Unit 2 The Nature of God - Key Words Flashcards
Attributes
Refers to a quality or feature
Infinite/eternal
The idea that God is outside of time and is bound by its constraints
Immanent
the idea that God is involve in the world and everywhere. God is capable of being known as he is present in creation
Impersonal
The idea that God does not posses personal qualitiesand does not enter into personal relationships with individuals
Knowable
Able to be acquainted with, able to be known
Monotheism
Belief in one God
Omnibenevolent
The quality of being all good/loving
Omnipresent
The quality of being everywhere in the world
Polytheism
Belief in more than one God
Transcendent
God is beyond and outside life on earth. God is inknowable so cannot be described using personal language.
What is the Christian idea of God - Monotheistic
3 persons:
Father - creator God
Son - Jesus (saviour)
Holy Spirit - comforter/guide
What is the Christian idea of God - Like water H2O
Comes in 3 different states
ice/water/steam
What is the Christian idea of God - Transcendent (creator)
Noah and the Flood
Delivering Israelites from Egypt
What is the Christian idea of God - Immanent?
- answers to prayer
- parting the red sea (cared for people)
- sending Jesus to die on the cross
