Life of Christ

• Jesus has two aspects of being eternal: preexistence (John 1:15) and everlasting (Isaiah 9:6)
• Jesus claimed to be God when He said, "Before Abraham was, I AM."
• deity - "rank or essential nature of God"
• rank - "relative standing or position"
• Nature - "basic constitution of a person determined by attributes"
• Jesus is both deity and human
• Incarnation - "God manifest in flesh"
• manifest - declared, proclaimed
• Jesus' incarnation is permanent
• Why does Jesus' scars still remain on his earthly body?

  -Witness that He was made flesh

  -Witness the reason he was made flesh

  -Witness of His suffering with us

  -Witness of His praiseworthiness
• T/F The title "Word" is an established title for the Messiah?

  False
• Words... 1) Represent 2) Reveal 3) Create
• Jesus of Nazareth was Jesus' identity
• Jesus was testified of by the father, the prophets, his friends, and his enemies
• "Son of God" was an established OT title for the Messiah
• "Son of God" was an unique one-of-a-kind title for a unique, one-of-a-kind person.
• The title Son of God was an identification with deity and with the Triunity
• Triune God: Truth #1- There is one God and only one God, eternal and unchanging
• What doctrines does truth Triune God Truth #1 refute?

  Atheism, Tritheism, and Polytheism
• Atheism - believes in no God
• Tritheism - believes in three gods
• Polytheism - believes in multiple gods
• What doctrine does the Triune God truth #1 support?

  Monotheism
• Monotheism - believes in the existence of one supreme deity
• Triune God: Truth #2- There are three eternal Persons described in scripture: the Father, Son, and Spirit
• Lord - Adonai
• GOD - Jehovah
• LORD - Jehovah
• God - Elohim
• Lord GOD - The Father
• LORD God - The Son
• Which part of the Trinity made the universe?

  The Son
• Triune God: Truth #3- The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all identified as being fully God
• The Father is distinguished from the Son in Psalm 2:7, 12
• The Spirit is distinguished from the Father in Isaiah 48:16-17
• The Son is not the Father in Psalm 45:6-7
• What is the conclusion of the the truth of the Triune God?

  There is one God who is three distinct coequal, coeternal persons: The Father, Son and Holy Spirit
• What are the three false view of the triune God?

  Modalism, Arianism, and Tritheism
• Modalism- God reveals Himself in three ways- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
• Arianism - The Son is not eternal