Success Criteria:ALL (E GRADE): Wil l be able to describe Christ ian bel iefs about what God is l ike  MOST (C GRADE): Wil l be able to describe Christ ian bel iefs about what God is l ike using key terms and identi fy passages in the Bible which support these descript ions SOME (A GRADE): Wil l be able to examine Christ ian bel iefs about what God is l ike and identi fy

What is God like?

Think of ten words that Christians might use to try and explain what God is like.

LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Where do ideas about God come

from?

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Omnipotent – God is all-powerful. God has unlimited power and can do anything.

LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Omniscience – God is all-knowing. God has infinite knowledge, he knows everything, even the future.

LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Omnibenevolence – God is all loving. God is perfectly good and all loving.

LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Omnipresence – God is everywhere at the same time.

LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Immanence – God is within all. God is present in all living things

LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Transcendence – God is above all. God is independent of the universe and physical existence.

LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Omnipotent – God is all-powerful. God has unlimited power and can do anything.

Omniscience – God is all-knowing. God has infi nite knowledge, he knows everything, even the future.

Omnibenevolence – God is all loving. God is perfectly good and all loving.

Omnipresence – God is everywhere at the same time.

Transcendence – God is above all. God is independent of the universe and physical existence.

Immanence – God is within all. God is present in all l iving things.

Extension 1: Which quality do you think is the most important and

why? Give reasons to support your answer.

Extension 2: Why do you think most artists portray God as looking

like man?

E GRADE – For each new key word – draw a picture to represent what it means. C GRADE – Write the definitions then a sentence as to why Christians might think this. A GRADE – How can God be transcendent and immanent at the same time? How can God be all knowing, all powerful and all loving and yet there is still evil in the world? Try use drawings / diagrams to explain your answers.

LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Use the Bibles to look up the following references. Each of these Bible verses matches to one of the qualities you have just listed. You need to decide which one it matches best and write it down.

Extension: Which quality do you think is the most important and why? Give reasons to support

your answer

Luke 1:37

For nothing will be impossible with God Omnipotent

1 John 3:20

For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

Omniscience

Isaiah 55:8-9

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts

Transcendence

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life

Omnibenevolence

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good Omnipresence

Job 33:4

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life Immanence

LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Christians believe that people find it diffi cult to say what God is like because God is beyond human understanding. When people talk about God they tend to use pictures, symbols or symbolic language. Sometimes people try to describe God by saying what God is not like, e.g. God is not cruel.

Stretch – What would be the most suitable way to represent

God in art?

There are many famous pieces of art which are supposed to be of God.

What do you think many of them have in common?

LI: Understand what Christians believe God is like

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

Pieter de Grebber God Invit ing Chr ist to Sit on the Throne at His Right Hand

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

God the Father by Cima da Conegliano Why do you think

He has been painted like this? LI: Understand what Christians believe God is

like

Watch the two clips below and consider what qualities does ‘God’ have in the clips and why do you think they portrayed God the way they did?

A L L ( E G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S L I K E

 M O S T ( C G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O D E S C R I B E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D

I S L I K E U S I N G K E Y T E R M S A N D I D E N T I F Y PA S S A G E S I N T H E B I B L E W H I C H S U P P O RT T H E S E D E S C R I P T I O N S

 S O M E ( A G R A D E ) : W I L L B E A B L E T O E X A M I N E C H R I S T I A N B E L I E F S A B O U T W H AT G O D I S

L I K E A N D I D E N T I F Y

WHAT DOES ‘OMNIPOTENT’

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WHAT DOES ‘OMNIPRESENT’

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WHAT DOES ‘OMNISCIENT’

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