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Dogmatic Topics, Part 10

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Dogmatic Topics, Part 10 – The Divinity of Christ

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    • To identify who Jesus Christ is
    • To prove that Jesus Christ is God
    • To learn about The Divine Attributes
    • To understand Jesus’ Christ’s relations to The Father and The Holy Spirit

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Who is Jesus Christ ?

  • A Jewish leader?
  • A reformer?
  • A rebel?
  • A social worker?
  • A prophet?
  • An archangel?

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Who is Jesus Christ? Cont.

  • Jesus Christ asked his disciples: ““Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” (Matthew 16:13)

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  • They answered: “So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets” (Matthew 16:14)

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  • Then, Jesus asked: “But who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15)

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  • Peter said: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16)

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Meanings

  • Christ
    • Anointed One
    • The True Messenger from God
    • The Redeemer
    • Moses’ Promise
    • The long-awaited Redeemer

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  • Jesus
    • Savior

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Who is Jesus Christ? Cont.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1)

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Word = Logos = Spoken Mind of God

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“God was manifested in the flesh” (1 Timothy 3:16)

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Who is Jesus Christ? Cont.

  • Jesus Christ is God, Himself, Who appeared in the flesh as human being

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“No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him” (John 1:18)

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Objectives:

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    • To identify who Jesus Christ is
    • To prove that Jesus Christ is God
    • To learn about The Divine Attributes
    • To understand Jesus’ Christ’s relations to The Father and The Holy Spirit

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Proofs From The Bible - Christ is God

  1. Miracles
  2. Authority
  3. Explicit verses
  4. Explicit parables
  5. Divine Attributes
  6. The relationship with The Father
  7. The relationship with The Holy Spirit
  8. Explicit events

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1. Miracles

  1. Authority over Nature
    • The Sea
      • Christ walks on water
      • Christ holds Peter’s hand on water

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1. Miracles Cont.

  1. Authority over Nature
    • The Wind
      • Christ rebukes the storm

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1. Miracles Cont.

  1. Authority over Nature
    • The Plants
      • Christ cursed the fig tree and it withered away

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1. Miracles Cont.

  1. Authority over Nature
    • The Fish in Water
      • Peter’s catch of the fish with the coin
      • The big catch with Peter
      • The big catch after rising from the dead

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Throw the net on the other side of the boat

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1. Miracles Cont.

  1. Authority over Nature
    • Physical Barriers
      • Christ entering St. Mark’s house through locked doors

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1. Miracles Cont.

  1. Authority over Nature
    • Gravity
      • Christ ascending into Heaven

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1. Miracles Cont.

  • All of His miracles were done without a prayer
  • All of His miracles were done with His words
  • Some of His miracles were done by will only
  • Some of His miracles were done from far away
    • The Phoenician Woman
    • The Centurion’s Servant

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  • Others made miracles in his name

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1. Miracles Cont.

  1. Miracles done from far away

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The Phoenician Woman

The Centurion’s Servant

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1. Miracles Cont.

  1. Miracles done in His Name

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Peter and John

Paul and Barnabas

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Proofs From The Bible - Christ is God

  1. Miracles
  2. Authority
  3. Explicit verses
  4. Explicit parables
  5. Divine Attributes
  6. The relationship with The Father
  7. The relationship with The Holy Spirit
  8. Explicit events

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2. Authority

  1. Authority Over The Angels
    • At Nativity
    • Minister to Him after temptation
    • On The Last Day, He will send His angels trumpets and will gather together His elect

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2. Authority Cont.

  1. Authority Over The Devils/Demons
    • The man with the unclean spirit? - Legion
    • The man who came out from the tombs
    • When Christ gave permission to the demons to go into the swine

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2. Authority Cont.

  1. Authority Over Life and Death
    • Christ raised three persons from the dead on three different occasions
      • Jairus’ daughter who was 12 years old
      • The Son of The Widow of Nain at the city’s gate
      • Lazarus, after 4 days
    • He Himself rose from the dead

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2. Authority Cont.

  1. Authority Over Life and Death
    • Jairus’ Daughter who had just died

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2. Authority Cont.

  1. Authority Over Life and Death

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2. Authority Cont.

  1. Authority Over The Law
    • He set new interpretations for The Old Testament
      • Murder
      • Adultery
    • He has the legislative power
      • The Sabbath
    • He instituted the new law in The Sermon on the mountain

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2. Authority Cont.

  1. Authority Over The Law
    • On the mountain

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Proofs From The Bible - Christ is God

  1. Miracles
  2. Authority
  3. Explicit verses
  4. Explicit parables
  5. Divine Attributes
  6. The relationship with The Father
  7. The relationship with The Holy Spirit
  8. Explicit events

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3. Explicit Verses

  1. “And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28)

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  • “God was manifested in the flesh” (1 Timothy 3:16)

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Proofs From The Bible - Christ is God

  1. Miracles
  2. Authority
  3. Explicit verses
  4. Explicit parables
  5. Divine Attributes
  6. The relationship with The Father
  7. The relationship with The Holy Spirit
  8. Explicit events

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4. Explicit Parables

  1. The Vinedresser

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4. Explicit Parables Cont.

  1. The Vinedresser
    1. The owner = God, The Father
    2. The Vine = The Jewish Nation
    3. The Vinedresser = The Jewish Priests
    4. The Slaves = The Prophets
    5. The Son = Jesus Christ
    6. The killing of The Son outside the vineyard = Crucifixion

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Proofs From The Bible - Christ is God

  1. Miracles
  2. Authority
  3. Explicit verses
  4. Explicit parables
  5. Divine Attributes
  6. The relationship with The Father
  7. The relationship with The Holy Spirit
  8. Explicit events

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5. Divine Attributes

  1. The First and The Last
    1. “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last” (Revelation 1:17)

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5. Divine Attributes Cont.

  1. Omnipresent
    1. “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20)

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    • “I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20)

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5. Divine Attributes Cont.

  1. The Creator
    1. The miracles of feeding the multitudes
      • 5000 people, 5 bread, and 2 fish
      • 4000 people, 7 bread, and a few little fish
    2. Creating eyes for the man who was born blind

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Eyes for the born-blind

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5. Divine Attributes Cont.

  1. Eternal Life-Giver
    1. “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35)

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    • “Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:54)

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5. Divine Attributes Cont.

  1. Forgiver of Sins
    1. The Adulterous Woman
    2. The Sinful Woman, who washed His feet
    3. The Paralytic Man

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5. Divine Attributes Cont.

  1. Knows the Heart
    1. He knew that the disciples questioned among themselves the amount of bread available
    2. He knew the disciples argued among themselves about who is the greatest
    3. He knew that the Pharisees thought regarding Beelzebub

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Proofs From The Bible - Christ is God

  1. Miracles
  2. Authority
  3. Explicit verses
  4. Explicit parables
  5. Divine Attributes
  6. The relationship with The Father
  7. The relationship with The Holy Spirit
  8. Explicit events

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6. The Relationship with The Father

  1. “I and My Father are one” (John 10:30)

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  • “I am in the Father, and the Father in Me” (John 14:10)

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  • Christ said to The Father: “And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them” (John 17:10)

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Proofs From The Bible - Christ is God

  1. Miracles
  2. Authority
  3. Explicit verses
  4. Explicit parables
  5. Divine Attributes
  6. The relationship with The Father
  7. The relationship with The Holy Spirit
  8. Explicit events

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7. The Relationship with The Holy Spirit

  1. Jesus Christ sends The Holy Spirit

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  • “He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20:22)

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  • “I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father” (John 15:26)

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Proofs From The Bible - Christ is God

  1. Miracles
  2. Authority
  3. Explicit verses
  4. Explicit parables
  5. Divine Attributes
  6. The relationship with The Father
  7. The relationship with The Holy Spirit
  8. Explicit events

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8. Explicit Events

  • The Jewish people wanted to stone Him because they understood that He made himself equal with The Father

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8. Explicit Events Cont.

  • The Jewish people wanted to stone Him because they understood that He made himself equal with The Father

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“Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God” (John 5:18)

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Conclusion

“Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also” (1 John 2:22-23)

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Objectives:

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    • To identify who Jesus Christ is
    • To prove that Jesus Christ is God
    • To learn about The Divine Attributes
    • To understand Jesus’ Christ’s relations to The Father and The Holy Spirit

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Memorization Verses

  1. “God was manifested in the flesh” (1 Timothy 3:16)

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  • “I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20)

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