Theology Study Notes Flashcards
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Re: Logical Evidences that there is a God
A. This argument is based on the Law of Cause and Effect.
B. The existence of Design implies a designer. The Intelligent design, purpose, and order of the universe indicates an intelligent Designer.
p. 106 1 A 1 #1
p. 108 2.
A. The Cosmological Argument
B. The Design or Teleological Argument
An infinite creation demands an infinite ___, an all powerful, all knowing, ___ ___ ___ , or simply put— God.
Just as the existence of a watch logically demands the existence of a watchmaker, the existence of creation demands the existence of a ___ ?
p. 106 A 1 a) 1)-2) # 1
cause; uncaused first cause;
Creator
Re: logical evidence that there is a God
Which argument for the evidences of the existence of God implies a designer?
The intelligent design, purpose, and order of the ___ indicates an ___ Designer.
p. 108 2 #1
Design or Teleological Argument
universe;
intelligent
2
Concerning the fact that God is Spirit:
Which verse states “God is a spirit”?
Which verse states “a spirit hath not flesh and bones”?
Which verse says that the Father is “not flesh and blood”?
John 4:24
Luke 24:39
Matthew 16:17
Regarding the arguments for the existence of God: which one argues the fact that “mankind’s innate knowledge of God’s existence is a universal phenomena is evidence that this knowledge was placed in us by God Himself”?
p. 111 3. #1
The Innate Knowledge or Universal Belief Argument
All of humanity has an ___ knowledge of the existence of ___.
True or false: this is true of all civilizations and cultures, worldwide, including completely isolated tribes.
According to Romans 1:19, this is because God has placed the Knowledge of ___ ___ “in them”.
p. 111 3. a. b. #1
Innate; God
True
His existence
Regarding the logistical evidences that There Is a God: name this argument.
Since the concept of God is infinitely greater than man’s finite mind, it cannot have come from man’s finite mind, and therefore must have been revealed by God himself.
p. 112 4. #1
The Ontological Argument
The Ontological Argument is especially potent in light of our natural antagonism to the ___ restrictions that God‘s perfect nature places upon us. If we had imagined God, we would not have imagined the _____ God of the Bible, but one far less demanding, restrictive, and hard to ___.
Skeptics often propose that it was ___ who created God, rather than ___ who created man. If man had created God from his own imagination, what kind of god would he have created? The answer is clear. Man would have created gods made in ___ image, or in the image of things man can ___.
This is exactly what happened in the ___ cultures of the world. Immoral finite men would have created gods who were merely exalted ___. Men would imagine immoral finite gods, such as the fickle and fleshly ___ and ___ gods. Man would have worshiped things he did not understand, such as ___ or the ___ and ___. Man would have imagined God’s who justified their hatred and desire to kill their ___, to rape their enemies’ wives, and to ___ their enemies lands. ( such as ___).
Man could not, and would not, have ever imagined the infinite, holy, just, and loving God of the ___.
p. 112 4. a. b. c. d. #1
moral;
Perfect
understand
Man;
God;
man’s;
see
Pagan;
men;
Greek;
Roman;
animals;
sun;
stars;
enemies;
steal;
Allah
Bible
Regarding the logical evidences that there is a God:
Name this argument part 1
Man’s mind, rationality, and self-consciousness could not arise by chance from mere molecules. The material cannot arise from the material. Atoms do not know that they exist. They are not self-aware.
p. 112 5. a.
The argument from Consciousness or Mind
Regarding the logical evidences that there is a God: name this argument. Part 2
Man’s self-conscious, rational nature, implies a self-conscious, rational Source or Creator , the God with eternal mind. Man’s mind, soul and spirit could only have been created by a God who is Spirit, a God with mind, emotion, rationality, self consciousness, self-awareness, and will.
p. 112 5. b. #1
The Argument from Consciousness or Mind
Regarding the logical evidences that there is a God: name this
Regarding the logical evidences that there is a God: name this argument.
If the universe and man were merely random chance arrangements of atoms and chemicals, then no morality could exist. For instance, it would be no more morally wrong to kill a ___ than a mosquito larva, since both are only random chance arrangements of chemicals. ___ would be no more evil than mass spraying to exterminate mosquitoes.
Absolute ___ do exist. It is wrong to torture children for pleasure or to attempt to exterminate the Jews as ___ did.
p. 113 7. a. b. #
The Argument from Morals;
baby;
genocide;
morals;
Hitler
Regarding the Argument from Morals: it is admitted by those on both sides of the debate that there is no logical basis for any absolute morals if there is no ___ or ___.
Therefore, we can only reject the existence of God if we are willing to reject the existence of all ___ ___. This is not only admitted by atheists, but for many, the desire for freedom from absolute morals ( usually ___ prohibitions) is the very reason they have embraced ___.
The fact that absolute morals do, and indeed must exist, implies a moral ___, Lawgiver and ___.
p. 113 7B12 #1
Creator;
God;
absolute morals;
sexual;
atheism
Maker;
Judge
Regarding the logical evidences that there is a God: name this evidence.
All evidence for miracles, fulfilled Bible prophecies, the inspiration of the scriptures, and the resurrection of Christ are ultimately evidence for the existence of God.
p. 113 8 # 1
Evidences for Supernaturalism
Regarding the logical evidences that there is a God: name this evidence.
Changed lives, a personal relationship, and answered prayer
When multiplied millions of persons century after century profess to the total life-changing power of the ___ ___, the wise will stop and listen.
Millions of believers can profess what love, joy, peace, and sense of God’s ___ and Providence a daily personal ___ with God brings them.
Hundreds of millions of ___ could be given of amazing supernatural and natural answers to specific prayers. Only a ___ would ignore such evidence!
p. 114 9 a. 1) b. c.
The argument of Personal Evidences
New Birth
Presence; relationship
Testimonies; fool
Re: the Trinity
There is one ___, who exists in a union of ___ individual and distinct personalities, Who exist in a perfect unity as three ___ and ___ Persons.
p. 120 F # 3
God; three; co-equal; co-eternal
Regarding: the Bible doctrine of the Trinity is denied by some
A. There are groups that claim to be Christians and yet deny the true deity of Jesus Christ and of the Holy Spirit. This includes groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian science, and Mormonism. There are also major world religions that believe in one God, but reject the deity of Christ and the Trinity. These are called ___.
This heretical view of God teaches that the Trinity consists of three separate Gods. Many groups who reject the Trinity often falsely accuse or misunderstand those who believe in the Trinity as holding this position.
The true Bible doctrine of the Trinity is denied by the ___ MOVEMENT, or Jesus Only, or Jesus Name Movement, also known as ___.
p. 120 1. a. b. c.
Cults
Tri-Theism
Oneness
Modalism
Re: the Oneness Movement…
These groups accept that God is one, but they deny that he is ___. They declare that there is only one God and that he does not exist as three distinct personalities. They teach that the Father, Son, and Spirit are simply three ___ (or modes) by which the one God reveals himself.
Using a human illustration, one man may be a son to his father, a husband to his wife, and a father to his children, but he is, in no sense whatsoever, three separate personalities or persons because of this. The idea is that the one God may appear at one time as the Father, another time as the Son, and another time as the Spirit, but he is in no sense three ___ ___.
This teaching is held by the United ___, the Apostolic Church, and others who deny that God is ___ in any sense whatsoever.
p. 121 1) 2) 3) # 3
Three;
roles
Separate persons
Pentecostals;
three
Re: the evidence is that God is three
At what event do we see all Three together in one place?
They have individual ___ as is shown in Luke 22:42 when Jesus says “not my will, but Thine be done.”
They ___ to one another
Where and when?
p. 121, 123 5) a) b) j)
The baptism of Christ, when all three appear separately
Wills
Prayed
The garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus prayed to the Father ( not my will, but Thine be done)
Where is this verse found?
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Luke 24:39
What is an attribute, as in the attributes of God?
What is another word sometimes used for attributes, as in the attributes of God?
True or False?
Each attribute is held in absolute perfection and absolute harmony and balance with all other attributes of God.
True or False?
It is possible to have some conflict within the divine nature of God .
The character traits of God.
The Perfections of God.
True
False
p. 138 Intro
3 Primary Names of God and how each is normally translated:
Elohim
Jehovah
Adonai
God
LORD (also I Am and Yahweh)
Lord
Study Guide
Names of God and their meanings:
(Be able to match)
Adonai
Jehovah
Elohim
El
El Shaddai
Jehovah-Jireh
Jehovah-Rapha
Master, emphasizing God’s authority
I AM, the self existent God, the ever loving one
The strong or supreme one
Strong one
The Almighty (the Oak), the sufficient one, the breasted one, our intimate Nourisher
The LORD will provide
The LORD our Healer
Study Guide
The One True God is Eternal
God is the One and only Being Who has existed for all of ___ ___, Who will exist for all ___ ___, and Who actually exists outside of and beyond the realm of ___, as the Creator, not the ___ of ___.
God’s eternal nature is also distinct from that of his ___ (___ and ___) who will exist forever, and that he not only will exist for all eternity, but he ___ ___ from all eternity and beyond even this he ___ ___ in all eternity.
God does not exist within ___ time. He exists ___ time.
True or false :
God is absolutely free from the tyranny of time.
True or false:
In God, there is a past, a future, and in always and never-ending present.
True or false:
God is neither conditioned nor confined by time.
Eternity past;
eternity future;
time;
servant;
time
Creatures;
men;
angels;
has existed;
does exist
Linear;
above
True
False
In him, there is no past or future
True
P. 143 E. 1. 2. 3.
