What is Archetypal knowledge?

Means that God is “of himself” or “from himself”.

What is Ectypal knowledge?

Means that God is “of himself” or “from himself”.

What are the three ways of expressing God’s attributes?

a) Way of negation or removal b) Way of eminence c) Way of causality

Boundless of all finite beings. Unbounded in His essence and existence.

What is the meaning of the term “aseity”?

Means that God is “of himself” or “from himself”.

What is the meaning of God’s independence?

God neither needs nor receives anything outside himself for the full actuality of his existence, essence, and activity.

Means that God is “of himself” or “from himself”.

Boundless of all finite beings. Unbounded in His essence and existence.

The meaning of God’s infinity

Boundless of all finite beings. Unbounded in His essence and existence.

Means that God is “of himself” or “from himself”.

God neither needs nor receives anything outside himself for the full actuality of his existence, essence, and activity.

How do God’s independence and aseity support the doctrine of divine simplicity?

God is fully separate from the world and our comprehension ability and is in that sense simple.

This means that God is not composed of parts.

By saying that God Himself is purely actual.

According to those who hold to God’s simplicity, why can he not be composed of parts?

he would then be dependent or made up of something meaning He would have a composer thereby suggesting that God was created.

God is not composed of parts so he is one being meaning that we can depend fully on His one being instead of hoping that His other parts don’t fail.

It supports it by saying that God is fully separate from the world and our comprehension ability and is in that sense simple.

How does divine simplicity support the truth that God is utterly reliable and dependable?

God is not composed of parts so he is one being meaning that we can depend fully on His one being instead of hoping that His other parts don’t fail.

It supports it by saying that God is fully separate from the world and our comprehension ability and is in that sense simple.

Saying that God is composed of parts because he would then be dependent or made up of something meaning He would have a composer thereby suggesting that God was created.

What is meant by God’s omnipresence?

It means that God is fully present to every creature and place and yet is not locally circumscribed to in his presence. He fills every place but is confined by none.

By a multiplication of himself of himself nor circumscribed by space or encircled by place, for He is a spirit.

God fills the Heaven and earth and is a near and far God.

How does Boethius define God’s eternity?

The whole, simultaneous, and perfect possession of boundless life

Definition of divine knowledge

That perfection by which God, in an entirely unique manner, knows himself and all things possible and actual is one simple and eternal act.

God knows both Himself and, in Himself all things that can imitate His being and be produced by His power.

Only things that he has freely willed to bring into existence.

In God’s self-knowledge, or “natural knowledge,” what does he know?

God knows both Himself and, in Himself all things that can imitate His being and be produced by His power.

Only things that he has freely willed to bring into existence.

Does not refer to temporal priority in a strict sense but to the absolute priority and initiative of knowledge that lies with God. His knowledge does not follow from things outside himself.

1. According to the Westminster Confession (2.2) God’s “knowledge is__________ _ , _______ _ , and ______ _ upon the creature; so as nothing is to him contingent or uncertain.” (notes 8)

Infinite, Infallible, independent.

Meaning of divine foreknowledge

Does not refer to temporal priority in a strict sense but to the absolute priority and initiative of knowledge that lies with God. His knowledge does not follow from things outside himself.

It locates possibility outside of God. Makes Him dependent on the free will of humans in order to know what their could or would be.

The perfection of God’s nature by which he is worthy of his own self-love and self-satisfaction.

According to Bavinck and the class notes, what is the problem with Middle Knowledge?

It locates possibility outside of God. Makes Him dependent on the free will of humans in order to know what their could or would be.

Does not refer to temporal priority in a strict sense but to the absolute priority and initiative of knowledge that lies with God. His knowledge does not follow from things outside himself.

The perfection of God’s nature by which he is worthy of his own self-love and self-satisfaction.

Meaning of divine goodness

The perfection of God’s nature by which he is worthy of his own self-love and self-satisfaction.

He is originally good, good in himself.

He is the good that we seek above all other good.

God’s holiness qualities is his absolute purity by which he is set apart from all things common and corrupt.

God’s goodness and his perfect self-satisfaction

He is originally good, good in himself.

The perfection of God’s nature by which he is worthy of his own self-love and self-satisfaction.

He is the good that we seek above all other good.

God’s holiness qualities is his absolute purity by which he is set apart from all things common and corrupt.

What does Psalm 16:2, 5–6 indicate about God’s goodness for us?

He is the good that we seek above all other good.

He is originally good, good in himself.

The perfection of God’s nature by which he is worthy of his own self-love and self-satisfaction.

Meaning of divine holiness

God’s holiness qualities is his absolute purity by which he is set apart from all things common and corrupt.

That perfection by which God maintains himself over against every violation of his holiness and goodness, and shows to be the standard of what is right.

1. The singular act of God in which he necessarily delights in himself as his own good and goal and freely chooses to bring about and order all creation toward that same goal.

1. ) By God’s, self-will is not a striving for what he does not possess but the enjoyment and rest that God has in himself.

Definition of divine righteousness

That perfection by which God maintains himself over against every violation of his holiness and goodness, and shows to be the standard of what is right.

The singular act of God in which he necessarily delights in himself as his own good and goal and freely chooses to bring about and order all creation toward that same goal.

Definition of the divine will

The singular act of God in which he necessarily delights in himself as his own good and goal and freely chooses to bring about and order all creation toward that same goal.

By God’s, self-will is not a striving for what he does not possess but the enjoyment and rest that God has in himself.

God’s self-will is not an efficacious will because it would imply that God is an effect.

Briefly explain what is meant by God’s “self-will”?

By God’s, self-will is not a striving for what he does not possess but the enjoyment and rest that God has in himself.

God’s self-will is not an efficacious will because it would imply that God is an effect.

Is God’s self-will an efficacious will? Why or why not?

God’s self-will is not an efficacious will because it would imply that God is an effect.

His enjoyment of his own glory. The creatures are not supplying something God lacks rather they are created for a purpose to glorify God.

What is God’s end in willing creatures? How does this relate to the end of his self-will?

His enjoyment of his own glory. The creatures are not supplying something God lacks rather they are created for a purpose to glorify God.

The power of God (the executing principle of the divine operation) is nothing other than the divine essence itself productive outwardly (through which he is conceived as able to do whatever he wills or can will)

morally or supernaturally impossible.

What is meant by the decretive will of God

Decretive will of God is the eternal purpose and plan.

Difference Between Gods preceptive and decretive will.

They differ one is a plan in which God only knows and the other is something that God shows us bits and pieces of His plan to us.

They do not count as proof because He can do all things according to His holy will nothing unholy can be done.

morally or supernaturally impossible.

What does Turretin say the power of God is?

The power of God (the executing principle of the divine operation) is nothing other than the divine essence itself productive outwardly (through which he is conceived as able to do whatever he wills or can will)

The singular act of God in which he necessarily delights in himself as his own good and goal and freely chooses to bring about and order all creation toward that same goal.

That perfection by which God, in an entirely unique manner, knows himself and all things possible and actual is one simple and eternal act.

The whole, simultaneous, and perfect possession of boundless life ”.

What are two things Scripture says are impossible for God?

morally or supernaturally impossible.

Foreknowledge and all knowledge

Why do such impossibilities not count as proof against his omnipotence?

They do not count as proof because He can do all things according to His holy will nothing unholy can be done.

God’s self-will is not an efficacious will because it would imply that God is an effect.

The power of God (the executing principle of the divine operation) is nothing other than the divine essence itself productive outwardly (through which he is conceived as able to do whatever he wills or can will)

What means does God use in condescending to reveal himself to creatures?

God condescends himself in using language and imagery of creation to name and reveal himself to us.

This means that God is “of himself” or “from himself”.

Does God’s aseity mean that he is self-caused? Why or why not? (notes 4)

God’s aseity is exclusively from himself in the sense of being from eternity to eternity who he is, being not becoming.

Boundless of all finite beings. Unbounded in His essence and existence.

What is the meaning of God’s immutability?

He cannot change or be changed.

How does the fact of God’s pure actuality support the belief that he is immutable?

Pure actuality of God has God as the first cause of being, meaning that which lacks passive potency has no capacity for change

Immutability denies God the ability to change. Whereas, Impassibility denies the ability to suscept to the reception of operation in God.

What are two biblical passages that support the doctrine of divine immutability?

Psalms 102:26-28 and Malachi 3:6

How would an adherent to divine immutability respond to the charge that immutability renders God uninvolved with the world and somewhat static and lifeless?

They would claim that this charge is false. God is also not lifeless because His immutability is founded on God’s fullness of being.

God to be impassible means that he cannot suffer or be acted upon.

God is fully present to every creature and place and yet is not locally circumscribed to in his presence.

Definition of divine impassibility

cannot experience inner emotional changes.

Impassibility is closely related to divine immutability yet has a slightly different meaning. What is the difference?

Immutability denies God the ability to change, whereas, impassibility denies God the ability to be acted upon.

Immutability denies God the ability to be acted upon whereas, impassibility denies God the ability to change.

How do those holding to God’s impassibility account for the reality of his love, compassion, and hatred for sin while at the same time confessing that he is without “passions”?

Passion means to suffer, submit, or undergo something; it is a caused state of being. God cannot cause his love, compassion, or hatred for sin, they are just part of who he is and part of his being.

Passion means to carry out the will. It is a caused state of being. God cannot cause his love, compassion, or hatred for sin, they are just part of who he is and part of his being.

How do passages such as Jude 25, Titus 1:2, and 2 Timothy 1:9 support the notion that God is not a temporal being?

These show that God existed before all ages, before the world began, and before the beginning of time. Showing God’s eternal existence before time began with the creation of the world, showing God is not temporal.

By a multiplication of himself of himself nor circumscribed by space or encircled by place, for He is a spirit.

It means that God is fully present to every creature and place and yet is not locally circumscribed to in his presence. He fills every place but is confined by none.

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Definition of divine incomprehensibility

The knowledge of God cannot be contained by the mind of the creature.

shows Gods exultation over Creation.

Comprehending is to contain. Knowing is to have knowledge of.

God makes himself known through the attributes that he gives us and through his creations.

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How does 1 Kings 8:27 establish the incomprehensibility of God?

Absolute non-symmetry and not adequate measures.

Shows God’s exultation over Creation.

Comprehending is to contain. Knowing is to have knowledge of.

God makes himself known through the attributes that he gives us and through his creations.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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In what two senses do we say God is incomprehensible?

Absolute non-symmetry and not adequate measures.

Comprehending is to contain. Knowing is to have knowledge of.

God makes himself known through the attributes that he gives us and through his creations.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In reference to our understanding of God, what is the difference between “comprehending” and “knowing”?

God makes himself known through the attributes that he gives us and through his creations.

Comprehending is to contain. Knowing is to have knowledge of.

Shows God’s exultation over Creation.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

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Herman Bavinck: “If we cannot speak of God ______________ then we cannot speak of him at all.”

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If God is unknowable in himself, how and where does he makes something of himself known to us?

God names himself (He does not need a name in order to know himself). He does this because we are not able to devise names for Him through our own understanding. He is the only one who can do so.

God makes himself known through the attributes that he gives us and through his creations.

Human knowledge of God is derived from his revelation.

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Who names God? Why?

God names himself (He does not need a name in order to know himself). He does this because we are not able to devise names for Him through our own understanding. He is the only one who can do so.

The knowledge that God has of himself, his self-consciousness.

Human knowledge of God is derived from his revelation.

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