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<lesson xmlns="http://edvance360.com/v1"><name><![CDATA[Lesson Five: Hypostatic Union and Kenosis]]></name><description><![CDATA[]]></description><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[Lesson Five Class Discussion]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">Please participate in the Lesson Five class discussion.</font></span></p>

<p>Comment on the following questions posed by John Calvin.&nbsp; &ldquo;Who could do this unless the Son of God should also become the Son of man, and so receive what is ours as to transfer to us what is his, making that which is his by nature to become ours by grace?... It was his to swallow up death: who but Life could do so? It was his to conquer sin: who could do so save Righteousness itself? It was his to put to flight the powers of the air and the world: who could do so but the mighty power superior to both? But who possesses life and righteousness, and the dominion and government of heaven, but God alone? Therefore, God, in his infinite mercy, having determined to redeem us, became himself our Redeemer in the person of his only begotten Son.&rdquo;</p>
]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[Discussion]]></type><itemReference><![CDATA[I_1106_DT]]></itemReference></lessonItem><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[Lesson Five Goals]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">This lesson continues our study of the humanity of Christ with a deeper look at two important concepts, the hypostatic union and the meaning of &ldquo;kenosis.&rdquo;</font></span></p>
]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[]]></type></lessonItem><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[Hypostatic Union]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p>Please read the course handout, <em>Hypostatic Union, </em>from <em>The Moody Handbook of Theology</em>, by Paul Enns.</p>

<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">Note: Please do not distribute any course handouts beyond the purposes of this course.</font></span></p>
]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[File]]></type><itemReference><![CDATA[I_2656_F]]></itemReference></lessonItem><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[The Hypostatic Union; or the Union of the Two Natures of Christ]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p>Please navigate to sjlinstitute.net by clicking <a href="http://sljinstitute.net/category/christology-in-general/" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp; Please scroll through the topes to select and read <em>The Hypostatic Union; or the Union of the Two Natures of Christ - I</em> by S. Lewis Johnson.</p>
]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[]]></type></lessonItem><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[He Emptied Himself]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p>Please read the course handout, <em>He Emptied Himself, </em>by Robert Wilson.</p>

<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">Note: Please do not distribute any course handouts beyond the purposes of this course.</font></span></p>

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]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[File]]></type><itemReference><![CDATA[I_2657_F]]></itemReference></lessonItem><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[Let This Mind Be in You]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p>Please read the course handout, <em>Let This Mind Be in You, </em>by Charles Horne.</p>

<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">Note: Please do not distribute any course handouts beyond the purposes of this course.</font></span></p>
]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[File]]></type><itemReference><![CDATA[I_2658_F]]></itemReference></lessonItem><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[The Proper Doctrine of Kenosis]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p>Please read the course handout, <em>The Proper Doctrine of Kenosis, </em>by John F. Walvoord.</p>

<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">Note: Please do not distribute any course handouts beyond the purposes of this course.</font></span></p>
]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[File]]></type><itemReference><![CDATA[I_2659_F]]></itemReference></lessonItem><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[Calvin's Institutes]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p>Please navigate to the NTS Library website by clicking <a href="http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/Calvin%20Institutes%20of%20Christian%20Religion.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp; Please read chapter 14: <em>How Two Natures Constitute the Person of the Mediator</em> from Book Second of Calvin&rsquo;s Institutes of Christian Religions.</p>]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[]]></type></lessonItem><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[Course Reading Assignment]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p>Please read Chapter 5 from <em>Jesus Is Lord: Christology Yesterday and Today.</em></p>
]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[]]></type></lessonItem><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[Lesson Five Review Questions]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please answer the Lesson Five Review Questions below.&nbsp; Use the dropbox to upload your answers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span new="" times=""><font color="#000000">According to Peter Enns, what does &ldquo;hypostatic union&rdquo; mean&rdquo;?</font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span new="" times=""><font color="#000000">What does S. Lewis Johnson say&nbsp;our union with Christ provides for us?&nbsp; How is the union of the two natures a &ldquo;real union&rdquo;?</font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From Robert Wilson&#39;s paper, what does Trench say Jesus did in the kenosis?&nbsp; What does the text say Christ took on as he emptied himself?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">What is the metaphorical sense of the word &ldquo;kenosis&rdquo;?&nbsp; What did Christ assume rather than exchange?&nbsp; What was not surrendered?&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span new="" times=""><font color="#000000">How should we emulate the pattern of behavior shown in Christ?</font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span new="" times=""><font color="#000000">What does John Walvoord suggest is the best understanding of kenosis?</font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span new="" times=""><font color="#000000">What did John Calvin say about the two natures of Christ?</font></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">According to Donald Macleod, what is stressed in the incarnation?&nbsp; Why did Jesus not make himself of any reputation?</span></p>]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[Dropbox]]></type><itemReference><![CDATA[I_2574_D]]></itemReference></lessonItem></lesson>
