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Do you have faith in God? Why ? Why not? Does God make himself known to us at all? How?

Do you have faith in God? Why ? Why not? Does God make himself known to us at all? How?. UNIT: Knowing God. Do you have a real faith in God? If so, what made you really believe in Him for yourself ? If not, what makes you think He isn’t real ? Explain your reason(s) in detail.

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Do you have faith in God? Why ? Why not? Does God make himself known to us at all? How?

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  1. Do you have faith in God? Why ? Why not? Does God make himself known to us at all? How?

  2. UNIT: Knowing God • Do you have a real faith in God? • If so, what made you really believe in Him for yourself ? • If not, what makes you think He isn’t real ? • Explain your reason(s) in detail. • To identify ways in which God can be known • To explain the difference between revealed and natural knowledge • To evaluate the different ways we can know God HW – Title page for the unit “knowing God”.

  3. Read information on your sheet. • With your partner, write 4 points to convince other people that your way of knowing God tells you the most about Him. • Listen to the presentations. • Write up your own list in order from the best way of knowing God, to the least helpful • Explain your choice of the top one. • Explain your choice of the bottom one. • **Which way of knowing God do you think most people rely on for their faith? Explain. • Church Conversion • Miracles • History • Nature • Personal experience The Bible

  4. Revelation Revelation means God himself teaches us things about Himself. The Bible says that it isn’t possible for human beings to know God by themselves – God has to come down to us, and show Himself to us, for us to know Him. Why do you think that is? Even so, people try and work out what God must be like philosophically, if he is to be God, the supreme being. .

  5. Which of the following statements about God are “philosophical” and which are from “revelation”? Revelation A. God is a Father to us D. God is three persons but One being (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) F. God must be all-powerful if He really is God, the supreme being B. God is THE Creator: or else someone else made Him! E. God is a pure spirit, or else He would change and rot like everything else C. Jesus is the Lord, God’s own self. Give an examples of a truth about God that we know from Revelation, and a truth we know from philosophy. Give your own definition to explain what “revelation” means. **How does God “reveal” the truths of revelation to us?

  6. Name 3 ways of knowing God • What is Revelation and why is it important way of knowing God?

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