New Testament Theology

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New Testament Theology

• I. Jesus and the Gospels

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A. The Kingdom of God

• 1. What the Kingdom is not.
• 2. An overview of the Kingdom
• It is a present reality- Matt. 32 414
• It is a kingdom in which one must live as a
  member I Cor. 48-11
• It is fully formed in future life Luke 2216-18
• 3. The form of the Kingdom
• 4. The KoG and the Ko Heaven are synonyms.
  Matt. 1923-24

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A. Kingdom of God

• 5. The Kingdom is one of destruction of evil.
  Matt. 1228-29 Luke 1120-22
• 6. The Kingdom is one of proclamation. Mark
  114-18
• 7. The Kingdom was originally Israel (the
  nation). Matt. 2143-45
• 8. The saving power and work of Christ show that
  the KoH is already/notyet.

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B. Parables

• 1. How do we not read into the text?
• 2. Use controls of method (e.g., Blomberg).
• 3. Look for the big picture of the parable.
• 4. Look at the main characters of the parable.
• 5. Look for the end stress or reversal of
  the parable.

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C. God-Jesus teaches about his Father

• 1. God as Creator Mark 1319
• 2. God as Sustainer of his people and the world
  John 517 Matt. 545
• 3. God as Father Prodigal son- Luke 15
• 4. God as King-Matt. 18
• 5. God as Judge-Matt 18, 24 25
• 6. God as Redeemer-he adopts, redeems, etc.

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D. Miracles of Jesus

• 1. Terms for Miracles
• erga work (at least 12x in Gos. as miracle,
  does not always mean miracle
• du,namij power (7x in Gos. as miracle)
• shmei/ron sign (48x in Syn. 17x in John)
• te,raj omen, wonder this is always in the
  plural and always with shmei/on (16x in the NT,
  3x in the Gos.

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D. Miracles

• 2. Definition- An event brought about by a
  special act of God. There is much disagreement
  about the definition beyond this minimum. Some
  thinkers argue that a miracle must involve an
  exception to the laws of nature or (perhaps
  alternatively) involve some event that exceeds
  the natural powers or capacities of natural
  things. Others insist that a miracle is
  recognizable primarily by its revelatory power as
  a sign that shows something about God or Gods
  purposes and that such events do not have to be
  scientifically inexplicable. .

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D. Miracles

• 3. Number of Miracles
• There are at least 30 different miracles.
• For a list of miracles see Charts of the Gospels
  and the Life of Christ, DJG, etc.

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D. Miracles

• 4. Categories of Miracles
• a. Healing- evil spirits and physical problems
• b. Nature- stilling of storm, feeding of 5,000,
  walking on water, coin in fish mouth
• c. Resurrection- at least 3 (not counting the
  people raised at crucifixion) Jairus daughter
  - Matt. 9 Widows son- Luke 711 Lazarus- John
  11.

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D. Miracles

• 5. Significance of Miracles
• a. Miracles are done as signs that testify to
  Jesus person and mission. Jn. 2030-31 Matt.
  112-6 Lk 718-23 1120-22
• b. Miracles are not done for display apart from
  the mission of Jesus. Mt. 1238ff
• 6. Lazarus significance- John 11
• 7. Mark 811-21

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E. Christology

• 1. The Son of Man
• a. Statistics-The most often used title by Jesus
  himself (80-82x in Gospels 69 in Syn. 13 in
  John)
• b. OT Background-Daniel 713-14 cf. Mk. 838,
  1326 Matt. 1023, 1627, 1928

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E. Christology

• c. What is the significance of Dan. 7?
• I kept looking in the night visions, And behold,
  with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man
  was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days
  And was presented before Him.
• d. Settings for use of the term
• Why was this title chosen by Christ?
• What are the implications of this title?

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E. Christology

• 2. (second title) Messiah/The Christ
• a. Statistics Not nearly as common as SoMan but
  is used by all four gospels (37x in Syn. 18x in
  John)
• b. OT Background- the anointing of a king or a
  prophet
• c. Usage by Jesus in the Gospels- Jesus accepts
  the title, but it is use more often in the
  epistles.

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E. Christology

• 3. Son of God
• a. Statistics Jesus applies this title to
  himself infrequently (Matt. 1127 2241-46)
• Why so infrequent?
• Why not the designation God? Jesus is called
  God explicitly only once in the Gospels John
  2028
• b. The term Father

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E. Christology

• 3. Son of God
• c. Other Son titles and their usage
• d. OT Background
• Birth narratives- Luke 132 II Sam. 713-14
• Baptism- Mk. 111 Isa 421
• Transfiguration- Matt. 175
• e. Jesus self-testimony

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E. Christology

• 3. Son of God
• f. The I have come passages- Mk. 217, 1045,
• The Son in the Gospel of John
• 11-3, 316-18, 1628, 1030 I and my Father are
  one

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E. Christology

• 4. (titles) Lord ku,rioj
• a. Meanings- the word can have several different
  meanings, therefore it does not mean God every
  time it is used.
• b. OT usage- The LXX renders the tetregamiton
  (Yahweh) 6156x, it is also used to translate
  adoni
• c. Examples of its use- I Pet. 36, Eph. 65

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E. Christology

• 4. Lord (title)
• d. Jesus use of the word
• Key passage is Matt. 2241-46 which is a
  quotation of Psalm 110
• Mark 227-28-Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath
• Luke 2- numbers of uses
• John comes to prepare the way of the Lord
• Matt. 721- This term is more than just a polite
  greeting

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F. The Work of Christ