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CCS SysTheo God?

God Hebrew – El Greek – Theos Name Yahweh (Exodus 3:14) Called Lord Usually in the form Elohim – plural of El Greek – Theos Name Yahweh (Exodus 3:14) Form of being Means I AM, or the One Who IS, The Living One Called Lord Hebrew – Adon, but usually form Adonai (pl) Greek Kurios

CCS SysTheo …is God?

Some Arguments for God’s Existence Aquinas’ Five Ways Motion First Cause Contingency Degree Teleology Beauty Morality Love Ontology Atheism Religion Judaism Christianity The Holy Scriptures The Incarnation Jesus The Resurrection Singularity

Some Definitions Motion: all things in motion need a mover, but there must be something unmoved that begins other things in motion; God is this Unmoved Mover First Cause: all effects must have causes, but there cannot be an infinite series of causes into the past; thus God is the first or Uncaused Cause - cosmology Contingency: all things exist in dependence on something else, that is, contingent; therefore there must be something that is absolutely independent, that is, necessary; this necessary being is God

Some Definitions . . . Degree: there appears to be an increasing degree of perfection among things; therefore there must be a being who is the height of perfection; this Being is God Teleology: the observable design in the world suggests that there must be an intelligent designer—God

Some Definitions . . . Beauty: aesthetics, much like degree, demands levels of increasing preference toward a perfection of not only ontology, but pleasure – This must be born from a necessity to conform Morality: with all mankind having an innate sense of right and wrong, there must be a set of justice scales, therefore One who holds the scales Love: Affection requires being affected. Love comes from being loved. God is love

Some Definitions . . . Ontology: if it is logically possible for God (a necessary being) to exist, then God exists. Concepts must be tied to reality. Atheism: All men know there is something greater than them, what some call the Numinous, even if unnamed. This is God. The strong denial of what all men know, is an ethical denial of what all men know. Religion: In all cultures in all times, religion has been a prominent part of all people groups, even if but prominent denial of religion in the modern era Singularity: an infinite Being cannot be understood by finite beings unless He reveals Himself and must do so in a such a way as to be understood and therefore would only do so in a singular, non-confusing way

Some Definitions . . . Judaism: One of the major world religions that has at its absolute core a monotheistic approach to life. Yahweh IS. Their place in history is prominent. Christianity: The followers of Jesus, the Christ have as their core a monotheism, within a Triune Godhead – of which the founding “prophet” is God Himself. The most impacting worldview for the entire history of the Western Civilization, Christianity builds all ideals on the predicate of the existence of God. The Holy Scriptures: The Christian Book of Scriptures has more literary and cultural veracity than any other religious book and has as its main Character, God.

Some Definitions . . . The Incarnation: An event that has defined the Western world and been taken across the globe, the coming of God to men, showed us the existence of God, tangibly. Jesus, the Christ: The man Jesus, claimed not only to affirm the existence of God, but promoted Himself to be God with irreconcilable claims to have the authority to say such. His claims were affirmed by His deeds, signs and ultimately, His resurrection from the dead. The Resurrection: The most unique event of all human history was the event of the Incarnation, but this was fulfilled when the One who claimed deity proved it by coming back from the dead. He accomplished this to bring life to humanity, because that is God’s will.

CCS SysTheo Who is God?

God is . . . The Creator, Sovereign and Judge He Made all reality as we know it He Sustains all reality as we know it He Relates to all reality as we know it God is also, Father His creation of mankind and maintaining of mankind and relationship to mankind is special – it is filial.

God Created/Creates Genesis 1-2 Deut. 4:32 Psalm 139 Old and New Creation Isaiah 43:7, 65:17-18 Ezekiel 28:13-15 – Satan Mal. 2:10 Matt. 19:4 Mk. 13:19 Eph. 2:10, 3:9, 4:24 Col. 1:16-17 Heb. 1:2 Heb. 11:3 – ex nihilo Rev. 4:11

God is Sovereign 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 Job 38-42* Ps. 83:18, 86:10, 115:3 Isaiah 37:16 Acts 4:24 1 Tim. 6:15 Rev. 6:10, 15:4

God is Judge Ezekiel 18:4-9 Psalm 1 Romans 3:26, 11:33-36 Heb. 9:27 1 Peter 2:23

CCS SysTheo Who IS God?