolute Attributes of God
- Self-Existence.
- Immutability
- Eternal
- Omnipresent
- Omniscient
- Omnipotent
- Sovereign
