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friends God’s plans so did Jesus. (4) Life. Love Jehovah thy God—for He is thy life, Deut. 30:20. In Him was life, John 1:4. Son also to have life in Himself, John 5:26. (5) Light. Je hovah is my light, Ps. 27:1. I am the light of the world. (6) Truth. O Je hovah, thou God of truth, Ps. 31:5. I am the way, and the truth, and the life, John 14:6. VI. JESUS ASSUMED THE AUTHOR ITY OF JEHOVAH. (1) Law-giver. I am Jehovah thy God—Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Ex. 20:1-22. But I say unto you. Matt. 5:22, 28, 32, 34, etc. He taught them as one having author ity. Matt. 7:29. (2) Forgiver of Sin. Bless Jehovah,—who forgiveth all thine iniquity. Ps. 103:2, 3. He said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. Luke 7: 47-50. The Son of man hath author ity on earth to forgive sins, Matt. 9:1- 8. (3) Lord of the Sabbath day. The seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah thy God. Ex. 20:10. For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath. Matt. 12: 8. (4) Judge of the world. Jehovah; for He cometh to judge the earth, Ps. 98:9. He hath given all judgment un to the Son. John 5:22. The Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and then shall He render unto every man according to his deeds. Matt. 16:27. (5) Re ceive worship. Exalt ye Jehovah our God, and worship at His footstool. Ps. 99:5, 9. Lord, I believe. And he wor shipped Him, John 9:35-38. See also Matt. 28:9, 17 and Rev. 5:6-14. The living creatures, the elders, the angels, the redeemed hosts all worshipping the glorified Christ. Under almost every one of the above lines of argument the proof texts might be greatly multiplied and the parallels also be increased. Look up the refer ences to the texts given and you will discover much additional material in proof of the points made.
highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which-is above every name, Phil. 2:9. (8) Universal Worship. All the ends of the earth shall—turn unto Je hovah—and shall worship before Thee, Ps. 22:27. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, Phil. 2:10. Under each of the above headings the texts might be greatly multiplied and other subjects might be added to show that the disciples in their thinking and writing put Jesus into the place as signed to Jehovah in the Old Testa ment. Did they misunderstand or mis represent Jesus Christ in the claims they made for Him after His resurrec tion and ascension? Did not the endue- ment with the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost make such things absolute ly impossible? Let us now examine some of the claims made by Jesus Himself and some of His unmistakable assumptions of the authority and attributes of Jehovah. IV. JESUS ASSUMED THE DESIGNA TION OP JEHOVAH. When Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness, Ex. 3:6, He instructed him to say, “I AM hath sent me unto you.” Ex. 3:14, using the root letters of the name Jehovah. Jesus, in His fierce encounters with His enemies, said unto them, “Before Abraham was born, I AM. John 8:58. No wonder the Jews took up stones to kill Him for thus identifying Himself with that most sacred name when they believed Him to be but a man. He thus claimed self existence as did Jehovah. V. JESUS ASSUMED THE ATTRI BUTES OF JEHOVAH. (1) Saviour. I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides Me there is no saviour, Isa. 43:11. The Son of man came to seek and save that which was lost. Luke 19: 10. (2) Shepherd. Compare Psalm 23 with John 10:1-18. (3) Friend-. Ab raham My friend. Isa. 41:8, also Ex. 3-3:11. Ye are My friends, said Christ, John 15:13-15. As Jehovah told His
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