HON 1517 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Invisible Church, Church Visible, The Great Divorce
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Christianity: scripture fulfilled (ot), historical facts, actions focused on doing good, song of god, love, nt teachings, actions, church, both god and man, jewish, social prophet, perfect, humble, living word. Yahweh: supreme can be known, we can have continuous contact with god. Jesus" message: invitational style, concrete ordinary world spiritual concepts (parables)(similes/metaphors), controversial. God has an overwhelming love for every person. God"s love flows into people and put to others: boils down to the great commandments. In greek, the first letters of jesus christ, son of god, savior spelled out. Christians had an unusual love and joy. Church visible the institution now on earth. Church invisible all now and forever. Theology: the study of the nature of god and religious belief: doctrine of incarnation. Bridges humanity and god: doctrine of atonement. Christ"s sacrifice pays our debt and frees us from sin: doctrine of the trinity god is one in three.
