God as creator
This one is very detailed, tried to put quotes in to help back up points too :)
- Created by: Grace Lidgett
- Created on: 22-12-12 15:02
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- God as creator
- Key things which are meant:
- God causes the universe to exist
- God is responsible for everything which exists within the universe
- God is responsible for the universe coming into existence and existing at every moment
- Genesis 1
- Account which speaks of the earth being "without form and void" and the "spirit of God" moving over the face of the earth
- "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" - Genesis 1:1
- It is God who brings everything into being
- Genesis 2
- Second part of creation is the creation of human beings. Involves Adam and Eve
- God is referred to as walking in the garden, in a more super-human way
- Creatio ex nihilo
- Creation out of nothing
- God creating the entire universe, including the unseen
- God has authority over the world. Implies that there is a time where the universe did not exist. Creation is co-eternal with God.
- God as craftsman
- God the creator is compared with a craftsman in Job 38
- "where were you when I laid earths foundation?" - Job 38:4
- He decided its dimensions and supported the pilars on which the earth stands = responsible for everything
- He is also mentioned as being like a builder
- " the work of Gods fingers" - Psalm 8:3
- God the creator is compared with a craftsman in Job 38
- God is in control
- Seen as being in control in the Bible when he banishes Adam and Eve from the garden of eden
- "It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in; who brings princes to naught, and makes the rulers of earth as nothing" - Isaiah 40:22-23
- Gods involvement
- Unlike the disinterested prime mover of Aristotle, the Judaeo-Christian view of God is one who is involved and interested in creation [Gods love by sending his son]
- Gods omnipotence
- The world is imbued (filled) with Gods power and this is accepted and seen by the biblical reader
- "He made the earth by his power" - Jeremiah 51:15
- All things were made by him and without him was not anything made" - John 1:3
- The world is imbued (filled) with Gods power and this is accepted and seen by the biblical reader
- Gods omniscience
- In the Bible, omniscience is about emphasising the limitless nature of Gods knowledge throughout creation
- "...and he sees everything under the heavens" - Job 28:24
- In the Bible, omniscience is about emphasising the limitless nature of Gods knowledge throughout creation
- Gods omnipresence
- Strong links with the other two attributes as he is seen responsible for everything and is aware of what happens. Presence noted in Genesis 1:3 and Job 38
- Key things which are meant:
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