According to Matthew 16, Peter says Jesus is the son of the living God
Jesus is a Good Moral Teacher
According to culture
Jesus is
Fully God, Fully Human
Jesus is the heart of the Christian Faith
We found safety in God that was revealed in the New Testament
Messiah
Jesus is referred to as in the New Testament
Heaven opened when Christ died and was resurrected
Jesus Christ according to
Old Testament - "He is coming"
New Testament - "Christ is alreadyhere"
Acts and Letters - "Proclamation about Christ"
Revelation - "He is coming"
The 4 Gospels
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
The 4 Gospels wrote about the life and works of Jesus Christ
Sheol or Hell
Abode where the prophet waits for God's arrival to open the gates of Heaven
Focus of each Gospel
Matthew - fulfillment of the prophecies
Luke - salvation of all
Mark - Jesus' miracles
John - Last few weeks of Jesus' life (PASCHAL mystery is the passion, death and resurrection)
Jesus is the Shepherd
Shepherd says according to the Gospel of Matthew
Jesus is the promised Messiah
Simeon says according to the Gospels of Matthew and Mark
Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world
St. John the Baptist says according to the Gospels of John and Luke
Jesus is a goodteacher
Nicodemus says according to the Gospels of Matthew and Mark
Jesus is our savior
Woman in the well says according to the Gospel of Matthew
Jesus is a blasphemer
According to the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, the pharisees also says that..
The Pharisees got angry because Jesus performed a miracle on the Sabbath Day
Jesus says "I AM"
The bread of life
The vine
The resurrection and life
The way, the truth and the life
The light of the world
The door
The good shepherd
We know Jesus is God based on evidence:
1) When he performed miracles
2) When he resurrected from the dead
Jesus - "I am, who I am"
Eternal: no beginning, no end
Chalcedonian Confession
Christ is truly God and truly Human
The Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD condemned Nestorianism and the Monophysite controversy, and affirmed the dual nature of Christ
Monophysitism
This nature found in Jesus, they argued, was a mixture of divine and human, so no real humanity and no real deity.
Jesus only had 1 nature, divine one
Nestorianism
Christ had two distinct and separate natures, two separate persons in the body of Christ
The Council of Nicea in 325 AD sided with Athanasius against Arianism, concluding that Jesus is truly God and truly man
Arianism
Proposed by AriusHe suggested that Christ was created by God.
He suggested that Christ was created by God
He denied the deity of Christ
The early church faced Christological controversies in trying to explain how Christ is both man and God, leading to early church creeds and confessions
Hypostatic union
The term for the dual nature of Christ, where his human and divine nature are united in one person
Kenosis Theory
Argues Jesus gave up some of his divine attributes when he became a man
The Kenosis Theory does not fully understand the mystery of the incarnation
Scriptures affirm Jesus is God in the flesh, revealing his deity through miracles
Attributes of Deity seen in Jesus
Immortality
Sovereignty
Worthy of worship
Omnipotence
Omniscience
JESUS NEEDED TO BECOME A MAN CREDIT TO WAYNE GRUDEM:
For Representative Obedience
To be a Substitute Sacrifice
To Be the One Mediator Between God and Man
To Fulfill God's Original Purpose for Man to Rule the Creation
To Be Our Example and Pattern in Life
Where did the prophets, righteous go after death?
They went to SHEOL or HELL.
The Council of Chalcedon affirmed the dual nature of Christ...
Vera homo - truly man
Vera deus - truly God
Monophysitism
was a mixture of divine and human, so no real humanity and no real deity.
Eutyches proposed Jesus did not have two natures but only one.