Liberty Theo Test 2
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- What is Theology Proper
- Doctrine of Gods
- "Theism"
- Theos-Greek-any belief in God or gods.
- imminent
- He's present
- transcendent
- over & above time & space
- cosmological arguement
- 2nd law of thermo dynamics-things are running down. Going from complex to simple. Everything that exists must have a cause which proves it must have come from nothing. If something now exits, it must come from something otherwise it has to come from nothing (Boxwell)- Since there is a creation, there must have been a creator.
- definition of God
- God is the infinite, perfect, spirit, love, consuming fire etc
- Teleological argument
- is limited - universe is order & design - A world so intricate in every detail could not just evolve
- ontological argument
- I have known all my life that there must be some being that is greater than man.
- moral argument
- all men are obligated to keep morals - There are definitely some things that are wrong, no matter what the culture says.
- probability argument
- The existence of God makes the best, overall sense.
- Exodus
- Jehovah - Yahweh - I am that I am
- Adonai
- Lord
- intuitive truth
- The belief in the 3existence of God is a rational intuition - Has to be universal (religion or belief system) and has to be necessary (we cannot deny His existence without doing violence to the laws of our nature.
- Immaterial and incorporeal
- He is a substance but has no material body - spiritual lsubstance (anthropomorphic)
- theopany
- sometimes take on another form
- self-existence
- does not depend on anything to exist
- immensity
- relationship to space - not bout by space - transended
- eternity
- COL 1:15
- omnipresence
- everywhere at once - an act of God's will - He chooses to be everywhere PS 139:7-8
- omniscience
- He knows Himself, Father, Son & Holy Ghost know each other. MATT 6:32
- Omnipotence
- all powerful MATT 19:26
- immuntability
- unchanging JAMES 1:17
- 1 Corth. 10:31
- Whether therefore, ye eat, or drink, or what-so-ever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
- John 1:14
- The Son
- Acts 5:3-4
- Holy Ghost & God are the same
- Titus 2:13
- Father & Son are one
- 2nd Corin 3:17
- Father & Spirit are one
- Matt 3:16
- All 3 members of the trinity were present
- Elo im
- plural names & pronouns passages that seem to speak of God in the plural
- momothesism
- One God
- Angel of the Lord
- was an Old Testament appearance of Christ
- What five attributes of God are attributed to Christ
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Eternity - Col 1:15
Omnipresence Eps 1:23
Omniscience Col 2:3
Omnipotence Matt 28:18 Immutability Heb 13:8 - What are the two ways to prove the doctrin of the Trinity in the NT
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By general statement and allusions
By demonstrating that all 3 are recognized as God