Systematic Theology: Scripture Defines Scripture — Volume 5: The Doctrine of ChristWho is Jesus Christ?
That question stands at the center of Christian doctrine. Before the atonement can be understood, before salvation can be explained, before the church can proclaim the gospel rightly, Scripture must reveal who the Redeemer is.
Volume 5: The Doctrine of Christ is a Scripture-driven study of Christology—the person, incarnation, offices, and glory of Jesus Christ. Written with the controlling conviction that Scripture defines Scripture, this volume allows the Bible’s own witness to identify the Christ whom the church must confess. The manuscript’s table of contents shows the full sweep of the book: the eternal Word, the deity and Sonship of Christ, the Old Testament promises of the coming Messiah, the incarnation, the true humanity and true deity of Christ, His one person, sinlessness, obedience, humiliation, crucifixion, offices, and final glory.
This volume begins before Bethlehem, with the eternal Word who was with God and was God. It examines Christ as the Son of God, the Only Begotten Son, the Image of the invisible God, and the Creator and Sustainer of all things. It then traces the Old Testament witness to Him as the Seed of the woman, Seed of Abraham, Son of David, Branch and Root, Son of Man, Messiah the Prince, and Prophet like unto Moses.
From there, the study moves into the wonder of the incarnation: the Word made flesh, born of a virgin, Immanuel, made of a woman and made under the law. It carefully considers Christ’s true humanity, true deity, one person, sinlessness, temptation, obedience, humiliation, and crucifixion.
This book also unfolds the biblical offices and titles of Christ:
- Christ the Prophet
- Christ the Priest
- Christ the King
- Christ the Mediator
- Christ the Servant of the Lord
- Christ the Shepherd
- Christ the Bridegroom
- Christ the Head
The final chapters guard against false christs and corruptions of Christology while showing how Christ unites Scripture, reveals the character of God, secures the salvation of man, and stands as the hope of creation.
Although this volume is part of the larger 24-volume Systematic Theology: Scripture Defines Scripture series, it is written to stand on its own. Readers may use it as a complete Christology study by itself, or as the fifth volume in the full doctrinal set. The series as a whole is built to let each volume carry its own doctrinal burden while remaining connected to the whole counsel of God.
This volume is ideal for:
- serious Bible students
- pastors and teachers
- small-group leaders
- readers studying Christology
- Christians who want a Scripture-governed understanding of Jesus Christ
- anyone seeking to know the Christ revealed in the whole Bible
This is not an abstract study of religious titles. It is a call to know the Christ Scripture reveals.
The church does not need a smaller Christ, a safer Christ, a sentimental Christ, a symbolic Christ, or a Christ remade in man’s image.
The church needs the Christ of Scripture.
