20. Opposites cannot both be true at the same time and in the same sense. The Law of Non-Contradiction If any one denies this, then beat him and burn him until he admits that to be beaten is not the same as not to be beaten, and to be burned is not the same as not to be burned. ---Avicenna
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24. Three Basic Views of God Which One is True? Atheism No God at all Pantheism God is all God made all Theism
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29. Second Law of Thermodynamics The universe is running down; it is running out of useable energy UNUSABLE ENERGY
50. “ This world is absolutely unjust!” What’s the Standard for Judgment? “ How can he know what is absolutely un -just without knowing what is absolutely just?”
51. [As an atheist] my argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. Straight Line = Absolute Standard We can’t know what is not-just unless we know what is Just. C. S. Lewis , Mere Christianity, 45.
52. “ Mother Teresa is better than Hitler” We can’t make moral comparison without an objective moral standard. But we do. Which one would you hire to baby sit your children?
53. An Outside Standard of Measurement “ The moment you say that one set of moral ideas can be better than another, you are, in fact, measuring them both by a standard, saying that one of them conforms to that standard more nearly than the other. But the standard that measures two things is something different from either.” C.S. Lewis. Mere Christianity, 25.
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55. Summary of Reason Three 1. Every moral law has a moral lawgiver. 2. There is an absolute moral law. 3. Therefore, there is an absolute Moral Lawgiver.
56. Question: What Kind of God Exists? Answer: A Theistic God He is super-powerful —reason 1 He is super-intelligent —reason 2 He is morally perfect —reason 3 Note: He is as different from the world as: 1. A Cause from its effect. 2. An Author from his book 3. A Lawgiver from his law.
57. The Three Major Views of God Atheism No God at all Pantheism God is all God made all Theism
83. 1. He Claimed to Be…. 2. He Proved to Be…. Was Jesus the Son of God?
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85. Jesus: Liar, Lord or Lunatic? “ I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish things that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.' That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would rather be a lunatic - on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg - Or else he would be the Devil of Hell” ( C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity , 55-56).
88. Father Holy Spirit Son Human Nature Divine Nature Father Who³ Who² Human Nature (Divine Nature) Who¹ What² What¹ (Son) (Holy Spirit)
89. Three Ways Jesus Proved to be God: 1. By fulfilling supernatural predictions 2. By performing supernatural acts 3. By His supernatural resurrection No other religious leader ever did this!
90. Human Race Woman, Gen 3:15 Ethnic Group Abraham, Gen 12:1 Tribe Judah, Gen 49:10 Dynasty David, 2 Sam 7:12 How Virgin, Isa 7:14 Where Bethlehem, Mic 5:2 When 33 A.D., Dan 9:24
91. Jesus Proved to be God by performing supernatural acts: 1 . Jesus told the Scribes (Mk. 2:10-11) 2. Nicodemus said so (Jn. 3:2) 3. Earliest history says so (Acts 2:22)
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94. Medical Confirmation “ Clearly, the weight of historical and medical evidence indicates that Jesus was dead before the wound to his side was inflicted and supports the traditional view that the spear, thrust between his right rib, probably perforated not only the right lung but also the pericardium and heart and thereby ensured his death. Accordingly, interpretations based on the assumption that Jesus did not die on the cross appear to be at odds with modern medical knowledge" ( JAMA March 21,1986, p. 1463).
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97. The Son of God Promised the NT “ But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things , and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you” (Jn. 14:26). “ However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth ; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come” (Jn. 16:13).
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99. “ I am the way …. No one comes to the Father except by Me.”
