One of the most hotly debated topics in the world is whether or not their is a God.With about 32 percent of the world's entire population calling themselves Christians, it is essential for people to understand who the God of Christianity is in order to make a decision for themselves. One's believes about God will determine their reaction to God, so God's attributes and relationship with humanity is something that must be understood. The aesity of God is one of his most important attributes, and the attribute from which many of his other attributes stem. The attributes of God are divided into two categories, communicable and incommunicable. A communicable attribute is one that is implicitly stated about God in the Bible. An incommunicable attribute …show more content…
God, being the creator, is completely independent and self-sufficient. While this concept is a incommunicable attribute of God there are various scriptural evidences with point to the self-sufficiency of God. Psalm 90:2 refers to God's eternal existence, both past and future, and his eternal glory. God does not need man in order to exist, nor is his purpose to receive the glory mankind gives him. The most referred to scripture when it comes to the aesity of God is Acts 17:25. In the context of this verse Paul is talking to the people in Athens about their idol to an unknown god. The Greeks believed in many imperfect gods, each with fickle natures and almost impossible to please. Paul tells them of a God who cannot be served by human hands, needing nothing from them. The verse uses the greek word therapeuō for served, encompassing not only physically serving God, but worship of God as well. God doesn't need works, sacrifice, or worship. God is constant and unchangeable, and service to him is a response of the heart, not a response to the necessity of God. This is a stark contrast to the gods that the people of Athens had known. God doesn't need glory, or companionship with humanity, in John 17:24 we see that the trinity experienced glory together before even the creation of the earth. God does not need the glory or approval of mankind as man does, finding their identities in how fellow men define them. God needs …show more content…
The story of the gospel becomes significantly more potent when viewed through the lens of God's independence. God needed nothing, yet he created man, giving him all of the beauty and wonder found in creation. Man rejected God, yet God seeker the heart of man continually, redeeming man over and over again throughout scripture. Eventually God gave the ultimate sacrifice, allowing His Son to die on the cross so that sin would no longer separate him from those who believed in Him. God's independence and self-sufficiency means that his sole motivation throughout the Bible is love. Only an indescribable, inexplicable, uncontainable, ferocious love for a seemingly hopeless mankind could motivate the God of the Christian
or loyalty to Him. The gods of Hellenic texts, like in Oedipus at Colonus, the
The. His existence is seen as simply another property of his being. Just like omnipotence and omnipresent are the properties of the. One example that has been used to explain this is a triangle. The sand is a triangle.
Christ's humanity included both the material and immaterial aspects of the human body (he was flesh but at the same time he was also Soul and Spirit). For Christians - "The Church" "The elements of the Person of Christ are to be established; the faith which accompanies the theoretic process always presupposes their unity; this is for faith immediately certain, though not as yet narrowly defined, not as yet mediately cognised through the knowledge of the distinct elements, which in it are combined (Dorner History of the Development Doctrine of Christ p.85). Christ is fully human. " He was hungry, thirsty, grew weary, experienced love and compassion, he wept, he was tested, and he died. Christ was called by human names as he designated Himself as the "Son of Man".
God is like a father and we, humanity are his children. He teaches us, prepares us, disciplines us, and punishes us for not obeying and following His commands. The attributes of God that belong distinctly to him are that
He remains this way to serve as a check for each god's involvement in the
A wonderful description of the nature of God’s existence that includes the absolute possession of characteristics that have to be uniquely God was said, “First, God must exist necessarily, which means that God’s existence differs from ours by not being dependent on anything or anyone else, or such as to be taken from him or lost in any way. God has always existed, will always exist and could not do otherwise than to exist. Also, whatever attributes God possesses, he possesses necessarily” (Wood, J., 2010, p. 191).
In the construction of the Large Hardon Collider, physicists seek and hope to unlock the mysteries of the universe by analyzing the attributes of the most miniscule particles known to man. In the same way, theologians have argued back and forth over the course of human history with regards to the divine attributes of God, seeking and hoping to unlock the mysteries of the metaphysical universe. Although these many attributes, for example omnipresence, could be debated and dissected ad nauseum, it is within the scope of this research paper to focus but on one of them. Of these many divine attributes of God, nothing strikes me as more intriguing than that of God’s omnipotence. It is intriguing to me because the exploration of this subject not only promises an exhilarating exercise in the human faculties of logic, it also offers an explanation into the practical, such as that of the existence of evil, which we live amidst every day. So with both of these elements in hand, I am going to take on the task of digging deeper into the divine attribute of omnipotence in hopes of revealing more of the glory of God, and simultaneously bringing greater humility to the human thinker. In order to gain a better understanding on the subject of divine omnipotence, I am going to analyze four aspects of it. First, I am going to build a working definition of what we mean when we say that God is omnipotent. Second, I am going to discuss the relationship between divine omnipotence and logic. Third, I am going to discuss the relationship between God’s omnipotence and God’s timelessness. Last, I am going to analyze God’s omnipotence in relation to the existence of evil in the world. Through the analysis of these four topics in relation to om...
Many people know the Christian God as happy, forgiving, and accepting of others. In the Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Jonathan Edwards’ sermon completely shocks and scares people by claiming that the Christian God is the only God, and if you weren’t to believe in him, you would burn in Hell and be destroyed. The tone of this piece in the eyes of Edwards is dedicated, passionate, and pro-Christian God. Edward achieves his purpose by using metaphors, repetition, personification, and visual imagery numerously throughout the sermon.
Attributes. He is One; He is Unique; He is not the father of any one,
The concept of the Deity of Christ is one of great complexity. Numerous students, scholars, theologians and philosophers have studied Christ and His attributes. One of the most asked questions and sought after answers has been thoroughly dissected and examined to be able to even begin comprehending such a mystery. Millions ask: “How can Jesus Christ, the Son of God be one-hundred percent man, and one-hundred percent God at the same time? Also, how is it even possible that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, can also be God Himself?”
When you think of God, you jump straight to the immortal God of the Christianity faith where they are not physically present; they are omnipresent (ReligionFacts, 2004). In relationship
The concept of God can be a difficult one to grasp especially in today's world - a world in which anyone that believes in God is trying to define exactly what God is. To even attempt to grasp such a concept, one must first recognize his own beliefs in respect to the following questions: Is God our creator? Is God omnipotent (all-powerful) or omniscient (all-knowing) or both? Does God care? Is God with us? Does God interfere with life on earth? These questions should be asked and carefully answered if one should truly wish to identify his specific beliefs in God's existence and persistence.
Euthyphro was arguing that by doing what the gods believe is holy and pious you are making them better, in other words you are taking care of them and it is like a kind of service that you are doing towards the gods. Euthyphro said, “The kind of care, Socrates, that slaves take of their masters” which meant that you are taking care of them in the sense that you are making them better and not actually caring for them (17, 13d). In other words, you are helping improve them and this is a service that the gods appreciate and want you to do. He believed that this service is improving the gods and that they like this service. The gods believe that being holy is a service towards them, therefore there should be a reason on why the gods use us and want to reward our holiness. He believes that the gods choose what is holy for a reason and should be approved by
In conclusion, through the remained literatures of the ancient Greeks, one can see that the Greeks believed that they were created to glorify their gods and that the exchange between human beings and gods are obvious. Hence, one should please the gods to be blessed.
Towns, Elmer L. "The Attributes of God." Concise Bible Doctrines. Chattanooga, TN: AMG, 2006. 68-69. Print.