focus on being a good person and right thing actions will follow
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Main problem with ethics
the grounding problem
the search for the foundation of moral beliefs
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gnosticism
Dualism
==Flesh (material/ inherently bad)== vs %%Spirit (good/redeemed)%%
Denial of the incarnation (Jesus did not come to us in the flesh)
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revelation
God’s voluntary self-disclosure
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general revelation
God’s voluntary self-disclosure in everything that has been created
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special revelation
God’s voluntary self-disclosure in special acts (prophecy, theosophy, miracle) that are redemptive
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Characteristics
1) origin is from God Himself
2) It is always self-revelation
3) Its content is God Himself
4) It purpose is God’s glory
(God centered)
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innate
there by nature
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acquired
gained by reason and reflection
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revelational epistemology
knowledge based on God’s revelation
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Progressive revelation
God’s gradual and clearer disclosure of Himself
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Authority and inherrancy
All the words in the scripture are God’s words in such a way that to disbelieve/ disobey any word of scripture would be to disbelieve/ disobey God Himself.
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Clarity
The Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God’s help being willing to follow it.
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Necessity
Bible necessary to know gospel, maintain spiritual life,, and know God.
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Sufficiency
The Bible contains everything need for salvation, trusting God certainty, and obeying Him.
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Trinity
God’s one being/ essence existing eternally in three people (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
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Equal Ultimacy
God is equally ultimately one as He is three
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Anthropomorphism
Language that speaks of God in human terms
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Incommunicable Attributes
1) independence
2) Immutability
3) Eternity
4) Omnipresence
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Communicable Attributes
1) Holiness (set apart)
2) Omnipotence
3) Sovereignty
4) Omniscience
5) Wisdom
6) Love
7) Wrath
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Trancendence
God’s holiness and independence in relation to creation
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Immanence
God’s closeness and involvement with his creation