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For a list of Theological terms click on the following Glossary Dict-1 Dict-2 Buck's. Other resources click here Resources

For a "Glossary" of the terms in this course click here Glossary

To search the Bible for a particular word in this study, just click on the following link Concordance and type in the search word or words you wish to find; for example "God," and then what you want to use to help your search, for example; KJV with "Strong's Numbers," and then what part or all of the Bible you wish to use to search in; for example the "whole Bible," and then click "Find." After the verses are pulled up, just click on the word you are searching for, for example "God", in the verse to get its definition and even hear it pronounced in biblical Hebrew and Greek.

Session 1
Theology (The Study of God)

A. Can the existence of God be “proven, known, or understood?”

(Rom.1:18-25) The existence of God is "self-evident." We are the ones who distort the truth God has placed in and around us. The Bible presumes the existence of God (Gen. 1:1)

5 arguments “for” the existence of God.
1. Ontological
2. Cosmological
3. Teleological
4. Intelligent Design
5. Moral / Anthropological

Others: Aesthetic, Historical, Probability, Religious, Rational / Intuition

B. The Attributes of God
1. Non-Moral
a. Eternal (Isa.57:15)
b. Immutable (Mal.3:6)
c. Omnipotence (Deut.32:39)
d. Omnipresent (Prov.15:3)
e. Omniscience (I John 3:20)
f. Trinity / Trinity / Tri-unity "One" is a "composite unity" compare (Gen.2:24 & Deut.6:4).
g. Transcendance / Spirit (Isa.55:8, John 4:24)

2. Moral
a. Holiness (I Pet. 1:16)
b. Justice / Merciful / Forebearance / Longsuffering / Patience (Ex. 34:6, Rom.3:25)
c. Jealous (Ex. 20:5)
d. Divine / Perfect (II Pet.1:3, Mat. 5:48)
e. Trustworthy / Truthful (John 14:6)
f. Goodness (Rom. 2:4)
g. Love (Rom. 8:39, I John 4:8)

For a list of the Hebrew names for God click here Names of God

C. God’s works and knowledge
1. Decrees Decrees (Psalm 148:6)
2. Predestination / Predestinates (Rom. 8:29, 30, Eph.1:4, 5, 11) Sovereign / Providential (Luke 12:7) God knows and "Chooses" according to His wisdom.
3. Foreordain / Foreknowledge (Acts 2:23)
4. Theodicy / Miracles / Redemptive Suffering - The study of the problem of evil in the world. The issue is raised in light of the sovereignty of God. How could a holy and loving God who is in control of all things allow evil to exist? Does God work within His created order or does He need to work outside of it or supernaturally or miraculously? Redemptive Suffering is God’s ability to use catastrophic events to carry out His will to its ultimate purpose (Rom.8:28, Col.1:24).). Through suffering all of creation participates with Christ redemptively. Others have approached the problem of evil by creating a "dualism," God verses the Devil, similiar to Zoroastrianism and Gnosticism. For more on Gnosticism click here Gnosticism.

To take a test on the various doctrines click here Test

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