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CHRISTOLOGYthe person, nature, and role of Christ
Mathew 8:27
So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” (NKJV)
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Philippians 3:8
What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ (NIV)
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Systematic Theology
Topics Topics
• Doctrine of the Word of God• Doctrine of God• Doctrine of man• Doctrines of Christ and the Holy Spirit• Doctrines of the application of Redemption• The doctrine of the church• The doctrine of the future
• Prolegomena (first principles)
• Theology Proper. The existence of God. The attributes of God.
• Doctrine of Man (theological anthropology)
• Christology.
• Soteriology • Justification• Sanctification.
• Pneumatology (doctrine of the Holy Spirit)
• Ecclesiology (doctrine of the Church)
• Eschatology and the afterlife.
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Jesus Events
Some Facts
• There are more than 250 events about Jesus recorded in the gospels• Birth and Preparation -22• Message and Ministry -184• Death and Resurrection- 44
• 32 (Categorize) -37 parables• 37 Miracles• 18 Messianic prophecies and fulfillment
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Doctrine of Christ- Christology
Some Facts
• The branch of Christian theology relating to the person, nature, and role of Christ.
• The person of Christ- How is Jesus fully God and fully man, yet one person?• The Atonement - Was it necessary for Christ to die? Did Christ's entire
earthly life earn any saving benefit for us? The cause and the nature of the atonement. Did Christ descent into hell?
• Resurrection and Ascension • The offices of Christ
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Doctrine of Christ- Christology
Key Statement
Jesus was fully God and fully man in one person, and will be so forever.
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The Humanity of Christ
Main Points
• Virgin Birth - Mathew 1:18,20, 24-25; Luke 1:35; 3:23• Salvation must come from the Lord
• Genesis 3:15• Gal. 4:4-5
• Virgin birth made possible the uniting of full deity and full humanity in one person (John 3:16)• Gal. 4:4
• It made possible Christ's true humanity without inherited sin. (Luke 1:35)• This is the reason for Roman Catholic church say Mary was without
sin.
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Human Weakness and Limitations
Some Facts
• Jesus had a human body (Luke 2:7, 40, 52; John 19:28 - I thirst)• Jesus Had a Human Mind (Luke 2:52 - increased in
wisdom; Mark 13:32 - no one knows)• Jesus Had a Human Soul and Human Emotions (John
12:27; 13:21 John 11:35)• People near Jesus Saw Him only as a man (Mathew
13:53-58)
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Doctrine of Christ- Sinless
Some Facts
•2 Cor. 5:21; •Heb. 4:15-16,7:26; •1 Peter 2:22
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The Deity of Christ
Main Points
• Jesus was not only fully Human abut also fully divine.• Incarnation- Jesus was God in human flesh. • The word God( Theos) used of Christ (John1:1, 18)• The word Lord (Kyrios) used of Christ ( 1 Cor. 8:6)
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The Deity of Christ
The word God( Theos) used of Christ (John1:1, 18) The word Lord (Kyrios) used of Christ ( 1 Cor. 8:6)
• Theos is mainly used for God the Father in NT but there are several passages where it is also used to refer to Jesus Christ.
• It refers to the Creator of heaven and earth and who rules over it.
• John 1:1 1:18; 20:28
• Romans 9:5
• Titus 2:13
• Hebrews 1:8
• 2 Peter 1:1
• Isaiah 9:6
• Word is used for Lord or Master• Luke 2:11• Luke 1:43• Mathew 3:3• Mathew 22:44• 1 Cor. 8:6• Hebrews 1:10-12• Rev. 19:16
Jesus Possessed Attributes of Deity
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Action from the Life of Jesus
Omnipotence the quality of having unlimited or very great power
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Math. 8:26-27 - Stilled storm Mathew 14:19 - multiplies loaves and fishJohn 2:1-11 - changed water into wine.
Eternity infinite or unending time.
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John 8:58 - Before Abraham, Jesus wasRev. 22:13 - I am the Alpha and the Omega
Omniscience the state of knowing everything
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Mark 2:8 - Knows people's thoughtsJohn 1:48 - saw Nathaniel under fig treeJohn 6:64 - knew who will believe and who would betrayJohn 2:25 - knew allJohn 16:30- Jesus know all thingsJohn 21:17 - Lord you know everything
Omnipresence the presence of God everywhere at the same time
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Mathew 18:20 - Two or three gather, Jesus is thereMathew 28:20 - Jesus is always with his disciples
Divine Sovereignty God is the supreme authority and all things are under His control
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Mark 2:5-7 - Forgives sin
Mathew 5:22,28,32,34,39,44 - I say to you vs the Lord says
John 3:36- authority over eternal future state of everyone
Immortality the ability to live forever; eternal life
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John 2:19- destroy the temple and in three days I will raise it up
John 10:17-18 - Jesus had the power to lay down the life and take
it again
Hebrews 7:16 - indestructible life
1 Tim. 6:16 - God alone has immortality
Worthy to be Worshipped
Every knee shall bow
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Rev. 19:10Phil. 2:9-11Hebrews 1:6Rev. 5:12-13 - Worthy is the Lamb
The Kenosis TheoryDid Jesus Give up some of His Divine Attribute while on Earth?
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Phil. 2:5-7 , 8, 3-4
Why was Jesus Deity Necessary?
Jesus was full human but also full deity is important.
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• Only God could bear the full penalty for all the sins of all those who would believe in him
• Salvation is from the Lord. All scriptures show that it was impossible for man.
• Only someone who is God and Man who be the mediator between God and Man ( 1 Tim. 2:5)
• If this is not true then we have no salvation and hence no Christianity.
• 1 John 2:23 & 2 John 9
The Incarnation: Deity and Humanity in the One person of Chris
Apollinarianism
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• Taught by Apollinaris (A.D. 361)• Christ had a human body but not a human
mind or spirit, the mind and spirit of Christ were from the divine nature of the Son of God.
The Incarnation: Deity and Humanity in the One person of Chris
Nestorianism
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• The doctrine that there were two separate persons in Christ, a human person and a divine person.
• A.D. 428
The Incarnation: Deity and Humanity in the One person of Chris
Monophysitism
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Christ had one nature. Human nature of Christ was taken up and absorbed into the divine nature, so both natures were changed somewhat and a third kind of nature resulted.
The Incarnation: Deity and Humanity in the One person of Chris
Chalcedonian Christology
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A.D. 451- Church Council held in Chalcedon (near modern day Istanbul) from October 8 to November 1.
The Chalcedonian Christology
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We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man, of a reasonable [rational] soul and body; consubstantial [co-essential] with the Father according to the Godhead, and consubstantial with us according to the Manhood; in all things like unto us, without sin; begotten before all ages of the Father according to the Godhead, and in these latter days, for us and for our salvation, born of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, according to the Manhood; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, only begotten, to be acknowledged in two natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the union, but rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one Subsistence, not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same Son, and only begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ; as the prophets from the beginning [have declared] concerning Him, and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has taught us, and the Creed of the holy Fathers has handed down to us.