#7 Christology - Hebrews 1
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#7 CHRISTOLOGY - HEBREWS 1
PREVIOUS HOMEWORK
Read Hebrews 1 and consider what it teaches us about Christology. Write down an adora on of
Christ to share next week. Adora on (true worship) cures our idolatrous struggle with sin.
BIG 4 CHRISTOLOGY TEXTS
1. John 1
2. Philippians 2
3. Colossians 1
4. Hebrews 1
KEY ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION
1. Timing of Christ’s Inheritance (1:4)
2. Nature of Jesus’ Sonship (1:5 )
READ HEBREWS 1
HATH IN THESE LAST DAYS SPOKEN UNTO US BY HIS SON - See Jn 1:18.
MAIN POINT - Jesus is be er… than the angels.
OUTLINE OF CHRISTOLOGY IN HEBREWS 11
The Son is…
1. Divine inheritor (1:2b) - “heir of all things” See Col 1:15; 1 Cor 15:24.
2. Divine Creator (1:2c) - “through whom also He made the worlds” See Jn 1:3; Col 1:16; Ps
33:6.
3. Divine revealer (1:3a) - “being the brightness of His glory” See Jn 1:14; 14:9; 2 Cor 4:6; Rev
21:23.
4. Divine character (1:3b) - “the express image of His person See 2 Cor 4:4; Col 1:15.
5. Divine Sustainer (1:3c) - “upholding all things by the word of His power” See Col 1:17.
6. Divine Savior (1:3d) - “by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
Majesty on high”
7. Divine Son (1:5 ) - “Thou art my Son, this day have I bego en Thee”
Adapted from Daniel L. Akin, “The Person of Christ,” in A Theology for the Church (Nashville,
TN: B&H Academic, 2014), 410.
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TIMING OF JESUS’ INHERITANCE
1:2 “whom he hath appointed heir of all things”
1:4 “Being made so much be er than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more
excellent name than they.”
Heb 2:9
Rom 1:4
Eph 1:20-21
Col 2:10
1 Pet 3:22
Phil 2:9-11
Ps 2:7-8
NATURE OF JESUS’ SONSHIP
STATEMENT OF THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL GENERATION
2 Sam 7:14
Ps 2:7
Jn 1:14, 18; 3:16
Jn 5:26
Acts 13:32-33
Col 1:15
Rom 1:4
Heb 1:3-5
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL GENERATION
Apostles’ Creed (1st-2nd Century AD)
Nicene Creed (AD 325)
Belgic Confession (1561)
Westminster Confession (1640s)
SUMMARY
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