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Big Picture Unifiers and the Glory of Christ
By Jay Wegter
- The cosmos and its contents are the thought of God
- The creation is a perfect co-mingling of physical and moral order
- The Son of God is Creator: all things were made by Him, both material and immaterial
- All things are upheld by Christ (the Logos) and exist for Him
- God is energizing a clash between worldviews: between human and divine wisdom
- God is redeeming individuals by and amidst this clash of worldviews
- God has an infinite propensity to delight in His own glory
- The ground of the creature’s happiness is the eternal unbroken communication of God
- Christ brought everything into harmony with God’s holiness (by redemption, by judgment)
- Sinners can only regain the true knowledge of the divine by God’s glory in the face of Christ 11) God’s glory in the face of Christ connects God’s essential glory to the salvation of sinners 12) Christ’s Lordship is both personal and cosmic
- Christ is the consummation of all things; He has first place in everything
- God reveals Himself in the ground, terms, and benefits of the new covenant
- Romans 11:33-36 is the ‘Mt. Everest’ of theology
- The elect are chosen by God and called so that they might gain the glory of Christ
- Beholding the glory of Christ changes us into the likeness of our Lord
- The church, in order to be healthy, must regularly feed on the glory of Christ
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- Christ has all power for the sake of the church and to subdue all enemies
- Christ is the forerunner and the prototypical heavenly man
- Christ as the last Adam is our probationer
- The formation of a new humanity in Christ by the reclamation of the image of God is the glory story of God in Christ
- By God’s grace Christ gives the elect His own right relatedness to the Holy Trinity so that the elect which form His Body are given the glorious benefits of the communal life of the Trinity 24) The new nature granted by the Spirit through the Person and work of Christ enables the elect to behold the glory of the Lord—this entranced vision of the Lord changes us into His likeness 25) Salvation is inseparable from receiving the Father’s testimony concerning the lordship of His Son—He is exalted to God’s right hand—God has made Him both Lord and Christ