The nature of God

• What is the belief in one God called in Christianity?

  Monotheism
• What does it mean for Christianity to be a monotheistic religion?

  It means Christians believe in only one God.
• What are the key attributes of God in Christianity?

  • Omnipotent (all powerful)
  • Omnipresent (everywhere)
  • Omniscient (all knowing)
  • Omnibenevolent (all loving)
  • Transcendent (outside of this world)
  • Immanent (within the world)
  • Timeless (exists outside of time)
  • Eternal (lasting forever)
• Where can the ideas about the nature of God be found in Christianity?

  In the Christian Bible, which includes the Old and New Testaments.
• What do Christians believe about God's involvement with the world?

  They believe God is still involved with the world in a mysterious way.
• What does the spiritual likeness to God enable human beings to do?

  It enables them to have some understanding of God’s nature.
• What is the term used for God revealing himself to people?

  Revelation
• How is God's omnipotence demonstrated in Christianity?

  Through the creation of the world.
• What does omnibenevolent mean in the context of God?

  It means God is all loving.
• "But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness"
• "God loved humanity so much that he sent his one and only Son for eternal life"
• What does Romans 8:37-39 convey about God's love?

  It conveys that nothing can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• St. Paul describes the power of God as more powerful than anything else, including death and life
• ””In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth““
• “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness““
• "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."