{"id":583,"date":"2019-01-24T10:38:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T15:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/?p=583"},"modified":"2019-01-24T10:38:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T15:38:56","slug":"definition-and-existence-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"Definition and Existence of God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part I THEISM<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\nbelief in a supernatural power or supernatural powers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\nbelief in the existence of but one God \u2013 This view includes monotheism,\npantheism and deism but excludes atheism, polytheism, and henotheism.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\nbelief in a personal God who is both transcendent and immanent and exists in\nonly person.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\nbelief in one personal God, both immanent and transcendent who exists in three\npersonal distinctions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Definition and Existence of God<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Definition\nof God<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Erroneous\ndefinitions<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The eternal mind, the cause of good.\n\u2013 Plato<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The first ground of all being \u2013\nAristotle<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The moral order of the universe \u2013\nFichte <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The absolute spirit without\nconsciousness until it becomes conscious in the thoughts of man \u2013 Hegel<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The creative force and energy behind\nthe universe \u2013 Henry Sloane Coffin<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Biblical\nnames for God.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Elohim \u2013 God the most High God\n(plural)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jehovah \u2013 I AM<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Adonai \u2013 Lord<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Theological\ndefinition:&nbsp; \u201cGod is the infinite and\nperfect Spirit in whom all things have their source, support, and end.\u201d&nbsp; &#8211; Strong<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\nExistence of God<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\nbelief in the existence of God is intuitive.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Romans\n 1:19-20<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>19 Because that which\nmay be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.&nbsp; 20 For the invisible things of him from the\ncreation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are\nmade, even his eternal power\nand Godhead; so that they are without excuse:&nbsp;\n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Romans\n 2:15<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>15 Which shew the work of\nthe law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while\naccusing or else excusing one another;)&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\nexistence of God is assumed by scriptures<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Genesis\n 1:1<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In the beginning God\ncreated the heaven and the earth<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Arguments\nfor the existence of God<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cosmological argument \u2013 everything\nthat begun must have an adequate cause.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hebrews\n 3:4<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>4 For every house is\nbuilded by some man; but he\nthat built all things is God<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Teleological argument \u2013 order and\nuseful arrangement in a system imply intelligence and purpose in the organizing\ncause.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ontological argument \u2013 the very ideal\nof God is proof of His existence.&nbsp; Men\nhave an intuitive idea of God.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The moral argument \u2013 every man has a\nsense of moral obligation, a sense of right and wrong.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Congruity \u2013 the existence of God best\nexplains the facts of our moral, mental, and religious nature as well as the\nmaterial nature of the universe.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part I THEISM The belief in a supernatural power or supernatural powers The belief in the existence of but one God \u2013 This view includes monotheism, pantheism and deism but excludes atheism, polytheism, and henotheism. The belief in a personal God who is both transcendent and immanent and exists in only person. 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