person of Jesus

teacher of wisdom

Political liberator

son of God

Paul speaks of Jesus as "Gods own Son"

knowledge of God

St John writes Jesus as the word and that word "was the word of God"

Thomas refers to Jesus as 'my lord and my God'

Psalms adresses Jesus as God

Jesus calls God Abba and a heavenly voice declares him his son

Jesus Humanity

Gregory of Nazianzen 'what he has not assumed he has not healed'

Paul wrote about if Jesus was human his soul would have been corrupted by Sin

Bishop Apollinaris of Laodicea worried that a human mind is a changeable mind

Church resoloutions

The council of Chalcedon affirmed that Christ is acknowledged in 2 natures which come together into one person

The first council of Nicea resolved that Jesus was the same substance of God

Extent of Jesus self Knowldge

An infused knowledge

knowledge of the divine reality of God, face to face, and all the created realities

knowledge of mundane life

Challenges

Gerland O'Collins

before anyone can categorically say he was a saviour one must show an appreciation for the complexity of knowledge

consciousness and knowledge are different

it is difficult to undertake any study of the inner world of any being

Miricales

'Jesus walks on water' Mark 6:47-52

N T Wright Jesus not only cures people from sin but he helps social groups that have been excluded from society

Jesus cures a blind man 9:1-41

Resserection

E P Sanders 'Without the resurrection would Jesus disciples have endured longer than did John the Baptists

for Paul If Jesus wasn't resurrected then all preachings would be in vain

'If you declare with your mouth "Jesus is the lord" and believe it with your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be liberated'

A Rabbi with a special message

spoke on moral issues

the parable of the good samiritan

"Jesus the former disciple of the Rabbi John, corresponded to the contemporary notions of a Rabbi" Gerd Theissen

Teachings on Morality

his teachings are based around the concepts of love

commands for the Hungary to be fed

'Love thy Neighbour'

love of enemies Matthew 5:43-48

hunting for food on the Sabbath to allow time to be with God

Power and Wealth

Warns followers not to lord power over others

he identifies wealth as an obstacle to closeness with God

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter heaven

Inspiring holy man

John Hick

Jesus awareness of God isn't unique to Jesus and is found In Moses, Jeremiah, The Isaihs, Muhammed etc

Christianity without incarnation becomes one of many religions that perceive God differently

A Political Revoloutionary

Challenge to political authority

Jesus was hoped to be a military messiah

Reza Aslan argues that Jesus was far more confrontational than presented in the new testiment

Jesus suggested about the coming of a revolution 'I did not come to bring peace but a sword'

Jesus followers carried weopons which were used in Gethsemane

Jesus was arrested as a result of civil crimes not ones against judaism

liberation theology

Jesus Denouncement of the wealthy

"Jesus doesn't idolise the poor because poverty is the consequence of sin" Valley Fitzgerald

"it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God"