Bible Midterm Flashcards
(46 cards)
God is unity
Deut 6:4
All creation comes from God and exists for His Glory
1 Chronicles 29:11-13
Acknowledgements of the existence of God is intuitive and reasonable.
Psalm 14:1
God is eternal
Psalm 139: 1-6
There is only one God
Isaiah 43:10-11
Special revelation (the Bible) is necessary for salvation
Romans 10:17
God is three “persons’’ i.e. the father son Holy Spirit
1 john 5:7
God is a spirit
John 4:24
Gods revelation of himself in history, nature, and conscience justifies beliefs; insufficient for salvation
General revelation
Gods revelation of himself to specific people at specific times and places ( embodied in the scriptures)
Special revelation
Mans inherent sense of right and wrong
Conscience
Argument from cause (cause and effect)
Cosmological
Argument form design (design demandss a designer )
Teleological
Argument from harmony (sustaining natural system )
Congruity
Argument from idea of a perfect being (requires his existence)
Ontological
Arguments form human nature
Anthropological
Argument from moral nature (moral law demands a lawgiver )
Moral
A physical manifestation of God in the O.T.
Theophany
A human manfestation of Christ in the O.T.
Christophany
An attributing human features to God as a way of understanding Him
Anthropomorphism
A description of God as one being, but existing in 3 person: father son and Holy Ghost
Trinity
Refers to the trinitys distinction of order
Ontological trinity
Refers to the trinitys distinction of function
Economic trinity
God has beginning and no ending (there has never been a time when God was not
Eternal