Ascension, Session, and Return

Wrapping up by talking about the rest of what the Westminster Larger Catechism describes as Christ’s exaltation: his ascension, current place seated at the right hand of the Father, and future return. Then, at the end of the class, trying to sum sum up everything we’ve said in the last four weeks. And finally, a bunch of extra time at the end for questions about anything we’ve covered!

The weight of what we should have born, born for us by Christ; and the wonder of what Christ’s resurrection means for us—forever.

Israel’s Messiah and the Incarnation

Last week we looked a bit at the doctrine of the Son in the context of the Trinity. We saw that there is no gospel apart from the doctrine of the Trinity, and the gospel is the place where our Triune God has revealed himself. As part of that, we saw how the Bible teaches us to understand the Son of God as eternally the Son, and we talked a little about what a comfort that is: it’s his sonship we are adopted into, and the Father’s fatherly love that he has given us by his Spirit is real fatherly love, the true fatherly love, which our fathers on earth can only dimly picture.

This week, we’re turning to two doctrines that build on all of that and see how God revealed himself to us: that Jesus is Israel’s Messiah, and the Incarnation.

Introduction and Eternal Sonship

One of the joys of seminary was the doctrine of Christology. But what exactly do I mean by that? When I use the word “Christology,” I think it’s easy for it to feel kind of heady or abstact. And we’re Presbyterians, which means we’re often relatively comfortable with things that are a bit more abstract and heady. But one of the things I hope we take away from the next few weeks is that yes, these are wonderful mysteries; they are a feast for our minds—but they are also a comfort for our weary souls; they’re encouragement on this sometimes very hard path of life. And as we’ll see, that’s how Scripture uses these doctrines: to encourage us in our faith. And my prayer for this is that we come out of this both knowing and feeling God’s love for us more deeply—and with that, loving him more deeply, loving Christ our Savior more deeply.

John 14:15–31: We love and obey God; God dwells with us.

This sermon was delivered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Dr. Marty Jacumin's Sermon Delivery class at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

The only constraints on this sermon were that it be between 15 and 25 minutes long, and be on a text from the Old Testament. Audio is recorded with Ferrite, using an iPhone SE placed on the podium.

Judges 3:7–31: Three stories, three judges and deliverers, one saving God.

The following was delivered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Dr. Marty Jacumin's Sermon Delivery class at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

The only constraints on this sermon were that it be between 15 and 25 minutes long, and be on a text from the Old Testament. Audio is from my iPhone, in my pocket.

Believers are called to a *humble, selfless, unity* which reflects the *humble, selfless, unity* of the Trinity.

The following was written in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Dr. Marty Jacumin's Sermon Delivery class at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

The only constraints on this sermon were that it be between 15 and 25 minutes long, and be on a text from an epistle. Audio is from an old MacBook Pro pointed at the podium.