Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017
- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)
Instructional Time: Unit 2 - Theology
Journal: Understanding the Bible, Page 3
- Pick up one of the small white papers from below:
- - Read over Luke 10:38-42 in all three translations
- - - Underline or highlight key differences that you notice
- - - Write notes, questions, or key insights you gained by reading this in more than one version on the side.
- - Can you read another language?
- - - Let Mr. Ellis know—he will hopefully have a copy of these verses in that translation, too!
- Next, go to pg 3 of “Understanding the Bible” and…
- - Fill out the Selection with the above verse
- - Fill out your Observations (Summarize the story, what’s happening?)
- - Fill out your Interpretations (What key ideas is this teaching?)
- - Later we will do the Applications
- - - This will be turned in, make sure to do a good job!
- Class Discussion: We created a list of our Observations & Interpretations
- - I explained 'Which Mary' this was (there are at least 6 in the New Testament!)
What is God Like? (Take notes on your Study Packet, page 6-7) God is...
- Personal: God is a personal being
- - He is a unique individual w/self-awareness, the ability to make choices, & the ability to experience feelings (like joy, anger, or love)
- - He made us personal so we can have a relationship w/Him
- Triune: (Tri = 3, une = Unity & A unity of 3)
- - He is one God (monotheism) w/3 persons (Trinitarianism)
- - The Three Persons: Father, Son (Jesus), Holy Spirit
- - - NOTE: The words 'Father' & 'Son' are not used to talk about 'created' (how Jesus was 'made')
- - - - According to the Bible, Jesus has eternally existed, as has the Father & the Holy Spirit
- - - - The words 'Father' & 'Son' are used to talk about 'relation' (how Jesus & the Father relate, as a perfect son would relate to a perfect father)
- - He is not:
- - - 1 God pretending to be 3 gods
- - - 1 God divided into three parts
- - He is one Being, w/3 persons, we call this "The Trinity"
- - - This is very hard for us to understand because any healthy being that we know (e.g. people...) only has one person; God is the only being we know that has three persons.
- - Some examples to help understand this are below; none of them perfectly describe this idea, though.
- - - Eggs) 1 thing w/three parts [shell, yolk, white)
- - - H2O) 1 things w/3 forms [ice, liquid, gas]
- - - A Parent) 1 thing w/3 roles (husband, father, son)
- - - This Picture) The ‘most accurate’ example (Fill in this picture on your workbook)
- - A quick note here:
- - - The Bible does not have contradictions: where it says one thing & then something different
- - - - An example of a contradiction is: (A = B) and (A does not = B), these statements are contradictory.
- - - The Bible does have mysteries: where it says something that we do not fully understand
- - - - An example of a mystery is: (A = B) (A = C) (A = D), but we don't know how each of those (B, C, & D) can all = A
- - - - Gravity is a bit of a mystery to science. We can describe how it works, but we don't fully understand why.
- Involved: God cares for us & is involved w/world history
- - God created all, hears & sees us, became a man to help us have a relationship w/Him, promises to always be w/us (never leaving or forsaking us)
- - Deism: The belief that God created all but is not involved (they don’t believe in miracles & special revelation)
- Judge: God loves us, but He cannot accept sin as ‘okay’
- - God is holy (perfect in His goodness & all else)
- - Therefore, He must hold us responsible for our sins
- - - He has wrath (anger & judgment) on unforgiven sinners
- - He is always fair and righteous (good) in His Judgment
- - - Exodus 34:6-7) This shows God’s heart on this issue
- - - - "...“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin ..."
- Redeemer: What protects us from His wrath & final judgment
- - An expression of God’s love, mercy, & grace
- - God came as God the Son (Jesus) to away the judgment we deserve for sin (death)
- - - The main reason Jesus came was to redeem (save) us!
- - Seen in John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
- - Who does this verse say God loved?
- - - The World!
- - - Every social, racial, age, or gender group!
- - - Anyone can be saved by receiving & believing in Jesus!
- - We are redeemed to eternal life & relationship w/God!
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