Book 1/Chapter 13
The Eternal Word (section 8)
1. How do false teachers undermine the deity of Christ?
2. At what point do they think the Word began?
3. What passage of Scripture does Calvin use to contradict this?
Christ our God in the Old Testament (section 9)
1. What is the significance of Psalm 45?
2. What is the significance of Isaiah 9?
3. Jeremiah 23?
4. Who is Jehovah?
5. What other passages are relevant to this question?
The Angel of the Lord (section 10)
1. Who is the angel of the Lord in the Old Testament?
2. Why is this described as a “foretaste”?
3. Did any Old Testament saints see God face to face?
4. How was Christ in the wilderness with the Jews?
5. Who shall come from the temple?
Contextual Argumentation (section 11)
1. What is Calvin’s basic method of arguing for the Deity of Christ from the New Testament?
2. What is the argument from Isaiah 8 and Romans 9?
3. What is the argument from John 12 and Isaiah 6?
4. Who is the true God in 1 John 5:20?
5. Who purchased the church with His blood?
The Divinity of Christ in His Works (section 12)
1. What was the significance of Christ calling God His Father?
2. In what way does Christ’s governance of the universe demonstrate His divinity?
3. Did Christ possess a ministerial authority to forgive sins, or was it more than that?
These questions are for the readings on Monday, February 2, 2009, and the readings can be found here. There are no readings on the Lord’s Day.