Bible Verses
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
What is John 3:16
All powerful, all mighty, in complete control; omnipotent
what is sovereignty
How does one know God?
Knowing God involves loving God and acknowledging Him as our Creator
The Bible teaches that God is _________ in planning and directing all the affairs of the world and of people. This is called His _________ .
The Bible teaches that God is [word1] in carrying out and executing His [word1] [word2]. This is called His _____________ .
sovereign
sovereign will
sovereign power
This view believes that when Genesis 1 mentions days are analogical to human workdays meaning that they are similar to or representative to them, the days mentioned in Genesis 1 are God's work days and their length is not specified
What is the analogical view
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
Has to do with what is real. God is ultimate reality, He is distinct from the created reality He made
what is metaphysics
What is knowledge from a human perspective
knowing a tomato is a fruit while wisdom is not putting it in the fruit salad- proper application of the knowledge
God is all-powerful which mean he is ______
God is all-good which means he is ________
GOd is all-knowing which means he is _______
omnipotent
omnibenevolent
omniscient
The main point of Genesis is to stimulate the worship of God for all that He has made. St Augustine and Meredith Kline advocate this view
What is the framework view
"I am the Lord, and there is no other , besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me."
What is Isaiah 45:5
Incommunicable Attributes
Communicable Attributes
-Attributes of God the bear no analogy in human beings; not found in human beings
-Attributes of God that bear some analogy in human beings; humans have characteristics that are like the attributed God
God is holy in a sense that He is absolutely morally pure, ethically and completely separate from moral evil or sin
Ethical Dimensions to Holiness
A __________ is an argument used to resolve the presence of evil with a good and gracious all-powerful God.
Theodicy
This view understands that God created the world in six literal 24 hour days, the earth may look old because God created a mature earth for adult people to live in. This view is also known as the creation-science view which was advocated by John Whitcomb and Henry Morris
What is the young earth view
"The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made."
What is Psalm 45:9
What is Modalism?
What is Partialism?
- The idea that God exists in different modes. ex. Water, Gas, Liquid
- The idea that the Trinity is each a part of God. ex. 3-leaf clover
A statement of the orthodox Christian faith written at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. It was written in opposition to a variety of heresies including Arianism.
What is the Nicene Creed
God decrees and determines all that will come to pass
God’s determining all that will happen is called God’s _________ or his __________
God’s [word1] [word2] certainly will be filled it cannot be broken
God’s revealing to humans their duty and rules to live by is called God’s _________will or his _______will
God’s [word4] [word2] is frequently broken and disobeyed by ______ people
decretive will, secret
preceptive, revealed
sinful
The day-age theory attempts to reconcile the Genesis creation narrative and modern science by asserting that the creation "days" are not literal 24-hour days, but actually lasted for long periods of time (as day-age implies, the "days" each lasted an age). Charles Hodge, J. Gresham Machen, Davis Young, and E.J young advocate this view
What is the day-age view
"So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us."
What is Hebrews 6:18
-When God punishes the evil doer for the evil he does
-When God disciplines His children in order to make them holy
Retributive Justice
Rehabilitative Justice
What do some people deny?
They deny one or more of the 5 truths (two slides ago) Some deny that the Creator is all knowing, some deny that God is entirely good, some deny that God is sovereign, some deny that evil exists, some deny that people make decisions for which they are responsible
The world defines love as a strong ________ or as ______ desire. The Bible defines love differently. In the Bible love is _______ and __________.
emotion, sexual
commitment, self-sacrifice, act of will, or guided by holiness
God's creation does not only occur within these 24-hour periods of time, but rather, each new day brings the dawn of a new creative period in God's work. The completion of the creative act could come to an end much later. Therefore, the events of Genesis 1 overlap with one another.
What is intermittent day view