The Deity of Christ

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HIS NAMES PROVE HIS DEITY</b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>A. </b></FONT><B>The Word</b>: John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word</div> <div> was with God, and the Word was God.” The fact that He was in the</div> <div> 328</div> <div> beginning demands deity, and then the bold statement of John “and the</div> <div> Word was God” is rather difficult to find a meaning other than that Christ</div> <div> was God — deity.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>B. </b></FONT><B>Son Of God</b>: Matthew 8:29 mentions that the Demons recognized</div> <div> Christ as the Son of God. Luke 1:35; John 5:18; 19:7; 1 John 5:20.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>C. </b></FONT><B>Lord</b>: Luke 2:11, “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a</div> <div> Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Only God can be a Savior for mankind.</div> <div> Acts 10:36 identifies Christ as the Lord of all. Philippians 2:10,11</div> <div> mentions that all creation will bow before Christ and recognize His</div> <div> Lordship. The Septuagint used “kurios” for Jehovah in the OT. This is the</div> <div> NT Greek word translated Lord. This might make for an interesting study</div> <div> for you sometime.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>D. </b></FONT><B>Holy One</b>: 30 times God is called “the Holy One” in Isaiah. The</div> <div> obvious application of Acts 3:14 would be that Peter thought Christ to be</div> <div> that “Holy One” of Isaiah. “But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and</div> <div> desired a murderer to be granted unto you.”</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>E. </b></FONT><B>God</b>: John 20:28, “Thomas answered and said unto him My Lord and</div> <div> my God” Again, just how plain does the Scripture need to be for us to</div> <div> accept the Lord Jesus Christ as the God of the universe — total and full</div> <div> deity?</div> <bR> <div> <B>II. HIS WORKS PROVE HIS DEITY</b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>A. </b></FONT><B>Creation</b>: There is ample information to show that Christ was an</div> <div> integrated part of the creation of Genesis one and two. Paul in Colossians</div> <div> mentions this as a bold fact of life, while John seems to be quite plain in</div> <div> his meaning as well in John one.</div> <div> Colossians 116, “For by him were all things created....”</div> <div> John 13,10 “All things were made by him....”</div> <div> and “...the world was made by him....”</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>B. </b></FONT><B>Preservation</b>: The creation was not left to maintain its own way</div> <div> through the ages. The design of creation was such that there would be need</div> <div> of maintenance and that labor was for Christ to undertake.</div> <div> 329</div> <div> Colossians 117, “...and by him all things consist.”</div> <div> Hebrews 13, “...and upholding all things by the word of his power....”</div> <div> Not only is the Lord presently occupied in preserving the creation, but He</div> <div> is also active in the preservation of all promises set forth in the Word</div> <div> which includes the preservation of the believer. If Christ be preserving our</div> <div> beings for the eternal state, and we know that He is, then we can have all</div> <div> the assurance of our salvation that we need. It is God Himself that is giving</div> <div> us that constant watchfulness.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>C. </b></FONT><B>Forgiveness</b>: Only God has the power, prerogative and desire to</div> <div> forgive man of his sins. Christ forgave sins on several occasions in the</div> <div> Gospels while still here on earth, thus indicating that he had the power,</div> <div> prerogative and desire to do so. It is of interest also that the people</div> <div> involved accepted His statements of such forgiveness as fact, not fiction.</div> <div> Not only in His earthly ministry did He forgive sin, but also in his</div> <div> ministry on the cross he brought about the forgiveness of sin for mankind.</div> <div> Mark 2:5,</div> <div> “When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto</div> <div> the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.”</div> <div> Colossians 3:13,</div> <div> “Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have</div> <div> a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>D. </b></FONT><B>Answers Prayer</b>: Only God can make a promise to answer prayer.</div> <div> Only He can give the promise, and only He can give the answer. In John</div> <div> Christ makes the following comment about prayer and His power to</div> <div> complete it. “If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.” John 14:14</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>E. </b></FONT><B>Resurrection</b>: He will raise the dead, not only the righteous but the</div> <div> unrighteous. (John 5:21, “For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth</div> <div> them life, even so the Son giveth life to whom he will.”) This ref. would</div> <div> also show that He could give eternal life which only God can give. (Vs. 28-</div> <div> 29 mention the righteous and unrighteous being raised.)</div> <div> 330</div> <div> At times we forget that there is provision of eternal existence for all of</div> <div> mankind whether they desire it or not. All mankind will continue for</div> <div> eternity, but the quality of that existence is the problem. Some will have</div> <div> eternal joy, while others will have eternal torment.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>F. </b></FONT><B>Judging</b>: Only God can judge mankind. God is the lawgiver and the</div> <div> judge of those that do not follow His law. God has committed that</div> <div> judgment to His son according to John,</div> <div> “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed</div> <div> all judgment unto the Son;” John 522; v 27 also.</div> <div> Acts 10:42 mentions again that Christ will judge and that it will be the</div> <div> living and the dead.</div> <bR> <div> <B>III. HIS ATTRIBUTES PROVE HIS DEITY HE</b></div> <div> <B>HAS THE SAME ATTRIBUTES AS GOD.</b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>A</b></FONT>. <B>Eternal</b>: A few comments to show this will be sufficient since we saw</div> <div> this in our introduction to Christ.</div> <div> He was before John. John 1:1</div> <div> He was before Abraham. John 8:58</div> <div> He was before creation. John 17:5,24</div> <div> He was before birth. “But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah through thou be</div> <div> little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth</div> <div> unto me that is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of</div> <div> old, form everlasting.” Mic 5:2; (see Hebrews 1:11; Isaiah 9:6; Revelation</div> <div> 1:11 as well.)</div> <div> He always has been and always will be. “In the beginning was the Word,</div> <div> and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1; (see 1</div> <div> John 1:1,2 and Isaiah 9:6 also.)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>B. </b></FONT><B>Self-Existence</b>: He has life within Himself. He does not depend on the</div> <div> Father or the Holy Spirit for life, for He is an integrated part of them and</div> <div> they have life without need of anything external to themselves to continue</div> <div> to exist. “In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” John 1:4</div> <div> 331</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>C. </b></FONT><B>Immutability</b>: He is unchangeable. “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday,</div> <div> and today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8; (see Hebrews 1:10,12) There is</div> <div> nothing that can ever change about the character and being of the Lord.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>D. </b></FONT><B>Omnipresence</b>: He is everywhere totally present.</div> <div> “For where two or three are gathered together in my name,</div> <div> there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 1820</div> <div> Matthew 28:20 tells us that he promised to be with us always. If he is</div> <div> with me and with the missionary in Japan at the same time and always he</div> <div> must be, then He is omnipresent.</div> <div> The very fact that he indwells every believer also shows his omnipresence.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>E. </b></FONT><B>Omniscience</b>: Let’s just list some information for your study.</div> <div> He knew the time and manner of His exit from this life: Matthew 16:21;</div> <div> John 12:33</div> <div> He knew who would betray Him: John 6:66-71</div> <div> He knew the character and certain end of the age: Matthew 24:21-28</div> <div> He knew the Father: Matthew 11:27</div> <div> He knows all there is to know — all things: Colossians 2:3, “In whom</div> <div> are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. John 16:30;</div> <div> 21:17</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>F. </b></FONT><B>Omnipotence</b>: He is all powerful. If He created — and He did — this</div> <div> one is obvious to the most casual observer.</div> <div> Paul tells us that he will subdue all things unto Himself as well as change</div> <div> our bodies and fashion them like his own. Anyone that can do that is</div> <div> <I>Powerful</I>. Philippians 3:20,21</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>G. </b></FONT><B>Holiness</b>: In Him is no sin — perfect Holiness. He is called the “Holy</div> <div> One” in Acts 3:14. He was to be holy when conceived according to the</div> <div> angel speaking to Mary in Luke 1:35.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>H. </b></FONT><B>Righteousness</b>: He has no sin. It is a little bit absurd to even suggest</div> <div> that He could have sin for He is divine. “My little children, these things</div> <div> 332</div> <div> write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate</div> <div> with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;” 1 John 2:1</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>I. </b></FONT><B>Love</b>: His love was shown in His humiliation, in His life and in His</div> <div> death. He paid a supremely high price for the redemption of mankind, and</div> <div> so many reject it so easily when they are confronted with His free gift.</div> <bR> <div> <B>IV. WORSHIP OF CHRIST PROVES HIS DEITY</b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>A. </b></FONT><B>He Accepted The Worship Of Men</b>: (Matthew 15:25ff, “Then came</div> <div> she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.”; John 9:35-39-v 38, “And</div> <div> he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.”)</div> <div> There are two references that show God is to be worshiped, but not man</div> <div> or angels. Acts 14:11-15; Revelation 22:8-9</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>B. </b></FONT><B>He Deserves Worship</b>: As God He certainly should be the focus of our</div> <div> worship. He is as deserving of worship as the Father, though the focus of</div> <div> Scripture seems to be on the Father. As we worship, we praise and give</div> <div> honor and glory to the Father.</div> <div> John 5:23 holds forth a stiff statement that we would do well to consider.</div> <div> “That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. he</div> <div> that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father, who hath sent him.”</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>C. </b></FONT><B>God Calls For Him To Be Worshiped</b>: Not only are men to worship</div> <div> Him but the angelic host is called to worship Him as well. “...And let all</div> <div> the angels of God worship him.” Hebrews 1:6</div> <bR> <div> <B>V. CHRIST AND WRITERS OF SCRIPTURE CLAIMED</b></div> <div> <B>HE WAS DEITY AND EQUAL WITH GOD</b></div> <div> The authors of Scripture recorded the words of Christ on the topic and</div> <div> held them to be as true.</div> <div> “Therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not</div> <div> only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was his</div> <div> Father, making himself equal with God.” John 518</div> <div> “I and my Father are one.” John 1030</div> <div> 333</div> <div> “If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also; and</div> <div> from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.” John 147</div> <div> “Now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the</div> <div> glory which I had with thee before the world was” John 175</div> <div> Matthew 26:63-64; John 12:45; Philippians 2:6a; Colossians 2:9</div> <bR> <div> <B>VI. HIS PERFECT LIFE DEMANDED DEITY</b></div> <div> He lived a perfect and righteous life while on earth and no man can</div> <div> possibly do that. He must have been God.</div> <bR> <div> <B>VII. HIS DEATH DEMANDS DEITY</b></div> <div> He chose when and where to die. This is not a choice that man is offered.</div> <div> He laid down His life — no one took it from Him.</div> <div> “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life</div> <div> that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it</div> <div> down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to</div> <div> take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”</div> <div> John 10:17-18</div> <bR> <div> <B>VIII. HIS VOLUNTARY SUBORDINATION</b></div> <div> <B>TO THE FATHER SHOWS HIS DEITY</b></div> <div> He willingly placed Himself, from a place of equality to a place of</div> <div> subordination to the Father. Only an equal could voluntarily subordinate</div> <div> oneself to God. We are subordinated to God, as are all creatures because of</div> <div> our creation. We can do nothing except be subordinate. Christ on the other</div> <div> hand had that choice thus He must be God.</div> <div> His subordinate position is pictured in 1 Corinthians 11:3 where Paul is</div> <div> picturing the relationship of the woman to the man.</div> <div> “But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ; and the</div> <div> head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”</div> <div> This is a subordination of office, position and function, yet it has</div> <div> absolutely nothing to do with essence. He is just as much God now as He</div> <div> was before the subordination.</div> <div> 334</div> <div> Indeed, a question that is stirring in many circles today is whether this was</div> <div> an eternal subordination or something that took place sometime into the</div> <div> program of God. Post — decrees would be the best place if it is not</div> <div> eternal. Subordination does not change what Christ is. Subordination does</div> <div> not change what believers are.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>A. </b></FONT><B>Christ Stated That The Father Was Greater</b>. John 14:28, “...for my</div> <div> Father is greater than I”.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>B. </b></FONT><B>The Lord Is Begotten Of The Father</b>. This shows a subordinate place</div> <div> in the scheme of the ages. John 3:16 mentions this.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>C. </b></FONT><B>Christ Was Dependant Upon The Father</b>.</div> <div> John 5:19, “...Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do</div> <div> nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; for whatever</div> <div> things he doeth, there also doeth the Son in the same manner.”</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>D. </b></FONT><B>Christ Was Sent By The Father</b>.</div> <div> John 8:29, “And he that sent me is with me. The Father hath not</div> <div> left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. (John</div> <div> 17:8 as well.)</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>E. </b></FONT><B>Christ Was Under The Father’s Authority</b>.</div> <div> John 10:18, “No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of</div> <div> myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it</div> <div> again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>F. </b></FONT><B>Christ Received Authority From The Father</b>.</div> <div> John 13:3, “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into</div> <div> his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God”</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>G. </b></FONT><B>Christ Received His Message From The Father</b>.</div> <div> John 178, “For I have given unto them the</div> <div> words which thou gavest me....”</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>H. </b></FONT><B>Christ’s Kingdom Was Appointed By God</b>.</div> <div> 335</div> <div> Luke 2229, “And I appoint unto you a kingdom,</div> <div> as my Father hath appointed unto me,”</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#810000" FACE="Arial" ><B>I. </b></FONT><B>Christ Will Deliver His Kingdom To The Father</b>.</div> <div> 1 Corinthians 15:24, “Then cometh the end, when he shall have</div> <div> delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall</div> <div> have put down all rule and all authority and power.”</div> <bR> <div> <B>REDEEMED</b></div> <div> The God of all eternity, the God that designed the stars. The God that</div> <div> looked down to observe one lost sinner that observed the magnitude of His</div> <div> creation.</div> <div> The Christ of eternity, the Christ that created the stars. The Christ that</div> <div> came down to save one lost sinner that observed the magnitude of His</div> <div> love.</div> <div> The Spirit of eternity, the Spirit that placed the stars, the Spirit that came</div> <div> down to indwell one lost sinner that succumbed to the wonder of His</div> <div> leading.</div> <div> The sinner of hell, the sinner that deserves nothing. The sinner that rises to</div> <div> dwell in the heavens of the God that sacrificed all for his redeeming.</div> <bR> <div> <B>APPLICATION</b></div> <div> <B>1. </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >His deity guarantees all that He said is going to come to pass. All that</FONT></div> <div> He prophesied, as well as all that He promised.</div> <div> <B>2. </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >If He told us to go with the Gospel, why don’t we? He is one person</FONT></div> <div> that we ought not disobey.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>