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| Various ways in which the Incarnation of the Eternal Word of God is gospel |
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A. Jesus fulfills in his very humanity all that was necessary for humanity to be fully blessed before God.
-The life of Jesus Christ is the life of humanity taken up into his life in order to be redeemed
B. His eternal existance is to continually unite forevermore us to Himself and therefore the father! LUKE 24:39
C. Jesus had to be human in order to represent us before God & to obey in our place ROMANS 5:18-19
D. Jesus had to pay the penalty due to us, he is our Substitute Sacrifice HEB 2:16-17
E. His incarnation is also to sympathize with us, HEB 2:18;4:15-16
The incarnation is a mystery, a "beautiful, paradoxical, fathomless mystery, the reality of which is salvation for us" |
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| How the Trinity is related to the gospel of our salvation |
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Jesus tells us the most remarakable thing about the triune existence of GOd: GOD MEANS TO INCLUDE US IN THE VERY LOVE BETWEEN THE FATHER, SON, & SPIRIT John 14:15-21 tells of this; "I will not leave you as orphans...I will come. I'm sending the Spirit...You know that I am in my Father, & you in me,& I in you."
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| Systematic Evangelical Theology |
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| Sola- Christi, Scripture, fide, gratia + glory of God alone |
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| Major Divisions of Sys Theo (9) |
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1. Theology Proper
2. Christology
3. Anthropology/Hamartiology
4. Bibliology
5. Soteriology
6. Pneumatology
7. Angelology
8. Ecclesiology
9. Eschatology |
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-Simplistic, unreflective
-Religious/christian sayings that aren't biblical
-Often connected to social/political agendas |
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| Where a majority of Christans should be |
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| Reflective faith, as practiced by trained ministers and teachers in Christian churches |
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-Whose vocation focuses on studying the tools of formal theological training
-Main task is to sharpen the witness/advance the work of the church |
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| Highly speculative & often disconnected from the church |
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1. Task's Critical Aspect
2. Task's Constructive Aspect |
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Sys theo must evaluate & examine the beliefs of contemporary christians
-Dogma (essential to faith)
-Doctrine (explain dogmas)
-Opinion (help but nonessential) |
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| Grasp truths as a whole & discern the interconnectedness & importance of those truths relative to the gospel |
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1. Text of Scripture
2. Tradition of the Church
3. Thought forms of the World |
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| Distinguishing the tools of Sys Theo |
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Biblical Theology, focuses on author, original audience, historical circumstances
Historical Theology, focuses on the tradition of the church |
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1. Through Nature ROM 1:20
2. Through History JOB 12:23
3. Through Humankind ROM 2:11-16 |
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| Validity of General Revelation? |
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In favor of Natural Theology: Nature reveals God accurately (Arminian)
Opposed to Natural Theology: total depravity distorts humanity so they are unwilling & unable to know God in natural revelation (Calvin/Reformed) |
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| For those who oppose Natural Theology ROMANS 1 & PSALM 19 are understood through |
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| Word of God in its various forms (3) |
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1. Event-Causing Speech,
spoken word GEN 1:3
2. Personal Address,
God speaking to a person EX 20:1
3. Human Speech,
God spoke through prophets DEUT 18:18 |
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| The phrase Word of God should typically invoke: (4) |
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1. Jesus Christ as "word of God" JOHN 1:1
2. Bible as written word 2 TIM 3:16
3. Through Sacraments "visible gospel"
4. Through Preaching |
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| Apocrypha rejected on following grounds: |
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1. They do not claim same authority that other OT books do
2. Not referred by Jesus, Apostles, or in NT
3. Inconsistent with rest of Bible |
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| Roman Catholic Church canonized Apocrypha in: |
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| NT regarded canonical based on: |
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1. Authority/Eyewitness
2. Self-Attestation of the glories of Christ
3. Association with Apostolic Authority |
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| First complete list of Canonical Books |
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| Athanasius' letter in AD 367 |
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| Ultimately Question of canonicity was about whether: |
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| Book was thought to be of DIVINE AUTHORSHIP |
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| Four Characteristics of Scripture |
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1. Authority
-a. Inerrancy
2. Clarity
3. Necessity
4. Sufficiency |
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| 2 TIM 3:16 All words in Scripture are God's words in a way that to disbelieve/disobey any word of Scripture is to disbelieve/disobey God |
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JOHN 17:17
Original manuscripts do not affirm anything that is contrary to fact |
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DEUT 6:6-7
Bible is written in a way that its teaching are able to be understood by all who read it seeking God's help & willing to follow it |
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ACTS 4:12
Means the Bible is necessary for:
1. Knowing the Gospel
2. Maintaining life in Christ
3. Knowing God's will |
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2 TIM 3:15-17
Scripture contained all the words of God he intended to have at each stage of REDEMPTIVE HISTORY & it now contains everything we need God to tell us for SALAVTION, for TRUSTING him, & for OBEYING him |
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| Key Passages for Christology |
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JOHN 1:1-4
COL 1:15
EPH 1:10, 19-22
HEB 1:1-3 |
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| Jesus Christ was fully God & fully man in one person (1 person 2 natures) & will remain so forever |
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LUKE 1:35
Virgin birth most clearly shows that Christ's person is FULLY DEITY & FULLY HUMANITY |
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| Jesus' Human Weaknesses/Limitations (4) |
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1. Human Body: Grew tired JOHN 4:6
2. Human Mind: LUKE 2:52
3. Human Soul/Emotions: JOHN 12:27
4. Witnesses saw him as merely human: MATT 13:53-58 |
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2 COR 5:21
Bible often associates Jesus' sinlessness with his (true) human nature: sin is an ABNORMAL CONDITION.
The point of Jesus being without sin is that he RESTORED HUMAN NATURE TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE. |
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| Necessity of Jesus' Humanity for our Salvation |
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1. Life of Christ is life of humanity take up into his life in order to be redeemed
2. Representative Obedience ROM 5:18-19
3. Substitute Sacrifice HEB 2:16-17
4. Sympathize with us HEB 2:18 |
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| The word "theos" is used of Christ |
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| The word "kyrios" used of Christ |
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| Other Claims for Christ's Deity (3) |
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JOHN 8:58-59 "before Abraham I am"
HEB 1:3 "exact imprint of his nature"
MATT 7:21-23 Jesus determiner of destinies |
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| Jesus possessed attributes of Deity (5) |
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1. OMNIPOTENCE, Matthew 8:26
2. OMNISCIENCE, Mark 2:8
3. AUTHORITY TO FORGIVE SINS, Mark 2:5-7
4. AUTHORITY OVER HIS OWN LIFE/DEATH, John 10:17-18
5. WORTHY TO BE WORSHIPED, Phil 2:9-11 |
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| Necessity of Christ's Deity |
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1. Came to reconcile God & Man; so he must be God & man in his own person in order that we have fellowship with God
2. Only God could bear the full penalty for our sin
3. Salvation can only be of the Lord God |
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| Christ had a human body, but not a human mind or spirit |
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| Two distinct PERSONS in Christ- one human & one divine |
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| Human nature absorbed in the diving nature resulting in a NEW NATURE |
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AD 451
- Christ has 2 natures,
-Divine nature is EXACTLY that of Father
-Human nature is exactly that of ours EXCEPT sin
-2 natures retain distinctive characteristics
-2 natures are united in 1 person of Christ (HYPOSTATIC UNION) |
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| God exists eternally as a relation of three persons, Father, Son, & Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God |
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| Trinity in relation to Salvation |
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| Jesus tells of profound thing about Triune existence of God: God means to include us in the very love between the Father, Son & Spirit JOHN 14:15-21 |
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| Trinity Partially Revealed in Scripture |
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| Fuller Revelation in New Testament |
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MATT 3:16-17, All members present but distinct functions
MATT 28:19, distinction in persons & equality in standing |
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JOHN 1:1-2,
differentiation/distinction among members of the Trinity |
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-Father is clearly God
-Son is fully God: JOHN 1:1-4
-Holy Spirit is fully God: ACTS 5:3-4 |
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God is only one being; he is one in essence
ISAIAH 45:5-6 |
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| WILL FALL SHORT & MISLEAD all forms of modalism basically |
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God is one person who appears in 3 different forms or modes
MATT 3:16-17 |
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Son was a created being
homoousion (of SAME nature) vs homoiousion (of SIMILAR nature) |
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| Jesus is inferior to God the Father |
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| Jesus was an ordinary man until his baptism when God 'adopted' him |
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| Excursus: The Filioque Clause |
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-Western Church added "filioque" (and the son) to the Nicene Creed in AD 1054
-Western church affirmed that the Holy Spirit comes from BOTH Father & Son |
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| Key Passages used in the Filioque Clause debate |
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| Attributes of God of which we can say he is 'unlike' us / doesn't properly share with us |
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| Independence (self-existence) |
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INCOMMUNICABLE
ACTS 17:24-25
God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we & the rest of creation can glorify him & bring him joy |
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| Unchangeableness (immutability) |
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INCOMMUNICABLE
JAMES 1:17
God is unchanging in his being, perfections, purposes, and promises, yet God does act & feel emotions, and he acts & feels differently in response to different situations. |
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INCOMMUNICABLE
PSALM 90:2
God has no beginning, end, or succession of moments in his own being, and he sees all time equally vividly, yet God sees events in time & acts in time |
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INCOMMUNICABLE
PSALM 139:7-10
GOd does not have size or spatial dimensions & is present at every point of space with his whole being, yet God acts differently in different places |
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INCOMMUNICABLE
DEUT 6:4
God is not divided into parts. Yet we see different attributes of God emphasized at different times. |
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INCOMMUNICABLE
JOHN 1:18
God's invisibility means that God's total essence, all of his being as Spirit, will never be able to be seen by us, yet God still shows himself to us through visible, created things |
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COMMUNICABLE
JOB 37:16
God fully knows himself and all things actual & possible in one simple & eternal act |
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COMMUNICABLE
PSALM 104:24
God's wisdom means that God always chooses the best goals & the best means to those goals |
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| Truthfulness/Faithfulness |
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COMMUNICABLE
JOHN 17:17
God's truthfulness means that he is the true God, & that all his knowledge & words are not merely true but the final standard of truth |
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COMMUNICABLE
LUKE 18:19
The goodness of God means that God is the final standard of good, & that all that God is & does is worthy of approval |
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COMMUNICABLE
1 JOHN 4:8
God's love means that God eternally gives of himself to others |
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COMMUNICABLE
EX 34:6
God's mercy is his goodness to those in distress. God's grace is his goodness toward those those who deserve only punishment. God's patience in his goodness in withholding punishment toward those who sin. |
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COMMUNICABLE
ISAIAH 6:1-6
God's holiness means that he is separated from sin & devoted to seeking his own honor |
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COMMUNICABLE
DEUT 32:4
God's righteousness means that God always acts in accordance with what is right & is himself the final standard of what is right |
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COMMUNICABLE
EX 20:5
God's jealousy means that God continually seeks to protect his own honor |
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COMMUNICABLE
EX 32:9-10
God's wrath means that he intensely hates all sin |
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COMMUNICABLE
EPH 1:11
God's will is that attribute whereby he approves and determines to bring about every action necessary for the existence and activity of himself & all creation |
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COMMUNICABLE
EPH 3:20
God's omnipotence means that God is able to do all his holy will |
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COMMUNICABLE
PSALM 27:4
God's beauty is that attribute of God whereby he is the sum of all desirable qualities |
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COMMUNICABLE
2 COR 3:18
God's glory is the brilliant splendor & brightness that surrounds God's revelation of himself |
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