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St. Nicholas
Who is the most famous person during Christmas?
Hard to tell Fact from Fiction
Saved children from death
Saved sailors from drowning
destroyed pagan temples
and fasted even as a baby
He suffered persecution and had scars to show for it.
Generous gift giver
Saving with his fortune even kids from prostitution
The legend develops (Farmhand Rupert)
What would St Nicholas want today?
Jesus
Intro
What is Christ?
God or Man?
Jesus was a Historical Human
Modelism: One person, 3 modes
Jesus was Human
Physical and emotional
Arianism: Two similar persons, but not the same.
The Fig Tree
Bible for Christ’s Divinity
What is Christ?
(Draw chart of Creator and Creation)
homoiousios vs homoousios
This doctrine affirms that Jesus Christ was not merely an extraordinary human being but the incarnate Son of God, who by nature is coequal and coeternal with God the Father.
Was Jesus Begotten?
The word is μονογενῆ
Issac was Abraham’s Unique son, not only son.
Jesus is the Firstborn of creation.
David was God’s special supreme king.
First in a long line of kings leading to Christ.
Luke 11:
I will appoint him to be my firstborn son,
the most exalted of the earth’s kings.
Colo
Christ is Lord
John 1:1-
because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
Jesus was with God from the beginning and he is also God
Psalm 88:28
God says He is the first and last thing.
Jesus makes himself equal with God as the first and the last.
22:8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, and when I heard and saw them, I threw myself down to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me.
22:9 But he said to me, “Do not do this!
I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book.
Worship God!
Angels do not accept Worship
11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him
John 9:
Jesus does accept Worship
Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.
28:18 Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me
5 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 9:36 The man replied, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”
9:37 Jesus told him, “You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you.” [9:38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.
Jews said that Jesus claimed to be God.
John 10:
Jesus referenced God of the Old Testament
John 8:57-58
Phil 2:6-11
Jesus did not tell Thomas to stop
This passage is called The Great Kenosis
God calls Jesus God
Hebrews 1:8
Peter calls Jesus God
John 1
Only Jesus has seen God
History for Christ’s Divinity
GROUP
TIME
HUMAN NATURE
DIVINE NATURE
CHURCH COUNCIL
Docetists
1st Century
Denied—only an appearance of humanity
Affirmed
Ebionites
2nd Century
Affirmed
Denied—Jesus was natural son of Joseph and Mary
Arians
4th Century
Affirmed
Denied—Jesus not eternal; similar to, but not same as God
Condemned by Nicea, 325
Apollinarians
4th century
Divine Logos replaced human spirit
Affirmed
Condemned by Constantinople
Nestorians
5th Century
Christ was two persons
Condemned by Ephesus, 431
Eutychians
5th Century
Not fully human
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