Each one of them has their own properties but belong to the same source. In other words, they are three different beings without losing the unity of the Trinity. • Cappadocians state that the Holy Spirit is was from the eternity with the Father and the son. However, the term "begotten/ unbegotten" doesn’t apply to the Holy Spirit. They also address that the Father, Son, and Holy are one three people as the deity.
God), for imperfect beings such as ourselves cannot possibly conceive by ourselves the idea of perfection; that there is an idea God proves that God does indeed exist for God is the sum of all perfection. From this, Descartes derived the existence of matter. To Descartes, “extension in length, breadth, and thickness constitutes the nature of corporeal substance”. According to Descartes, we perceive and experience the corporeal world around us, and the only reason we do not doubt the existence of matter is
In fact being made in the image of God allows us to understand the nature of God where we reach to a high capacity of exploring his grace. In Augustine’s reflection “there is something of the human person which is unknown even to the ‘spirit of man which is in him’...-I nevertheless know something of you which I do not know about myself”(Augustine, 182). This statement explains how one can know about oneself through knowing God because one is made in his image. According to Augustine the full discovery of human person occurs through having the true knowledge about God. Grace makes a way for us to acquire the knowledge about God.
The religious position argues that humans are made in the image of god. They are like divine beings because they contain something of the ability to love and know that characterizes their Creator. The abilities to love and to know- will and intellect-are the distinguishing characteristics of human beings in the Judeo-Christian view. The christian view contends that the purposes of life are loving god and serving god. These are open to all, whatever their level of intelligence.
This means that Scripture gives us everything that we need in order to be obedient to God. It teaches us truths about God, salvation, and everything of eternal significance. DeYoung claims that one reason this doctrine is so important is because Jesus is often identified as the Logos or Word (John 1). God speaks though Jesus because he is “God’s full and final revelation of himself (50).” This is a truth that is deeply woven into Scripture and shows us the importance of Scripture in pointing man to God. The doctrine of sufficiency also means that no one should take away or add to scripture.
2.2) Romans 12:6 Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us. 2.3) 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the
The Absolute contains the truth of all aspects of existence-the individual,the universal and the transcendent. There is a unity among the three aspects, and the unifying principle is God Himself. Aurobindo has said that “The universe
lives and action reflect God as their loving response to him. 2.4.3 Gunton's Doctrine of Creation The following section expounds Gunton’s doctrine of creation in light of his theological framework. The doctrine of creation is one area of his theology that demonstrates the application of his Trinitarian theology. According to him, humans learn the nature of God, the notion of being persons, the world, and ethics from their understanding of the ontology of Trinitarian God in relation as distinct persons. Gunton maintains the importance of the Trinitarian understanding of God-world relationship in his doctrine of creation.
Can we say the same thing about our spirits? How much time and money do we spend to educate our spirits? Consider the imbalance – since the spirit is the most important of all. Real satisfaction cannot be found in material things. Man is a spiritual being, and his true satisfaction can only be found in his Creator.
Everyone has a worldview and basic beliefs, whether it relates to the Holy Bible or secular world. It is a matter of wisdom and common sense which differs from exceptional talent or intelligence (Wolters, pp. 4-10). In relation to one's beliefs, the Holy Bible says; For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.