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2 reasons to study to study Biblical Doctrine
Studying theology overcome wrong ideas
You grow spiritually. As we come to know Him more fully, we grow our relationship (trust / obey)
5 communicable attributes (attributes that God does NOT share with anyone)
Independence
(He is self-sufficient - Acts 17)
Unchangeable
(He keeps promises - Malachi 3)
Eternity
(He is the end and the beginning - Psalm 90)
Omnipresence
(He is bigger / everywhere - 1 Kings 8)
Unity
(He has manyu attributes but is One)
3 Differences between People & God
We are physical (limited by body, time knowledge) -
BUT He speaks our language and became human through Jesus Christ
3 Differences between People & God
We sin (sin blocks our relationship) -
BUT He forgives us and He helps us to overcome sin
3 Differences between People & God
We are spiritual babies (we have to learn what life is)
BUT He gives us wisdom / direction
Trinity - God is 3
The Father sends the Son into the World
The Son prays to the Father
The HS intercedes before the Father for us
John 1v1 & 17v24
Trinity - God is Fully God
God is sovereign (Genesis 1v1)
The Son is sovereign (John 1v1)
The HS is omnipresence (John 3v5)
Trinity - There is only 1 God
There is only One God to be worshipped - Isaiah 45v4-5
How do we know that God exist?
Inner sense
- Our ability to worship God pressuposes God (Acts 17v23)
- Jesus Christr reveals God to us (John 14v6-9)
How do we know that God exist?
Inner build knowledge
- Through Creation (Genesis 1v27)
- Through Nature (Romans 1v19-23)
Traditional arguments for God
Cosmological -
Everything in the universe has a cause, therefore the universe has a cause which leads only to God
Teleological -
Intelligent purpose (design) of the universe pressupposes an intelligent Creator
Ontological -
We know that God exist by thinking of Him
Moral -
There is a source of our sense of right and wrong
What is revelation?
Making divine information acknowledged which has been partly or completely hidden or unknown.
2 scriptures which indicate that a person has an
inbuilt inner sense of God
God is not trying to prve himself
Acts 17v23 (Human ability to worship)
John 14v6-9 (Jesus Christ reveals God to us)
Providence of God
(God's activity in the world)
Preservation
(He maintains earth - by scientific laws) Collosians 1v17
Agreement
(He uses his creation for what it was created to do) Psalm 148v8
Directs
(He directs everything to fulfill its/his purpose) Genesis 37
Can we fully understand God?
Because he's infinite and we are limited we can never fully understand him.
(Psalm 145v3)
(Psalm 147v5)
(Psalm 139v6)
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2010-12-15T20:11:58Z
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