Theology #4

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How did the Virgin Birth make possible the uniting of the full deity and the full humanity in one person?

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Ordained a combination of human and divine influence in the birth of Christ, so that his full humanity would be evident to us from the fact of his ordinary human birth from a human mother, and his full deity would be evident from the fact of his conception in Mary’s womb by the powerful work of the Holy Spirit.

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Why was the temptation of Jesus Important

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So that he can sympathize with our weaknesses, and represented and succeeded where the first Adam failed.

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Why do we believe in the full humanity of Jesus?

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He grew tired, he grew in wisdom, he had a soul and emotions, people near him saw him as man only

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Why was His full Humanity necessary?

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For representative obedience, to be a substitute sacrifice, to be the one mediator between God and men, to fulfill God’s original purpose for Man to Rule over creation, to be our example and pattern in life, to be our pattern for redeemed bodies, to sympathize as High Priest

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Why do we believe in the full deity of Jesus?

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The word God(Theos) used of Christ, The word Lord (kyrios) used of Christ, Jesus said that “ I am” before Abraham, also claimed that He is the Alpha and Omega, called himself the Son of man.

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What is meant by the “emptying” in Phil. 2:7?

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That Jesus lowered Himself of status and position. “He humbled himself and became obedient even unto death, even unto death on a cross.” Phil. 2:8.

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Why was His deity Necessary?

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(1) only someone who is infinite God could bear the full penalty for all the sins of all those who would believe in him, (2) Only salvation is from the Lord and (3) only someone who was truly and fully God could be the one mediator between God and man.

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Why is Grudem cautious about the Kenosis Theory?

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The theory came about because of the increasing discomfort people are feeling with the formulation of the doctrine of Christ in historic and classical orthodoxy. Not because they have discovered a better understanding of phil. 2:7.< The kenosis theory began to sound more and more like an acceptable way to say that (in some sense) Jesus was God, but a kind of God who had for a time given up some of his Godlike qualities, those that were most difficult for people to accept in the modern world. -- Grace>

Front 9

Briefly describe 3 inadequate views of the person of Christ.

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a. Apollinarianism: The one person of Christ had a human body but not a human mind or spirit, and that the mind and spirit of Christ were from the divine nature of the Son of God.

Nestorianism: There were two separate persons in Christ, a human person and a divine person, a teaching that is distinct from the biblical view that sees Jesus as one person.c.

Monophysitism (Eutychianism): Jesus was a mixture of divine and human elements in which both were somewhat modified to form one new nature.

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How did the Chalcedonian Council of A.D. 451 define the two natures of Christ?

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` .two natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the union, but rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one Subsistence,...

Front 11

What two things caused the atonement?

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The love and justice of God.

Front 12

Distinguish between Christ’s active obedience and His passive obedience.

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Active obedience - Lived a life of perfect obedience to God in order to earn righteousness for us.

Passive Obedience - Took on the himself the sufferings necessary to pay the penalty for our sins.

Front 13

What four things are involved in the pain of the cross?

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1)Physical pain and death 2) The pain of bearing sin 3) Abandonment 4) Bearing the wrath of God

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What is the wrath of God? How is bearing this different from the other sufferings of Christ?

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Intense hatred of sin and vengeance against sin which God patiently stored up since the beginning of the world. Jesus felt the father’s full displeasure and hatred toward sin. Their fellowship was broken.

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How did Christ’s death meet the four needs we have as sinners?

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1) Sacrifice 2) Propitiation 3) Reconciliation 4) Redemption

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What is wrong with the theory that says the atonement was a ransom paid to Satan?

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There is no confirmation in scripture, which it completely neglects God’s demand of justice with respect to sin.

It views Satan as having much more power than he actually does.

Nowhere does Scripture say that we as sinners owe anything to Satan.

This view also fails to deal with the texts that speak of Christ’s death as a propitiation offered to God the Father for our sins, or with the fact that God the Father represented the Trinity in accepting the payment for sins from Christ.

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What is Grudem’s conclusion about the “descended into Hell” phrase in the Apostles’ Creed?

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1) It has no clear warrant from Scripture and indeed seems to be contradicted by some passages in Scripture.

2) It has no claim to being “apostolic” and no support (in the sense of a “descent into hell”) from the first six centuries of the church.

3) It was not in the earliest versions of the Creed and was only included in it later because of an apparent misunderstanding about its meaning.

4) It represents not some major doctrine on which all Christians agree, but rather a statement about which most Christians seem to disagree. .

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How do Calvinists and Arminians agree on the Atonement?

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Both sincerely want to avoid implying that people will be saved whether they believe in Christ or not.

Both sides want to avoid implying that there might be some people who come to Christ for salvation but are turned away because Christ did not die for them.

Both sides want to avoid implying that God is hypocritical or insincere when he makes the free offer of the gospel.

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What is the nature of Christ’s resurrection?

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He rose from the dead Jesus was the “First fruits”of a new kind of human life, a life in which his body was made perfect, no longer subject to weakness, aging, or death, but able to live eternity.

The physical resurrection of Jesus, and his eternal possession of a physical resurrection body, give clear affirmation of the goodness of the material creation that God originally made.

Front 20

List 3 things that the resurrection insures for us.

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Christ’s resurrection insures our regeneration

Christ’s resurrection insures our justification

Christ’s resurrection insures that we will receive perfect resurrection bodies as well

Front 21

Briefly state the ethical significance of the resurrection.

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Christ was raised from the dead, and we too shall be raised from the dead, that we should continue steadfastly in the Lord’s work.

To focus on our future heavenly reward as our goal.

The obligation to stop yielding to sin in our lives.

Front 22

What is the 3 point doctrinal significance of the ascension?

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Since we are united with Christ in every aspect of his work of redemption, Christ’s going up into heaven foreshadows our future ascension into heaven with him.

Jesus’s ascension gives us assurance that our final home will be in heaven with him.

Because of our union with Christ, we are able to share in Christ’s authority over the universe, and we will later share in it more fully.

He was taken up into heaven, still in his resurrected human body, and two angels promised that he would return in the same his body.

Front 23

List and describe the 3 offices of Christ?

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Christ as Prophet : He is the one about whom the prophecies in the OT were made. Jesus was not merely a messenger of revelation from God(like all the other prophets), but was himself the source of revelation from God.

Christ as Priest : Jesus offered a perfect sacrifice for sin by the sacrifice himself, continually brings us near to God without fear but with confidence and in full assurance of faith, continually prays for us as a mediator between God and men.

Christ as King : the true king of the new people of God, king of kings and every knee shall bow to him.