God

• Exodus 15:11 - proof for polytheism

  ’… O Lord, among the Gods?’
• Isaiah 40-55: evidence for monotheism

  ‘Before me, no God was formed’
• Shema prayer in Deutoronomy 6:4

  ‘The Lord our God is One’
• Evidence for ex nihilo

  Genesis 1 ‘Let there be’
• What is the ex nihilo interpretation of Genesis and the ex materia interpretation?

  ‘the earth being without form and void‘ - ex materia. ‘the earth was without form and void‘ - ex nihilo
• Biblical evidence for God as controller of all things

  • Psalms 89 - God rules the seas
  • Psalm 104 - stability of the earth
• What does God say to Moses?

  ‘I am who I am’
• John 10 v 30 as evidence for Jesus as the son of God

  ‘I and the Father are one’
• Genesis 1:26-27 Yahweh is King

  ‘Let us make man in our image’
• Kingdom of God - Matthew 3:2

  ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand’
• Jesus’ approach to women - John 8:1-11

  Defends women taken in adutery
• Romans 8:15 - evidence for God as Father

  ‘Abba - the Father!’ - adopted sons of God