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if He were a mere man (Matt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14; I Thess. 3:11; II Thess. 1:2; 2:16, 17; John 14:1, 23; 17:3; I John 1:3, and many others). [10] His divine attributes. [1] Eter-- nity (John 1:1; 8:35, 56-58; Heb. 1:8; 13: 8; Col. 1:17; Isa. 9:6). Omnipresence (Matt. 18:20> 28:20; Eph. 1:23; Col. 1: 27). He is with and in Christians every where, under the conditions named. [3] Omnipotence (Matt. 28:18; John 5:21-23; 6:19; Eph. 1:20-23; Rom. 1:4; Heb. 1:3). He has power over all manner of disease, including leprosy, palsy, fever, demon pos session, issue of blood, blindness, deaf ness; also over storm, sin, death (Matt, chaps. 8 and 9). [4] Omniscience (Col. 2:3; I Cor. 1:24, 30; John 2:24, 25; 6:64; 16:30; 21:17). [5] Immutability (Heb. 1:12; 13:8). These are the same at tributes which God has and which men do not have. [11] He is the Creator of all created things (John 1:3, 10; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2, 10-12 with Psa. 102:24-27). The same verb which means create in John 1:3 is used in John 1:10, 12, 17; 2:9. All things, the world, the new birth, grace and truth" are His creation. He created wine from water. But God only creates (Heb. 3:4); hence the Lord Jesus is God. Compare “for Him” in Col. 1:16 and Prov. 16:4. [12] He does other things- which no human being, but God only, can do. [1] He upholds all things by the word of His power (Heb. 1:3). [2] Forgives sins (Luke 5:20-25). [3] He is the Source of life and light (John 1:4, 5, 9; 8:12; 10:28; 17:2; I John 5:12). [4] He is the Judge (John 5:22, 27; Matt. 25:31-46; II Cor. 5:10; II Tim. 4:1). [5] He will raise the dead (John 5:21, 25, 28, 29; to 39, 44). [6] He will give rewards (Matt. 16:27; Rev. 2:10; 3:21). [13] He is worshiped as God (Heb. 1;6; Matt. 14:33; 15:25; 20:20; 28:9, 17; Luke 24:52; Phil. 2:10, 11; Rev. 5:11-13, and others). Jesus never forbade such worship. Men and angels declined wor-
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I I ^?999999999999,y;^^^^^^222SS22222222g^w w ^WW?yV7?^ Jesus Is truly God. His Deity may be abundantly proven by Scripture. [1] God called Jesus God (Heb. 1:8). This is quoted from Psa. 45, and shows that Psalm to be Messianic. If God called Him God, what right has man to say that He is not God? [2] He is the “great God and Saviour” or the great God, oven our Saviour (Titus 2:13). [3] He has other divine titles, such as\ “Lord,” “Lord of All,” “Lord of Glory” (See “His Lordship”) , “Lord of lords and King of kings” (Rev. 17":14; 19:16. Com pare God’s title in I Tim. 6:15; Deut. 10:17), “the Lord, the God of the proph ets,” who was Jesus (Rev. 22:6, 16), “the Lord from heaven” (1 Cor. 15:47), “God blessed forever” (Rom. 9:5), and others. [4] He is the Alpha and Omega, the Lord, the eternal One, the Almighty (Rev. 1:8; 22:12, 13, 16). [5] His prophetic names, Wonderful, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, etc. (Isa. 9:6). See Isa. 7:14; Micah 5:2; Psa. 110:1 with Matt. 22:42-45. [6] He is called “the true God” (I John 5:20), God over all (Rom. 9:5), God who purchased the church with His blood (Acts 20:28), “the only begotten God” (John 1:18, R. V. margin). [7] He is one with God (John 10:30, 38; 12:45; 14:7-10; 17:10, 11, 21-23). He is the brightness of His glory, the express image of His person, the revelation and manifestation of the Father, so that “he who hath seen me hath seen the Father” (Heb. 1:3; John 1:18; Matt 11:27; Phil. 2 : 6 ). . [8] He is equal with God (John 5:17- 23; Phil. 2:6). [9] His name is coupled with God’s name in a way which would be impossible By PROF. H. S. MILLER
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