Chafer, Bible Doctrines: God Son part 1

God:
The
Son
2 1/3 sessions EBI

Thursday 12 May 2011

Areas covered in this section:
Study chapters 8-13 in Major Bible Themes.
God the Son: His Deity & Incarnation
God the Son: His Incarnation
God the Son: His Substitutionary Death
God the Son: His Resurrection
God the Son: His Ascension and Priestly Ministry
God the Son: His Coming for His
God the Son: His Coming with His Saints
Although we have studied some aspects of Jesus in considering
Evans’ book Chafer will take a more traditional approach to
the subject


The Son:
His
Incarnation

God the Son: Incarnation

1. Christ became God and
man at the same time
2. In becoming a man Christ
laid aside some of his glory
but none of his deity
His full deity and full humanity
are essential for his work on
the cross - in human form he
could die, in being God his
death had inﬁnite value.


Some key scriptures: John 1:1,
14, Php 2:6-7, 1 Tim 3:16,
Heb 1:3, Luke 1:26-38, 2:
5-7
Weary, Jn 4:6, yet called people to
him to rest Matt 11:28
Hungry, Matt 4:2, yet the bread
of life, Jn 6:35
Thirsty, Jn 19:38, yet water of
life, Jn 7:37
In agony, Lk 22:44, yet healed all
manner of diseases
Grew, Lk 2:40, yet was eternal, Jn
8:58

Tempted, Matt 4:1, yet as God could
not sin
Limited in knowledge, Lk 2:52, yet is
the wisdom of God
He prayed, Lk 6:12, yet answered
prayer, Acts 10:31
There are many more examples which
could be shown - what we see is that
Christ sometimes operated within
being fully divine and sometimes full
human - his divinity was not limited by
his humanity but he did not minister
to his human needs from divine
resources (in hunger he did not turn
stones to bread)

A. The fact’s of Christ's Humanity

1. Was purposed before the world’s
foundation - Eph 1:4-7, 3:11
2. All OT types and prophecies
concerning Christ anticipate his
incarnation
3. The fact of his humanity is seen in
the annunciation and birth Lk
1:31-35
4. His life on earth reveals his humanity
a. Human names - son of man, man
Christ Jesus, son of David etc.

b. His human parentage - “her
firstborn”, “made of a woman”
c. His human body, soul and spirit -
Matt 26:38, jn 13:21, 1 Jn 4:2
d. His self imposed human
limitations
5. In his death and resurrection - all
in a human body
6. His ascension to heaven and his
ongoing ministry in a glorified
human body
7. He will return in this glorified
human body - which he was
incarnate in

B. Reasons for the incarnation

1. To reveal God to men in a way
we can understand - Matt
11:27, Jn 1:18, Rom 5:8
2. To reveal man - God’s example
to believers 1 Pet 2:21
3. To provide a sacriﬁce for sin -
Heb 10;1-10 shows him
thanking God for his body
4. To destroy the works of the
devil - 1 Jn 3:8, Col 2:13-15


5. To be a merciful and faithful high priest
- Heb 2:16-17, 8:1
6. In ﬂesh he fulﬁlls the Davidic covenant
- 2 Sam 7:16, Lk 1:31-33 - as King
of k
Kings and Lord of Lords he will appear
and sit on the throne of his father David
- Lk 1:32, Rev 19:19
7. Incarnate he becomes head over all
things including the church - Eph 1:22
Jesus became a full man - material (body)
and immaterial (soul and spirit) - he is
the last Adam 1 Cor 15:45


The Son:
His
Substitutionary
Death

His Substitutionary Death
The Bible reveals Jesus dying as a
sacriﬁce for the sins of the world -
Jn 1:29
Substitute is not a biblical word but
the idea of Christ substituting for
sinners is - in this God’s righteous
judgments are borne by Christ. It is a
simple transaction - Christ has taken
the divine judgments fully satisfying
God, the sinner believes in Christ
accepting him as their personal
saviour.


In order to fully describe
this ‘atonement’ is used (as
well as substitution) -
atonement in the OT
describes the temporary
covering of sin by sacriﬁce
etc. Rom 3:25 - as said
previously this was a
temporary situation
anticipating the coming of
Christ, and his perfect
sacriﬁce.


A. What his death accomplishes

1. Assures us of the love of God towards
the sinner - Jn 3:16, Rom 5:8 - this
should encourage believers to live at a
higher moral standard 2 Cor 5:15, 1
Pet 2:11-15
2. It is a redemption/ransom paid to God
for the sinner and to set them free from
condemnation - the life of Christ is given
for us - Matt 20:28, Mk 10:25 - he took
the penalty Rom 4:25, Heb 9:28


3 NT ideas of ransom:
a. To buy in the market - man is a slave of sin but is
redeemed by the blood purchase of Christ - Rom
6:23, 7:14, 1 Cor 6:20
b. To buy out of the market - indicating removal
from sale, redemption is once for all Gal 3:13,
4:5
c. “to let loose, to set free” lk 24:21, Titus
2:14, 1 Pet 1:18
So the ideas are: purchase, removal from sale and
complete freedom through Christ in the power of
HSp - in this Christ was offered for sin not as a
covering but to bear our sins forever

3. Christ’s death is an act of
obedience to the law (which sinners
have broken) and is a propitiation
for God’s righteous demands of the
sinner
On the day of atonement the mercy
seat on the ark or the covenant was
sprinkled with blood which took
away God’s judgement - through
Christ’s death the throne of God
becomes a throne of grace - in dying
on the cross Christ satisﬁed all of
God’s just judgments on human sin
Heb 9:11-15, 4:14-16

propitiate |To win or regain the
3. Christ’s death is an act of
favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by
obedience to the law (which sinners
doing something that pleases them
have broken) and is a propitiation
Rom 3:25-26 - whom God put the
for God’s righteous demands of
forward as a propitiation by his blood,
sinner
to be received by faith. This was to show
On the day of atonement the mercy
God’son the ark or the covenant was
seat righteousness, because in his
divine forbearance he had passed over
sprinkled with blood which took
former sins. It was to showthrough
away God’s judgement - his
righteousness atthe throne of God
Christ’s death the present time, so
that he might be just and the -justiﬁer
becomes a throne of grace in dying
of the one who has faith in Jesus. of
on the cross Christ satisﬁed all
God isjust judgmentsfull of mercy to
God’s shown to be on human sin
sinners, even in the time waiting for
Heb 9:11-15, 4:14-16
Christ to be revealed

4. Provides a basis by which the
world is reconciled to God -
reconciliation = bringing
together of God and man
Rom 5:10-11, 11:15, 1 Cor
7:11, 2 Cor 5:18-20 etc.
Man is forgiven, justiﬁed and
raised in Christ to relationship
with God - man’s position
changes not God’s.
This provision is for the entire
world - 2 Cor 5:19, 2 Pet
2:1, 1Jn 2:1-2


5. Removes all moral obstacles in
the mind of God to saving of sinners
by the propitiation of Christ - no
hindrance to God accepting any man
who believes on Christ - Rom
3:26 - Gods love and power are no
longer restrained because of what
Christ has done.
6. Christ in his death became the
substitute taking the penalty owed
by the sinner - this is a foundational
personal (not corporate) belief -
Jn 10:11, Rom 5:6-8


B. Fallacies concerning his death

1. It is immoral for God to lay
the sins of people on an
innocent person - Christ was
not unwilling but very willing to
do all his Father asked on him -
Jn 13:1, Heb 10:7, 2 Cor
5:19


2. Christ died as a martyr - an
example of courage and
loyalty to convictions even to
his death - Christ was God’s
lamb, no one took his life from
him - jn 10:18, Acts 2:23
3. Christ died to create a
moral effect - men who
consider the cross will choose
to sin less - the cross is not
about reformation of people but
regeneration of them


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