Christology: The Doctrine of Christ - Part II

Posted : 19 Sep, 2011 09:02 AM

Christology, The Doctrine of Christ-Part II - by Dr. Tod Kennedy -

F. Prophecies about His resurrection.

i. Psalm 16:10 with Acts 2:25-31. This Psalm is quoted by Peter in Acts and He says it refers to Christ.

ii. Isaiah 53:10

iii. Matthew 12:38-42; Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:9; Matthew 17:23; Matthew 20:19; Matthew 26:32; Matthew 27:63; Mark 8:31; Mark 9:9; Mark 9:31; Mark 10:32-34; Mark 14:58 Luke 9:22, 44; Luke 18:33; John 2:19-21.

g. Prophecies about Christ�s coming to earth. Psalm 2; Zechariah 12:10; 14:1-3.

h. Prophecies about the Millennial reign of Christ after the Second Advent. Isaiah 2; Isaiah 11; Psalm 72; Matthew 26:64; Luke 21:27; Revelation 20; Acts 1:11; then the eternal state in 1 Corinthians 15:24-28.

5. Immanuel � God with Us. The incarnation of Jesus Christ and fulfillment of the virgin conception prophecy of Isaiah 7:14. The redemptive line begins in Genesis 3:15. The place of birth is predicted in Micah 5:2.

a. Matthew 1:18-2:12. Matthew indicates the conception by the Holy Spirit, the virgin birth, His humanity and deity, the purpose for the birth = to save from sins, the place as a fulfillment of prophecy.

b. Luke 2:1-20. Gives the date, why they were in Bethlehem, the fact of the birth, the announcement by the angel. Immanuel, Jesus the Christ, became man at the incarnation. He was then qualified to be the mediator between God and man (Philippians 2:8; 1 Timothy 1:15 and 2:5-6). Notice the emphasis in Luke 2:10-11: the Savior, Christ the Lord.

c. Why did Immanuel come?

i. To save sinners, 1 Timothy 1:15.

ii. To be the sacrifice for sin, Hebrews 10:1-12.

iii. To be a priest forever, Hebrews 5:1-6.

iv. To destroy the works of Satan, 1 John 3:8.

6. The Redemptive Line of the Messiah Through the Bible

a. Genesis 1:1

b. Genesis 1:26-27

c. Genesis 3:15

d. Genesis 9:26

e. Genesis 12:1-3

f. 2 Samuel 7:12-16

g. Isaiah 7:14

h. Isaiah 9:6-7

i. Isaiah 53

j. Jeremiah 31:27-34

k. Micah 5:2

l. Zechariah 12:10

m. Zechariah 14:9

n. Matthew 1:21-25

o. John 1:1-3

p. John 1:14

q. John 1:29

r. 1Timothy 1:15

s. 1 Corinthians 15:24-28

7. The Deity of Jesus Christ (Word, Work, Worshipped, Names, Attributes, Trinity = wwwnat).

a. The Word specifically declares that Christ is God; John 1:1; John 20:28; Romans 9:5; Philippians 2:6; Titus 2:13; 1 John 5:20; Hebrews 1:8.

b. He does, performs the work of Deity

i. He is the creator, John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:16-17.

ii. He sustains the universe, Colossians 1:17.

iii. He forgives sin, Luke 7:48; Mark 2:1-11.

iv. He raises the dead, John 5:19-29.

v. He judges, John 5:22-30.

vi. He sends the Holy Spirit, John 15:26.

c. Christ is worshipped as God, Philippians 2:10; Hebrews 1:6; Matthew 14:33.

d. The names of God are ascribed to Christ.

i. God, Hebrews 1:8; Isaiah 9:6.

ii. Son of God, Matthew 16:16; Matthew 26:61-64.

iii. Lord, Matthew 22:43-45.

iv. King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Revelation 19:16.

e. He possesses the attributes, essence, and perfections of God. John 10:30 I and the Father are one. Colossians 2:9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form. Examples: Righteousness, 1 Peter 2:22; Love, John 15:9; 2 Timothy 1:13; Eternal Life, John 1:1-3; Micah 5:2; Omnipotent, Acts 10:38; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Philippians 3:21; Omnipresence, John 14:23; Matthew 18:20; Omniscient, John 6:64; John 1:48; John 16:30; Immutable, Hebrews 13:8; Veracity, John 14:6; John 1:14; Sovereign, Matthew 28:18; John 10:18; John 17:2; Justice, Acts 17:31; John 5:22-30.

f. He is a member of the Trinity (Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:9-11; 2 Corinthians 13:14).

8. The Humanity of Jesus Christ can be studied under the following words: Born, Human soul and spirit, Body, Actions, Names, Died. The first letter of each summary word about the humanity of Christ makes a nonsense word, bsband. Possible this word will help us to remember this doctrine. Jesus was truly human. Jesus had to be truly human because the Messiah was to be a man, He was to die, and be raised physically, and He was to fulfill the Davidic Covenant. He was to be a prophet, priest, and King. Christ possessed a true human body of flesh and blood; He possessed a human soul and human spirit. He was different in the fact that He had no sin nature, imputed sin, or personal sin.

a. Christ was born as a human being from a human mother, the virgin birth, Galatians 4:4; Luke 2:1-20. He grew up as a human from a baby to boyhood to manhood, Luke 2-3.

b. Christ possessed a human soul and human spirit, Matthew 26:38; Luke 23:46.

c. Christ possessed a body of flesh, 1 John 4:2; John 1:14; Hebrews 10:5.

d. Christ was subject to normal human actions such as hunger, Matthew 4:2; thirst, John 19:28; physical exhaustion, John 4:6; proper emotional response, John 11:35; underwent spiritual testing, Hebrews 4:15.

e. Christ possessed human names or titles:

i. Son of Man, Luke 19:10.

ii. Jesus, Matthew 1:21.

iii. Son of David, Mark 10:47.

iv. Man, I Timothy 2:5.

f. Christ died physically and was raised physically, John 19:30-42 and John 20-21; Matthew 27-28.

9. Jesus life and ministry.

a. His early years are not covered in detail, but we know certain things about Jesus. After His birth He underwent a number of events required of a male child by the Law. The mother is ceremonially unclean at the birth of her male child. She remained ceremonially unclean for 33 days after the child is circumcised (at eight days of age). On the fortieth day after the birth the mother goes to a priest and offers a sin offering for her ritual cleansing �a lamb or two pigeons. Joseph and Mary did as was required, and they also did the following for Jesus as required by the law (Leviticus 12:1-8).

i. Circumcision at the age of 8 days, Leviticus 12:3; Luke 2:21.

ii. Presentation of the first born when He was 40 days old, Leviticus 12:4-7, Exodus 13:2-12; Luke 2:22-24. The usual practice was to redeem the first born from the Lord (Numbers 18:15). Jesus was not redeemed; He was consecrated to the Lord.

iii. Made a son of the law at 13 years old (Luke 2:42), though the instruction increased at age 12. In the event of a male child being appointed to public service the recognition and consecration occurred at 30 years of age or older (Numbers 4:23; Luke 3:23).

b. Baptism of Christ, Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:31-34. The baptism of Christ by John identified with the Father�s plan, set Him apart, and consecrated Him to His Messianic ministry.

c. He grew in His humanity physically, mentally, and spiritually. He advanced in the Word of God. His soul was built up. He knew Doctrine. Luke 2:40-52.

d. He was tempted by Satan in the sphere of His humanity. These temptations were real and legitimate. Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13; compare James 1:13.

i. The purpose of them was to challenge the humanity of Christ to act independently of the plan of God.

ii. Christ was tested in His humanity only � not in His deity; He was mature physically and spiritually (was totally saturated with the Word of God); He was filled with the Holy Spirit in His humanity; He did not have a sin nature

iii. What did the testing in the wilderness by Satan demonstrate? The testing demonstrated that he truly was the Messiah and ready to begin his ministry.

e. Christ lived his life in obedience to his father and God�s word, and by the power of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 4:4; Luke 2:40; Luke 4:14; John 17:4). He lives a pattern for us to follow.

f. His ministry in Judea, Galilee, and Perea is recorded in the gospels. Jesus presented Himself to Israel as Her Messiah.

i. During His ministry He taught God�s word, healed everyone who came to Him for healing, performed other miracles, and in doing all of this He gave people every opportunity to believe in Him as Messiah�the promised king of Israel and Savior of the world.

ii. During his teaching, Jesus stressed how important faith was in mankind�s relationship with God. One wonderful chapter that illustrates this is Matthew 8. God responds to faith.

iii. The religious leaders and most of the people rejected Him. Matthew 12:22-24 and 38-45 along with 21:23-46 clearly shows this rejection. This rejection of Jesus becomes even more evident in Matthew 22. Jesus anticipated this rejection in Matthew 11:20-24. In Matthew 23 Jesus pronounces woes upon the religious leadership. In Matthew 23:36-39 He expresses His great sorrow that Israel was unwilling to receive Him and pronounces judgment upon Israel� Israel will be temporarily set Israel aside. In Matthew 24:1-2 He announces the coming 70 AD judgment upon Jerusalem.

g. The transfiguration of Christ. Matthew 16:27-17:13; Mark 9:1-13; Luke 9:27-36; 2 Peter 1:16-18. The transfiguration was a momentary view of the Shekinah glory of Jesus Christ which was veiled while on earth. The reason for the event was reassure Peter, James, and John about who He was and that the glorious kingdom would come even though it will be postponed at that time. In short it was a preview of the coming Messianic kingdom.

h. The Upper Room Discourse (John 13-17; Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-38) is the record of the last session of Jesus with His disciples prior to the cross. It closed with the Lord�s Prayer recorded in John 17. During the upper room discourse Jesus prepared His disciples by teaching them doctrines that they will need to know and apply in order to successfully live and serve Him after He ascends to heaven.

i. Following this time of teaching and encouragement, Jesus and His disciples went to the Mount of Olives (Matthew 26:30; Mark 14:26-31; Luke 22:39) and then to the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-56; Mark 14:32-52; Luke 22:7-53). The tests in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross were His greatest tests. Would He go to the cross and be made sin in our place. Yes, He willingly did the Father�s will and bore the sins of the world (Matthew 26:36-39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:39-44; John 19:31).

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