Day Two- Lecture, EGW 2

Question 1

Secular 1

Answer 1

divides what is holy and not, a more classical definition of the secular

Question 2

Secular 2

Answer 2

modern definition as areligious-neutral, unbiased, “objective”, wants religion out of the public square

Question 3

Secularization

Answer 3

The push for public institutions to areligious

Question 4

Secular 3

Answer 4

represents a secular age of contested belief where religious belief is no longer accepted as established or self-evidently true. It is possible to imagine not believing in God

Question 5

Fragilization

Answer 5

our own faith commitment is put into question when people who lead normal lives do not believe the same beliefs.

Question 6

What is the creature/creator distinction

Answer 6

Transcendence

Question 7

Incommunicable attributes

Answer 7

attributes God alone possesses and does not share, cannot be transferred to creatures

Question 8

Communicable attributes

Answer 8

attributes that can be transferred from one person to another, derivative: derived from God

Question 9

Aseity (Self-Existence)
Incommunicable

Answer 9

God does not need humans or creation in any way though we can still bring Him joy

God being relational is Him being with the trinity, therefore He does not need us

Question 10

Immutability (Unchangeableness)
Incommunicable

Answer 10

God is unchanging in His being, perfections, purposes, and promises. Yet God does act and feel emotions, and He acts and feels differently in different situations

Question 11

Eternality (Infinity)
Incommunicable

Answer 11

God has no beginning, end, or succession of moments in His own being. He sees time equally vividly yet He sees events in time and acts in time

Question 12

Omnipresence
Incommunicable

Answer 12

God does not have size or spacial dimensions, is present at every point of space with His whole being, yet God acts differently in different places

Question 13

Unity (Simplicity)
Incommunicable

Answer 13

God is not divided into parts yet we see different attributes of God emphasized at different times. He is unified

Question 14

Omniscience (all knowing)
Communicable

Answer 14

God fully knows Himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act

God transfers some knowledge to us but not all

Question 15

Omnipotence (all powerful)
Communicable

Answer 15

God is able to do all that His holy will desires

We have some power

Question 16

Spirituality
Communicable

Answer 16

God exists as a being that is not made of any matter, has no parts or dimensions, is unable to be perceived by bodily senses

we have a spiritual aspect to our identity

Question 17

Truthfulness
Communicable

Answer 17

God is the true God and author of truth. He can be depended on fully to fulfill what He has promised

Question 18

Goodness
Communicable

Answer 18

God is the final standard of goodness. All that God does is worthy of approval

Question 19

Love
Communicable

Answer 19

God’s love means that God eternally gives Himself to others-to the trinity then to creation. Love is self-giving for the benefit of others

Question 20

Holiness
Communicable

Answer 20

God is set apart from all sin and unrighteousness

He wants us to try and be holy like He is

Question 21

Righteousness (Justice)
Communicable

Answer 21

God always acts in accordance to what is right and is then Himself a final standard of what is right

We have a chance to demonstrate this is a lesser sense

Question 22

How do we learn about God?

Answer 22

Special (Particular) Revelation
General (Universal) Revelation

Question 23

Special (Particular) Revelation

Answer 23

available through Scripture

Question 24

General (Universal) Revelation

Answer 24

available to all through creation and providence
points to something but not always God