#7 Christology - Hebrews 1

Founda ons in Chris an Doctrine #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. 1 ti tt ti ff tt ti ff ti 1 Founda ons in Chris an Doctrine 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 tt ti ti 2