Questions tagged [nature-of-god]
The nature of God includes all aspects and characteristics attributed directly to the person of God, possibly including all the omni- aspects (e.g. omniscience), love, hate, persons (e.g. the Trinity) or other attributes.
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How does the concept of "Echad" in Deut 6:4 relate to Divine Simplicity?
Lately I've read some discussions that says the word "echad" ("one" in English) in the Shema refers to a unity more than an absolute singularity. (Here's one example of those ...
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How is god all good if he created evil? [duplicate]
Okay so I've heard the argument that humans are the one who let evil in the world but at one point there was only God before he stated his creation process, so there was all good. God created the laws ...
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How does the soul fit in with the existence
My question(s) relates to how the soul fits in with the existence "equation" and I have 2 main questions:
Is the human soul part of your person or your essence, if essence then do humans ...
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Significance of one divine essence/nature
All human beings share a common nature/essence, yet are not one "being", but the 3 persons of the Trinity share a common essence/nature and are one being. I have 3 questions here:
What ...
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In what respect did Gregory Nazianzen think the pure Nicene faith was adulterated at Constantinople in 381?
In contrast to the previous pro-Homoian emperor Valens, “it was soon clear that Theodosius would pursue a pro-Nicene line.” (LA, 251) In February 380 - only one year after he was declared Augustus and ...
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What does it mean for God to appear physically (theophanies) if he's already omnipresent?
In the Old Testament, God reveals himself numerous times to the prophets in physical forms (Genesis 18:1-2, Exodus 24:9, Numbers 12:8, Isaiah 6:1). But according to scripture, God is omnipresent, ...
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The "Why" of Creation -- Does the bible explain God's reasoning?
This question is more theoretical than anything, but I wanted to ask the following:
If God is a perfect being, one can safely infer that he has no needs, because of the nature of his existence is ...
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Logical problem in Christology (from a Mormon)
I (a Christian) have been in several groups and see this argument poised here and there. I believe they get it from the Mormon apologist Blake Olster, but I could be mistaken. However, the problem ...
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How can I love someone that I do not truly know or understand?
Can you love someone when a big portion of his personality is a mystery or beyond your comprehension?
A picture of God is in my mind, portrayed by the books I've read but it's not the whole picture. I ...
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How does God tolerating evil not make Him evil?
To clarify, I'm not asking why God allows evil. I believe there are sufficient arguments for that. What I would like to know is: how can a righteous God tolerate evil without it affecting His nature ...
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What is the "original" word of God?
Everything I know about Christianity and Jesus is based on the "original" word of God. But I am having trouble understanding what is meant by "original".
For example, Paul's source ...
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A question about the difference between men and women
Because the Bible teaches that God made men directly in His image but women indirectly (1 Timothy 2:13) and that God transcends all moral judgment (Romans 9:20), what does this imply about the ability ...
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How can God (Jesus) have a secret identity? (Protestant view, including Messianic Jewish, if possible)
I love this passage, but especially the part that I have emphasized:
The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast 11 I saw heaven standing open
and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called ...
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Would you be able to give up everything you own and follow Jesus? [closed]
Would you be able to give up everything you own and follow Jesus?
Our will is not enough for salvation, instead the Grace of God and the Sacrifice of Jesus and our belief in him.
But, however, our ...
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How do members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints reconcile an unchangeable God with the concept of eternal progression?
Book of Mormon 9:9-10 states,
9 For do we not read that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and in him there is no variableness neither shadow of changing?
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What passages of scripture give the strongest support for Jesus being a separate person than YHWH?
Jesus' most important commandment is the following:
Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is 1. And you shall love YHWH your Elohim with ...
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Can God and Unclean Spirits dwell in the same human being at the same time?
We see Jesus describing in Matthew 12:43-45, how an unclean spirit returns to dwell in a person whom it had quit before wandering in the dry land. Jesus adds that the state of the man concerned, ...
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What pronouns make most sense when referencing the Trinity?
The Trinity is 3 persons sharing 1 essence.
They share It.
(Where does the "He", "Him", "Me", "My" come from?)
Jesus uses plural personified pronouns when ...
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Will all glorified children of God take on the title/name of YHWH in the age to come?
God is 1. I think we can all agree with Jesus' most important commandment... the Shema.
I've been told here by the most prudent of Trinitarians, that YHWH is not a being or a person, but instead 3 ...
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In what way(s) is God the Father a father to God the Son? And in what way(s) is God the Son a son?
Every concept and Truth is from the creative mind of God. This includes what defines a father and a son. By observation, we can know how God defines a father within His design.
Some examples of ...
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In what sense was mankind created in the image of a triune essence?
God created mankind in His image.
Gen 1
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over ...
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Where were Satan and his angels when God devastated the Earth during Noah's Flood?
There is no doubt that angels (both the Holy and the Fallen) had a strong influence in the antediluvian world. Satan was the serpent of Eden. But, during Noah's Flood, where was he, what was he and ...
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If bad things can happen to good people, does this invalidate any of God's attributes or powers? Do we even dare to think of God this way?
From what I understand, the author, a conservative Rabbi, challenges the traditional Biblical view of God’s ‘OMNI’ attributes in his publication. If this is the case, is a God who is less than all-...
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Trinitarian Ontology... What is it? Being vs person vs essence vs _______
I will try to ask this unique question again. How can we answer here without defining simple words used to define God?
Premise
From Wikipedia:
Ontology addresses questions of how entities are ...
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Can Christians, in good faith, hold that God is not perfect [i.e. not complete]?
If we define perfection as "complete beyond practical or theoretical improvement" then the answer may that God is not yet perfect because humans have not always responded as God intended. ...
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How can one counter-argue this argument against the existence of God?
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If God is the Creator, He cannot be perfect. For either God created the world desiring it or not desiring it. If he did not wish it, it implies that he does not have total control over his ...
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Why does God, according to his own words, "create evil"?
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. (Isaiah 45:7) [emphasis mine]
This is consistent with God being called "all-mighty" and ...
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How do non-Trinitarian Christians understand the description of Deity in Isaiah 46:9?
How do non-Trinitarian Christians understand the description of Deity in Isaiah 46:9?
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me (...
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How do Trinitarian Christians understand the description of Deity in Isaiah 46:9?
How do Trinitarian Christians understand the description of Deity in Isaiah 46:9?
Who is speaking in this verse?
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and ...
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Could the invisible incomprehensible nature of God be the reason why Satan started a war in heaven? [closed]
Paul wrote a letter to Timothy and revealed an attribute of God previously unknown to man. Paul describes God Almighty as dwelling in a light that cannot be approached and that no one has ever seen ...
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No one has ever seen God or can see God, what were the colors John used to describe Him in Revelation 4:1-5?
The throne room of God is described in Revelation Chapter 4:1-5 in detail.
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a ...
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God's presence among us
I have a simple question: why does God not live with us directly? It seems He is revealing Himself to us only indirectly, as opposed to being with us as Someone we could reach just like another person....
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God was born of Mary - really?
We must always say as well that God was born of Mary. From this accepted answer.
God is spirit and invisible and his face cannot be seen lest we die. Yet apparently it's OK for God to dwell within ...
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Can we exalt ourselves above God?
Daniel 11:36 KJV
[36] And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and ...
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What is the Christian Doctrine that balances God's self-sufficiency and perfection with His wants or desires?
I am a Christian wrestling with some doubts lately, and this is one of the most difficult questions I have.
I have seen related questions like "Why does God desire glorification?" and "...
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Which nature of Christ said “My Father is greater than I” (John 14:28)?
Jesus said, “My Father is greater than I” (John 14:28).
It would be a ridiculous thing for a mere human being to say this. This statement, therefore, seems to argue against a ‘mere man’ interpretation ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the logos being only the means for creation? [closed]
All things came into being through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into being that has come into being John 1:3
Are we given any indication that the logos made anything? Or is it ...
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Why does Jesus intercede or Advocate after salvation? [closed]
In several passages, we see Christ as our advocate (1 John 2:1) or our mediator (1 Timothy 2:5).
My question is three fold:
Why does Christ actively mediate or advocate after salvation? Does God the ...
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What is the Catholic understanding of what "God is Love" means according to the four senses of scripture?
Until reading Dr. Peter Kreeft's Socratic Logic chapter on definitions, I had no idea that "God is Love" (1 John 4:16) is a metaphor. Quote from Section 4 (The limits of definition) page ...
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Jesus' Soul and Spirit? [closed]
What is the difference between soul and spirit?
When Jesus was made flesh he had human and divine natures. Being human, he had a human soul too. But In nature he is God. God is spirit.
Does anyone ...
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According to Trinitarians, which person/essence/being/substance/relation is "the Living God"?
Psalm 84:2
My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of YHWH; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the ...
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Is it cruel that God punishes us with eternal hell? [closed]
Although it may seem appealing to have a second chance after death, we also get many many chances on earth to believe in Christ. (Just to clarify I am not meaning to question God or his plan, for he ...
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Is the study of God like philosophy?
I don't believe God is real. However, I figured out that it is as if God exists. I want just a yes no answer. Otherwise, I won't be able to understand the answer. It was only recently that I figured ...
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Can a human coherently claim to be "God the father"?
Can a human coherently claim to be "God the father"? Apologies for the obscure question; I have not read much of the bible. Is it theologically (metaphysically?) possible for a human (I ...
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Why would having emotions imply that an entity is composite?
The Summa Theologica contains the following quote when considering "Whether God is composed of matter and form?":
Objection 2. Further, anger, joy and the like are passions of the composite....
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How would I juxtapose between the unity of God (Shema) in Deuteronomy 6.4 and the concept of Trinity in the Old Testament
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!
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Is God Grateful?
I realize the gravity of what I'm asking. But, is God grateful? Does God have a thankful attitude toward his creation? God is gracious, but is he filled with a sense of gratitude in this graciousness?
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Does the Christian church have an official position on Beauty?
Here I am talking about Beauty as we perceive it either in nature or culture (i.e., not the physical beauty of individual human beings). Two separate thoughts have prompted this question: firstly, ...
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Why is God unbeatable? [closed]
Why is God unbeatable? There is no record in the Bible of God ever being beaten at anything, and Satan has been trying since the beginning of time. No human or animal could ever hope to compete with ...
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Does God ever answer prayers from non-believers?
Does God ever answer prayers from people that aren’t Christian or even from other religions? From what I see, it looks as if Scripture tends to say no. For example:
We know that God does not listen ...
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