Christ, no source for conception of, other than himself, 187
conception of, could not originate in human genius, 187
acceptance of the story of, a proof of his existence, 187
some of the difficulties in which the assumption that the story
of, is false, lands us, 188
if the story of, is true, Christianity is true, 188
his testimony to himself, its substance, 189
his testimony to himself, not that of an intentional deceiver,
189
his testimony to himself, not that of insanity or vanity, 189
if neither mentally nor morally unsound, his testimony
concerning himself is true, 190
in his sympathy and sorrow reveals God's feeling, 266
the whole Christ present in each believer, 281
his supreme regard for God, 302
recognized as God in certain passages, 305-308
some passages once relied on to prove his divinity now given up
for textual reasons, 308
Old Testament descriptions of God applied to him, 309
possesses attributes of God, 309
undelegated works of God are ascribed to him, 310
receives honor and worship due only to God, 311
his name associated on equality with that of God, 312
equality with God expressly claimed for him, 312
“si non Deus, non
bonus,”, 313
proofs of his divinity in certain phrases applied to him, 313
his divinity corroborated by Christian experience, 313, 682
his divinity exhibited in hymns and prayers of church, 313
his divinity, passages which seem inconsistent with, how to be
regarded, 314
as pre-incarnate Logos, Angel of Jehovah, 319
in pre-existent state, the Logos, 335
in pre-existent state, the Image of God, 335
in pre-existent state, the Effulgence of God, 335
the centrifugal action of Deity, 336
and Spirit, how their work differs, 338
his eternal Sonship, 340
if not God, cannot reveal him, 349
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orders of creation to be united in, 444
his human soul, 493
his character convinces of sin, 539
he is the ideal and the way to it, 544
not law, “the
perfect Image” of God, 548
his holiness, in what it consisted, 572
in Gethsemane felt for the race, 635
with him believers have a connection of spiritual life, 636
human nature in, may have guilt without depravity, 645
educator of the race, 666
the Person of, 669-700
the doctrine of his Person stated, 669
a brief historical survey of the doctrine of his Person, 669
views of the Ebionites concerning, 669
reality of his body denied by Docetæ, 670
views of Arians concerning, 670
views of Apollinarians, 670, 671
views of Nestorians, 671, 672
views of Eutychians, 672
the two natures of, their integrity, 673
his humanity real, 673
is expressly called “a man,”, 673
his genealogies, 673
had the essential elements of human nature, 674
had the same powers and principles of normal humanity, 674
his elocution, 674
subject to the laws of human development, 675
in twelfth year seems to enter on consciousness of his divine
Sonship, 675
suffered and died, 675
dies (Stroud) of a broken heart, 675
lived a life of faith and prayer, and study of Scripture, 675
the integrity of his humanity, 675-681
supernaturally conceived, 675
free from hereditary depravity and actual sin, 676
his ideal human nature, 678
his human nature finds its personality in union with the
divine, 679
his human nature germinal, 680
the “Everlasting Father,” 680
the Vine man, 680
Docetic doctrine concerning, confuted, 681
possessed a knowledge of his own deity, 681
exercised divine prerogatives, 682
in him divine knowledge and power, 682
union of two natures in his one person, 683-700
possesses a perfect divine and human nature, 683, 684
proof of this union of natures in, 684
speaks of himself as a single person, 684
attributes of both his natures ascribed to one person, 684, 685
Scriptural representation of infinite value of atonement and
union of race with God prove him divine, 685
Lutheran view as to communion of natures in, 686
four genera regarding the natures
of Christ, 686
union of natures in, 686
theory of his incomplete humanity, 686
objections to this theory, 687, 688
theory of his gradual incarnation, 688, 689
objections to this view, 689-691
real nature of union of persons in, 691-700
importance of correct views of the person of, 691, 692
chief problems in the doctrine of the person of, 692
why the union of the natures in the person of Christ is
inscrutable, 693
on what the possibility of the union of deity and humanity in
his person is grounded, 693, 694
no double personality in, 694-696
union of natures in, its effect upon his humanity, 696, 697
union of natures in, its effect upon the divine, 697
this union of natures in the person of, necessary, 698
the union of natures in, eternal, 698, 699
the infinite and finite in, 699, 700
the two states of, 701-710
the nature of his humiliation, 701-706
not the union in him of Logos and human nature, 701
his humiliation did not consist in the surrender of the
relative divine attributes, 701
objections to above view, 701-703
his humiliation consisted in the surrender of the independent
exercise of the Divine attributes, 703
his humiliation consisted in the assumption by the pre-existent
Logos of the servant-form, 703
his humiliation consisted in the submission of the Logos to the
Holy Spirit, 703
his humiliation consisted in the surrender as to his human
nature of all advantages accruing thereto from union with
deity, 703, 704
the five stages of his humiliation, 704-706
his state of exaltation, 706-710
the nature of his exaltation, 706, 707
the stages of his exaltation, 707-710
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his quickening and resurrection, 707, 708
his ascension, 708-710
his offices, 710-776
his offices three, 710
his Prophetic work, 710-713
prophet, its meaning as applied to him, 710
three methods of fulfilling the prophet's office, 711
his preparatory work as Logos, 711
his ministry as incarnate, 711, 712
his ascended guidance and teaching of the church on earth, 712
his final revelation of the Father to the saints in glory, 712,
713
his Priestly office, 713-775
in what respects he was a priest, 713
as immanent in the universe, see
Logos.
bearer of our humanity, life of our race, 715
his sufferings not atonement but revelation of atonement, 715
his death a moral stimulus to men, 716
did he ever utter the words “give his life a ransom for many”?,
717
did not preach, but established the gospel, 721
a noble martyr, 729
his death the central truth of Christianity, 733, 764
his death set forth by Baptism and Lord's Supper, 733
the Great Penitent, 734, 737, 760
the Savior of all men, 739
refused “the
wine mingled with myrrh,”, 742
never makes confession of sin, 746
a stumbling-block to modern speculation, 746
had not hereditary depravity but guilt, 747, 762
was he slain by himself or another?, 747
does he suffer intensively the infinite punishment of sin?, 747
his obedience, active and passive, needed in salvation, 749,
770
died for all, 750
incorporate with humanity, became our substitute, 750
how “lifted
up,”, 751
mediator between the just God and the merciful God, 754
in his organic union with the race is the vital relation which
makes his vicarious sufferings either possible or just, 754
as God immanent in humanity, is priest and victim, condemning
and condemned, atoning and atoned, 755
created humanity, and as immanent God sustains it, while it
sins, thus becoming responsible for its sin, 755, 769
as Logos smitten by guilt and punishment, 755
the “must
be” of his sufferings, what?, 755
his race-responsibility not destroyed by incarnation, or
purification in womb of Virgin, 756
his sufferings reveal the cross hidden in the divine love from
foundation of the world, 756, 763
in womb of Virgin purged from depravity, guilt and penalty
remaining, 757, 759
the central brain of our race through which all ideas must
pass, 757
his guilt, what?, 757
innocent in personal, but not race relations, 758
his secular and church priesthood, 758
did he suffer only for his own share in sin of the race?, 758
his incarnation an expression of a prior union with race
beginning at creation, 758
various explanations of his identification with race, 759
he longed to suffer, 759
he could not help suffering, 760
all nerves and sensibilities of race meet in him, 760
his place in 2 Cor. 5:21, 760, 761
when and how did he take guilt and penalty on himself, 761
import of his submission to John's baptism, 762
was he unjustified till his death?, 762
his guilt first purged on Cross, 762
as incarnate, revealed, rather than made, atonement, 762
the personally unmerited sufferings of, the mystery of
atonement, 768
may have felt remorse as central conscience of humanity, 769
his sufferings, though temporal, met infinite demands of law,
769
paid a penalty equivalent, though not identical, 769, 770
how Savior of all men, 772
specially Savior of those who believe, 773
his priesthood, everlasting, 773
his Kingly office, 775
his kingship defined, 775
his kingdom of power, 775
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his kingdom of grace, 775, 776
the only instance of Fortwirkung after death, 776
his kingdom of glory, 776
his kingdom, the antidote to despair concerning church, 776
his kingship, two practical remarks upon, 776
ascended, communicates life to church, 806
heathen may receive salvation from Christ without knowing giver
or how gift was purchased, 843
his sufferings secure acquittal from penalty of law, 858
his obedience secures reward of law, 858
union with, secures his life as dominant principle in soul, 860
his life in believer will infallibly extirpate all depravity,
860
“we
in,” Justification, 862
“in
us,” Sanctification, 862
his twofold work in the world, 869
a new object of attention to the believer, 873
union with, secures impartation of spirit of obedience, 875
his commands must not be modified by any church, 939
submitted to rites appointed for sinners, 943
God's judicial activity exercised through, 1027
qualified by his two natures to act as judge, 1027
his body confined to space, 1032
his soul not limited to space, 1032