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90 Cards in this Set
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1. Cosmological 2. Design or Teleological 3. Innate Knowledge or Universal Belief 4. Ontological 5. Consciousness or Mind 6. Man's Conscience or Moral Nature 7. Morals 8. Evidences or Supernaturalism 9. Personal Evidences |
Arguments for the existence of God |
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Cosmological Argument |
The argument is based upon the Law of Cause and Effect |
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Design or Teleological Argument |
The existence of Design implies a Designer. The intelligent design, purpose, and order of the universe indicates an intelligent Designer |
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Innate Knowledge or Universal Belief Argument |
The fact that mankind's innate Knowledge of God's existence is a universal phenomena is evidence that this Knowledge was places in us by God Himself. |
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Ontological Argument |
Since the concept if God is infinitely greater than man's finite mind, it cannot have come from man's finite mind and therefore must have been revealed by God Himself |
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The Argument from consciousness or mind |
Man's mind, rationality, and self consciousness could not arise by chance from mere molecules. The immaterial cannot arise from material. Atoms do not know they exist. They are self aware |
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Argument from man's Conscience and Moral Nature |
Though man's Conscience is often weak or ignored and may even become seared, it nonetheless exists in all men and tells us we ought to do right. This implies a moral God who planted a moral nature within us. |
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The Argument from morals |
The fact that absolute morals do and indeed must exist implies a moral Lawmaker, Lawgiver, and Judge |
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Evidences for supernaturalism |
All evidence for miracles, fulfilled Bible prophecies, the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the resurrection of Christ are ultimately evidences for the existence of God |
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Personal evidences |
Changed lives, personal relationship, and answered prayers |
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1. John 4:22 2. Luke 24:39 3. Matthew 16:17 |
References where Jesus states the God is Spirit |
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John 4:24 |
"God is a Spirit" |
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Luke 24:39 |
"a Spirit hath not flesh and bones" |
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Matthew 16:17 |
Father is not "flesh and blood" |
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The Trinity |
There is one God, Whi exists in a union of three individual and distinct personalities, Who co-exist in a perfect unity as three co-equal and co-eternal Persons |
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1. Individual locations 2. Individual wills 3. Pray to One Another |
3 evidences that God is 3 |
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Individual location |
Baptism of Christ when all 3 appear separately |
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Pray to One Another |
Garden of Gathsemene where Jesus prayed to the Father "not My will, but Thine" |
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Holy |
God is absolutely separate from and exalted above all His creatures (and creation), and He is equally separate from all moral evil and sin |
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Just and Righteous |
His perfect moral nature of always perfectly dealing rightly and justly with all that is holy and unholy, of justly punishing all evil and rewarding all good. |
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Self-existent |
God is not dependent on any outside source or creative force. God is originless. Not dependent on any outside force for his thoughts |
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Self-sufficient |
God's infinite divine nature is so perfect that He has no spiritual, emotional, mental, relational, physical, or material need outside of His Own divine Being |
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Eternal |
God does not exist in linear time, but above time. Past, present and future. Creator of time |
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Infinite |
God is unlimited in time, space, power, presence, knowledge, essence, love, grace, and moral perfection; no external limitations; measureless |
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Omnipresent |
God is present everywhere with His whole being at the same time at all times |
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Pantheism |
Wrongly declares that God is everything or that everything is God |
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Omnipotent |
God is all-powerful; had incomprehensible and absolute power; can do anything consistent with His own nature; cannot lie or sin |
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Omniscient |
God is all-knowing; has always known all that can be known; cannot learn |
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Wise |
Ability to apply omniscience in such a way that He always chooses the Highest good for the greatest number for the longest time and the most excellent means to accomplish that purpose |
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Immutable |
God is unchangeable in His essence, character, attributes, and purpose; above even the possibility of change |
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Free |
Gods will and purpose are unlimited by any outside force and He is unrestrained in His will and plans, except by His Own nature; exercises His sovereignty over His Creation, while at the same time extending freedom to His subjects |
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Sovereign |
The authority of God over all things is absolute. He is the sole ruler over all that exists. He is in control, on the throne, and rules as Lord. |
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Incomprehensible |
No finite being can ever hope to even remotely grasp ie begin to understand the infinite God |
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Inscrutable |
God is unquestionable in His inexplicable and mysterious ways |
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True |
The attribute of the divine nature in virtue of which God's being and God's knowledge eternally conform to each other |
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Faithful |
God always keeps his promises; never fails to love, tend, and care for the needs of His children and His creation |
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Light |
The source and strength of all illumination. This is true not only to those golden beams of energy radiating from the sun and stars, but also of the moral, mental, and spiritual rays of information and inspiration |
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Good |
Eternal principle of God's nature which leads Him to communicate of His own life and blessedness to those who are like Him in moral character |
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Merciful |
Eternal principle of God's nature which leads Him to seek the temporal good and eternal salvation of those who have opposed themselves to His will, even at the cost of infinite Self-sacrifice |
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Gracious |
God's unmerited favor, goodness, and blessings manifested toward the undeserving |
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Love |
The manifested unconditional and unselfish concern of God, in emotion, volition and action for man's highest good |
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Revelation |
The impartation of the message from God to man; man perfectly hears what God wants written |
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Inspiration |
The impartation of the message from man to scripture; man perfectly writes what God wants written |
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Illumination |
The impartation of the message from scripture to man's heart; man understands and is enlightened by that which God has written |
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Preservation |
The impartation of the message from the original manuscripts to today's Bible |
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Revelation and Inspiration |
This ministry is complete and ceased; was perfect and without the possibility of error |
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Illumination |
Ministry is continuous and ongoing; dependent upon the response of the human heart and is not infallible or without possibility of error |
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God-breathed |
Greek meaning of "Inspired" |
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1. Spiritual-Rule-Only 2. Content (Concept) 3. Mechanical Dictation 4. Verbal-Plenary |
Theories of inspiration |
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Spiritual-Rule-Only theory |
Bible contains errors or lies - historical and scientific stuff |
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Content (Concept) theory |
Only main thought is inspired not every word |
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Mechanical Dictation theory |
God dictated the writer's, allowing nothing of the writer's influence |
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Verbal-Plenary theory |
Correct position that states that all (plenary)the very words (verbal) of the Bible are completely and perfectly inspired by God Himself |
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1. Hebrew 2. Aramaic 3. Greek |
Languages of the Bible |
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1. Ezra 4:8-6:18; 7:12-26 2. Jeremiah 10:11 3. Daniel 2:4-7:28 |
Appear in Aramaic |
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1. Pictoral 2. Personal |
Hebrew is a _____ language |
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Hebrew |
Old Testament was written in... |
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Greek |
New Testament was written in.... |
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Genesis - Deuteronomy |
The Torah |
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Deuteronomy |
Book of the Law |
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1. Polycarp 2. Ignatius 3. Iraneus |
Were associated personally with John the Apsotle; list all but one NT book |
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3 John |
The only NT book not included by Polycarp, Ignatius, Iraneus; included in the very first written list or NT books we have |
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Muratorian Canon |
The very first written list of NT books we have |
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1. Never included by recognized Jewish authorities (Pharisees and Ezra) 2. Some books reach false doctrine (praying for the dead (Maccabees)) 3. Wasnt recognized by the Roman Catholics until 1596 at the Council of Trent |
Reasons for rejecting the Apocrypha |
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Ezra (aided by Haggai and Zechariah) |
Established the OT Canon |
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Dead Sea Scrolls |
A collection of OT manuscripts discovered in 1947, which date back to the Second Century BC |
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1000 years |
Dead Sea scrolls is ____ years older than any existing OT manuscripts |
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John Wycliffe |
Translated the 1st whole English Bible |
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William Tyndale |
Flooded England with the 1st printed NT |
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Geneva Version |
Translated in Geneva, Switzerland during the vicious persecution by Mary Tudor of England; translated by William Whittington, brother in law to John Calvin |
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Geneva version |
The first English version to divide the text into verses |
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Geneva version |
First complete English version yo omit the Apocrypha |
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King James Version |
Translated in 1611; work done by 47 scholars |
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King James Version |
Rest on Greek texts complied by Erasmus; aka Textua receptus or Received Text; based upon the Traditional Text or Majority Text of the NT |
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Majority Text |
A body of over 5,500 Greek manuscripts; accepted Greek text from 400s to early 1900s |
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1. Authors 2. Time 3. Geographical places 4. Styles of writing 5. Times of writing 6. Languages 7. Religious backgrounds 8. Controversial topics |
The unity of the Bible |
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1. Political persecution 2. Religious persecution 3. Intelectual persecution |
Indestructibility of the Bible despite..... |
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1. Earth is round 2. Earth is suspended in space 3. Stars are innumerable 4. Mountains and canyons in sea 5. Springs and fountains in sea 6. Watery paths in sea 7. All living things reproduce after their own kind 8. Health, sanitation and medical science |
Scientific accuracy of the Bible |
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10,000 |
Fulfilled prophecies in the OT alone |
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135 |
Fulfilled prophecies in Daniel 11 |
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100 |
Fulfilled prophecies about Babylon |
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333 |
Fulfilled prophecies about Christ |
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1/4 |
Portion of the Bible that was predictive prophecy when written |
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1/2 |
Portion of the prophesies fulfilled in the Bible |
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One |
How many false prophesies did it take to make a false prophet |
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Josiah and Cyrus |
Were prophesied by name centuries before their births |
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5,800 |
Number of Greek manuscripts |
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25,000 |
Number of early versions |
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Lectionaries |
Books used for corporate Bible reading in the early church |
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1. Best Seller 2. First major book ever translated 3. Translated into more Languages 4. First book put into Codex 5. First book printed 6. Contains the oldest written history 7. First book read in space 8. Foundation for Modern scientific method |
The circulation of the Bible |