The Great Doctrines of the Bible by Rev. William Evans
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c) Immutability: Heb. 13:8--"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever." See also 1:12. All nature, which like a garment He throws around Him is subject to change and decay; Jesus Christ is the same always, He never changes. Human teachers, such as are spoken of in the context, may change, but He, the Christ, never. d) All the Fulness of the Godhead Dwelt in Him: Col. 2:9--Not merely the divine perfections and attributes of Deity, but _(theotes)_ the very essence and nature of the Godhead. He was not merely God-like; He was God. 4. DIVINE OFFICES ABE ASCRIBED TO HIM. a) He is the Creator: John 1:3--"All things were made by Him." In the creation He was the acting power and personal instrument. Creation is the revelation of His mind and might. Heb. 1:10 shows the dignity of the Creator as contrasted with the creature. Col. 1:16 contradicts the Gnostic theory of emanations, and shows Christ to be the creator of all created things and beings. Rev. 3:14--"The beginning of the creation of God," means "beginning" in the active sense, _the origin,_ that by which a thing begins to be. Col. 1:15--"first-born," not made; compare with Col. 1:17, where the "for" of v. 16 shows Him to be not included in the "created things," but the origin of and superior to them all. He is the Creator of the universe (v. 16), |
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