SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENTS (12 Sessions) CHRISTOLOGY (Quiz every end of session; position papers)
1. SEPT. 26 – First Meeting. Syllabus overview. Read Ephesians 1. Appearances of God handout
2. OCT. 03 – Syllabus items 1. Review. Definition. Heb. 1:1-3; Salvation of mankind. Ephesians 1 –
Foreknowledge, Predestined in Christ as Savior. Eternality of Christ – Isaiah 9:6 & Micah 5:2. Creator –
John 1:1-3; Col. 1:15-17; Heb. 1:10. Invisibles- first created –Job 38:4-7; Creation of by God; Size of
cosmos is 9 billion light years across (Home work: Submit Paper on or before October 16th: List down
Bible proof passages showing that Christ existed as a person and was active in the following periods: (a)
Before the creation of the world in Genesis 1:1-2; (b) During the creation in Gen. 1:1-2 until the end of
Malachi 4.
3. OCT. 10 – Lesson coverage: Items 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Papers to be submitted on or before October
17th: (a) List down proof passages showing Christ existed as a person (acting as a person, give brief
phrase basis of activity and doing something): Before the creation in Gen. 1:1; from Creation of Gen. 1:1
to the last page of Malachi. (b) List down proof passages showing activities as a person in some
appearances or visible forms. Give assignment: Items 15 & 16, Assign Reporters.
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4. OCT. 17 – Lesson coverage: Items 15 – “Early Years of the Human Christ Jesus”, & 16 – “Inwelling of
Deity in the Human Body”. Handouts: Trinity Chart and The Deity of Christ in the Gospel of John. Report
#1 – What were possible activities of Jesus from birth up to the time just before his baptism in the
Jordan River (include birth, dedication, possible activities in the home, synagogue attendance, when 12
years old, attendance in Jerusalem feasts as able bodied male Jew, etc.); Report #2 – Significance of
Baptism in the Jordan River & Demon Possession in Mark 5. Reporters:
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5. OCT. 24 – Demon Possession and Item 17. Report #1 – Demon Possession (Define demon
possession, explain Demon Possession in Mark 5:1-20; Cite other cases of demon possession in the
Gospel Accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. If demons could enter into the body & mind of
persons, why not Deity? Is there demon possession today? Report #2 -- Brief Explanation of the
Kenosis/Emptying in Philippians 2:5-7 (Define Kenosis or Kenotic Theory; Was Christ emptied of His deity
or not? What is Christ’s glory? Was his glory also emptied from Him? (Tell class I will be in N.V. for a
meeting with senior preachers. Makinig ako sa inyong reports and discussion – si brod Ems Layco ang
facilitator, open forum presiding person.) Reporters:
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Assignment: Thirty minute review of major points covered. Discuss any questions the class may present.
Break for 5 minutes then Midterm Exam.
6. OCT. 31 – (Midterm Exam). Summary of Major Points. Answer any questions. Submit assigned papers.
Assignment: Items 18 & 19. Remind Papers
7. NOV. 07 – Items 18 & 19. Plus Trinity Chart Study. Write Papers (Paper #1: List down the verses with
important points you emphasize that prove Deity of Christ: Psalm 45:5-7; Isaiah 9:6; Matt. 3:3; John 1:1-
2; John 5:18; John 20:28; Roma 9:5; Philippians 2:5-7; Titus 2:13; Hebrew 1:5-8; 2Peter 1:1-2: 1John
5:20. (Paper #2: Write a brief explanation on God’s plan of atonement through the sacrificial death of
the Incarnated Rescuer to pay for the penalty of SIN. Is there a better alternative method? Not more
than two pages. )
8. NOV. 14 –Items 20 & 21. *Study of 1Peter 3:18-21. Explain how the flesh died and not the Deity in
Him. Expand the study of Christ’s deity in the expressions, illustrations in the Gospel of John. Lexical
study on the word “ONE.” *Explain with a chart the day and date (use Jewish day and time
reckoning) when Christ celebrated the Passover Feast and when was the Christ’s Crucifixion and
Resurrection – Friday & Sunday?? OR Wednesday & Sunday??Submit your work on or before
November 20th to my email: eusebio.tanicala@yahoo.com
9. NOV. 21 – Item 22. Problem: 22. Islam denies Christ’s crucifixion and bodily resurrection by this
Quranic passage: “and for boasting, ‘We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.’
But they neither killed nor crucified him—it was only made to appear so.1 Even those who argue for this
˹crucifixion˺ are in doubt. They have no knowledge whatsoever—only making assumptions. They
certainly did not kill him.” (Qur’an, Surah An-Nisa 4:157) The claim is that Allah played a trick on the
crowd and history by substituting a clone of Jesus Christ who was led to Calvary and crucified there.
Islam claims Isa (Jesus) was lifted up to heaven alive just like Elijah and is alive today. Jesus will come
down to earth as a Muslim, judge the people based on the Qur’an on the end times, live 40 years then
die and the end of the world comes. Write a brief but publishable essay that debunks this claim of
Islam.
10. NOV. 28 – Item 23. Study and Discussion on the TULIP (Total Depravity, Unconditional
Predestination, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, Perseverance of the Saints). Compare it with the
Plan of Salvation as believed by members of the Church of Christ. Discuss also Predestination of
Calvinism and Predestination (Fate) of Islam.
11. DEC. 05 – Understanding and Evaluating the Christology of Islam – Qur’an, Surah 3:45-46,
“(Remember) when the angels said, ‘O Maryam (Mary)’]! Allah gives you the glad tidings of a Word
[‘Be!] – and he was! i.e. ‘Isa (Jesus) the son of Maryam (from Him, his name will be the Messiah Isa
(Jesus) the son of Maryam, held in honor in this world and in the Hereafter, and will be one of those who
are near to Allah. He will speak to the people in the cradle and in manhood, and he will be one of the
righteous.”
Major Islamic Ideas about Jesus Christ:
(a) Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah,
(b) His Existence Started with His Human Birth,
(c) Jesus Was Born of the Virgin Maryam,
(d) He Was Holy and Righteous Son,
(e) In the Cradle, He Spoke With People,
(f) While a Young Boy, He Fashioned, Form Out of Clay a Birth, Breathed Into It and It Flew,
(g) He Was Taught the Injeel and Strengthened with the Holy Spirit Who is Injeel Gabriel,
(h) Christ Was Not Arrested and Crucified. Two Explanations: (a) He Was Not Arrested But Was Taken
Out of the Upper Room Through a Small Window- Lifted Up to Heaven Body & Soul. Allah Cloned
Somebody to Look Like Jesus and This Clone Was the One Crucified, (b) Simon of Cyrene Was the One
Crucified,
(i) No Resurrection of Christ
(1j) Jesus Christ Will Come Descend At the End of the Ages As a Muslim, Rule and Judge the World Forty
Years Will Die Then Comes the End of Time.
12. DEC. 12 – (Final Exam). Summary of Major Points. Answer any questions. Submission of assigned
papers.
By Instructor: Eusebio Tanicala, PhD
