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Above = Faith based
Below = Historical Evidences based. |
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| Looking for Historical Jesus: |
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Problems:
a. Gospels do not have enough data
b. Gospels were not concerned with recording a historical account
c. Authors were more concerned with theological understanding of Gospel
d. Material is interpretation of the writer
e. Modern readers attempts are too subjective |
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| Ericson's methods for Christology: |
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a. Can a proper understanding of Christ be based strictly upon historical data, or must it be by faith alone?
b. Should we first determine our understanding of Christ’s nature and then apply to his work, or should we approach his nature through a study of his work?
c. Is the idea of incarnation a myth, or story and hence untenable? |
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| Difference in Christ's "work" and "person": |
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a. Christ’s “work” was to save us from our sins.
b. Christ’s “person” – Redeemer – died on Cross for our sins. |
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| Jesus only seemed to be human. God cannot be material since all matter is evil. |
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| Define: Apollianarianism. |
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| Jesus was part human and part divine – Church today teaches He was fully Human and fully God |
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| Implications of Humanity: |
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a. Atoning death of Jesus was sufficient – he was one of us.
b. Jesus understands us fully and can pray effectively for us.
c. Jesus manifests in true nature of humankind
d. Jesus is our example. He is not an angel, he lived here.
e. Jesus took on our full human nature, which is good not evil.
f. God is not totally removed from us. He lived among us and understands our trials , weaknesses, and challenges. |
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| Born human and became divine at baptism. |
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| 2 natures before birth, 1 nature after he was human. |
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| The idea that the man Jesus became God. God adopted him as his Son. |
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| Anhypostatic Christology: |
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| God took on impersonal humanity rather than an individual human personality. |
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| Son exchanged Deity for humanity. |
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| Power of God present in a human. Lessens the tension of Chalcedonian formula but reduces Deity. |
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| Doctrines of Two Natures in One Person: |
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a. More than gaining human attributes than giving up divine attributes.
b. Jesus is fully known as finite and infinite.
c. Incarnation came from Heaven and not earth.
d. Think of Jesus as a very complex person! |
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| Atonement demonstration of God’s love. |
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| The Atonement as a demonstration of Divine Justice. |
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| The Atonement as a victory over the forces of sin and evil. |
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| The Atonement as Compensation to be the Father. |
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• 1. The decree to save (elect) some and reprobate (damn) others
• 2. The decree to create both the elect and the reprobate.
• 3. The decree to permit the fall of both the elect and the reprobate
• 4. The decree to proved salvation only for the elect |
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• 1. The decree to create human beings
• 2. The decree to permit the fall
• 3. The decree to elect some and reprobate others
• 4. The decree to provide salvation only for the elect |
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• 1. The decree to create human beings
• 2. The decree to permit the fall
• 3. The decree to proved salvation sufficient for all
• 4. The decree to save some and reprobate others.
• As you can see these three systems differ in their
view of the logical orders of God’s decrees. |
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