Test your recall of Nature of God, Trinity, Creation, Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension, Afterlife, and Sin & Salvation.
Spend 5 minutes revealing and checking your answers. Focus on key definitions and biblical references.
Omnipotent: All-powerful. God can do anything consistent with His nature. Examples: Creation, miracles, resurrection.
Omnibenevolent: Perfectly good and loving. God always acts in humanity's best interest. Shows through grace, forgiveness, care.
Just: Fair and righteous. God judges sin but also offers redemption. Revealed through law, prophets, Jesus.
Key question: How do these attributes coexist when evil exists? This is the Problem of Evil.
Definition: God exists eternally as Father, Son (Jesus), and Holy Spirit—three distinct persons in one divine substance.
Biblical basis: Matthew 3:16-17 (Baptism of Jesus—all three present); 2 Corinthians 13:14 (Trinitarian blessing).
Why it matters: Shows God's relationship with humanity through incarnation and presence of Holy Spirit in believers.
God created universe in six days. Humans made "in God's image"—bearing moral and relational capacity. Creation is good.
Jesus is the divine Word through whom all creation was made. Incarnation unites divine and human natures.
What: God became human in Jesus Christ. The divine entered history and human experience.
Significance: Bridges heaven and earth. Allows God to experience suffering, temptation, death. Reveals God's love by joining us in our condition.
Theological impact: Makes salvation possible through Jesus' perfect humanity and divinity.
Historical context: Jesus crucified by Romans around 30 CE under Pontius Pilate.
Theological meaning: Jesus bore human sin; His death was a sacrifice for redemption.
Different atonement theories:
Resurrection (Easter): Jesus rose from death three days after crucifixion. First-hand accounts by disciples. Proves Jesus' divinity and power over death.
Ascension (40 days later): Jesus returned to heaven in bodily form. Marks transition from earthly to spiritual presence via Holy Spirit.
Hope for believers: Resurrection guarantees eternal life for those who believe; Ascension promises Christ's continued intercession.
Eternal presence with God; reward for believers. State of perfect communion, joy, absence of suffering.
Eternal separation from God; consequence of rejecting salvation. Some see as conscious torment, others as complete separation.
State of cleansing for those with venial sin before entering heaven. Not universal in Protestant theology. Reflects belief in God's mercy and final justice.
By Grace: Salvation is God's free gift (Ephesians 2:8-9). Accepted through faith. Most common Protestant view.
By Works: Salvation includes active living out of faith through obedience and good deeds. Catholic perspective includes sacraments.
By Spirit: Salvation involves regeneration—being "born again" through Holy Spirit (John 3:3). Pentecostal/evangelical emphasis.
Answer: God becoming human in Jesus Christ; the divine Word made flesh.
Answer: To pay for humanity's sins; to achieve redemption through sacrifice.
Answer: Jesus returned to heaven 40 days after resurrection; marked end of earthly presence.
Answer: Omnipotent (all-powerful), Omnibenevolent (perfectly good), Just (righteous judge). All three essential to Christian belief.
Answer: How can a good, all-powerful God allow evil? Major theological question in Christianity.
1. God's Nature: Omnipotent, omnibenevolent, just. Creator of all.
2. The Trinity: One God in three persons—Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
3. Jesus' Work: Incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension—cosmic salvation event.
4. Afterlife Hope: Resurrection promises eternal life; judgment promises justice.
For exam success: Know biblical references (Matthew 3:16-17, John 1:1-3, Ephesians 2:8-9). Understand both the concepts AND why they matter theologically. Be ready to explain different views on atonement and salvation.