Christian Beliefs+

What is atonement?

the beleif that Jesus’ death on the cross healed the rift between humans and God after the Fall, fixing a broken relationship

What is the incarnation?

God becoming human in the form of Jesus, becoming flesh: “the Word became flesh”

What is omnibenevolent?

the idea that God is all loving and infinitely Good, which only God can be. For example when he sacrificed Jesus on the cross

What is omnipotence?

the idea that God is all powerful, amightly and unlimited in his anture, for exmaple when he created the world

What is resurrection?

coming back from the dead, the beleif that Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Sunday, conquering death

What is the Trinity?

the oneness of God, the beleif that there are three Persons in the One God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are separate, but also one being

What is nature?

what God is like

Why do Christians want to find ways to understand God?

he is indescirbable and unknowable

What does it mean that God is transcendant?

God is other, he is above us and not in this world

What is evidence that God is transcendant?

he is the creator of the universe and is judging us from above

What does it mean that God is imminent?

God exists within us

What is the evidence that God is immanent?

he is omnipresent and incarnation

What is the evidence that God is omnipotent?

he created the world out of nothing and can preform miracles

What is a quote that proves God is omnipotent?

“nothing is impossible for God”

What are some texts that prove God’s omnipotence?

• Exodus 7-11: the 10 plagues of Egypt, sicne God is omnipotence because he was able to cause the plagues

• Exodus 14:21: parting the Red Sea

Why is omnipotence importance?

• Christians will act as stewards to look after the world that God created

• They will pray to God because they know he can help

What core concepts does omnipotence link to?

• Love: Chrisitans will show love to people because God is able to send them to Salvation if they do this

• Salvation: Because God is omnipotence, he has provided oppurtunities for Christians to achieve salvation and is able to send them there

What is the evidence God is omnibenevolent?

• he created the perfect world for humans

• he sacrificied Jesus so that people will be able to connect with him in heaven

• he answers prayers and allows them to be rewarded with heaven

What is a key quote that proves God is omnibenevolent?

“for God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son"

What are is a text that proves Gods omnibenevolence?

Pslam 86:15 “You, Lord, are compassionate”. God has never ending love for us

Why do Christians think that God is just?

he fairly rewards and punishes people in the afterlife

What is a key quote that proves that is just?

“God is Just”

Why is God being omnibenevolent important?

they will be loving to others and pray to God because they believe he will help them

Why is God being Just important?

they will act with Justice, toards and be fair to them as they beleive God is Just

What key concepts does God being omnibenevolent link to?

• Love: Chrisitians will show love to people, like God does to them

• Salvation: they will show love as it is Christlike and so they will go to heaven

What key concepts does God being just link to?

• Love: they will show love because God is fair and will send those who are loving to heaven

• Salvation: Because God is just he will allow people who believe in Jesus to achieve salvation

Who is God the Father?

the father of all universe and the creator in Genesis

Is God the Father imminent or transcendant?

transcendant

Who is God the Son?

the son is known as “the Word” at creation and then Jesus after the incarnation. Jesus is fully God and fully human

Is God the Son imminent or transcendant?

imminent as Jesus

What is the Holy Spirit?

was sent to Earth att he ascension and lives within Christians guiding them to live good lives

Is God the Holy Spirit imminent or transcendant?

imminent after Jesus sends it to Earth at the ascension

What are quotes that prove the oneness of God and the Trinity?

• “The word became flesh”

• “Your body a temple of the Holy Spirit”

What are some texts that prove the Trinity?

• John 10:30: “I and the Father are one”

• John 14:6-11: “Don’t you beleive I am the in the Father, and that the Father is in me?”

What is the importance of the Trinity?

• The Father created a perfect world for us to live in therefore he is omnibenevolent

• The Son gave us a guide on how to be Christilike so we can go to heaven

• The Holy Spirit is guide on this earth helping us go to heaven

How does the Trinity link to core concepts?

• Love: The Father shows love by creating the perfect world, the Son shows love through the life of Jesus to allow for atonement, the Holy Spirit shows love by gudiing Christians to be good people

• Slavation: when Christians follow the example of Jesus and listen to the guidance from the Holy Spirit, they will achieve salvation

What is the problem of evil/Incosistent Triad?

• If God was omnibenevolent, he would not want people to suffer

• if God was omnipotent, he would have the power to stop suffering

• People do suffer

• Therefore, God does not exist

What are the two kinds of evil?

• moral evil: evil caused by humans (murder, stealing)

• natural evil: evil caused by nature (tsunami, earthquake)

What is the quote by Epicurus about evil?

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent?”

What is a theodicy?

defence of God in light of / despite the Problem of Evil

What are some Christian theodicies?

• The Fall/Original Sin

• Life is a Test

• Reward of the Afterlife

What is the Fall/Original Sin Theodicy?

• moral evil exists because we tend to do evil as we not have original sin

• natural evil exists because hte world changed as a punishment for Adam and Eve’s action

What is the Life is a Test Theodicy?

• moral evil exists because we have free will and is part of God’s plan- he knows what will happen but ensures it is part of a test to see who should go to heaven

• natural evil exists because God is testing our faith in him when we suffer

What is the Reward of the Afterlife Theodicy?

• moral evil exists because God gives us free will to ensure that those who are faithful achieve the eternal reward

• natural evil exists because it is part of the temperoroy and imperfect world and faithfulness during this will be rewarded

How does the original sin theodicy prove God is omnipotent?

he was able to punish Adam and Eve and their descendants which no one else could have and was also able to change the world in to a plce with natural evil

How does the original sin theodicy prove God is benevolent?

he punished Adam and Eve, and not punishing is unloving because it shows a need for justice and that God created humanity with free will

How does the Life is a Test theodicy prove God is omnipotent?

he is able to test us the amount he knows will be able to ensure and is able to deliver justice in the end

How does the Life is a Test theodicy prove God is omnibenevolent?

he gives us a way to grow spiritually and ensure that the correct people go to heaven

How does the Reward of the Afterlife theodicy prove God is omnipotent?

he is able to create such an amazing reward for us in the afterlife and can transform our suffering into eternal happiness

How does the Reward of the Afterlife theodicy prove God is omnibenevolent?

he ensures justice is met after this life and he wants us to be morally motivated to do good in this life

What is the evidence of the thodicies against the problem of evil?

• “nothing is impossible for God”

• “what God has given, he can take away” (Story of Job)

What is the importance of the Reward in the Afterlife theodicy?

Christians will stay faithful to God and htye will be rewarded for their hardship in heaven

What core concepts do theodicies link to?

• Love: Christians beleive that God let them suffer in this life as an act of live, so they can be justly rewarded in the afterlife

• Salvation: Chrisitans will keep faith in God even when times are hard because when they believe in God, they will be saved

What is Genesis?

the first book of the Bible

What was each part of the Trinity doing in the Bible?

• The Father was creating the universe (“let their be light”)

• The Son is the Word (not Jesus) and was with the father (“in the beggining was the word”)

• The Holy Spirit was hovering over the water (“the Spirit of God was hoving over the waters”)

What is the importance of Genesis?

• Christians beleive that God has always existed and will always be faithful to him

• Believe that God is omnipotence and can create the world out out of nothing so they will worship him and look after his creation

What key concept does Genesis link to?

Lofe: the trinity being present at creation leads Christians to believe they should look after the world because God created it lovingly

What is a fundemental view of Genesis?

it literally took God 6 days to crate the world and do not beleieve in evolution, becase that it how it was written in the Bible

Why is a quote that proves the Bible is important?

“god breathed”

What is a liberal view of Genesis?

the creation could be ny length of time and do not take it literally

What are the roles humans were given in Genesis?

• dominion

• stewardship

• reproduction

• worship

• marriage

What is dominion?

humans have power over the world

What is stewardship?

to look after/care for the world

What is reproduction?

our religious obligatin to procreate and have children to continue stewardship and pass the faith onto

What is worship?

our responsibility to worship God and follow his orders

What is marriage?

to find a partner to spend life with and begin our own families

What is the fall?

the first sin, commited by Adam and Eve, which resulted in God punishing humanity by making the perfect world imperfect and also resulted in original sin

What is original sin?

the tendency for all humans to commit sin which they are bron with

What was the world like pre fall?

God’s relationship with humans was direct and personal, made clear in the Bible when God says “name all the animals”, he was able to have communication with us

What was the wolrd like after the fall?

because of the fall and original sin, the relationship between humans and God is broken

How is sin defined in the Bible?

“not doing what you know is right”

What are Problems with the idea of Original Sin?

• Potrays an image of unfair God punishing all humanity for one incident, some Chrisitians interpret the Bible non-literally (Fall never happened-symbol)

• Biologically how can this sin be passed on from one generation to another

What is the importance of The Fall?

it will encourage them to act Christlike and avoid commiting sin

What is the link The Fall has to core concepts?

Salvation: Chrisitians will avoid committing sin and follow the example of Jesus so that they can achieve salvtion

What is incarnation (5 marker description)?

Jesus was born by a virgin called Mary an angel called Gabriel appeared to her to tell her he would be pregant, she was pregnant throught the Holy Spirit, and it was a miracle, At his birth, there were shepherds who brought lambs. There were also three Wise men appeared who brought gifts- gold franinscense and myrrh During the night there was a star in the sky to guide the visitors

What is a quote that proves the incarnation?

• “nothing is impossible for God”

• “the word became flesh”

What is the important of the incarnation?

• it will encourage them to pray in tims of need because they believe God can help them

• they will celebrate the incarnation at the festival of Christmas

How does the incarnation link to core concepts?

• Love: Chrisitans see Jesus as their ultimate role model and he showed love in all that he did, so they will follow his example to be loving everyone

• Salvation: When Christians follow Jesus’ example they will go to heaven because the Parable of the sheep and the goats says that when you follow Jesus you will be saved

What is crucifixion (5 marker description)?

He wore a crown of thorns, he was made to carry his own cross, he was crucified by Pontius Pilare, he was next to a murderer and a thief, he asked God the Father to forgive those who were punishing him, he died at 3pm saying “it is done”. When Jesus died, the Earth shook, the sky went dark and the curtain in the temple ripped. At this moment atonement happened.

What are quotes that prove incarnation?

• “nothing is impossible for God”

• “God so loved the world that he sent his one and only son”

What is the importance of the crucifixion?

• celebrate easer, wear the cross

• beleieve in Jesus and Gods omnibenevolce

• atonement happened

• confirmed Jesus was God

What is atonement?

Jesus came to Earth throug the incanration to fix the relationship that humans had with God and make it possible for them to come together again

What is a quote that proves atonement?

“it is done”

Why did atonement happen?

Because of the fall, humans are born with original sin meaning that all humans will commit sin in their lives. Beecause sin is the thing that keeps humans away from God. God need sot give humans a way of connecting with him again. He does through the incarnation of Jesus and the sacrifice Jesus makes by dying on the cross

How can people connect with God again?

• now atonement has been achieved, they can follow Jesus’ teachings and achieve salvation, as said in the Parable of the Sheep and Goats

• “Those who believe in me shall not perish but have eternal life”

What is resurrection (5 marker description)?

Jesus was buried in a cave which was guarded by Roman soldiers, 3 days after the crucifixion 2 women came to the tomb, they found the stone was rolled away, they went inside and the tomb was emplty. When they left an angel appeared and told them that Jesus had rised: “he is not here, he is risen”. They saw a man who they did not recognise and thought he was the gardener, he said he was Jesus so they shouted “Rabboni”. They told the disciples and Jesus proved it was him by showing his holes in his hands to Doubting Thomas

What is the evidence for the resurrection?

• “nothing is impossible for God”

• “I am the resurrection”

What is the importance of the resurrection?

• without this, there would be no way for Christians to reconnect with God

• they will be Christlike and not commit sin because there is evidence of an afterlife

What is ascension (5 marker description)?

40 days after the resurrection, Jesus rose back to heaven. He gathered all of his disciples and said his final words. He gave the Greatest Commision. He told them to “Go make disciples of all nations”, both Jesus’ body and soul were taken, he was taken up to God the Father, he was taken up so that he could judge who went to heaven/hell with the Father. After that, Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father.

What is the Greatest Commision?

“Go, make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit

What is the evidence of the ascension?

“nothing is impossible for God”

What is the importance of the Ascension?

they will get baptised, envangelise, follow Jesus, be Christlike

Who could Jesus be?

• God

• a moral teacher

• a political leader/liberator

What is the evidence that Jesus is God?

• The miracle of the Virgin Birth

• The voice of God heard at Jesus baptised,: “And a voice from heaven said, This is my Son, whom I love, with him I am well pleased”

• Jesus was able to preform miracles with the paralysed man - “I tell you your sins are forgiven”

What is the evidence that Jesus was a moral teacher?

his messages and parables to his followers

What is the evidence that Jesus was a political leader/liberator?

his interactions with those deemed lesser in society for example, he heals a sick woman who was ostracised from society and treated unfairly, he liberated her from this status

Why is Jesus important as God?

• He is the visible image of an invisible God

• Revealed God more than ever before to humans

• Jesus entered into a relationship with people

Why is Jesus important as human?

• made him accessible to human

• Jesus/God now understands what it is like to be human

• God is the creator of the world but he is also willing to be humbled out of live for the people he created

What is salvation?

Salvation is the act of delivering (or keeping away) from evil or saving from sin

What are the ways of salvation?

• law: following the teachings of Jesus and the Bible like the 10 commandants, to live a good life. The Bible says “thou shall not kill”

• grace: through faith in Christ, not your actions

• Spirit: the Holy Spirit guides Chrisitans