FOUNDATIONS Review: God has different attributes that are emphasized at different times, but He is not divided into parts. This aspect of his character is called ______________. 1) God is _____________persons. 2) Each one is fully God. 3) There is only __________ God.
The prophets in the OT spoke ________God, but Jesus spoke _______ God. “But I say to you…” Atonement for sin demanded a ________________ sacrifice. __________________ union: the personal union of Jesus’ two natures. Apollinarianism: Only the _______________ of Jesus was human.
Chapter 14 : The Person of Christ The Humanity of Jesus ___________________: the belief that Jesus was not fully human. Jesus came for the purpose of ________________ and _________________. In order for Jesus to be the substitutionary sacrifice _______us, he had to be a human _________ us. Jesus ____________________ of God’s presence on the earth. Jesus is the “only _____________________ Son” of God (John 3:16) Incarnation: the act of God the Son taking on a _____________ nature. Because Jesus is fully God and fully man, he is the perfect ________________ between the two. • Jesus had a human ________________. • Jesus had a human _______________. Jesus relinquished some of the ____________________ of his deity. The _____________________ of Jesus was essential for our salvation, but so was his __________________. Jesus could not have sinned because the _________________ of his human and divine natures in one person prevented it. The Deity of Jesus ___________________: the erroneous doctrine that denies the deity of Christ. Jesus is referred to by ______________ that were reserved for God alone. theos—God; kyrios—Lord Evidence of his deity comes from the _____________of Jesus Himself. The _______________ of Jesus affirm his deity.
Nestorianism: Jesus was two _______________ in one body.
nature.
Eutychianism: His divine nature _______________ his human
The Chalcedonian Definition 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Jesus has 2 _______________ –He is God and man. Each nature is full and _____________—He is fully God and fully man. Each nature remains __________________. Christ is only __________ person. Things that are true of only one nature are nonetheless true of the ___________ _____ ____________.