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<small>''This article is about the biblical God.  For the term as used to refer to any divine being, see [[Other Gods]]''</small>
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[[Image:Alphaomega.jpg|thumb|200px|God is the Alpha and Omega, the first and last, the beginning and the ending]]
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{{cquote|'''Genesis 1:1'''<br />In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.}}
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===Mission===
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{{trinity}}'''God''' is the sovereign creator and eternal ruler of all things and beings that exist, whether in the physical [[universe]] or in the spiritual realm ([[Heaven]]).  Not only is God the creator and ruler of the things and beings within those two realms, but he is also the creator of the realms themselves. God created the physical universe, and before he acted in this creation, the universe did not exist. Likewise God did with the spiritual realm.
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The mission of Sugar Labs<sup>®</sup> is to produce, distribute, and support the use of the [[What is Sugar?|Sugar learning platform]]; it is a support base and gathering place for the community of educators and developers to create, extend, teach, and learn with the Sugar learning platform.
 
  
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Sugar is based on the following [[What is Sugar?|principles]]:
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== God is Revealed: How we know about God ==
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* everyone is a teacher and a learner;
 
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* humans by their nature are social beings; 
 
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* humans by their nature are expressive;
 
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* you learn through doing; and
 
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* love is a better master than duty.
 
  
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See this Community news post from [[Sugar Labs/Current Events/Archive/2009-03-17|10-Mar-2009, on ...our '''“Big Overarching Vision Goals for 2009”''']]...
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Other than creation itself, God is revealed in several ways, including conscience and special revelation (the bible, and prophets). Most importantly though, God is revealed in [[Jesus Christ]], who is the Son of God.
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== [[:Category:Team|Teams]] ==
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== Attributes or Character of God ==
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Sugar Labs is organized around overlapping Teams. Please use the '''Community''' panel in the wiki sidebar to visit and explore the work and events for each team.
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The attributes of God are things that describe who he is. Similar to the way one might describe a close friend to another individual, so too do these attributes describe God's character and nature. Attributes of God include but are not limited to [[Wisdom]], [[Infinitude]], [[Sovereignty]], [[Holiness]], [[Trinity]], [[Omniscience]], [[Faithfulness]], [[Love]], [[Omnipotence]], [[Self-existence]], [[Self-sufficiency]], [[Justice]], [[Immutability]], [[Mercy]], [[Eternal]], [[Goodness]], [[Gracious]], and [[Omnipresence]]. These attributes all work in complete and perfect harmony with one another.
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This [[:Category:Team | ''Team'' category page]] collects all Sugar Labs wiki pages with a ''Team'' tag.
 
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== [[:Category:Project|Projects]] ==
 
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Sugar Labs is working on a few [[:Category:Project|projects]] focused on delivering specific goals in a defined time period. The '''Projects''' panel in the wiki sidebar holds our premier projects. Please also see these project home pages:
 
  
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| [[Sugar on a Stick]] |
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God exercises eternal and righteous judgment of the wicked in [[hell]], because of an inherent problem in the human heart, namely [[Sin]]. According to the [[Bible]], the sacrifice of [[Jesus Christ]] on the cross of [[calvary]] and then [[resurrection]], is God's merciful and gracious response to the problem of the human heart.
  
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| [[Gardner Pilot Academy]] | [[Shaw Elementary School]] | [[Math4Team |Math4 Project]] |
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=== God is Triune ===
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{{main|Trinity}}
  
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| [[Summer of Code]] |
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Although the Bible does not use the term, it is clear that God is a triune God, or three in one.
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These are sometimes referred to as ''God the Father'', ''God the Son'' ([[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]), and the ''[[Holy Spirit]]''.
  
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== [[Local Labs]] ==
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The first hint of the Trinity is in {{Bible ref|Genesis|1|26}} which relates God saying, "Let us make man in our image", indicating that God is a plurality.
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A local Sugar Lab adapts the technology and pedagogy to an area's culture and resources (''e.g.'', developing activities and content specific to a region); helps translate Sugar to the local language(s); supports Sugar deployments in area schools; creates a local community devoted to the Sugar Labs principles, making Sugar more open and sustainable; provides for communication, between the local communities and the global Sugar Labs community; develops Local content and software that can be used not only for local purposes but also for the overall community; hosts, co-hosts or partners in the organization of conferences, workshops, talks and meetings related to the use or development of Sugar.
 
  
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Please visit these Local Labs:
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The three persons of God are treated as equivalents in these words of Jesus shortly after His resurrection:
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{{Bible quote|Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.|book=Matthew|chap=28|verses=19|version=NIV}}
  
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| [http://co.sugarlabs.org/go/Laboratorios_Azúcar_Colombia Sugar Labs Colombia] | [http://cl.sugarlabs.org/go/Página_Principal Sugar Labs Chile] | [[Sugar Labs DC]] | [http://pe.sugarlabs.org/ Sugar Labs Peru] | [http://ar.sugarlabs.org/ Sugar Labs Argentina] (coming soon)
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==== Jesus is God ====
  
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The first verse of the [[Gospel of John]], in which Jesus is referred to as the "Word", makes clear that Jesus is synonymous with God:
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{{Bible quote|In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.|book=John|chap=1|verses=1|version=NIV}}
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This verse not only says that "the Word" (Jesus) is synonymous with God, but also says that the Word was "in the beginning", which means that He existed before all else existed, something that is only true of God.
  
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==[[Sugar Labs/Current Events|Community News]]==
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This is reinforced two verses later, in which Jesus is described as the creator.
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A [[Sugar Labs/Current Events|current events page]] updated each week (usually on Monday morning) with notes from the Sugar Labs community. (The Sugar Digest is also sent to the [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/community-news community-news at lists.sugarlabs.org] list and blogged at [http://walterbender.org/ walterbender.org].) If you would like to contribute, please send email to [[User:walter|walter]] at sugarlabs.org by the weekend. (Also visit [http://planet.sugarlabs.org planet.sugarlabs.org].)
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[[Genesis]] refers to God as being the Creator.
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{{Bible quote|Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.|book=John|chap=1|verses=3|version=NIV}}
  
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An '''[[Sugar Labs/Current Events/Archive|archive]]''' of Sugar Digests is available.
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==== The Holy Spirit is God ====
  
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==[[Sugar Labs/Events | Events Calendar]]==
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In the following passage, the [[Holy Spirit]] is referred to as God:
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Sugar [[Sugar Labs/Events | community events]] are posted in a public calendar within the Google Calendar system. The calendar is available in a variety of formats: <span class="plainlinks"> [[Image:XML.gif|link=http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/6n9a99dr5knag9tp0obc0rncug%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic]] [[Image:ICal.gif|link=http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/h9cfuk10894em7a8moemquusmg%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics]] [[Image:HTML.gif|link=http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=6n9a99dr5knag9tp0obc0rncug%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York]].
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{{Bible quote|Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God."|book=Acts|chap=5|verses=3-4|version=NIV}}
  
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Please contact [[User:Walter]] if you'd like to post an event to the calendar. Or simply post it below and it will be included.
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=== God is omniscient ===
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==[[Sugar Labs/Roadmap|Roadmap]]==
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God knows everything:
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The [[Sugar Labs/Roadmap|Sugar Community roadmap]] is used to guide our community efforts:
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{{Bible quote|This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.|book=1_John|chap=3|verses=19-20|version=NIV}}
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* Mission, Vision, Values
 
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* Distribution
 
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== Sugar Labs: a learning and software-development community ==
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Because God is outside of [[time]], He can see and knows the [[past]] and the [[future]] as well as the present.
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The Sugar development platform is available under the open-source GNU General Public License (GPL) to anyone who wants to extend it. “Sugar Labs” is a member project of the [http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/ Software Freedom Conservancy] (a non-profit foundation to produce and distribute and support the use of free software) and serves as a support base and gathering place for the community of educators and software developers who want to extend the platform and who have been creating Sugar-compatible applications.
 
  
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=== Education Goals ===
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== "God" sometimes used to refer to God the Father ==
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Sugar is useful only to the extent it is used by the learning community. Thus, Sugar Labs is working with educators around the world to focus on these learning challenges:
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[[Image:Velasco Padre Eterno.jpg|left|140px|God the Father]]
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In the bible, the word "God" (θεός) does not always refer to God's being as a whole, but more specifically refers to the Person of the Father (God the Father). Here are some verses which demonstrate this:
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{{cquote|'''John 3:16''' (NASB)<br />For <u>God</u> so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten <u>Son</u>, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.}}
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{{cquote|'''1 John 4:10''' (NASB)<br />In this is love, not that we loved <u>God</u>, but that He loved us and sent <u>His Son</u> to be the propitiation for our sins.}}
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Notice how in each case, "Father" can be substituted for "God." For example, "For the ''Father'' so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son," and "not that we loved the ''Father'', but that He loved us and sent His Son."
  
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== Terminology ==
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The Bible uses several different words to refer to God.
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Sugar supports the notions that learners should “share by default” and be able to “explore, express, debug, and critique.” Thus Sugar puts an emphasis on “activities” rather than “applications.” The foundation will focus on solving the challenges that are relevant to these aspects of the interface, namely:
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"God" itself is not a name, but an [[Old English]] word meaning ''supreme being, diety'',<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=god God] Online Etymology Dictionary.</ref> which the translators who translated the Bible in to English chose as the appropriate English word for the [[Hebrew]] ''elohim'' and the [[Greek]] ''theos'' used in the [[Old Testament]] and [[New Testament]] respectively.<ref name="DPK">Kruse, Dale P.,[http://www.layevangelism.com/advtxbk/sections/sect-10/sec10-9.htm More on the ''Names'' of God In the Bible], Advanced Training Program of Evangelism.</ref>
  
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The other main term for God is the Hebrew ''adonai'', usually translated ''Lord''.
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* To create versions of Sugar that run on multiple operating systems and on multiple hardware platforms. It should be “simple” to install Sugar everywhere. Specifically, it means packaging for every distribution and every virtual machine—removing hardware-related dependencies wherever possible.
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There are various compound words also used in the Bible, such as ''el shaddai'', which means ''God Almighty'' ("''el''" is a short version of ''elohim'').<ref name="DPK" />
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* To make it  “simple” to write Sugar activities. This necessitates stable APIs and example code that uses these APIs.
 
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* To make Sugar activities even more secure. Our principal user community is comprised of children; they must be protected from malware, phishing, botnets, etc.
 
  
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=== Community Goals ===
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''YHWH'' is given in the Bible as God's actual name.  In most English Bibles it is translated as <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''Lord''</span>, in small capitals.  The name has various other English versions, including Yehovah, Jehovah, and Yahweh.<ref>McHyde, Tim, [http://www.escapeallthesethings.com/yahweh.htm God’s Name: LORD, Yahweh, Yahveh, YHWH, YHVH, Jehovah or Yehovah?]</ref>
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Sugar Labs is here to support community innovation, entrepreneurship, and enterprise. Sugar Labs would like to help community members start projects that help sustain and grow the Sugar technology and learning communities:
 
  
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==See also==
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* To create new learning activities and pedagogical practice.
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*[[Other gods]]
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*[[Atheism]]
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*[[Christianity in Conservapedia]]
  
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== References ==
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In order for Sugar to be successful, it needs the participation of a large number of people who share common goals while maintaining independence, so that each participant has the ability to act independently. For these reasons, Sugar Labs subscribes to the principles described [http://flors.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/the-paradigm-of-the-open-organization/ here], which are the author's own translation of an [http://web.archive.org/web/20050317231119/http://interactors.coop/organizacionabierta original text in Spanish.]
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{{Reflist|2}}
  
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==External links==
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*[http://www.theopedia.com/God Theopedia - God]
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*[http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/god.html ChristianAnswers.net - God]
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*[http://wikible.org/en/God Wikible.org - God]
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*[http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/is-there-a-god Opposing Views: Is There a God?]
  
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[[Category:Christianity]]
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[[Category:Divine Beings]]
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This article is about the biblical God. For the term as used to refer to any divine being, see Other Gods

File:Alphaomega.jpg
God is the Alpha and Omega, the first and last, the beginning and the ending

Template:Cquote Template:TrinityGod is the sovereign creator and eternal ruler of all things and beings that exist, whether in the physical universe or in the spiritual realm (Heaven). Not only is God the creator and ruler of the things and beings within those two realms, but he is also the creator of the realms themselves. God created the physical universe, and before he acted in this creation, the universe did not exist. Likewise God did with the spiritual realm.

God is Revealed: How we know about God

Other than creation itself, God is revealed in several ways, including conscience and special revelation (the bible, and prophets). Most importantly though, God is revealed in Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God.

Attributes or Character of God

The attributes of God are things that describe who he is. Similar to the way one might describe a close friend to another individual, so too do these attributes describe God's character and nature. Attributes of God include but are not limited to Wisdom, Infinitude, Sovereignty, Holiness, Trinity, Omniscience, Faithfulness, Love, Omnipotence, Self-existence, Self-sufficiency, Justice, Immutability, Mercy, Eternal, Goodness, Gracious, and Omnipresence. These attributes all work in complete and perfect harmony with one another.

God exercises eternal and righteous judgment of the wicked in hell, because of an inherent problem in the human heart, namely Sin. According to the Bible, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross of calvary and then resurrection, is God's merciful and gracious response to the problem of the human heart.

God is Triune

Template:Main

Although the Bible does not use the term, it is clear that God is a triune God, or three in one. These are sometimes referred to as God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.

The first hint of the Trinity is in Template:Bible ref which relates God saying, "Let us make man in our image", indicating that God is a plurality.

The three persons of God are treated as equivalents in these words of Jesus shortly after His resurrection: Template:Bible quote

Jesus is God

The first verse of the Gospel of John, in which Jesus is referred to as the "Word", makes clear that Jesus is synonymous with God: Template:Bible quote This verse not only says that "the Word" (Jesus) is synonymous with God, but also says that the Word was "in the beginning", which means that He existed before all else existed, something that is only true of God.

This is reinforced two verses later, in which Jesus is described as the creator. Genesis refers to God as being the Creator. Template:Bible quote

The Holy Spirit is God

In the following passage, the Holy Spirit is referred to as God: Template:Bible quote

God is omniscient

Template:Main

God knows everything: Template:Bible quote

Because God is outside of time, He can see and knows the past and the future as well as the present.

"God" sometimes used to refer to God the Father

God the Father

In the bible, the word "God" (θεός) does not always refer to God's being as a whole, but more specifically refers to the Person of the Father (God the Father). Here are some verses which demonstrate this: Template:Cquote Template:Cquote Notice how in each case, "Father" can be substituted for "God." For example, "For the Father so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son," and "not that we loved the Father, but that He loved us and sent His Son."

Terminology

The Bible uses several different words to refer to God. "God" itself is not a name, but an Old English word meaning supreme being, diety,[1] which the translators who translated the Bible in to English chose as the appropriate English word for the Hebrew elohim and the Greek theos used in the Old Testament and New Testament respectively.[2]

The other main term for God is the Hebrew adonai, usually translated Lord. There are various compound words also used in the Bible, such as el shaddai, which means God Almighty ("el" is a short version of elohim).[2]

YHWH is given in the Bible as God's actual name. In most English Bibles it is translated as Lord, in small capitals. The name has various other English versions, including Yehovah, Jehovah, and Yahweh.[3]

See also

References

Template:Reflist

External links

  1. ↑ God Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kruse, Dale P.,More on the Names of God In the Bible, Advanced Training Program of Evangelism.
  3. ↑ McHyde, Tim, God’s Name: LORD, Yahweh, Yahveh, YHWH, YHVH, Jehovah or Yehovah?
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