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Speaker: Jonathan Pick
Athanasius
Life: A Defender of Truth
DISCUSSION QUESTION
How would it look for us to be defenders of truth in our day?
DISCUSSION QUESTION
How would it look for us to be defenders of truth in our day?
Council of Nicaea 5 Exiles Council of Constantinople
(AD 325) (AD 381)
Doctrine: The Deity of Christ
It’s true that Jesus is God
-He’s eternal like the Father
DISCUSSION QUESTION
What could you say to defend the deity of Jesus?
DISCUSSION QUESTION
What could you say to defend the deity of Jesus?
‘before Abraham was, I am.’
(John 8:58)
-He’s one with the Father
‘I and the Father are one.’
(John 10:30)
It’s vital that Jesus is God
‘None other could create anew the likeness of God’s image for men, except the Image of the Father.’
(On the Incarnation, Athanasius)
DISCUSSION QUESTION
Why is the deity of the Son
so crucial for having fellowship with the Father?
DISCUSSION QUESTION
Why is the deity of the Son
so crucial for having fellowship with the Father?
The Father
The Son (exists as the Image of God the Father)
Christians (remade in the Image of God the Son)
‘No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.’
(John 1:18)