M y Mo JL T o r r e ÿ ffi)©am ©fi HAM® Sï&s4ltœ£® ®2 ﻩ3 A n g sl® s
(Continued from last month)
III. Divine Offices. But we do not need to rest the case here, There is a third unanswerable line of proof that Jesus Christ is God, namely, all the distinctively Divine offices are predi cated of Jesus Christ. There are seven dis tinctively Divine offices. That is to say, there, are seven things that God alone can do, and each one o f these seven distinc tively Divine offices are ascribed to Jesus Christ. The seven distinctively Divine offices are : Creation, Preservation, For giveness o f Sin, the Raising o f thé Dead, the Transformation o f Bodies, Judgment, and the Bestowal o f Eternal Life, and each o f these is ascribed to Jesus Christ. Cre ation is ascribed to Him. In Heb. 1 :10 these words are spoken to our Lord : “AND THOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING HAST LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EA R TH ; AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF THY HANDS.” The context clearly shows that that the Lord addressed is the Lord Jesus. In John .1:3 we are told that “ALL THINGS W ERE MADE THROUGH HIM ; AND W ITHOUT HIM W AS NOT ANY TH ING MADE TH AT W AS MADE.” Preservation o f the universe and o f every thing is also ascribed to Him in Heb. 1 :3
where it is said o f the Lord Jesus, “WHO , BEING THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS GLORY, AND THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS (I. E. GOD’ S) SUBSTANCE AND UPHOLDING ALL THINGS BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER, WHEN HE HAD BY HIMSELF PURGED OUR SINS, SAT DOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MAJESTY ON HIGH.” The forgiveness o f sin is ascribed to Him. He .Himself says in Mark 2:5-10 when His power to forgive sins was questioned, because that was recognized as a Divine power, “ THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HATH POWER ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS.” The future raising o f the dead is distinctly ascribed to Him in John 6:39, 44, “AND TH IS IS THE FATHER ’ S W ILL WH ICH HATH SENT ME, TH AT OF ALL WH ICH HE HATH GIVEN ME I SHOULD LOSE NOTHING, BUT SHOULD RA ISE IT UP A T THE LAST DAY. NO MAN CAN COME TO ME, EXCEPT THE FATHER WH ICH HATH SENT ME DRAW H IM : AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP A T THE LAST DAY.” The transformation o f our bodies is ascribed to Him in Phil. 3 :21, R. V. In 2 Tim. 4:1 judgment is ascribed
Made with FlippingBook - Online Brochure Maker