Greg Lanier - Is Jesus Truly God?: How the Bible Teaches the Divinity of Christ

Is Jesus Truly God?

Abba,

abiding in Christ,

Adonai ,

adoptionist Christology,

Ancient of Days,

angel of the L ord ,

angels

called gods,

refuse worship to them,

worship Jesus,

anointed one,

Arius,

Athanasius,

baptism,

Barth, Karl,

Bauckham, Richard,

Benedictus (song),

Bethlehem,

binitarian Christianity,

Bird, Michael F.,

body of Christ,

bowing down to Jesus,

bridegroom metaphor,

calling on Christ,

Chalcedonian Definition (AD 451),

Christ. See

Christianity

emerges from Judaism,

not binitarian,

Christian life

deeply Trinitarian,

as union with Christ,

Christological monotheism,

Christology,

Christophanies,

church discipline,

Clement of Alexandria,

coming of God theme,

communion with Christ,

creation,

Cyril of Alexandria,

Daniel, vision of heaven,

David, on Messiah/ christos ,

dawn metaphor,

day of the Lord/ kyrios ,

Didache,

divine Christology,

divine conceptual metaphors,

divine metaphors,

divine prerogatives,

ascribed to Jesus,

Docetism,

Domitian,

early Christians, worship of Jesus,

early Christology,

Elohim ,

eschatological prophet,

eternal subordination controversy,

Eutyches,

exaltation-humiliation-exaltation arc,

Ezekiel, on glory of the Lord ,

Father

begetting the Son,

declares Jesus as my Son,

oneness with the Son,

Filioque ,

firstborn,

firstfruits,

first and last,

glory,

God

manifest in the flesh,

metaphors for,

oneness of,

sends fire from heaven to earth,

separation from creatures,

uncreated,

see also

gospel of Christ,

Granville Sharp Rule,

Greek philosophy,

heaven-earth distinction,

Hengel, Martin,

Holy Spirit

and earthly ministry of Jesus,

personhood of,

proceeds from the Father and the Son,

sending of,

horn of salvation metaphor,

human Christology,

human Messiah, expectations of,

human rulers, divine language for,

Hurtado, Larry,

husband metaphor,

I am statements,

Ignatius,

Immanuel,

incarnation,

Irons, Charles Lee,

Isaiah

on glory of Jesus,

influence on New Testament authors,

Islam,

Israel

as firstborn son,

in the wilderness,

Jehovahs Witnesses,

Jesus

birthplace of,

coming from heaven,

descended and reascended,

divine prerogatives,

divinity of,

as embodiment of Israel,

exaltation of,

in the exodus,

forgives sins,

glory of,

as God of the Old Testament,

as great high priest,

humanity of,

humiliation of,

as ideal human,

as image of God,

intercessor in worship,

as Lord/ kyrios ,

as mediator,

on my Father,

not a demigod,

not an angel,

oneness with the Father,

own identity as divine Son,

preexistence of,

recipient of worship,

relation to Holy Spirit,

as sent into the world,

sonship of,

sovereignty of,

as theos ,

transfiguration of,

use of Abba,

use of Son of Man,

veneration of,

in wilderness sojourn of Israel,

will execute final punishment,

as wisdom of God,

worship of,

as YHWH,

see also

Johannine Comma (1 John 5:7),

Johannine thunderbolt,

John the Baptist,

Julius Caesar,

kenosis theory,

king like David,

LifeWay Research,

light metaphor,

Ligonier Ministries,

lion of Judah,

Lord ( Adonai ),

Lord ,

Lord, fuzzy use of,

Lord/ kyrios ,

Lords Prayer,

Lords Supper,

magi,

Magnificat (song),

manifested,

Marana-tha ,

messenger precedes YHWH,

Messiah, as human,

Messiah/Christ,

Messiah/ christos ,

metaphors,

modalism,

monogen s ,

monotheism,

flat,

of New Testament,

of Old Testament,

Mormons,

mother bird metaphor,

Muhammad,

Mller, Mogens,

my beloved Son,

name of Jesus,

name of YHWH,

Nazareth,

Nestorius,

New Testament

assumes deity of Jesus,

assumes the Trinity,

monotheism of,

Nicene Creed (AD 325),

Noetus,

Octavian,

old covenant promises, fulfillment of,

Old Testament

monotheism in,

reading Jesus in,

only begotten,

ordinances venerating Christ,

Paul

on Damascus Road,

on Jesus Christ before all things,

on manifested,

prayer to Jesus,

on riches of the Son,

on sending of Son into the world,

use of Shema,

Pliny the Younger,

polytheism,

praying to Christ,

preaching Christ from all Scripture,

predicate nominatives,

priest in the order of Melchizedek,

prophetic fulfillment,

proskynein ,

Ptolemy, King, as son of Ra,

Quran,

root of Jesse,

Rosetta Stone,

royal sonship,

salvation, as Trinitarian,

Sanders, Fred,

second and greater Adam,

secularism,

Shema,

shepherd metaphor,

singing to Christ,

Son

in ancient Israel,

Creator of all things,

intrinsic to God of ancient Israel,

made known the invisible God,

preexistence of,

in the Psalms,

as radiance of glory of God,

relation to Father and Spirit,

riches of,

as theos ,

unique relation to the Father,

Son of David,

Son of God

as divinely begotten Son,

functional title for human messiah,

from heaven,

as indicative of divinity,

as messianic,

as royal title,

at work in the Old Testament,

Son of Man

in Daniel,

enthronement of,

sons of the gods, ancient monarchs as,

speech-act of God,

Spirit of God,

Sprout of David,

star of Jacob,

stone/rock metaphor,

suffering servant,

Theodotus,

manifest in the flesh,

use in ancient world,

Thomas,

transfiguration,

Trinitarian Christology,

and essence of God,

as giver and content of revelation,

in ministry of Jesus,

oneness of,

at Pentecost,

typology,

union with Christ,

unitarians,

walking with Christ,

Wedgwood, Josiah,

Westminster Confession of Faith,

wisdom, in creation,

Word

all things made through,

made flesh,

as theos ,

worship

of Jesus,

as Trinitarian,

YHWH,

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