RS flashcards

• What are the 5 characteristics of God?

  Eternal, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, benevolent
• Meaning of God is eternal?


  God is outside space and time and exists in the past, present and future. There was no

  time when God did not exist nor will there be a time when he no longer exists.
• Meaning of God is omnipresent?


  God is present everywhere at all times.
• Meaning of God is omnipotent?

  God is all-powerful, nothing is beyond God's power. He created the universe just by saying

  "Let there be light"
• SOWA to teach that God is omnipotent?


  "I am the Lord, the God of

  mankind, nothing is too hard for me"
• Meaning of God is omniscient?


  God is all-knowing, he knows everything that can be known. God is wise and always

  knows the best thing to do.
• SOWA to teach that God is omniscient?


  "For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the

  heavens"
• Meaning of God is benevolent?

  God is "all loving" or "all good". He has perfect love for his creation. Everything

  God does is good, even if people cannot always understand it.
• SOWA to teach that God is benevolent?


  "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" John 3:16
• What is the Trinity?


  God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit
• What does God do as the father?

  God cares for his creation in the way that a loving father cares for his children, protecting them,

  making sacrifices for them and forgiving them when they do wrong.
• SOWA to teach that God is the father?


  'The Lord..is he not your

  Father, your Creator who made and formed you"
• What does God do as the holy spirit?


  Before Jesus ascended into heaven, he told his disciples that his presence would always be with

  them to comfort, inspire and guide them.
• SOWA to teach that God is the holy spirit?

  'the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name will teach you all things
• What does God do as the son?


  He is Jesus
• How do Christians believe the universe began?


  God created it in 6 days and rested on the 7th
• What did God create on Day 1?

  God created light and called the light day and the darkness night
• What did God create on Day 2?

  God created sky and separated earth from heaven
• What did God create on Day 3?

  God created land and sea
• What did God create on Day 4?

  God created the sun, moon and stars
• What did God create on Day 5?

  God created sea creatures and birds
• What did God create on Day 6?

  God created land animals and humans
• How do fundamentalists interpret the creation story?

  Take the biblical accounts of creation literally, believing them to be historically and scientifically true, describing exactly how the universe and human beings were created.. To them, if it says God created the Bible in 6 days, then he did. God is omnipotent.
• How do liberals interpret the creation story?

  Regard these accounts as more like metaphors that tell important truths about God; that he brought the universe and all in it into being, he sustains his creation; that the world is special to him.
• Why is the creation story important to Christians? (God's characteristics)

  Shows that God is omnipotent and his creation is good
• Why is the creation story important to Christians?

  (Humans)

  Shows humans were given stewardship of the earth and occupy a place in creation
• What is the Incarnation?


  God becoming flesh in the person of Jesus
• Importance of the Incarnation?

  - It shows God's benevolence, cares so much about the world that he sent his son so that he could die to save people from their sins (John 3:16)

  - Through the person of Jesus, Christians know what God is like.

  - It is the basis of the Christian faith. If Jesus was not the Son of God there would be no

  Christianity
• Jesus' birth?


  Born without sin and was conceived by the power of the holy spirit
• Jesus' baptism?


  Baptised in river Jordan by John the Baptist.
• Importance of Jesus' baptism?

  - It is when Jesus' receives the Holy Spirit.

  - It is after only his baptism that Jesus starts preaching to people and is able to perform miracles and heal people.

  - It is one of the few times in the Bible when the Trinity is referred to
• Jesus' last supper?


  Jesus' last meal with his disciples, where he blesses the bread and wine and makes them

  symbols of the sacrifice his about to make by dying on the cross.
• Importance of Jesus' last supper?

  It is the basis of Holy Communion, which is the most important part of Christian worship
• SOWA for the Last Supper?

  'This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.
• Jesus' trial?


  After he was arrested, Jesus was taken for trial and they condemned him for claiming to be "the Christ, the Son of God", which for them was blasphemy
• Jesus' crucifixion?


  A crown of thorns was placed on his head and a sign placed above his head which said he was the King of the Jews.
• Importance of Jesus' crucifixion?


  - Through Jesus' death on the cross God forgives people for their sin.

  - Without the cross there would be no forgiveness so people would go to hell
• SOWA for the crucifixion?


  'God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us
• Jesus' resurrection?


  Early on the Sunday morning Jesus' women followers went to anoint his body with spices. However, they found the tomb empty. He then appeared to them.
• Jesus' ascension?


  40 days after his resurrection Christians believe that Jesus ascended (was taken up) into

  heaven.