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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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Did God change from a wrathful God to a loving God between Old Testament and New Testament?
If you read the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation, you'll notice:
God's consistent character, who is compassionate and merciful to those who love and fear Him but who pours out His wrath to thos …
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From a trinitarian perspective, how do you biblically reconcile Jesus dying and Jesus being ...
The Doctrinal Position
Trinitarian position usually includes the doctrine of Jesus's having two natures in one person (Hypostatic Union). Armed with both the doctrine of Trinity and the Hypostatic Un …
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What is the basis for calling God's love "reckless"?
It's best for Cory Asbury himself to explain the meaning. From SongFacts website entry of his song:
"When I use the phrase, 'the reckless love of God,' I'm not saying that God Himself is reckless. I …
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What is meant by Living God? Why is Lord Jesus the True Living God?
The term "Living God" was in common use in the Old Testament, and when Jesus came He was naturally called the "Son of the Living God".
As you indicated, "Living" means alive. On the other hand, "Non- …
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Is the Hypostatic Union a contradiction?
Is it contradictory to claim that Christ was both fully man and fully God at the same time?
No, because Jesus being God could operate under both natures at the same time.
The easiest way to understand …
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What is the meaning of the biblical term "divine nature", and what does it tell us about the...
I think Trinitarians and Jehovah Witnesses alike agree, that the term "God" refers to the unique being who is beyond our universe and who created our universe out of nothing. Trinitarians use the ter …
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If "God" is a Trinity, where in the Bible does the word "God" refer to the Trinity?
The short answer is: nowhere. But your question is misguided.
You cannot disprove the nature of God as Trinity by looking at how the NT authors use the word "God" (Θεός or Κύριος) because within a f …
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Is there a name for a category of Christians who lack a doctrinal position in the debate abo...
Christians have been around for 2000 years. We would think surely there is already a label out there that answers your question?
Short answer: Deist is the closest, with Thomas Jefferson as a famous …
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Which verses in the Bible say that God is omniscient?
A Christianity.com article What Does it Mean That God Is Omniscient provides an excellent overview of different senses of God's omniscient with Bible verses for each category such as:
God Has Perfect …
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Does God ever answer prayers from non-believers?
The issue sharpened
I'm answering from the perspective of mainstream Christian theology.
The main issue, I think, is how would God apply His own criteria in Prov 15:29 (wicked vs. righteous) and John …
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According to Trinitarians, how could Jesus (God the Son) be GIVEN life in Himself (John 5:26...
Remember that for Trinitarians, the Chalcedonian understanding of the dual natures of Christ is "part of the same package". In Trinitarian theology, the terminology "Son of God" has to refer to this …
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Is a belief that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are not three persons, but one, Modalism?
Options to consider
In the history of conceptions regarding God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit there have been names commonly assigned to some of them. Over time, those named conceptions have developed …
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What is the Christian Doctrine that balances God's self-sufficiency and perfection with His ...
The 2 problems
You are correct that if there is something lacking, then there is no perfection in God, so God is perfect. It's also a well established teaching that creation is NOT to complete Him.
F …
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Are Origen's and Calvin's views on God compatible?
Origen's View on God
Origen of Alexandria (185-232) was a great Bible scholar and an influential early Christian theologian whose contributions has been underappreciated, mostly because he was posthum …
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According to Eastern Orthodoxy does God have a soul?
I would think the answer is "no", the same answer by Catholics and Protestants. None of the 3 main branches use the term "soul" to talk about God's (divine) nature.
Instead we all say God IS "spirit" …