Jesus As The Son Of God

Question 1

Jesus as she son of God was used where

Answer 1

In the New Testament and by the early church

Question 2

What showed Jesus to be very literally the son of God

Answer 2

The special nature of his contraception and birth and links to the trinity and the incarnation

Question 3

What did Jesus call God

Answer 3

‘Abba’ - Greek for father and after the baptism of Christ heavenly voice called him ‘my son’ but Jesus did not use this term his elf

Question 4

Ways in Jesus being the son of God

Answer 4

Miracles , resurrection and naming

Question 5

How is Jesus seen as a miracle worker as the son of God

Answer 5

In the New Testament Jesus is shown to be a miracle worker by healing the blind, walking on water, calming the storm

Question 6

How did miracles reinforce the message that Jesus is the son of God

Answer 6

By doing miracles these were things only God could do and using the authority and power of God

Question 7

How do Christian’s experience miracles now as Evidence of the Holy Spirit continued presence

Answer 7

Some Christians go to Lourdes in France for healing

Question 8

What do these miracles of Jesus as the son of God point out

Answer 8

Jesus divinity - divine part of Jesus that is God

Question 9

What is a retort to miracles of Jesus Christ as the son of God

Answer 9

• Humes essay on miracles - argued that “wise man proportions his belief with evidence”
• we have no direct present day experience of miracles ourselves so not possible to trust account of Jesus walking on water as people do not do that today

Question 10

Strength of miracles of Jesus as the son of God

Answer 10

N.T wright states that we need to think about the reason gospel writers report miracles . Jesus did not only heal people but also healed people from excluded groups e.g unclean to have a relationship with God so need to think of ordinary people who experience turmoil e.g fishermen

Jesus is able to gather community together for Gods kingdom on earth

Question 11

How is the resurrection of Jesus as the son of God divine ?

Answer 11

Jesus is the son of God as he raised himself from the dead to show that for humans death is not the end

Divine as he died to break the barrier between humans and God

Question 12

What Bible text does the resurrection link to ?

Answer 12

John 3:16

Question 13

Strength of the resurrection as Jesus as the son of God ?

Answer 13

Resurrection reveals the glorified transformed being

As it shows a fulfillemt of Jesus promise made at the the Sanhedrin
‘And you will see the son of man sitting at the right hand on the mighty one”

Question 14

Jesus knowledge of God as the son of God

Answer 14

• Jesus refers to God as Abba
• no one comes to the father except through me

Question 15

Weakness of Jesus knowledge of God

Answer 15

How jesus knows God is a puzzle. If Jesus is God and human , does that mean he has two beings in one body or one that has power over the other

So means Jesus is both God and a seperate human being

Question 16

Strength of Jesus knowledge of God

Answer 16

There’s a belief in the ’perfect conjunction’ of Jesus which is called hypostatic union by the early church

Question 17

Overall weakness of Jesus as son of God as human ?

Answer 17

• Paul wrote that humans have a sinful nature so did Jesus have this nature ? Augustine - we have a corrupted nature
• resurrection does not happen today so we cannot be sure it happened to Jesus

Question 18

How was Jesus divine

Answer 18

If Jesus was not divine then him dying on the cross would be just like anyone dying so Jesus had to be holy and have the redemptive power to redeem us from our sins

Question 19

Weakness of Jesus being divine

Answer 19

If Jesus was really the incarnation did he suffer , God can’t suffer
Did Jesus really find that pain and how can you kill a God , death is a human quality not a divine quality

Question 20

Who provides a solution to Jesus nature

Answer 20

Karl Ranher

Question 21

Who provides a solution to Jesus nature

Answer 21

Karl Ranher

Question 22

What does Karl Rahner say about nature of Jesus as a strength

Answer 22

1. A genuine human consciousness must have an unknown future
2. If Jesus had his fathers awareness all the time then he can hardly be called human
3. Links this to an onion : onions has many layers of skin so Jesus human self awareness was at the top layer and his divine consciousness was at the deeper layers

Question 23

What does Karl Rahner say about nature of Jesus as a strength

Answer 23

1. A genuine human consciousness must have an unknown future
2. If Jesus had his fathers awareness all the time then he can hardly be called human
3. Links this to an onion : onions has many layers of skin so Jesus human self awareness was at the top layer and his divine consciousness was at the deeper layers

Question 24

Who retort to Karl rhanner

Answer 24

Gerald O Collins - possibility of answering these questions because inner experience of Jesus life is challenging as he has no writings