Son of God
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- Created on: 01-11-20 15:33
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- Jesus Christ
- Son Of God
- Council of Chalcedon 451AD when Jesus was decided to be the Son of God
- truly God and truly man
- Christology
- Christology from above - Jesus' relationship with God and his divinity
- Christology from below - Jesus' examples and teachings. God's relationship with the world
- Scripture
- the father and I are one - John 10:30
- whoever has seen me has seen the father - John 14:9
- Yahweh - the great I am
- Dale Martin
- Jesus never said he was the Son of God, he wanted to be a teacher and liberator, he was only said to be the Son of God after his death
- John Hick
- metaphorical understanding of the incarnation
- 'the mythic story'
- 'God's nature reflected in that human response'
- liberal interpretation of the incarnation. against the church as it 'waters down religion'
- metaphorical understanding of the incarnation
- Miracles
- 'who then is this, that even the wind and sea obey him' Mark 4:41
- 'miracles prove that Jesus was the Son of God'
- agree
- no one else like Jesus who has had the same impact as he has had on history and society
- Divine powers passed down from God shows special relationship
- no smoke without fire - he has so many followers for a reason, something must have happened
- very specific miracles
- disagree
- David Hume' s essay on miracles - we cannot trust the accounts, even if the authors believed them
- Jesus never directly claimed to be the Son of God
- conspiracy theories - just because many people believe them doesn't mean its true
- miracles preformed at Lourdes, doesn't mean Jesus is Son of God
- agree
- Council of Chalcedon 451AD when Jesus was decided to be the Son of God
- Salvation
- miracles illustrate a renewed society
- Jesus metaphorically opened our eyes to the wonder of God - brought salvation in doing so
- Resurrection
- triumphing life over death
- 'visibly and ambiguously' reveals he is God
- If Christ has not been raised, teaching is useless and so is faith' (Paul to 1 Corinthians)
- Alister McGrath 'gives both foundation and substance to the Christian hope of eternal life'
- Son Of God
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