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Why believe in trinity

Based on NT Passages


“I and the father are one” (John)


“No one comes to the father except through me” (John)

God the Father

Omniscient and omnipotent


Created the world


Shows relationship with humans: father and son

Jesus Christ

Son of gOd: God incarnate


God revealed himself


Felt human emotions and suffering

Holy spirit

Sent to world after resurrection


Guides us to live best way


Comfort, courage, inspiration and guidance


Charismatic Christians: empowers people to speak in tongues

APOSTLES CREED

God is omnipotent creator


Jesus both of Virgin Mary by power of Holy Spirit


1 holy and universal church


God forgives our Sian


Will be resurrected and have an eternal afterlife

Incarnation

Jesus: god incarnate


“God made flesh”


Born through a virgin birth: “virgin will conceive and give birth to a son”


In gospels; Jesus referred to as the son of god


“One and only son, who came from the Father”

Why is Jesus divine??

Virgin birth miracle


Jesus baptism voice heard


Ability to perform miracles


Transfiguration of Jesus


Resurrection of Jesus

Crucifixion

Accused of blasphemy and was punished by crucifixion


With criminals


Suffered like human (understands human suffering)


Penalty of ORIGINAL SIN


Salvation not possible without (sin would be a barrier, Jesus removed barrier and is sacrificial lamb)


Humans can have eternal life: “He who believes in me shall never die”


Birth Jesus

Virgin birth: special


RC VIEW: Mary “immaculate conception and was sinless


Came as god incarnate


Fully divine and human


Without birth- no salvation, death or Christianity

Resurrection

Greatest miracle in NT


if Christians don’t believe-pointless faith


“How can some of you say that there is no resurrection” (Corinthians)


Gospels disagree on events


Mary Magdalene saw him first.


Angel: “he is risen just as he said”


Ascension

Few references in gospels of events


Some- physically ascended


Others- symbolically showing his time in human form was up


Marks an end to Jesus’s life on earth in a PHYSICAL way


Ministers of church- bless people using his example (“...he lifted up his hands and blessed them” (Luke))

Salvation and Atonement

Crucifixion- atonement


Fall destroyed perfect relationship


Humans born with original sin


Commit sin- further away from god


God sent Jesus to repair broken relationship (offers humans salvation and eternal life in heaven)


No need to sacrifice animals/: Jesus became sacrificial lamb to take up sins of world

Problems with original sin

Unfair for god to punish all for sins of some


Liberal Christians- don’t believe the fall happened (symbolic story)


Hard to explain biologically how original sin passed from one generation to another

Omnibenevolent

All loving and infinitely good

Omnipotent

All powerful and almighty

Trinity

God father, son and holy spirit

Incarnation

God becoming human in form of jesus

Atonement

Belief that Jesus death healed rift between humans and god from the fall

Resurrection

Belief that Jesus rose from the dead conquering death

Sacraments

An outward sign of an invisible and inward blessing by god (e.g. baptism, Eucharist)

Evangelism

Preaching of the gospel to others with the intention of converting them to Christianity

Monotheism

Belief in one god

Omnipresent

Everywhere

Omniscient

All knowing

Transcendent

Out of this world

Messiah

Title given to Jesus because it was believed his life had been foretold in the OT