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THE APOSTLE PAULSession 3
Question:• What does Paul say about
Jesus?
Objectives:• To provide an overview of
Christological themes in Paul’s letters.
• To show what is distinctive to each letter and similarities across letters.
REVIEW:CHRISTOLOGY IN THE FOUR GOSPELS
MARK: Jesus as the crucified
Son of God
JOHN: Jesus as the Word
made flesh
MATTHEW: Jesus as the revealed
Torah, the Wisdom of God
LUKE: Jesus as the Spirit-
empowered prophet
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
Paul’s apostolic mission
William Blake
The OT expectation of a new messianic age of the Spirit
Beth Emeth
Christ is the one in whom God’s people are summed up
The new messianic age
of the Spirit had in
principle dawned with
Jesus’ being raised from
the dead
Easter MorningHe Qi
Paul’s mission to proclaim the gospel to the Gentiles and
establish congregations
among them was so that they could
in fact become the “first fruits” of this
new creation.
Calling St. PaulHe Qi
AN OVERVIEW OF OUR DISCUSSION OF PAUL’S LETTERS
• Paul addresses a Jewish-Christian congregation with Gentile converts
• Galatians (48-49 or mid-50s CE?)
• Paul addresses Gentile congregations
• 1 Corinthians (54 CE)• Philippians (late 50s
or early 60s CE?)
• Paul’s mature work • Romans (late 50s)
• A guiding framework for our course
• 2 Corinthians (mid-50s)
SOTERIOLOGICAL SYMBOLS IN PAUL
SOCIAL METAPHORS
BIOLOGICAL METAPHORS
Reconciliation = Atonement
Reconciliation = Union
Forgiveness New AdamLiberation Dying and rising
THE SHIFT FROM THE OLD AGETO THE NEW AGE
OLD AGE“Belonging to this age”
NEW AGE“Belonging to Christ”
Law-Sin-Death• Male/Female• Slave/Free• Jew/Greek• Power/Weakness• Wisdom/Foolishness• Etc.
“in Christ”-“in the Spirit”• Body of Christ• Mind of Christ• Hope = “Faith
working in love”• Etc.
GALATIANSShould gentile converts be circumcised?
Law or Faith?
The Purpose of the law
Chagall
Heirs and children of God
Gal 4:6; Kirsten Malcolm Berry
The Allegory of Hagar and Sarah
Sarah Presenting Hagar to AbrahamAdriaen van der Werff (1699)
1 CORINTHIANSAn appeal for unity
An appeal for reconciliation
Paul Fryer
The Lord’s Supper
Resurrection
Risen LordHe Qi
FRIENDSHIPPHILIPPIANS
Imitating Christ’s Humility
Breaking with the Past
The Conversion of PaulWilliam Blake
2 CORINTHIANSA guiding framework for the course
The ministry of the new covenant
Watanabe
The ministry of our bodies
ResurrectionHe Qi
The ministry of reconciliation
ExodusChagall
ROMANSPaul’s mature work
Righteousness through Faith
Mercy SeatKathleen Izzo
The Example of Abraham
The call of Abraham, ceramic reliefby Richard McBee, 1980.
God’s Promise Realized through Faith
God covenants to make Abraham a father Of many nations, Marc Chagall, 1931.
Results of Justification: Reconciliation
Adam and Christ
Adam and Eve, 1504Albrecht Dürer
Dying and Rising with Christ
PRECEPT
• Discuss 2 Cor 5:11-6:10