September 19, Doctrine of Human Nature

The Doctrine of Human Nature

September 19, 2007

 

Q. What are we by nature?

A. We are part of God’s creation, made in the image of God.

 

Using these quotations as a starting point, what are your thoughts about God? What is our relationship to/with God? (What does the Bible – specifically the Book of Genesis – say about our place in creation and our relationship to God?)

What can affect our relationship with God?

 

What is “the Fall”? (Hint: It’s not September, October and November.)

 

What is sin? What is grace? (Where does grace come from and how can we get it?)

 

What is “incarnation”?  What do we mean when we say (in the Nicene Creed) that Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and became incarnate from the Virgin Mary?

 

If Jesus had a human body like ours, are bodies important?

Are human bodies “good”? (Hint: What did God say about creation?)