Theology (1) Lecture Part III: Nature of God ???? ?? ?????

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Theology (1) Lecture Part III Nature of God
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• Jintae Kim, PhD
• Alliance Theological Seminary
• Nyack, NY 10960
• [phone]
• E-mail Jintae.kim_at_nyack.edu
• Website http//all4jesus.net

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Chapter 9The Doctrine of God ??
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Problems on Two Levels (86)

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• (1) ? ??? ?? ??? ?? ??? ?? ???? 
• (2) ??? ??? 
• (3) ?? ??? ?? ??? ???? ???????

• ?? ??? ?? ??? Speculation
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• (2) ???? ?? ??? ?????? ?? ??????? 
• (3) ???? ??? ?? ??????

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???? ????? ?? ? ??? ?? (86)

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Right Attitude ?? ?? (87)

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  ????? ??? ???? ???? ? ??. 
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  ??? ??? ?????? ? ??.

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The Immanence and Transcendence ???? ??? ?? (87)

• Immanence ???
• The degree to which God is present and active
  within the universe
• ???? ?? ???? ???, ??? ?? ??? ??? (?2323)

• Transcendence ???
• God's status being absent and removed from the
  universe
• ?? ???, ??? ??? ??? ??? (? 558-9)

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 (1) ???? ??? (Immanence)
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Biblical Basis of Immanence ???? ??? ??

• ?2324 ? ??? ?? ????? ???
• ?1727-28 ???? ??? ??? ?? ?? ??
• ?273334 ???? ?(?)? ??? ?? ??? ???
• ?10429-30 ???? ??? ?? ??
• ?12 27 ?6311 ?38 ?25 ?545 625-30
  1029-30

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Nature and Immanence ??? ???

• (1) ???? ?? ??? ?????.  He is God of nature, of
  natural law. ???? ??? ?? ??? ?? ??? ???.
• (2) ??? ?? ??? ???? ???. ???? ??? ???? ????? ??
  ????? ?? ??? ???? ??.
• (3) ????? ? ??? ???? ???? ???? ?? ??? ??? ????
  ???? ???? ??? ?? ???. (total dependence of nature
  upon God)

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Modernism on Immanence

• Refer http//all4jesus.net/eng/P3ch9ImmanenceModer
  nism.pdf

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Implications of Immanence (Limited degree) (88)

• (1) ???? ??? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?? ?? ????.
• (2) ???? ???? ????? ?? ?????.
• (3) ???? ???? ??? ?? ??? ????? ?????.
• (4) ???? ?? ?????? ??? ?? ?? ?? ? ??.
• (5) ???? ???? ?? ??? ??? ????.  ?? ???? ?? ????
  ?? ?????? ??? ??? ??? ??? ? ??? ?? ???? ??? ?? ??
  ??? ? ??.

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(2) ???? ??? (transcendence)

• God is separated from, independent of nature and
  entire creative order.

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Biblical Basis ???? ??? ??

• ? 558-9 ???? ???? ??
• ? 61-5 ??? ???? ??
• ? 1135-6 1231 ?823

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Models of Transcendence

• Refer http//all4jesus.net/eng/P3ch9TranscendenceM
  odels.pdf

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Implications of Transcendence ???? ???? ?? ??
(88-89)

• (1) There is something higher than man.  Man is
  not the highest good in the  universe, or the
  highest measure of truth and value. ??? ???? ??
  ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???.
• (2) God can never be completely captured in human
  concept. ???? ??? ???? ?? ??? ??? ??? ??.
• (3) Our salvation is not our achievement. ??? ???
  ??? ??? ???.

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• (4) There will always be a difference between God
  and man.
• ??? ???? ??? ?? ???? ??? ??? ????.
• (5) Reverence is appropriate in our relationship
  with God.
• ???? ??? ??? ?? ? ?? ???? ????.
• (6) We will look for genuinely transcendent
  working by God.
• ????? ????? ????? ?? ??? ??.

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2. ???? ?? The Nature of Attributes(89-90)

• Permanent and intrinsic qualities which
  constitutes the entire Godhead. ???? ????
• ??? ??? ??? ? ?? ???? ????? ??

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???? ??? 4?? ????

• (1) Communicable property and incommunicable
  property ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? Berkof
• (2) Intransitive property and transitive property
  ??? ??? ??? ?? A. H. Strong ????? ???????
• (3) Absolute property and relative property ???
  ??? ??? ??- ????? ???
• (4) Natural property and moral property ??? ???
  ??? ??

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Chapter 10Greatness of God ???? ??? (91-97)
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• Spirituality ??
• Life ???
• Personality ???
• Infinity ??? Space ???? Time ?? Knowledge ??
  Power ??
• Constancy ??
• For the detail, refer
• http//all4jesus.net/eng/P3Ch10Greatness.pdf

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Chapter 11Goodness of God ??? ??? (98-105)
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• (1) Moral Purities (??? ???) Holiness ????
  Righteousness ???? Justice ????
• (2) Integrity (???) Genuineness ?? Veracity ??
  Faithfulness ??
• (3) Love (??) Benevolence ?? Grace ?? Mercy
  ?? Persistence ??
• For the detail, refer
• http//all4jesus.net/eng/P3ch11Goodness.pdf

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Chapter 12The Trinity ???? (106-115)
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• (1) Introduction
• (2) The Biblical Teaching
• Oneness Deity Trinity
• (3) Historical Constructions
• Economic Dynamic Modalistic Orthodox
• (4) The Essential Elements of the Doctrine
• (5) The Search for Analogies

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Definition from Westminster Confession of Faith
(? 2? 3?)

• "In the unity of Godhead, there be three persons
  of one substance, power, and eternity God the
  Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost.  The
  Father is of none, neither begotten, nor
  proceeding the Son is eternally begotten of the
  Father the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from
  the Father and the Son.

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2 Sides of the Doctrine of Trinity ???? ??? ??

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The Biblical Teaching concerning the Trinity
????? ?? ??? ??? (107-111)

• (1) The Oneness of God
• (2) The Deity of Three
• (3) Three-in-Oneness

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The Oneness of God ??? ???

• ?? The OT
• ???? Monotheistic faith
• ??? 1?
• There is but one God of Abraham, Isaac, and
  Jacob, not many. (e.g. Exod.313-15)
• Hear, O Israel the Lord our God is one Lord.
  (Deut.64)

• ?? The NT
• ?219 ?? ???? ? ??? ?? ???
• ?? 84-6 ?? ???? ? ??? ?? ? ?????? ????? ? ???
  ? ???? ???.
• ?? 25 ???? ? ????.

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Deity of Three ??? ??
Trinity Biblical Evidence ??? ??
?? Father Scarcely in dispute ??? ???? ????.
?? Son Php 25-11 Heb 1 Jesus own self-consciousness (Refer Theology II Lecture Note on this) ?? ???? ??? ???? ??? ???? ?????.
?? Spirit Acts 53-4 John 168-11 1 Cor 124-11 (Refer Theology II Lecture Note on this) ??? ??
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Three-in-Oneness

• Although the doctrine of the Trinity is not
  expressly asserted, the scripture, particularly
  the New Testament, contains so many suggestions
  of the deity and unity of the three persons that
  we can understand why the church formulated the
  doctrine, and conclude that they were right in so
  doing. (Erickson 2001, 111)
• For the detail, refer http//all4jesus.net/eng/P
  3ch12ThreeInOneness.pdf

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Historical Constructions (111-112)

• (1) ????? ????? ???? ??? ??? ????.
• The "Economic" View of Trinity (??? ?????)
• Dynamic Monarchianism (??? ????, ?? ?????)
• Modalistic Monarchianism (???? ????)
• The Orthodox Formulation one ??s?a in three
  ?p?stase?? 
• (2) For the detail, refer http//all4jesus.net/eng
  /P3ch12 Historical Constructions.pdf

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Essential Elements of a Doctrine of the Trinity
???? ??? 6?? ???? (113-114)

• (1) Unity of God. ???? ???
• (2) Deity of each three persons. ???? ? ???? ???.
• (3) The threeness and the oneness of God not in
  the same respect. ???? ??? ??? ??? ?? ??? ???.

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• (4) The Trinity is eternal.
• ???? ??? ??? ?????.
• (5) Functional subordination between the three
  persons of the Trinity
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• (6) The Trinity is incomprehensible. 
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The Search for Analogies (114-115)

• ???? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ?? ??? ??? ???.
• (1) ??? ?? ???, ??, ??
• (2) ?? ?? ??? ?? ???
• (3) ?? ????, ????, ?????, ?????, ? ??? ??, ?? ??
  
• (4) ??? ??? ???? ??
• For the detail, refer http//all4jesus.net/eng/P
  3ch12SearchforAnalogies.pdf

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Try to explain it, and you will lose your
mind But try to deny it, and you will
lose your soul