Basic Bible Doctrines 1
Professor Dr. Jim Snyder
The Fall of 2011
Jonathan Cooper


Jesus Is Man.
Just as Stephen, Peter and John (Acts 4:13; 6:13 cf. Acts 10:26) are referred to as men, Jesus is referred to as a _____________ (ἄνθρωπος) by Peter (Mark 14:71), by the centurion (Mark 15:39), by Pilate (Luke 23:4,14; John 18:29; 19:5), by the officers (John 7:46; cf. John 7:51), by some of the Pharisees (John 9:16, 24), by the Jews (John 10:33), by the chief priests and the Pharisees (John 11:47; cf. 11:50), by the servant girl (John 18:17), by the chief priest (Acts 5:28), and by Paul (1 Timothy 2:5).
Jesus had a ______________ (1 Peter 2:24; Luke 23:52) with bones (John 19:36), hands (John 20:25), fingers (Mark 7:33), feet (Matthew 28:9; Mark 5:22), a side (John 19:34), a face (Mark 14:65; Matthew 26:27), eyes (John 17:1) and a head (Matthew 27:29), as well as clothing (Mark 5:27).
In this body, Jesus was born (Matthew 1:18), was seen (Luke 8:28), leaned against (John 20:21), pierced (Mark 14:65), beaten, slapped and spat upon (Mark 15:19; Matthew 27:30; Matthew 26:67), flogged (Matthew 19:1), “killed by [being hung] on a tree” (Acts 5:30), buried (Matthew 50:59), and resurrected (Acts 5:30).
In this body, Jesus grew (Luke 1:80), looked (Mark 3:5), touched (Matthew 8:3; 17:7), broke (Luke 24:30; Mark 14:22), whipped (John 2:15), lifted (Mark 9:27), spat (Mark 8:23), wept (John 11:35), slept (Matthew 8:34), sat (Matthew 26:35), stood (Matthew 27:11), walked (Matthew 15:29), talked (Matthew 11:7), sweated (Luke 22:44), bled (John 19:34), ate and drank before His ______________ (Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:34; John 13:26) and “after he _____________ from the dead” (Acts 10:41).
Key to Blanks: Man, body, death, rose
Jesus Is Maker.
Jesus’ activity is ________________ with God’s ability.
Just as God knows all things (1 John 3:20), Jesus knows individuals’ past (John 1:50), thoughts (Matthew 9:4; 12:25; Luke 5:22; 6:8; 11:17), and future (Matthew 26:21; John 13:21).
Just as God controls all things (Psalm 115:3), Jesus has all authority in Heaven and on earth (Matthew 28:18) and causes the lame to walk (Matthew 15:31), the blind to see (Luke 7:22), the demons to shriek (Mark 3:11) and flee (Matthew 12:27), the storm to cease (Matthew 8:26-27), the bread to multiply (Matthew 16:9), and the dead to rise (John 11). Jesus walks on water (Matthew 14:29) and forgives sin (Matthew 9:6).
Just as God only does good things (Revelation 19:2), Jesus never sinned (Hebrews 4:15).
Jesus is identified as _____________________ as God:
According to Jesus, He does only what the Father does (John 5:19), says what the Father says (John 8:26), and is one with the Father (John 10:30). The audience understood Jesus’ statements as “making himself equal with God” (John 5:18) or that “...you, being a man, make yourself God." (John 10:33)
According to others, He is the image of God (2 Corinthians 4:4), the first born ruler over all creation (Colossians 1:15), in the form of God (Philippians 2:6), “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3), in whom “the fullness of God was pleased to dwell” (Colossians 1:19). For example, John describes Jesus as the Creator of all creatures who is “the only God, who is at the Father’s side” (John 1); in John 20, Thomas believes (v. 29) in Jesus as “My Lord and _________________!” (v. 28) just before John promises, “by believing you may have life in his name.” (v. 31)
Key to Blanks: congruent, exactly the same, my God
Jesus Is Mediator.
All have sinned (1 Kings 8:46; Romans 3:10-18; cf. 2 Chronicles 6:36) and exchanged the glory of God for something far inferior (Romans 3:23 in light of Romans 1). Therefore, God’s wrath is revealed against our sin, and we ourselves deserve death (Romans 1:32; 6:23). We were _____________ of God (Romans 5:10) - separated from God’s people, without hope and “without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:12).
In His body, Christ bore our sins on the cross (1 Peter 2:24; John 1:29; cf. Revelation 5:9), as the propitiation for our sins (Romans 3:25; Hebrews 2:17; 1 John 2:2; 4:10). By faith, I receive forgiveness through His blood (Romans 3:21-26; Matthew 26:28; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:22). By faith, our sinful nature has been crucified with Christ (Galatians 2:20; 5:24; 6:14), and we have been resurrected with Him into a new life of righteousness (Romans 6). But, by His death and resurrection, we are reconciled to God (1 Peter 3:18; Romans 5:5-11; 6:5-7; cf. Colossians 1:21-23). If, by the Spirit, we join Christ in dying to sin, we shall be raised with Christ as God’s ____________ to the eternal inheritance of God (Romans 6:5-11; Romans 8:12-18; Philippians 3:10-12).
“...[H]e is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.” (Hebrews 6:17). “...[T]here is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). “No one comes to the Father ___________________” (John 14:6).
Key to Blanks: enemies, children, except through me
Appendix: Know Jesus; Know God.
In regard to Islam, Dr. Piper noted the centrality of Christ to salvation:
Mark said that Jesus, as he is revealed in the Bible, is the picture in the yearbook. When a Muslim and a Christian, who have been discussing whether they are worshiping the same God, look at God in the yearbook, it settles the matter: “No,” says the Muslim, “that’s not who I am talking about.”

But that is who the Christian is talking about. John 1:18 says, “No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.” Jesus makes known the invisible God for us to see. In John 14:8, Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” To this Jesus responded, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’” And Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:6, “God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

In other words, Jesus is the yearbook picture that settles the issue of who is worshiping the true God and who is not. If a worshiper of God does not see in Jesus Christ the person of his God, he does not worship God. This is the resounding testimony of Jesus and the apostles as we see in the following texts.
Mark 9:37, “Whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.” (See alsoMatthew 10: 40; Luke 9:48; John 13:20.)
John 5:23, “Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.”
1 John 2:23, “No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.”
Luke 12:9, “The one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.”
John 15:23, “Whoever hates me hates my Father also.”
2 John 1:9, “Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.”

Source: Piper, John. “Jesus, Islam, Pharisees, and the New Perspective on Paul.” December 6, 2006. Accessed on November 2, 2011 from <http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/taste-see-articles/jesus-islam-pharisees-and-the-new-perspective-on-paul>