Characters of God
One of God's characters is Omniscience, which means?
What is ALL-KNOWING?
(GOD knows everything).
Biblio, the Greek word for Bible, means Books because there are ___ books in the Bible,
What is 73?
(66 + 7 Deuterocanonical Books)
Unlike other religions' books where 1 person made religious claims, Christianity's Holy Book - the Bible, was written by many writers, of different times, continents, professions writing about One Unifying message (because of the Holy Spirit).
This is called _____
What is the UNIQUENESS of the Bible?
Man is born with a universal belief in a Supreme Being; no community or group of people has yet been discovered that lacks this!
This Argument is called ____
What is the ARGUMENT FOR CONSCIOUSNESS of God?
The writer of one of the Gospels, who came to Egypt and preached about Jesus, converting many to Christianity.
Who is St.Mark?
One of God's characters is Omnipotence, which means?
What is ALL-POWERFUL?
God is powerful over all.
The writers of the Bible are thought to be about _.
What is 40 persons?
There are over 300 prophecies that came true in the Lord Jesus. This evidence for the true-ness of the Bible is called ___
What is FULFILLED PROPHECIES?
For example: the Messiah will be born from a Virgin, in Bethlehem, from the tribe of Judah, He will escape to Egypt, He will do many miracles, then out of His own will, will be crucified, die and rise on the 3rd day.
The Law of Biogenesis states that Life can only come from pre-existing Life.
How does it proof God?
What is the ARGUMENT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF LIFE? (life-forms)
Only a living Being can create and give life. Evolution fails to explain life.
An Ethiopian, who was a murderer, repented/confessed, became Christian, then a monk, and eventually got martyred.
Who is St.Moses the Strong?
God is not physical matter, energy, space or time?
God is ____
What is Spirit?
“God is SPIRIT, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24
The Holy Spirit did NOT control the writers but ____ to write without any errors for one purpose.
What is Inspired? (Biblical Inspiration)
There are presently 5,686 Greek copies in existence today for the New Testament. These copies are what is called ______ evidence for the reliability of Bible.
What is Manuscript Evidence?
Because objective moral values exist (like the idea that murder is wrong), and since these values can't be solely derived from human experience or culture, the best explanation for their existence is a higher power or God who establishes these moral standards.
This Argument is called the _____
What is Moral argument?
God, Himself, is our perfect and holy way to live. If it's different from God, and His Bible- then it is immoral/sin/death.
Fr. Thomas was asked if he could eat only one type of food for the rest of his life. This is the food he chose.
What is sushi?
The 2nd Person (Word=Logos) who eternally exist, was incarnated and became God-Man.
Who is the Lord Jesus Christ?
The One unifying theme of the Holy Bible is ___?
What is one problem (sin), one theme (salvation), one person (Christ), one goal (glorify God)?
The unifying theme of the entire Bible is: God, the Word, becoming Man to save Mankind from the penalty of sin, which is eternal death, and reunite Mankind to Himself to live eternally with the Holy Trinity.
We know that the Bible is true because everything in it- whether it is scientific, historical, archaeological facts- have been shown to be true. This is called _____
What is EXTERNAL EVIDENCE?
All parameters in the universe are fine-tuned for life to exist. Also, the complexity of a cell and life itself, gives evidence for God.
This Argument is called ____
What is Argument of Design/fine-tuning?
Every design has to have a designer who has purpose and designed it. randomness/chance can't do that.
____ is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team.
Who is Leo Messi
God is 3 Persons, but One God!
(The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, One God).
What is this called?
What is a Trinity? (triune God)
The Categories of the Old Testament are:
Law, History, Poetry, Major & Minor Prophets. (+Deutorcanonical)
How many books in each category?
What is "5-12-5-5-12 (+7)?"
The Law (5): Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
History Books (12): Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, 1Maccabees, and 2 Maccabees
Poetry and Wisdom (5): Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Wisdom
Major Prophets (5): Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel, and Daniel
Minor Prophets(12): Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
Deutorcanonical
“For the word of God is _____ and powerful,
and sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even to the division of soul and spirit,
and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12
What is living?
“For the word of God is LIVING and powerful,
and sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even to the division of soul and spirit,
and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12
Anything that has a beginning must have a Cause. We know for a fact the Universe (matter, space, time, energy) had a beginning.
This proof for God is called?
What is the Argument of Cosmology or Cause and Effect?
God is the great CAUSE:
God, Himself, is CAUSELESS (infinite/always existed), SPACELESS (not limited to Space), TIMELESS (not limited to time), IMMATERIAL (Spirit) & Exceedingly Powerful!
When we say we are free to believe and chose all our decisions, this is because God, through His abundant love gave us ____
What is Free-Will?
Hopefully we use our free-will to chose love, life, God through every choice/decision we make.