The prologue to which Gospel is a good place to turn in explaining the deity of Christ?
John
Why is Hebrews 1:1-3,8 significant in considering the person of Christ?
It proves the deity of Jesus. He is God.
In what two New Testament books does Paul explicitly write about the deity of Christ?
Philippians and Colossians
What is the significance of the term Lord in understanding the deity of Christ?
Greek word “kyrios” signifies deity; used for both Father and Son
What event gives us the ultimate evidence of the deity of Christ?
The Resurrection
What is the basic view of Christ in Ebionism?
Jesus was an ordinary man who possessed unusual, but not supernatural, gifts
What is the basic view of Christ in Arianism?
Jesus (the Word) was a created being (the first thing God created), Jesus was essentially subordinate to God, Taught “homoliousis” (Jesus had a similar but not equal nature to God’s)
What is the basic view of Christ in Functional Christology?
20th century, an over-emphasis on what Jesus did rather than who he is
What are the four implications of the deity of Christ we covered in class?
- We can know God
- Redemption is possible and available
- God and humanity have been reunited
- Jesus Christ is worthy of our worship
What is the significance of Jesus’ intercessory prayer ministry for his humanity?
It is dependent on His humanity. As Priest, he can represent us before God. He prays for us!
What are the five biblical evidences of Jesus’ human nature we covered in class?
- His birth and fully human body
- He grew and developed in life
- He had to experience death as all humans do
- The use of the word “man” to describe him in the NT
- People touched his human body
What is the basic view of Christ in Docetism?
Jesus only seemed to have a human body
What is the basic view of Christ in Apollinarianism?
Wanted to maintain the unity of Christ; he couldn’t have two separate natures, so he was a “compound unity.” Jesus had a human body but no human soul
What are the four points in the theological significance of the Virgin Birth?
- It is a reminder that our salvation is a supernatural thing
- It is a reminder that God’s salvation is fully a gift of grace
- It is evidence of the uniqueness of Jesus the Savior
- It is evidence of God’s power and sovereignty of God over nature
What are the six implications of the humanity of Christ?
- The atoning Death of Jesus can avail for us
- Jesus can truly identify with all we might undergo
- Jesus manifests the true nature of humanity
- Jesus can be our model, an example of what the Christian life is all about
- Humanity is something good
- God is not only transcendent, he is also immanent
What is the basic view of Christ in Nestorianism?
Jesus, the God-man, had only two distinct and separate natures
What is the basic view of Christ in Adoptionism?
Jesus was only human during his early years and that at some point (probably the baptism) God adopted him
What is the basic view of Christ in Eutychianism?
the Humanity of Jesus was absorbed into his identity
What is the basic view of Christ in Kenoticism?
In his incarnation, Jesus gave up his divine attributes
What are the two broad categories of “the stages of Christ’s work?
Humiliation and Exaltation
What are the three historical categories for the offices (titles) of Christ?
Prophet/Priest/King
What is the basic view of atonement in the Socinian Theory?
The atonement was an EXAMPLE of how we should live. AKA the Example Theory
What is the basic view of the atonement in the Moral Influence Theory?
The atonement as a demonstration of God’s love
What is the basic view of the atonement in the Governmental Theory?
The cross was a demonstration of divine justice
