THE MIGHTY GOD

A. "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." - Isa. 9:6
  1. In our former study we have dwelt upon the man Christ Jesus:
    1. We learned that those who associated with Him in the days of His flesh saw Him as a man.
    2. He lived, suffered, and died, as a man.
  2. But our text speaks of Him as "The Mighty God":
    1. How can both be true?
    2. There are, as we know, differences of opinions.
    3. To the Jews it seemed preposterous for the Son of God to claim divinity - John 5:18: 10:33
B. LET US CONSIDER THE CLAIM OF OUR LORD TO BE GOD
  1. The Bible teaches uniformly Monotheism, or that there is but one God:
    1. The testimony of the Old Testament declares that there is one God - Deut. 4:35; 6:4-8; Isa. 45:5; 46:9; Ex. 20:1-3
    2. That is true of the testimony of the New Testament, in which our Lord is foremost - John 4:22, 23; Matt. 4:10; Mark 12:29-34
    3. Consider the plain statements by the apostles - 1 Tim. 2:5; 1 Cor. 8:4-6; Eph. 4:4-6; Jude 24-26
  2. But our opening text speaks of the Son of man as "The Mighty God":
    1. It may be significant that the word God is never associated with our Lord in the first three gospels!
    2. It is brought into sharp focus in the fourth gospel -- in the book of John - John 1:1, 2; 20:28. "My Lord and my God" was the testimony of Thomas.
    3. Can there be a question about the deity of our Lord? Not at all! To the contrary, we will show that He is, indeed, The Mighty God.
C. THE DEITY OF CHRIST
  1. There are a number of passages in the Bible, the King James Version, where Christ is spoken of as God:
    1. In Paul's Epistles - Heb. 1:8, 9; Rom. 9:5
    2. In one of the Epistles of John - 1 John 5:20
  2. The deity of our Lord seems plainly indicated in such passages as: Phil. 2:6-11; Col. 2:9; Heb. 1:1-3; Col. 2:2; Tit. 2:13; 1 Tim. 3:16. But they, who are familiar with the original and the different translations, know that there is a question about each of these texts, either with the correct translation or with the interpretation of the Greek.
  3. Personally, I do not doubt that Jesus Christ is my Lord and my God:
    1. The Father speaks of him as God - Heb. 1:8, 9
    2. He created all things in the universe - John 1:1- 3; Col. 1:14-17; Eph. 3:9; Heb. 1:1-3; but the Bible speaks very plainly that God created the universe - Gen. 1:1, 2; 2:2, 3
    3. His divinity was manifested in his life, in his speech, in the miracles he performed - Matt. 11:5
    4. He revealed His Father's nature -- the God nature -- Col. 2:9; Heb. 1:3
    5. He accepted the appellation of Thomas - "My Lord and my God" - John 20:28
    6. He accepted worship by his followers, which he would not have done had he not been God in verity and truth - Luke 24:50-52
    7. Our heavenly Father has decreed that all the angels in heaven shall worship him - Heb. 1:6
  4. To doubt the deity of Christ is to reject the plain teaching of the Bible and to close our eyes to the facts demonstrated in his life and teaching on this earth:


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