Christology Flashcards
(17 cards)
Names for Jesus
Son of Abraham
“Seed” through whom Gen. 2:1-3 is fulfilled
* Matt. 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Son of David
Christ as a royal descendant of David
* Matt. 1:1 The genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Son of Man
Emphasizes Christ’s role as a servant, and savior.
* Matt. 20:28 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve…
* Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Son of God
God is His Father in a totally unique sense.
* Luke 1:35 The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, and for that reason the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God.
Lord
kurios - Emphasizes Christ’s divine rulership.
* Rom. 10:9-10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord…
* John 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
Man
Emphasizes the true humanity of Jesus Christ
* I Tim. 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Perogatives
Refers to Christ’s exclusive privileges
* Matt 28:18 All authority has been given to me…
* Phil 2:9-11 God also highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name…
* Heb 1:3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.
* II Cor. 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus, that though He was rich…
Preexistence of Christ
Christ has eternal past and eternal future.
* Micah 5:2 …His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.
* John 8:58 …before Abraham was born I AM…
* Rev. 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Theophanies
Preincarnate appearances of Christ
Angel of the Lord
* Gen. 22:12 …now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.
* Judges 13:18 “my name is wonderful” Is. 9:6 (Lit. incomprehensible)
* Judges 13:21-22 Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord. “We shall surely die, for we have seen God.”
* John 1:18 The Father and the Spirit never take bodily form.
The Angel of the Lord no longer appeared after the Incarnation.
As a Man
* Gen. 18:1-2 The Lord appeared to him(Abraham)… three men were standing…
* Gen. 32:24ff … a man wrestled with him(Jacob)… you have striven with God…
* Josh. 5:13 …a man was standing… the captain of the Lord’s host… the Lord said
Incarnation
When Christ was “clothed with” a permanent human body
The Kenosis
The condescension and humiliation of Christ, where He voluntarily waived the rights and prerogatives of deity, and took on the limitations of humanity.
* Phil. 2:5-9
* John 1:14 and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us
* John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down out of heaven
* II Cor. 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
Hypostatic Union
The union of the divine and human natures in Christ.
* Phil. 2:5-9
Deity of Christ
Explicit Claims
* John 1:1, 14 In the beginning was the Word… The Word became flesh…
* John 10:30-33 I and the Father are one.
* Phil. 2:6 Who, although He existed in the form of God…
* Heb. 1:3 He is the exact representation of His nature…
Divine Names
* Matt. 1:23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which translated means “God with us.”
* Joel 2:32 Whoever will call upon the name of Yahweh shall be saved
* Rom. 10:13 Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord (Jesus) will be saved.
Divine Attributes
Eternal
* Rev. 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Omnipotence
* Matt. 28:18 All authority has been given to me in heaven and earth
Omnipresent
* Matt. 28:20 Lo, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Omniscience
* John 16:30 You know all things… by this we believe that you came from God.
Immutability
* Heb. 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever.
Divine Works
Creation
* John 1:3 All things came into being by Him; and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
* Col 1:16 All things have been created by Him and for Him.
Providence
* Col. 1:17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
Forgave Sins
* Matt. 9:2 Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, ‘Take courage My son, your sins are forgiven.
Raised the Dead
* John 11:25 I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies (Lazarus).
Reception of Worship
* John 5:23 He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
* John 20:28 My Lord and my God.
* Phil. 2:9-11 …that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow…
Humanity of Christ
- I Tim. 2:5 For there is one mediator between God and men…
- Heb. 2:17 Therefore He had to be made lie His brethren in all things that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest…
Human Birth (Of a virgin)
* Is. 7:14 A virgin will be with child and bear a son and you will call his name
Immanuel. (typico prophetic)
* Matt. 1:23 …the virgin shall be with child…
* Gal. 4:4 …God sent forth His Son, born of a woman…
Human Growth
* Luke 2:52 And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. (Intellect)
Human Functions and Emotions
* John 11:35 Jesus wept. (Emotions)
* John 19:28 “I am thirsty” (Normal body functions)
* Luke 24:39 …touch me, and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones…
Perfect Humanity
* Luke 1:35 the Holy Offspring… (Adam’s sin was not passed on)
* II Cor. 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf…
* Heb. 4:15 …tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
Eternal Humanity
* Luke 24:39 …touch me, and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones…
* Acts 1:9 Christ ascended as a man
* I Tim. 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
* Heb. 1:3 Christ sat down as a man.
Temptation/Impeccability
Temptation
Peccability is not necessary to temptability
* Luke 4:1-13 Christ was tempted by the devil. (Intention is the issue)
* Heb. 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
Impeccability
Christ was incapable of sinning, because his deity was not contingent on the weakness of humanity.
* John 5:19 Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.
* John 16:30 You know all things… by this we believe that you came from God.
* Heb. 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever.
Transfiguration
Matt. 17; Mark 9; Luke 9
Nature
Transfigure- “an inner change in basic nature.”
* Matt. 17:2 …His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.
* II Peter 1:16 … but we were eye witnesses of His majesty.
Purpose
* Matt. 16:16 To confirm Peter’s confession about Christ being the Son of God.
To give a preview of conditions in the earthly kingdom of God.
Teachings
Sermon on the Mount
The Way of Salvation (Matt. 5-7)
* Matt. 5:20 Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Olivet Discourse
Signs of the End of the Age (Matt. 24, 25; Mark 13)
* Matt. 24:42 Be on the alert for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
Upper Room Discourse
Promises and Provisions for the Future (John 13-14)
* John 14:1-3 …let not your heart be troubled
Miracles
Purpose
* John 20:30-31 Many other signs Jesus also performed… but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
* John 3:2 Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.
* Matt. 20:34 And moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes…
Types
* Acts 2:22 Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst…
Miracles-emphasized the power of God and ability to perform the miracle
Wonders-emphasized the reaction of the witnesses of the miracle.
Signs-emphasized some point/truth behind the miracle.
Resurrection of Jesus
Significance
* Rom. 4:25 He who was delivered up because of our transgressions, and raised because of our justification.
* Rom.10:10 if you believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead…
* I Cor. 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
* I Peter 1:3 God… has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Evidence
* Matt. 28:6 He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said.
* Matt. 28:11-12 The guards reported what had happened and were paid off.
* Luke 24:39 …touch me, and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones…
* Acts 3:15 …the Prince of Peace, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.
* I Cor. 15:6 And after that, He appeared to more than five hundred brethren.
The Work of the Trinity
* John 10:18 I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up…
* Gal. 1:1 …through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead.
* Rom. 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you…
Ascension/Glorification
Ascension
* Acts 1:9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
* Phil. 2:9 Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name.
Glorification
* John 17:5 And now glorify Thou Me together with Thyself, Father, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.
* Heb. 1:3 When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
* Phil 2:9 Therefore also God highly exalted Him…
Mediatorial Work
The present Ministry of Christ.
* John 14:2 …for I go to prepare a place for you.
* Rom. 8:34 Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.
* Heb. 2:18 For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.
* Heb. 10:19 Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus…
* I Tim. 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Offices of Christ
Prophet
Brings God to man.
* Dt. 18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.
* Luke 13:33 …it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
* John 1:18 No man has seen God at any time…
* John 4:19 …Sir, I perceive You are a prophet.
* Heb. 1:2 In these last days has spoken to us in His Son…
* Heb. 2:3…After it was at the first spoken through the Lord…
Priest
Brings man to God.
* Ps. 110:4 Thou art a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
* Heb. 2:17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
* Heb. 7:24-25 He holds His priesthood permanently… He is able to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
* Heb. 9:11-12 …Christ appeared as a high priest …He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
King
Brings God’s rule over man’s life. (Fully exercised @ Second Coming)
* Is. 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders…
* Matt. 2:2 …born King of the Jews…
* Matt. 21:5 Behold your King is coming to you, gentle and mounted upon a donkey
* Mark 1:15 (Jesus preached) the kingdom of God is at hand…
* Rev. 19:16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
Sufferings of Christ
Entire Life
* Is. 53:3 He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief…
Temptation
* Matt. 4, Luke 4
* Heb 4:15 …tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
The Cross
* Matt. 26:38 Gethsemane-…soul deeply grieved, to the point of death…
* Is. 53:4-5 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.
Separation from the Father
* Is. 53:6 The Lord caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.
* Is. 53:10 But the Lord was pleased to crush Him, putting Him to grief…
* Matt. 27:46 My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?
First/Second Adam
First Adam
* Gen. 3:16-19 All succeeding mankind cursed as a result of Adam’s fall.
* Rom. 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.”
* I Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
Second Adam
* Rom. 5:19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.
* Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
* I Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
