God the Creator

God the Creator

OMNISCIENT
1. all knowing
  1. Shown to be aware of all that happens within his creation - demonstrated when Eve eats the forbidden fruit (Genesis).
  2. Also shown when David commits adultery with Bathsheba (Samuel 11-12)
OMNIPOTENT
1. all powerful
  1. Power demonstrated in Genesis account, lays the foundations of earth and creates human life.
  2. Joshua 10:11-13 'the Lord threw down huge stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died .. And the sun stood still and the moon stopped
OMNIPRESENT
1. all present
  1. Seen to sustain his creation, present throughout all time - links with idea of being responsible for everything and contining to exist.
  2. TRANSCENDENT
    1. God is still separate and distinct from the physical world.
OMNIBENEVOLENT
1. all loving
CRAFTSMAN
1. JOB 38
  1. God is described as the designer who laid the foundations of the earth.
2. God making Adam from dust is likened to a potter shaping clay.
  1. ANTHROMORPHIC
    1. Likes an aspect of God's nature to humans.
GENESIS
1. 'In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth' - Genesis 1:1
2. Geneis 1 = God created the earth.
3. Genesis 2 = God shown to create human life.
CREATIO EX NIHILO
1. creation out of northing
  1. God created the universe out of nothing.
PRIME MOVER
1. Similarities
  1. Creates a world of purpose
  2. Teleological
  3. Creation out of nothing
2. Differences
  1. God shows examples of human nature/characteristics
  2. Prime mover doesn't show signs of 'thinking' about earth.

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