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the word of God came, (and the scripture cannot be broken,) say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him.

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14: 9. He that hath seen hath seen the Father; how sayest thou then "show us the Father?"

17: 10. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee.

19: 7. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid.

1 COR. 14: 24. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and For he must reign, po wer.

"Till he hath put all enemies under his feet."

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

"For he hath put all things under his feet." But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

COL. 1: 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Collosse. Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2: 9. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.

1 TIM. 3: 16. And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of

angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

TIT. 2: 10. That they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us, that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

THEB. 1:1. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds, who, being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, 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; being made so much better than the Angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the Angels said he at any time, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?" (Ps. 2: 7.) And again, "I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?" (2 SAM. 7: 14.) And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, "And let all the Angels of God worship him." (Ps. 97: 7.) And of the Angels he saith, "Who maketh his Angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire." (Ps.104: 4.) But unto the Son, he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a sceptre of Righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom; thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." (Ps.45: 6.) And, "Thou, LORD, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thy hands. They shall perish; but

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thou remainest: and they all shall wax old, as doth a garment, and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail." (Ps. 102: 25.) But to which of the Angels said he at any time, "Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?" (Ps. 110: 1.) Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation ?

ACTS 20: 23. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

1 JOHN 2: 22. He is antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. -15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the son of God, God dwelleth in him and he in God.

5:7. There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one.

JUDE 2. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God | the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called. 4. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

MAT. 38: 9. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

JOHN 5: 23. That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father.

¶ PHIL. 2: 6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.

ROM. 9: 5. Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

1 JOHN 5:20. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true: and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

JOHN 5: 17. Jesus saith unto them, My Father worketh hitherto and I work. Therefore the Jews

sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also, that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

REV. 17: 14. The Lamb shall overcome them, for he is King of kings, and Lord of lords.

1 TIM. 3: 16. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Jesus Christ, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession, that thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which in his time he shall show; who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto: whom no man hath seen or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

2 PET. 1:1. Simon Peter, a servant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us, through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you, through the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness.

§ 2. DIVINE CHARACTERISTICS, AP

PLIED TO CHRIST.

I. Self-existent and eternal.

JOHN 3: 13. No man hath ascended into heaven but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

MAT. 22: 41. While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him LORD, saying, "The LORD said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?" (Ps. 110: 1.) If David then call him LORD, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man, from

that day forth, ask him any more questions.

JOHN 1: 1. In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God. The same was in the beginning with God.-4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.-15. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for he was before

me.

5: 26. For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

8: 56. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

17: 5. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. — 24. Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

2 COR. 10: 4. For they drank of that spiritual Rock, that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

REV. 1: 17. Fear not: I am the first and the last; I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore. Amen.

22: 16. I Jesus have sent mine Angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning-star.

HEB. 13: 9. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and forever.

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II. Originating and controlling power.

Ps. 45: 3. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

MAT. 26: 64. Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

28: 19. And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and ło, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

JOHN 1: 3. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.-9. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

5: 16. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also, That God was his Father, making himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus, and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and

quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no man; but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

T 10: 17. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.

11: 25. I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

1 COR. 8: 6. There is one God, the Father, of whom are all things; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things.

COL. 1: 14. In whom we have redemption, through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature for by him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers all things were created by him and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist; and he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence: for it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell; and having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

ACTS 9: 34. And Peter said unto him, Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole. And he arose immediately.

HEB. 2: 4. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after: but Christ, as a Son, over his own house whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

PHIL. 3: 21. The Lord Jesus Christ shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working, whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself.

JUDE 24. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever! Amen.

III. Omnipresence.

MAT. 18: 20. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them.

28: 19. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

JOHN 14: 18. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more; but ye see mne: because I live, ye shall live also.— 21. He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me, and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.-6. I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me. If ye had known me ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him. 23. If any man love me, he will keep my commandments, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him.

IV. Knowledge, intuitive and unlimited.

MAT. 7: 46. And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

LUKE 5: 22. But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering, said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts ?

MAT. 14: 13. Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.-15. And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them.

LUKE 6: 6. And there was a man whose right hand was withered: and the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath-day; that they might find an accusation against him. But he knew their thoughts. 10:22. No man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father: and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

JOHN 7: 15. How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

1:48. Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. 2: 24. He knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man; for he knew what was in

man.

8:14. Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

18: 37. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness

unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

1: 5. The light shineth in darkness. 9. That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

T8:12. I am the light of the world.

12: 46. I am come a light into the world. -35. Yet a little while is the light with you.

14: 6. I am the way, and the truth, and the life.

10:15. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

11:11. These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead; and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless, let us go unto him.

12: 10. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should betray him: therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

ACTS 1:24. Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these twain thou hast chosen.

JOHN 3: 32. What he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth. He that receiveth his testimony has set to his seal that God is true.

17: 25. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love, wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.

HEB. 4: 12. For the word of God is quick and powerful, is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart; neither is there any creature, that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him, with whom we have to do. Seeing, then, that we have a great high priest,

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