Post by mony on Aug 1, 2005 0:43:15 GMT 2
Answer: The word "Christology" comes from two Greek words meaning "Christ / Messiah" and "word" - which combine to mean "the study of Christ." Christology is the study of the Person and work of Jesus Christ. There are numerous important questions that Christology answers:
Who is Jesus Christ?
Is Jesus God? Did Jesus ever claim to be God?
How can Jesus be both God and man at the same time?
Why is the virgin birth so important?
What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of God?
A Biblical understanding of Jesus Christ is crucial to our salvation. Many cults and world religions claim to believe in Jesus Christ. The problem is that they do not believe in the Jesus Christ presented in the Bible. That is why Christology is so important. It helps us to understand why the deity of Christ is so crucial. It demonstrates why Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Christology teaches us that Jesus had to be man so that He could die - and had to be God so that His death would pay for our sins. It is perhaps the most important area of theology. Without a proper understand of who Jesus Christ is and what He accomplished, all other areas of theology will be errant as well.
Philippians 2:5-8 is perhaps the best summary of Christology: "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross!"