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Christianity beliefs and teachings (Echastological beliefs (Resurrection…
Christianity beliefs and teachings
God
Nature of God
Omnipotent
Story of Jonah
Omniscient
Story of Jonah
Psalm 147:5; His understanding has no limits
Monotheistic
Story of Jonah
Benevolent
Story of Jonah
John 3:16
Transcendent/ineffable
Immanent
Story of Jonah
Judge
Story of Jonah
Personal
Story of Jonah
Eternal
Forgiving
Story of Jonah
Trinity
God the father
gives humans free will and creates a world that can flourish without his intervention
God the son
Hypostatic union?
John 1:1
God the Holy Spirit
Genesis 1:2
Genesis 2:8
Rejected by unitarian church although accepted by most christians as part of the Nicene creed
Creation
Genesis 1
Genesis 2 & 3
John 1
in the beginning was the word and the wrod was with god.
Problem of evil
The problem
Moral Evil
brought about by humans
Murder
rape
theft
Natural Evil
outisde the control of humans
tsunami
draught
flood
Concepts of evil
Absence of good
Necessary part of life's duality
Action or occurance that causes suffering
Action that goes against the will of God
The inconsistent triad (John Mackie)
God is aware, able and wants to prevent evil yet he does not
Causes of evil
Expulsion of satan from heaven
Fall (Genesis 3)
As a result of freewill to choose sinful actions
theodicies
Irenaean theodicy
Evil is used as a learning tool; suffering is put in for the benfit of humanity
Augustinian theodicy
Evil is not a creation of God but rather an absence of good
Messages form the book of Job
Evil and suffering as a challenge to others to demonstrate compassion and consolation towards the one experiencing evil and suffering
Evial and suffering as punishment for some wrong doing
Evil as a test of faith
Mysteries without explenation as part of God's plan which is ineffable
Jesus Christ
Titles of Jesus
Son of God
Romans 1:4
who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,
Lord
Luke 2:11
for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord
Messiah
Matthew 1:1
the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah,
Saviour
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life
Luke 2:11
Life/death
Crucifixion
Mark 15:34
Eloi, Eloi, Lama sabachthani
Resurrection
Matthew 28:6
He is not here: for he is risen
Incarnation
John 1:1
In the bgeginning there was the word and the word was with God and the word was God
Ascension
Acts 1:9
He was taken up
Jsus leaves behind his spirit so that people can still receive his message
Teachings
Salvation
Restoration of the broken relationship between humans and god through the cruicifixion of christ
Atonement
God in christ reconciles the world to himself
Law
Means to identify sin by laying down commandments
Matthew 5:17
Do not think that I have come to abolish the law, I have not come to abolish it but rather to fulfil it
Sin
All have sinned
Gracce
God's redemptive love gives humans a second chance
Story of Jonah
Spirit
Echastological beliefs
Heaven
In the ternal presence of God
Hell
Life after Death
The soul will go on after death
Purgatory
Resurrection
Jesus
Christians