The Incarnation Of Christianity: The Works Of Balthasar

When looking at the divinity of Jesus Christ with a Christian worldview, we have to understand why God would allow a person to be divine. After Genesis God should be jaded and unforgiving towards people. The birth of Jesus represents the rebirth of our faith and the faith of God in us. It proves that God is a forgiving being that will always Love. The birth of Jesus gives the Christians their worldview and religious view. The ability to forgive, love, and to be good to all of man is what the divinity of Jesus

Jesus was the son of God, who was created by God and the second person within the trinity. God is viewed as the father, the son, and the holy spirit, according to the Christian worldview. Jesus was created from God planting a seed in Virgin Mary. Jesus was thus born to spread the word about God and all the gospel. Jesus lived a life as a human as all of us do now. He experienced a lot of things we as human’s experience. Jesus sacrificed himself for our sins where he died on the cross. Jesus is important to the Christian worldview because he is the ultimate reason we are who we are today. “God is both holy and just, so although he created humanity to be immortal, he could not accept them into his holy kingdom in their sinful state (Lecture 5). After Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, this served as redemption and it was then that god allowed them into the

No matter how one refers to Him, He is fully God and fully human. Because of humanity’s departure from wisdom, God decided to become man as a last ditch effort to save His people. This is best demonstrated in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”. Jesus lived among His followers teaching them about the good news of the Bible and when it was time, He willing sacrificed Himself in order to forgive the sins of those who believed and guaranteed his/her salvation. Once He ascended into heaven, the Holy Spirit remained, filling those who believed with the eternal love and guidance so that he/she may now spread the good news, just as His disciples did. Jesus’ identity and work is significant to the Christian worldview because they are the very core of this faith-based belief system. One learns from the Bible that one does not have to witness these works, just by merely believing will lead one to salvation. According to Merrick (2014), “Jesus Christ represents all humanity and offers to God a sacrifice that reconciles humanity and God” (final

Jesus is known by many titles, perhaps most importantly the Savior of the world. Jesus Christ was sent to this earth to pay the price for all of humanities’ sins. According to Merrick, (2015). Scriptures primarily focus on His ministry as an adult however, there is an account of Jesus reading scriptures in the synagogue. Jesus was also known as the Messiah, or anointed one. This title gives further explanation to His divinity and supreme rule. Jesus was also known to be both man and God. This truth is significant because as (Merrick, 2015a) states “one beholds what all human life should look like.” (Section The Image of the Invisible God, para. 1). Bowen, (2014) gave a great explanation of Jesus when he said “This Jesus holds together the atoms in our bodies, keeps the laws of physics constant. Those individuals who believe the earth’s existence and beginning is a scientific occurrence can learn a bit more about the role Jesus played in the

According to Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, “A lacuna in Christian theology is the forgetfulness of the cosmic dimensions.” That is, “In the biblical and patristic traditions, ‘cosmic’ Christologies and pneumatologies are present,” and the retrieval of tradition is “important both for the sake of interfaith hospitality and improving Christianity’s self-understanding” in interdisciplinary dialogue. Kärkkäinen points out that the cosmic Christology of the NT (John 1:1-14; Col. 1:15-19; Heb. 1:2-4) points to “the integral link between Christ’s role in creation and in reconciliation.” This universal Christology resonates with patristic theologies, but “unfortunately was by and large lost by the time of modern Classical Liberalism and its highly reductionist conception of Jesus merely as a ‘spiritual’ teacher of personal piety.” In the same vein, Christopher Knight also points out that for the patristic fathers, such as Clement of Alexandria, Origen, the Cappadocians, Maximos the Confessor, and many others, “The Logos in His kenosis, His self-emptying, is hidden everywhere, and the types of His reality, whether in the forms of persons or teachings, will not be the same outside the Christian world as they are within it.”

Jesus became an enemy of the Pharisees, and they were not going to rest until they found a way to kill him. They schemed against him and captured him. After some legal dispute, the people decided to crucify Jesus. He endured much suffering through his death. He was scourged, tortured, and nailed to a cross, suffering an unfathomable amount of pain as a perfect man (HCSB, Luke. 23). After being dead and buried in a tomb for three days, Jesus rose from the dead. His resurrection proved he did indeed die for the sins of the world, and the world now had hope of salvation because of his grace and sacrifice.

Jesus Christ is one of the most recognizable figures in the modern world. And the legacies of few people have sparked as many wars, built as many nations, and changed as many individual’s lives, as Jesus of Nazareth. Understandably, scholars and spiritualists alike have striven to answer one central question, “who was this Jesus?” To some, He is known as the Son of God, who overcame death and sin, offering salvation through His resurrection for all who place their faith in him. To others, He was merely a carpenter from the small town of Nazareth, living in the early years of the Common Era. And trying to figure out much else about Jesus is one of the most

Jesus, the second part to the Trinity was sent down to Earth to save all of humanity. He is God, yet He is man. Jesus saved humanity through the incarnation, atonement, and resurrection. Incarnation refers to God becoming man and dwelling with us (Krise 2015). John 3:16, states “For God so love the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life” (Zondervan Study Bible NIV, John 3:16). God had a plan to save humanity, using Jesus to redeem people for their sins. The atonement refers to Jesus accepting what He must do to save humanity. A bible verse that explains the atonement is Isaiah 53:4-5, “Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed” (Zondervan Study Bible NIV, Isaiah 53:4-5) Three days after Jesus died on the cross, He resurrected. This was a promise He made to His followers and this was a promise He did not break. The resurrection shows just how powerful the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit really are. “God asserts His ultimate power in the Resurrection. Human beings can bring God into the grave, but they cannot keep Him there” (Sarot). Jesus’ life and the events that occurred are very significant to

The following paper yields a couple of various speculations and theories in regards to the teaching of Christ 's humanity and how it could influence how we comprehend His flawlessness. In the article "The Man Christ Jesus" by Bruce A. Ware, we take a gander at the idea that is often hard to comprehend of Jesus Christ being both God and man and His failure to sin. The larger question postured by this article is with Jesus being completely God, as we know He could not sin, however, being completely man, would it have been feasible for the human side of Jesus to allow Him to sin. Ware yields various perspectives from various theological scholars and shares his own theories.

Crucifixion was reserved for foreigners, the worst of the worst criminals, the slave class. It was a shameful, painful death. Yet, Christ went from being equal with God in heaven to a very obscure servant and only because he was a foreigner of the Roman Empire and he was of the servant and slave class, was he even eligible for death on the cross. Christ is portrayed to be constantly lowering his status by choice. However, because Jesus died on the cross he could once again rise to glory in heaven because he realize the true significance in giving his life for others and God keeping with his nature gave the rarest honor he had by giving Christ the name above all names showing that he Lord of the universe to be recognized by all.

Despite anything to the contrary, Jesus’ work was indiscernible because of the effects that it had intellectually and spiritually in the minds of humanity. The redemptive benefits are man’s identification with Christ in his work for fallen man, however this included his life, death, burial, and resurrection. To put it briefly, Christ’s work symbolizes hope, possibilities, change, and eternity. Above all, not only did Christ become sin for humanity but he also became sick that we might be made whole. The literal rendering of the Hebrew in Isaiah 53:3-5 reads, He was despised, and forsaken of men; a man of pains, and acquainted with sickness: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised…”

OOver the centuries, as some Christians grew more and more doubtful about the possibility of ancient orthodox beliefs in the contemporary, critical world. Could they preach the old, old story in a new, new world in which the way of thinking was supposedly more sophisticated than in the early, medieval or Reformation worlds? Would the modern world accept traditional beliefs like the Trinity, the unity of Jesus in two natures, the total wickedness of humans and the strict, substitutionary atonement (Bingham, p. 150)? In the paper I will compare and contrast Evangelical, Liberal, and Neo-Orthodox views as it relates to scriptures. Next in this paper will discuss analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each of the three movements.

With the knowledge that the human form was fit for Jesus, now the focus can shift to the evidence that he was human and his human form was humanizing. Jesus lived a life on earth and suffered like every other person does. As mentioned previously, Jesus experienced temptation by the Devil as seen in Matthew 4. He experienced hunger as seen in Mark 11:12. He experienced weariness as seen in John 4:6, “So Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well” (). He experienced sorrow many times as seen when Lazarus died in John 11 and several other places. He also experience pain and suffering on the cross and he died just as everyone on earth does as well. By every standard Jesus was a human being. He lived and died as everyone else on this planet does. His humanity was humanizing. He was a human being and demonstrated all the characteristics of being one. The only difference is that he was able to live a life without sin. So Jesus’ human nature was in no way dehumanizing; he exhibited every characteristic that humans face and conquered every struggle.

Studies of Jesus primarily focus on the duality of Jesus and how he is able to be both human and divine at once. This subject was disputed at the Council of Chalcedon in the year 451 between the

Throughout the history of mankind, there have been many great men who have left an impact on today’s world. Some of these men may have changed a certain system was run or established a better community for other people. While doing these things is certainly commendable, there is one man who stands above the rest. This man is unique in every way from His conception to His death. In addition, this man made astonishing claims and performed many great miracles. While there were many that embraced this man, there were many that called him foolish and a sinner. This man was Jesus Christ. Through the use of Old Testament prophets, various New Testament testimonies, and certain divine attributes, it is proven that Jesus Christ is unique in that He and God are one.