Doctrine 4 Flashcards
OT Witness
Psalm 2:7
Father & Son
OT Witness
Psalm 110:1
Lord to Lord
OT Witness
Psalm 40:6-8
Body & Obedience
OT Witness
Psalm 22
Crucifixion
OT Witness
Proverbs 30:4
The Father & Son’s Name
OT Witness
Isaiah 7:14
Virgin Birth
OT Witness
Isaiah 53
The Suffering Servant
OT Witness
Daniel 3:25
Present in the fiery furnance
Christiology
the study of the Person of Christ
Peter
2 Peter 1:1, Mark 8:29
Paul
Titus 2:13, Phil. 2:6, Romans 9:5
Thomas
John 20:28
Peter, James & John
Mount of Transfiguration - Matthew 17:5
Theanthropos
Theandric union
theos = God, anthropos - man
The perfect union of God and man in one individual
Doctrine 4
We believe that in the person of Jesus Christ, the Divine and human natures are united, so that He is truly and properly God and truly and properly man.
Jesus knew He was God
Luke 2:49; John 8:14-16
Jesus brought His son-ship with him from Heaven
John 6:28; Phil 2:5-7
Jesus declared His Divinity
John 10:30; John 5:22-23
“I Am’s”
Jesus showed His Divinity
John 1:47; Mark 10:21, Luke 7:37, John 21:17
1 Timothy 3:15-16
He appeared in a body
We believe
Jesus reigns with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit.
God sent Jesus to rescue our fallen world.
God’s perfect will and purpose in Jesus’
God sent Jesus to rescue our fallen world
The Trinity is in a search and rescue operation
Jesus’ Power
Miracles of Healing and Restoration
Mark 2:1-12
Jesus’ Power
Power over creation
Mark 4:35-41
Jesus’ Power
Power over demons
Mark 9:14-29
Jesus’ Power
Resurrection Power
John 11:28-43
Jesus’ Power
Ascension
Acts 1:9-11
God’s perfect will and purpose in Jesus
Birth Life
Death Resurrection
Ascension Second Coming
Jesus the Man
Jewish
Palestine
Roman Rule
Jewish
Birth of a woman
Tribe of Judah
Bethlehem
Witness of God the Father and God the Holy Spirit
Baptism (Matthew 3:16, Mark 1:11, Luke 3:21-22)
NT Books devoted to the doctrine
Gospel of John
Epistle to the Colossians
Epistle to the Hebrews
Witness of Worship
Worship is received for God - Luke 4:8
Jesus receives worship
Jesus receives worship
By the Magi (Matthew 2:11)
By the Disciples (John 20:28, Revelations 1:5-6); John 9:35-38)
By angels (Heb 1:6, Rev. 5:11-12)
By all creation (Rev. 4:11)
What are the major differences between Jesus and humanity?
He was without sin - Hebrews 4:15
He and His Father are One - John 17:21
He won over all temptation - Hebrews 4:15
Witness of Attributes & Powers of God
Eternal Nature Holiness Love Every Divine Attribute Omniscience Omnipotent Immutability
Witness of Divine Acts
Creation
Preserver
Governor
Redeemer
Bestows the benefits of reconciliation
Forgiveness of Sins
Access to the FatherNames & Titles that Indicate Humanity
Jesus – Yeshua (Heb) – Matt. 1:21
Common name – ‘Yahweh is Savior’
Son of David – Matt. 21:9
Jewish affiliation – refers to Messiah
Son of Man – Mark 2:27-28
Identification with humanity – Heb. 2:6
Prophetic reference – Ez. 2:1-2
Implications of Jesus’ Humanity
The atoning death of Jesus can truly avail for us.
Jesus can truly sympathize with and intercede for us.
Jesus manifests the true nature of humanity
Jesus can be our example
Human nature is “ultimately” good
God is not totally transcendent (so far removed)
Names and Titles that indicate Deity
Son of God - 32 times in Gospels The Lord (kyrios) The Word (logos) Pre-Existed One I AM
Paths toward error regarding Christology
Overemphasize Christ’s humanity – ignore divinity
Overemphasize Christ’s divinity – ignore humanity
Deny unity of natures
Ebionitism
Deny Divinity
Jewish sect of ‘Christians’
Jesus was solely and purely human with charismatic gifts
Anointed as Messiah at Baptism – Spirit came upon Him.
Contemporary version: Unitarianism
Adoptionism
Deny Divinity
Denies eternal nature
Adopted by God at his baptism as ‘Son of God’
Arianism
Jesus is the supreme/first created being
Denies divinity
Contemporary version: Jehovah’s Witnesses
Refutation of Ebionitism, Adoptionism & Arianism
John 1:2-3
Philippians 2:6-11
Colossians 1:15-20
Hebrews 1:3
Docetism (Gr. Dokeo: to seem)
Jesus Christ was purely divine with only the appearance of being human
Deny Humanity
Gnosticism (Gr. Gnosis: to know)
Matter is evil, therefore God cannot become material – or human – duality of spiritual & physical
Jesus Christ just ‘seemed human’ (Docetic)
Importance of secret, special knowledge/revelation
Deny Humanity
Refutation of Gnosticism/Docetism
John 1: 1-18
1John 1:1-3
1 John 2:18-27
1 John 4:1-6
Nestorianism
Separation of Christ into two persons and two natures (Siamese twins)
Denies the Incarnation
Jesus was a human bound morally in friendship with Logos ( the Word)
Deny Unity of Natures
Eutychianism
Neither God nor man
A composite – third type of being
Deny Unity of Natures
Apollinarianism
Jesus possessed the body of a man, but the mind of God
‘A miraculous mixture’
Soul is disengaged from the body
Logos takes the place of the soul – a ‘soul-less being’
Deny Unity of Natures
Refutation of Nestorianism, Eutychiansim,
Apollinarianism
John 5: 6-12
Hebrews 1:1-6
Hebrews 2:9-17
1 Timothy 3:16
Council of Nicea – 325 C.E
Countered Arianism – Christ’s nature is of the same substance with the Father
Emphasized the Incarnation – union of natures
Emphasized mission
Nicene Creed
Incarnation: God appeared in the flesh in the person of Jesus
1 John 1:2
Phillipans 2:6-7
Hebrews 1:2-3
Jesus’ own understanding of Himself
John 17:5
John 3:13
John 6:62
John 14:9
