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THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
`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' (Col. 1:15-17).
`Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made Himself of no reputation'
(Phil. 2:6,7).
` ... The church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood' (Acts 20:28).
` ... shall call His Name Immanuel - God with us' (Isa. 7:14; cf. Matt. 1:23).
`Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given ... and His Name shall be called ... The mighty God' (Isa. 9:6).
`These things said Esaias (Isaiah), when he saw His (Christ's) glory, and spake of Him' (John 12:41).
` ... Mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts' (Isa. 6:5).
`l am the LORD: that is My Name: and My glory will I not give to another' (Isa. 42:8).
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AN EXPANSION AND EXPOSITION OF SOME ASPECTS OF THIS MIGHTY THEME.
It has been pointed out that in the frescoes painted by Fra Angelico, the figure of the Saviour is much below the
average, the reason being that when this artist attempted to portray his Lord, the solemnity and majesty of his subject
overwhelmed him.
We have no place for pictorial representations of the Lord at all, but Fra Angelico's difficulty expresses
something of our own. How can we adequately express what the Lord Jesus is to us? If we are brief, it may seem
that we have no reverence for our theme. If we are lengthy, all the pages at our disposal cannot touch the fringe of
the subject. If we make no reference to false translations such as that of John 1:1, where some render the passage,
`The Word was a God', the omission may be misconstrued. If we load our pages with refutations and arguments,
we may but put out our hand to stay the ark of God. Reasoning and logic are true only when employed within the
sphere of our experience. It is true for us to say that nothing can be in two places at one and the same time, but such
logic becomes untrue when taken into God's sphere. We therefore content ourselves with the following brief
exhibition of the scriptural grounds for our faith concerning the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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We most surely believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is both God and man - `God manifest in the flesh'.
We believe that Christ as perfect sinless man was miraculously born of a virgin, thus becoming the Head of a
new race, Himself untainted by the fall of Adam.
According to Scripture there are three outstanding attributes of God which He declares belong to no one else.
These three attributes are unreservedly given by Scripture to the Lord Jesus Christ.
1. CREATOR.
`In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth' (Gen. 1:1).
` ... in six days the LORD made heaven and earth' (Exod. 20:11).
`For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God Himself that formed the earth and made it ... I am the
LORD; and there is none else' (Isa. 45:18).
2. REDEEMER.
`Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and His Redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last;
and beside Me there is no God' (Isa. 44:6).
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We adhere to the A.V. of 1 Timothy 3:16 after a fairly comprehensive survey of the question, accompanied by
photographic evidence that till recently was not available.