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14 Cards in this Set
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Scripture attests to what two facts |
The incomprehensibility of God and the knowability of God |
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How may the knowledge of God be characterized? |
In relation to its content source its progressiveness and its purpose |
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Who is the source of our knowledge about God |
God himself |
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When it comes to the Scriptures what does the Holy Spirit do for us? |
Open the scriptures for the believer so that he can know God more fully |
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A full knowledge of God is both...? |
Factual and personal |
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How was the knowledge of God and His Word revealed and what proof do we have? |
It is revealed progressively throughout history. We must compare incomplete Jewish theology with the fuller revelation of Christian theology and respect, for example, to such doctrine of the Trinity, Christology, the Holy Spirit, resurrection, and eschatology. To trace that progressiveness is the task of biblical theology |
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What are the four purposes of the knowledge of God |
#1 to lead people to the possession of eternal life #2 to foster Christian growth #3 to warn judgement to come #4 to generate true worship of God |
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Why did God give believers the Holy Spirit |
To reveal the things of God |
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How does the knowledge of God differ from all other knowledge? |
Mad can have this knowledge only as far as God reveals it. |
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What is the difference between general and special revelation? |
General revelation includes all that God has revealed in the world around us including man while special revelation includes various means he used to carry through his message and what was codified in the Bible |
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What are the four characteristics of general revelation? |
Its scope, geography, methodology, human conscience. |
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What are the four ways general revelation came to man? |
Through creation, through organization, man, and being |
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What can be learned from Revelation? |
His glory His power to work in creating the universe his supremacy His divine nature His providential control of nature His goodness His intelligence His living existence |
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What are the three values of general revelation |
To display God's grace To give way to the case of theism To justly condemned rejecters |
