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==Biblical support for the deity of Christ== | ==Biblical support for the deity of Christ== | ||
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#explicitly asserts the deity of the Son in such passages as John 1:1; 20:28; Rom. 9:5; Phil. 2:6; Tit. 2:13; 1 John 5:20; | |||
#applies divine names to Him, Isa. 9:6; 40:3; Jer. 23:5, 6; Joel 2:32 (comp. Acts 2:21); 1 Tim. 3:16; | |||
#ascribes to Him divine attributes, such as: | |||
##eternal existence, Isa. 9:6; John 1:1, 2; Rev. 1:8; 22:13, | |||
##omnipresence, Matt. 18:20; 28:20; John 3:13, | |||
##omniscience, John 2:24, 25; 21:17; Rev. 2:23, | |||
##omnipotence. Isa. 9:6; Phil. 3:21; Rev. 1:8, | |||
##immutability, Heb. 1:10–12; 13:8, and | |||
##in general every attribute belonging to the Father, Col. 2:9; | |||
#(4) speaks of Him as doing divine works: | |||
##as creation, John 1:3, 10; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2, 10, | |||
##providence, Luke 10:22; John 3:35; 17:2; Eph. 1:22; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3, | |||
##the forgiveness of sins, Matt. 9:2–7; Mark 2:7–10; Col. 3:13, | |||
##resurrection and judgment, Matt. 25:31, 32; John 5:19–29; Acts 10:42; 17:31; Phil. 3:21; 2 Tim. 4:1, | |||
##the final dissolution and renewal of all things, Heb. 1:10–12; Phil. 3:21; Rev. 21:5, and | |||
#accords Him divine honour, John 5:22, 23; 14:1; 1 Cor. 15:19; 2 Cor. 13:13; Heb. 1:6; Matt. 28:19.<ref>L. Berkhof, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans publishing co., 1938), 94–95.</ref> | |||
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