How do Christians describe God

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How do Christians describe God?

• Learning Objective
• To understand how the Bible describes God
• To understand the difference between abstract and
  concrete descriptions

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Starter

• Describe the person sitting next to you. BE
  NICE!!!
• One sentence should describe what they look like.
• One sentence should describe what sort of person
  they are (e.g. nice, funny, dopey etc).
• One sentence should say how they make you feel
  (e.g. happy, safe etc.)
• Make sure your description is no longer than
  three sentences!!!

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Task 1

• In your book draw how you would describe your god
• DO NOT draw a man with a beard!!!
• Instead draw how your god makes you feel/what he
  does for you
• E.g. If your god makes you happy you might draw a
  smiley face!!!

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How do Christians describe God?
TRUTH
REFUGE
PEACE
Shelter
LOVE
Father
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Memory Test How did you do?

• Rock
• Refuge
• Spirit
• Shelter
• Love
• Truth
• Shepherd
• Peace
• Father
• Person

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Abstract and Concrete

• Concrete is something you can touch
• Abstract is a feeling or belief that you cant
  touch
• A brick is
• Happy is

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Task

• Draw a table with abstract on one side and
  concrete on the other.
• Put the ten words that you memorised into the
  table.
• Extension Using the Bible add as many more
  words as you can about how Christians describe God

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• Exodus 346-7
• 1 John 48
• Psalm 902).
• 1 Timothy 117
• 1 Chronicles 2910,11