Why Christ Stands at the Center

Everything Scripture reveals about God comes into clearest focus in Jesus Christ. He is not merely a teacher about the Father; He is the Father’s final and fullest self-revelation and the One through whom God’s redeeming purpose is accomplished—Redeemer, revealer, mediator, risen Lord and the source of His people’s life. To behold Him is to see what God is like, what God has done to save and the pattern of life into which His people are called. The disciple therefore beholds Christ first as Redeemer and Lord, and from that foundation learns from Him as Teacher and follows Him as Pattern.

Beholding, Following, and Abiding

The study opens by beholding the Father revealed in the Son: God’s final word, the Word made flesh, the image of the invisible God, and the One who makes known the Father’s name, love, compassion and works. It then turns to what Christ has done for us: His perfect obedience, the new covenant, the cross where love, holiness and justice meet, the resurrection, access to the Father and His continuing intercession. Within that movement His invitation to learn from Him calls the disciple not merely to admire Him but to follow. The closing topics turn to abiding—remaining in Christ, depending upon His continuing work and knowing God as Father through Him.

Topics in this study

1. God’s Revelation Through the Son
2. The Eternal Word Became Flesh
3. The Image of the Invisible God
4. Jesus Reveals the Father’s Name
5. Jesus Reveals the Father’s Love
6. Jesus Reveals the Father’s Compassion
7. Jesus Restores the Lost
8. Jesus Reveals the Father’s Works
9. Jesus Lives in Perfect Obedience
10. Jesus Establishes the New Covenant
11. The Cross Reveals Love, Holiness, and Justice
12. The Resurrection Reveals God’s Victory
13. Jesus Brings Us to the Father
14. Christ’s Continuing Intercession
15. Abiding in Christ
16. Christ Brings God’s Purpose to Completion
17. Jesus Teaches Us to Relate to God as Father