Posts from June 2015

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How was Jesus exalted? By ascending to prepare a place for us

by Joel Radford

We’ve been going through an old list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism published in 1648. In particular we’ve been looking at how Christ was exalted by his visible ascension. We’ve also seen that the purposes behind Christ’s ascension exalt him further, namely his giving gifts to humans and his raising […]

How was Jesus exalted? By ascending to raise our affections

by Joel Radford

We’ve been going through an old list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism published in 1648. In particular we’ve been looking at how Christ was exalted by his visible ascension. Last week we started to look at the purposes behind Christ’s ascension, which then exalt Christ even further. Namely we saw […]

How was Jesus exalted? By ascending and giving gifts

by Joel Radford

We’ve been going through an old list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism published in 1648. In particular we’ve been looking at how Christ was exalted by his ascension. Last week we saw that Christ was exalted by visibly ascending into heaven. This week I want to show that Christ is […]

How was Jesus exalted? By ascending visibly

by Joel Radford

We've been going through an old list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism published in 1648. In particular we've been looking at how Christ was exalted by his resurrection. This week I want to begin looking at how Christ was exalted in his ascension, namely, by ascending visibly. After Jesus was […]

How was Jesus exalted? By rising to be head of the church

by Joel Radford

We’ve been going through an old list of questions and answers contained in the Westminster Larger Catechism published in 1648. In particular we’ve been looking at how Christ was exalted by his resurrection. We’ve seen that  Christ was exalted by moving from a dead state to a living state and by the fact that all […]