PERSON of CHIRST - UNFINISHED * Flashcards
What are JESUS’ 3 TITLES?
Jesus - SON OF GOD
Jesus - TEACHER OF WISDOM
Jesus - LIBERATOR
Explain How Jesus could be Regarded as SON OF GOD Through - RESSURECTION
God Raised Jesus From the Dead. It REAVEALED the GLORIFIED TRANSFORMED BEING: revealed JESUS in a New TRANSFIGURED WAY. Was the FULLMENT of the Promise Made to Sanhedrin.
Explain How Jesus could be Regarded as SON OF GOD Through - MIRACLES
Was a MIRACLE WORKER, Healing the Sick and Driving out the Demons. BY WORKING MIRACLES, Jesus CONFOUNDED the MECHANICAL ORDERLINESS of the UNIVERSE and the POWER OF GOD
Explain How Jesus could be Regarded as SON OF GOD Through - JESUS’ SELF KNOWLEDGE
RAHNER - Genuinely HUMAN CONSCIOUNESS MUST have an UNKNOWN FUTURE Infront it - Our Lives are Conditioned by Our Uncertainty. View on Life is Hardly a Human One.
Jesus was Conscious of God the Father’s Awareness ALL THE TIME
Expression of FEAR in GETHSEMANE or UNCERTAINTY in the DESERT or on CROSS make sense if JESUS’s HUMAN SELF CONSCUOUNESS was Close To the Surface but his DIVINE SELF-CONSCIOUNESS was DEEP WITHIN
Explain MARK Gospel as Evidence of Jesus SON of GOD
Jesus WALKING on WATER. DISCIPLES were Struggling to Row. He was gonna Pass By the Boat but THEY CRIED OUT, HE RESPONDED. Jesus GOT INTO BOAT and WIND DIED DOWN - SIGN that GOD’S POWER OVER the ELEMENTS.
Feeding 5000 - Disciple Couldn’t Understand Jesus’ Nature - Those Closest To Him Failed To Recognise Him in his Miracles
What are 3 Ways JESUS can be Regarded as a TEACHER OF WISDOM Through
a) The RABBINIC NATURE of JESUS
b) JESUS’ MORAL TEACHING
c) INSPIRATIONAL NATURE of JESUS
Explain How JESUS can be Regarded as a TEACHER OF WISDOM Through - the RABBINIC NATURE of Jesus
he PROVIDED GUIDANCE and ADVICE on the APPLICATION of LAW to MORAL PROBLEMS. Was an EDUCATED TEACHER who INTERPRETED the LAW, SURROUNDED by FOLLOWERS
He SPOKE on MORAL ISSUES and Ideas: Importance of Love, Self Sacrifice, Concern for Poor, Importance of Justice and Peace
Explain How JESUS can be Regarded as a TEACHER OF WISDOM Through - JESUS’ MORAL TEACHING
His WISDOM is a MESSAGE of REPENTANCE and FORGIVNEESS - Repent and Believe the Good News. Continually Speaks of Forgiveness of Sins and much of his work involved Healing Sick, Spending Time with the Rejected e.g. Tax Collectors. He BRINGS an ABIDING MESSAGE of FORGIVNESS and HOPE to those CAST ASIDE BY SOCIETY
BEAITTUDES in the Sermon of the Mount
Overturning Social Norms
Bible Evidence TEACHER OF WISDOM
What are 3 Ways JESUS can be Regarded as a LIBERATOR Through
a) His CHALLENGE to POLITICAL AUTHROITY
b) His POLITCIAL & SOCIAL REVOLUNTIONARY MESSAGES
c) His CHALLENGE to RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY
What is a LIBERATOR?
Someone who WANTED to FREE PEOPLE
Explain How JESUS can be Regarded as a LIBERATOR Through - His CHALLENGE to POLTICIAL AUTHORITY
He PREACHED ABOUT the KINGDOM of GOD - future time when God will Rule - Seen as a POLITICAL STATEMENT as it SUGGESTED that the POWER would be TAKEN AWAY by those w Authority - ROMANS
In Last Week, TURNED Money Changing TABLES over in TEMPLE, CHALLENGING Fact that TEMPLE LOST it’s SPIRITUAL FOCUS
CRUCIFIED AS a POLTICAL TROUBLEMAKER
Explain How JESUS can be Regarded as a LIBERATOR Through - being a POLITICAL REVOLUNTARY
Aslan identifies JESUS’ Entrance to JERUSALEM. Riding a Donkey. PALM BRANCHES were WAVED In Remembrance of the MACCABIES who LIBERATED Israel Earlier. Claimed it Was Meticulosly ORCHESTRATED By Jesus and Followers to FULFILL ZECHARIAH’S PROPHECY
ASLAN believed EVENT was SET P to SEND MESSAGE that MESSIAG and King of JEWS has ARRIVED to FREE ISRAEL
Explain How JESUS can be Regarded as a LIBERATOR Through - being a SOCIAL REVOLUNTIONARY
WEBB - at Time of JESUS there was a MOVEMENT of SOCIAL BANDITARY which sought to FREE the POOR PEASANTS from POVERTY LIFE. It was a STEP to OVERTHROW the Overseas POWER that HELP people in Servitude and Oppression. Was PREPARED to ACT CONFRONTATIONALLY with AUTHORITIES. He was EXECUTED ALONGSIDE BANDITS
Explain How JESUS can be Regarded as a LIBERATOR Through - his CHALLENGE to RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY
- CRITCISED PHARISEES for Getting PRIORITIES WRONG and then Moved on the Scribes for their Missing the Point of the Law - LOST SIGHT of GOD’S TRUE MESSAGE: to DO GOOD Before All Else
- CRITICISED TEMPLE and Cult - Expressing Idea that it WOULD be REPLACED by SOMETHING BETTER - Challenged Money Changers
