John xvii. 11.-Holy Father, keep through Thine own name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are. (See also ver. 20-23.) John xvii. 24, 25.-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. O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent Me. SECTION III. TESTIMONY OF THE PROPHETS, EVANGELISTS, AND APOSTLES, ARRANGED UNDER THIRTEEN HEADS. I. Passages declaring Jesus Christ to be co-equal, or one with the Father: God manifest in the flesh. John i. 1.-In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John i. 14.-And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John i. 18.-No man hath seen God at any time; the onlybegotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him. Acts xx. 28.-Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the Church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood.1 1 What plainer declaration can we have that Christ who suffered on the cross was God united to the human nature in which He suffered. Romans ix. 5.-Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came; who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. 1 Timothy iii. 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. Hebrews i. 1-3.-God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time 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. Hebrews i. 5.-For unto which of the angels said He at any time, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee? 6. And again, when He bringeth in the first begotten into the world, He saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him. (See Dan. vii. 13, 14; Psalm ii. 7; and Psalm xcvii. 7.) Philippians ii. 5-7.-Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. (See also Heb. ii. 14.) Colossians i. 15.—Who is the image of the invisible God; the first-born of every creature.1 19. For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell. Rather, "of all creation," denoting His pre-eminence over all. Colossians ii. 9.-For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 2 Corinthians iv. 4.-Christ, who is the image of God. Zechariah xiii. 7.-Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts. Isaiah ix. 6.—......And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father. Revelation i. 8.-I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. 10.-I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. 12, 13.—And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw...... one like unto the Son of man...... 17, 18.-And He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am He that liveth, and was dead; and behold I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. xxii. 12, 13. And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 16.—I Jesus have sent Mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.1 1 Here we find the Son of man applying to Himself the same remarkable title expressing self-eternal existence, as the Almighty Father Himself, in Rev. i. 8. |