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Jesus Christ - His Divine Attributes
(1) OmnipEtence
(a) Luke 4:39—“And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever: and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.”
Jesus
has power over disease, it is subject to his word.
(b)
Luke 7:14,
15—“And
he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said,
Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to
speak. And he delivered him to his mother.”
Luke 8:54,
55—“And
he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid,
arise. And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded
to give her meat.”
Jno. 5:25—“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.”
The Son of
God has power over death; it is subject to His word.
(c)
Matt. 8:26,
27—“And
he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose,
and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. But the men
marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea
obey him?”
Jesus
has power over the winds and sea; they are subject to His word.
(d)
Matt. 8:16—“When
the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils:
and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick.”
Luke 4:35,
36,
41—“And
Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the
devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. And
they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this!
for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come
out. And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ
the Son of God. And he rebuking them, suffered them not to speak: for they
knew that he was Christ.”
Jesus
the Christ, the Son of God, has
power over demons; they are subject to His word.
(e)
Eph. 1:20–23—“Which
he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own
right hand in the heavenly
places. Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and
every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to
come. And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over
all things to the church. Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth
all in all.”
Christ
is far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come;
all things are in subjection (R. V.) under His feet. All the hierarchies of
the angelic world are under Him.
(f)
Heb. 1:3—“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.”
The Son of
God upholds all things by the word of His power.
FIRST PROPOSITION:
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is omnipotent.
(2) Omniscience
(a)
Jno. 4:16–19—“Jesus
saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and
said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no
husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy
husband; in that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him. Sir, I perceive
that thou art a prophet.”
Jesus
knew men’s lives, even their secret history.
(b)
Mark 2:8—“And
immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within
themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?”
Luke 5:22—“But
when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason
ye in your hearts?”
Jno. 2:24,
25—“But
Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men. And needed
not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.” (See also
Acts 1:24.)
Jesus
knew the secret thoughts of men; He knew all men; He knew what was in man.
In 2 Chron. 6:30—[“Then hear thou from heaven, thy
dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his
ways whose heart thou knowest (for thou only knowest the hearts of the
children of men). Jer. 17:9, 10—“The heart is deceitful above all things, and
desperately wicked: who can know it? I, the
Lord search the heart, I try the
reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the
fruit of his doings”] we are told that God “only knoweth the hearts of the
children of men.”
(c)
Jno. 6:64—“But
there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who
they were that believed not, and who should betray him.”
Jesus
knew from the beginning that Judas would betray Him. Not only men’s present
thoughts but their future choices were known to Him.
(d)
Jno. 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.”
Jesus
knew what men were doing at a distance.
(e)
Luke 22:10–12—“And
he said unto them, Behold when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man
meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he
entereth in. And ye shall say unto the good man of the house, The Master saith
unto thee, Where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the Passover with my
disciples? And he shall show you a large upper room furnished: there make
ready.”
Jno. 13:1—“Now
before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that
he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which
were in the world, he loved them unto the end.”
Luke 5:4–6—“Now
when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and
let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master,
we have toiled all night and have taken nothing: nevertheless at Thy word I
will let down the net. And when they had this done, they enclosed a great
multitude of fishes: and their net brake.”
Jesus
knew the future regarding not only God’s acts, but regarding the minute
specific acts of men, and even regarding the fishes of the sea.
Note.—Many,
if not all, of these items of knowledge up to this point could, if they stood
alone, be accounted for by saying that the Omniscient God revealed these
specific things to
Jesus.
(f)
Jno. 21:17—“He
saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was
grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said
unto Him, Lord, thou knowest all things; Thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus
saith unto him, Feed my sheep.”
16:30—“Now
are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should
ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.”
Col. 2:3—“In
whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
Jesus knew
all things; in Him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
SECOND PROPOSITION:
Jesus Christ is omniscient.
Note.—There
was, as we shall see when we come to study the humanity of
Christ,
a voluntary veiling and abnegation of the exercise of His inherent Divine
Omniscience. (Compare
Mark 11:12–14:
Phil. 2:7.)
(3) Omnipresence
(a)
Matt. 18:20—“For
where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst
of them.”
Jesus Christ
is present in every place where two or three are gathered together in His
name.
(b)
Matt. 28:20—“Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Jesus Christ
is present with every one who goes forth into any part of the world to make
disciples, etc.
(c)
Jno. 3:13—“And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from
heaven, even the son of man which is in heaven.”
The Son of
Man was in heaven while He was here on earth.
Note.—The
reading here is doubtful. It is found in this way in the Alexandrian MS., and
almost all versions. The closing words are omitted in the Sinaitic and other
important MSS. It is accepted by most of the best editors;
e. g.,
Tischendorf and Tregelles, but it is rejected by Westcott and Hort.
(d)
Jno. 14:20—“At
that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.”
2 Cor. 13:5—“Examine
yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not
your own selves, how that
Jesus
Christ is in you, except ye
be reprobates?”
Jesus Christ
is in each believer.
(e)
Eph. 1:23—“Which
is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.”
Jesus Christ
filleth all in all.
THIRD PROPOSITION:
Jesus Christ is Omnipresent.
(4) Eternity
Jno. 1:1—“In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Mic. 5:2—“But
thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah,
yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel;
whose goings forth have been from of old,
from everlasting.”
Col. 1:17—“And
he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”
Is. 9:6—“For
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be
upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
Mighty God, The
Everlasting Father, the
Prince of Peace.”
Jno. 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.” (See also
Jno. 6:62.)
Jno. 8:58—“Jesus
said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”
1 Jno. 1:1—“That
which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our
eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of
life.”
Heb. 13:8—“Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever.”
FOURTH PROPOSITION:
The Son of God was from all eternity.
(5) Immutability
Heb. 13:8—“Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever.”
Heb. 1:12—“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.”
FIFTH PROPOSITION:
Jesus Christ is unchangeable. He not only always is but always is the same.
(6.)
Phil. 2:6—“Who
being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.”
SIXTH PROPOSITION:
Jesus Christ before His incarnation was in the form of God.
Note.—The
Greek word translated “form,” means “the form by which a person or thing
strikes the vision; the external appearance.” (Thayer, Greek-Eng. Lexicon of
the N.T.)
(7)
Col. 2:9.—“For
in him dwelleth all the fullness of the God-head bodily.”
SEVENTH PROPOSITION:
In Christ dwelleth all the fullness of the God-head in a bodily way.
GENERAL PROPOSITION:
Five or more distinctively Divine Attributes are ascribed to Jesus Christ and
all the fullness of the God-head is said to dwell in Him.
Torrey, R. A.: What the Bible Teaches a
Thorough and Comprehensive Study of What the Bible Has to Say Concerning
the Great Doctrines of Which It Treats. New York, Chicago [etc. :
Fleming H. Revell company, 1898, S. 70
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