Chapter 3 Flashcards
What is the doctrine of Jesus Christ and the study of Christ and His provision of salvation for a lost humanity?
Christology
Who is the theme of Scripture?
Jesus Christ
What is Jesus’ coming to earth in the form of human flesh?
incarnation
What is the “first gospel proclamation”?
Genesis 3:15
What name of Christ is His official title?
Christ
What name of Christ is the New Testament name for the Old Testament word Messiah, which means “anointed one”?
Christ
What name of Christ picture Jesus in His three offices of prophet, priest, and king?
Christ
What are the three offices of Christ that were all annointed?
prophet, priest, and king
What is the name of Christ that indicated Christ’s position in the Trinity?
Son of God
What is the name of Christ that emphasizes His diety?
Son of God
What is the name of Christ that is the emphasis of John’s gospel?
Son of God
What is name of Christ that is the title Jesus applied to Himself?
Son of Man
What is the name of Christ that emphasizes His humiliation?
Son of Man
What is the name of Christ that is the emphasis of Luke’s gospel?
Son of Man
What is the name of Christ that emphasizes His position as the Master, King, and Ruler of our lives?
Lord
What is the name of Christ that deserves obedience and reverence?
Lord
What is the name of Christ that is equivalent to the Old Testament “God”?
Lord
What is the name of Christ that is His personal, human name?
Jesus
What is the name of Christ that is a Greek translation of the Hebrew name Joshua?
Jesus
What is the name of Christ that means “Saviour” or “Salvation”?
Jesus
What is the name of Christ that means “God with us”?
Immanuel
What is the Old Testament equivalent of the name Jesus?
Joshua
Was Jesus a Nazarite or Nazarene?
Nazarene
Did Jesus have a human father?
no, just Mary
What were the four human names of Jesus?
Jesus, Son of Man, Jesus of Nazareth, The Man Christ Jesus
What was Jesus’ ethnicity?
Jewish
What are the three essential elements of a physical nature that Jesus also possessed because he was man as well as God?
body, soul, spirit
What were the five human sinless infirmities mentioned in the Bible that Jesus went through?
hunger, thirst, fatigue, weariness, and agony
How did Jesus develop?
in the usual, normal way of human development
What are the four human characteristics that Jesus portrayed?
Humility, love, meekness, and balance
In what two ways did Jesus show humility and love?
he washed the disciples’ feet and he laid down his life for his friends
What is an attitude of mind opposed to contentiousness?
meekness
In what two areas was Jesus a perfect balance of?
love and justice
What are three human activities that Jesus Christ performed that are mentioned in the Bible?
(1) he prayed
(2) he worked
(3) he learned
Why did Jesus need to pray if He is God?
to set an example for us to pray to our heavenly Father
What are four divine activities that Jesus performed while He was on Earth?
(1) he created
(2) he forgave sin
(3) he exercised judgement
(4) he was worshiped
Jesus received worship that was rightfully refused by who or what?
men and angels
What type of conception did Jesus have?
a divine one
Name at least three divine names or titiles of Jesus.
(1) God
(2) Son of God
(3) Lord
(4) Immanuel
Name at least three divine characteristics that Jesus had.
(1) He is eternal
(2) He is omnipotent
(3) He is omnipresent
(4) He is omniscient
(5) He is immutable
What did Jesus’ miracles prove?
that He is God
What are the three reasons why Jesus performed miracles?
(1) to show His deity
(2) to draw attention to His message
(3) to show His sovereignty
What did the virgin birth of Jesus Christ again prove?
the reliability of Scipture
What was the virgin birth of Jesus Christ a fulfillment of?
a wonderful prophesy
What was the virgin birth of Jesus Christ a beautiful expression of?
the supernatural
What did the virgin birth of Jesus Christ mean about his natures?
he was able to acquire a human nature without affecting His sinless deity
What did the virgin birth of Jesus Christ allow His to avoid?
the curse of Jeconiah
What book of the Bible gives Jesus’ legal line through Joseph?
Matthew
What book of the Bible gives Jesus’ physical line through Mary?
Luke
What is essential to the Scriptural doctrine of the Atonement?
the incarnation
Did Jesus use His divine power to be victorious over temptation?
no
How much value was Jesus’ sacrifice worth?
infinite
What did Jesus bear redemptively so as to free mankind?
the wrath of God
What is necessary to salvation?
the acceptance of the deity of Christ
Where was the virgin birth of Christ prophesied in the Bible?
Isaiah 7:14
Were Joseph and Mary legally married before Jesus was born?
yes
What does the humiliation of Christ begin with?
His incarnation
What does the humiliation of Christ end with?
His burial
What does the exaltation of Christ begin with?
His resurrection
What does the exaltation of Christ end with?
it doesn’t, it continues throughout all eternity
Even though Jesus limited Himself, did He ever cease to be God?
no
What is the blessing of the incarnation?
“God with us”
What is the blessing of heaven going to be?
“God with us”
What city is called “little among the thousands of Judah”?
Bethlehem
Where was Jesus born in Bethlehem?
a stable
Were Jesus’ parents poor or rich?
poor
Who were the two human being in particular that Jesus placed Himself under?
his mother and foster father
What limitations was Jesus willingly subject to?
the human body
When did Jesus use His divine power and why?
for the benefit of another
What word should the word tempted be translated into?
tried
If Christ could not be tempted to sin from within, how was be tempted?
from without
Who did Jesus possibly stay with because he did not have a permanent home?
the disciples
How old was Jesus when he died?
33
How much was Jesus betrayed for?
a slave’s price, 30 pieces of silver
What was the climax of history?
the crucifixion of Jesus Christ
What type of trial was the trial of Jesus Christ?
an illegal one
Could a legal trial have condemned Jesus?
no
What was the first trial that Jesus went to after he was betrayed?
he was brought before Annas and the Sanhedrin
When did the first trial that Jesus went to after he was betrayed occur?
at night
What was the second trial that Jesus went to after he was betrayed?
Annas sent Jesus to Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin
When did the second trial that Jesus went to after he was betrayed occur?
at dawn
What was the third trial that Jesus went to after he was betrayed?
the Sanhedrin led Jesus from its council to Pilate the Roman governor in the early morning hours
When did the third trial that Jesus went to after he was betrayed occur?
in the early morning hours
How could we tell that Joseph and Mary were poor?
because they brought turtle doves to sacrifice instead of a lamb
Why was it illegal for the Sanhedrin to meet at night?
because they were supposed to meet after the morning sacrifice
Why was it illegal for the Sanhedrin to meet on Fridays?
it may have required the Sanhedrin to meet on Sabbath
What was it illegal for the witnesses to disagree?
because in matters of capital punishment witnesses should have told the truth
Who were really the ones who should have been crucified the day Jesus died?
the ones who were the witnesses who falsely accused him
What did the High Priest do at the trial that was illegal because of how upeset he was?
he tore his clothes
Was Christ’s defense ever really allowed in the trial?
no
Why should the judges have been disqualified from Jesus’ case?
because they had previous knowledge of it
How many times had the accusers convenes to conspire against Jesus?
three
In reality, when did the Sanhedrin reconvene?
a few hours later at dawn
What was illegal about the charges on Jesus?
they were constantly changed
What was the first accusation against Jesus?
sedition
What was the second accusation against Jesus?
blasphemy
What was the third accusation against Jesus?
treason
What was illegal about a unanimous verdict of guilty at Jesus’ trial?
If it was unanimous, the accused should have been set free
What was a unanimous verdict of guilty considered to be?
a lacking in mercy
Besides the physical pain that Jesus went through, why else was the crucifixion of Christ so difficult for Him?
he was forsaken by God the Father
As Jesus became sin for us, why did Jesus cry out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
because He could no longer call God Father
When was the relationship between Father and Son restored during the crucifixion?
when Jesus cried “It is finished”
Whose sins did Jesus bear on the cross?
every man’s
From noon to 3 p.m. what did Jesus suffer?
all the agony in hell for every man for all mankind compacted into a three hour time span
What type of resurrection was Jesus’?
a bodily resurrection
What does the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ guaruntee?
that someday we will experience a bodily resurrection
By whose power did Jesus rise from the dead?
His own
Would Jesus ever die again afer His resurrection?
no
What is the guarantee of our resurrection?
Jesus’ resurrection
If Jesus did not rise from the dead, what would be worthless?
our faith
What is a vital part of the gospel?
Christ’s resurrection
What is a key doctrine of Christianity?
the resurrection
What was the borrowed way Jesus rode into Jerusalem?
a donkey
What was the borrowed location where Jesus and his disciples celebrated the Passover?
the upper room
What is the oldest lie about the resurrection?
that the disciples stole Jesus’ body
If the theory that the disciples stole Jesus’ body can be disproved, what makes it illogical?
the Bible admits that the tomb was empty
What theory of disproving Jesus’ resurrection suggests that the disciples stole his body from the grave?
the theft lie
What theory of disproving Jesus’ resurrection suggests that Jesus never actually died on the cross, just “fainted” and then the cool air of the tomb and the embalming spices revived Him from his unconscious state?
the swoon story
Who were the three people of groups of people that testified Jesus’ death on the cross?
the soldiers, Joseph, and Nicodemus
Did victims of a crucifixion recover, even under the most favorable burial circumstances?
no
What theory of disproving Jesus’ resurrection says that all of the eyewitnesses of Christ’s post-resurrection appearances were actually hallucinating?
the hallucination explanation
What is the theory of disproving Jesus’ resurrection says that the women, and subsequently everyone else, went to the wrong tomb?
the wrong tomb teaching
What is the act of God the Father by which he gave the Son the honor due Christ because of His deity?
Jesus’ exaltation
How does the exaltation of Jesus Christ begin?
with His resurrection
Who were the five people or groups of people that Jesus appeared to on the day of His resurrection?
- Mary Magdelene
- The women returning from the tomb
- Simon Peter
- The disciples on the road to Emmaus
- The apostles
Between the day of His resurrection and the day of His ascension, what people or groups of people did Jesus appear to?
- Thomas
- Seven disciples by the Lake Tiberias
- “About five hundred brethren at once”
- James
- The eleven apostles
Who saw Jesus the day of His ascension?
the apostles
Who did Jesus appear to after His ascension?
- Stephen
- Paul
- John on the isle of Patmos
What did the exaltation of Jesus Christ continue with?
His ascension
What was the return of Jesus Christ to heaven forty days after His resurrection?
the ascension of Jesus Christ
How long was Jesus on earth after His resurrection?
forty days
Where did Jesus’ ascension occur?
on Mt. Olivet
What was the ascension of Jesus Christ prophetic of?
His second coming
What in the Bible were associated with the presence of Deity?
clouds
What did the ascension provide for the Holy Spirit?
the Holy Spirit’s ulimited power
What did the ascension provide for Jesus Christ?
His unlimited power
What role does Jesus play on our behalf?
Intercessor
When will the exaltation of Jesus Christ end?
never
How long will Jesus reign on earth after His second coming?
one thousand years
Who will be the object of glory and honor in heaven for all eternity?
Jesus