The gifts of the Spirit are simply God enabling believers to do what He has called them to do. Once a Christian submits to the leading of the indwelling, The Holy Spirit puts himself under His influence or control. The gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit are both bestowed by God, yet they are distinct in their purpose and presentation. The gifts of the Spirit have a specific purpose; to prove a claim and to offer evidence of the Holy Spirits’ presence. The fruits of the Spirit are not for proof, but rather are evidence of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of God in the believer.
Special Revelation allows us to see Christ and thus a relationship with God that is more than the knowledge of his existence. Scripture, especially New Testament Scripture confirms that God wants to reveal more of Himself than what is revealed through General Revelation. Paul wrote to the Romans that confirming Jesus as Lord brings us into right relationship with God and the salvation that is promised throughout scripture (Romans 10:9). References Braaten, C. E. (2004). The Christian Faith in an Inter-Faith Context.
“In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word is God.” (John 1:1 King James Version) God existed before the heavens and the earth was created. The earth was without form and void and God spoke everything into existence. So we read in His Word that nothing was made without Him. God looked out over all of creation and said everything was good. God did not stop at creation itself.
His cosmological argument states that every affect has a cause, which itself has a cause. You cannot have an infinite chain of causation so there must be a first cause. This first cause must be God. The second role that was established by Aquinas for God is Causa Sine - the first cause. God being transcendent does not need a cause but he is the first cause for everything within the universe.
The Holy Spirit leaves in me and has helped me discern what is right and wrong. God is perfect; therefore, as a Christian I strive everyday to be more like God. Evil exists because the devil, which initially was an angel of light, wanted to be above God and no one can be more than God. He created me with a purpose in life and is to develop my spiritual life, serve Him, others and follow His word. I am committed to my Christian beliefs since I based my knowledge in the Bible.
Descartes ontological argument is trying to aims to explain the existence of God in itself. Descartes argument begins with his own definition of God being a ‘supremely perfect being’. He then continues to question and bring out the concept that if something is perfect then in order to fulfil its attributes it must have the attribute and full ability to exist and if God is perfect then he too must have this attributes and therefore concludes, that God must exits. In addition, Descartes extended his argument by stating that “God is the most perfect being possible, so he has all perfections.” It is understood and known that the idea of perfection links into attaining the concept of existence. As the most perfect being, God must exist.
God is described as the creator meaning he designed and produced everything. According to Christian tradition, God caused the Universe to exist, he is responsible for the Universe coming into existence and existing at every moment. God is also responsible for everything that will ever exist in the Universe. God is seen as a craftsman in Job 28, this is where he is described as the designer who laid the very foundations of the earth. God is pictured as being in control of the sun and the moon even though we know through science that they follow regular patterns of behaviour.
Anselm’s argument is a rebuttal to any ‘fool’ that says there is no God and this was Anselm’s starting point. For the fool to say “there is no God” the fool has to have idea of what God is in his mind and since God is perceived as being the greatest possible being because if you ask anyone that is what he is depicted as in every teaching, God is thought of as being omnipotent, omniscient, transcendent, and benevolent, all these qualities form the greatest idealist being. Anselm said this is God being conceived as the greatest possible being, he then goes on to point out that it would be greater to exist in reality than in just the mind alone. Existence is the quality that makes something that exists in re and intellectu more than just something that exists in one or the other. Existence is an intrinsic quality of something.
Such acts are deemed good acts, since they are in line with are true human nature and purpose. Aquinas thought that natural law was created by God to achieve an ultimate purpose, to be in fellowship with God and be perfect in the image of God. However Aquinas did not think that to be in the perfect image of God we only had to follow natural law alone but also eternal law and divine law. Eternal law meaning referring to the principles by which God governs the universe so we know/understand only partially. Also divine law, which refers to the Bible, which guides us in reaching our goal of perfection.
1. There are many different views concerning origin of mankind. The Christian worldview is that God is the creator of everything that exists (Weider & Gutierrez, 2011). Throughout the Bible, the creation of mankind is referenced, and God as his creator. In Genesis 1:26, the Bible tells us God made man in this own image.