Which term means that God is unable to be fully understood?
Incomprehensible
Which of the following can we know about God?
The truth about Godâs Character and God himself on a personal
Incommunicable attributes are those attributes which
God does not share with us
According to Psalm 102, God has the attribute of
Unchangeableness
How do we know that God exists?
We can know that God exists through nature, through Scripture, and through an inner sense of his existence.
What are the five incommunicable attributes of God?
Independence, Unchangeableness, Eternity, Omnipresence, Unity
What is another term for independence, also known as self-existence?
Asiety
According to the textbook, what two ways can we know or be aware of the existence of God?
Humanityâs inner sense of God and the evidence in Scripture and natureÂ
Examples such as eternity, unchangeableness, omnipresence, describe what kind of attributes?
Incommunicable attributesÂ
Examples such as love, knowledge, justice describe what kind of attributes?
Communicable attributes
God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation glorify Him and bring Him joy. What attribute does this describe?
Independence
God is unchanging in His being, perfections, purposes, and promises, yet He does act and feel emotions, and He acts and feels differently in response to different situations. Also known as immutability. What attribute does this describe?
Unchangeableness
God has no beginning, end, or succession of moments in His own being, and He sees all time equally vividly, yet God sees events in time and acts in time. What attribute does this describe?
Eternity
God does not have size or spatial dimensions, and is present at every point of space with His whole being, yet God acts differently in different places. What attribute does this describe?
Omnipresence
God is not divided into parts, yet we see different attributes of God emphasized at different times. What attribute does this describe?
Unity
God has no beginning, end, or succession of moments in His own being, and He sees all time equally vividly, yet God sees events in time and acts in time.Â
God is limited to time and only sees events as they happen
Which of the following are moral attributes of God?
Holiness and wrath
Which of the following are attributes describing Godâs being?
Spirituality and Invisibility
Godâs _____________ means that Godâs total essence, all of His spiritual being, will never be able to be seen by us, yet God still shows Himself to us through visible created things.Â
Invisibility
Which of the following are attributes of purpose?
Will and omnipotence
Godâs _________ will is also sometimes called his will of precept.
Revealed
God continually seeks to protect His own honor describes what attribute?
Jealousy
God fully knows Himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act describes what attribute?
Knowledge
God always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals describes what attribute?
Wisdom
God is the true God and all His knowledge and words are both true and the final standard of truth. What attribute does this describe?
Truthfulness
God is the final standard of good, and all that God is and does is worthy of approval. God's mercy and grace are closely related to His goodness. What attribute does this describe?
Goodness
God eternally gives of Himself to others. What attribute does this describe?
Love
God is separated from sin and devoted to seeking to His own honor. What attribute does this describe?
Holiness
God always acts in accordance with what is right and is Himself the final standard of what is right. What attribute does this describe?
Righteousness
God continually seeks to protect His own honor. What attribute does this describe?
Jealousy
God intensely hates all sin. What attribute does this describe?
Wrath
Which of the following statements are used to summarize the doctrine of the Trinity?
God is three persons, each person is fully God, there is one God
Which of the following claims that God is one person in three different forms?
Modalism
Which of the following denies the full deity of the Son and Holy Spirit
Arianism
Which of the following denies that there is only one God?
Tritheism
Arianism claims _____________.
That the Son and the Spirit are not of the same nature as God
Which of the following claims that Jesus is eternal but inferior to the Father in being or attributes?
Subordinationism
The role of commanding, directing, and sending belongs to whom?
Father
The role of obeying, going, and revealing belongs to whom?
Son
The role of obeying, going, and revealing belongs to whom?
Holy Spirit
Explain the concept of God being omnipresent?
God is everywhere
Explain the difference between incommunicable attributes and communicable attributes and provide example.
Attributes God does not share, or communicate, with others. Examples - eternity, unchangeableness, omnipresence. Communicable attributes - Attributes God shares, or communicates, with others. Examples - love, knowledge, justice.
What are some things God will not do?
God cannot lie
Explain the importance of the doctrine of the Trinity
If there is no Trinity, then Jesus is not God.
Explain the trinity
God is three persons and each person is fully God