God The Son,The Executor of the Plan

His Deity and Eternity

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God the son• The Scriptures present the Lord Jesus Christ as being

at the same time perfectly human and perfectly divine.

• Because of this, He was both like and unlike other men.

• Jesus was revealed to be a man among men who was born,

who lived, who suffered,

and who died.

John 1:14 1 Timothy 3:16 Hebrews 2:14-17

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God the son• Scripture is equally clear He was unlike man in that

– He was eternally preexistent, – He was entirely sinless in His human life, – His death was a sacrifice for the sins of the whole

world, and – He manifested His divine power in His glorious

resurrection and ascension.

• On the human side, He had a beginning and was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary.

• On the divine side, He had no beginning because He was from all eternity.

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God the son• In Isaiah 9:6 the prediction was given,

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

• The distinction is obvious between a child who was born and a Son who was given.

• In like manner, it is stated in Galatians 4:4But when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

• Accordingly, the eternal Son became in His incarnation "born of a woman."

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God the son

• The eternity and deity of Jesus is established by two lines of revelation:

– direct statements

– implications from Scripture.

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God the son

Direct Statements of the Eternity and Deity of the Son of God

• The eternity and deity of Jesus Christ are asserted in an extensive body of Scripture which affirms His infinite person and His eternal existence coequal with the other persons of the Godhead.

• This fact is not affected by His incarnation.

• Although Jesus was a child born, He was also given as a Son and is specifically called "the mighty God."

John 1:1-2 Micah 5:2Isaiah 7:14 Isaiah 9:6-7

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God the son

Direct Statements of the Eternity and Deity of the Son of

God• When Christ stated in John 8:58, "Verily, verily, I

say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am," the Jews understood this to be a claim for deity and eternity.

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• In John 17:5, Christ in His prayer stated, "And now, glorify Thou Me together with Thyself, Father, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.

compare John 13:3

Exodus 3:14 Isaiah 43:1

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God the son

Direct Statements of the Eternity and Deity of the Son of God

• Philippians 2:6-7 states that Christ was "in the form of God" before His incarnation.

• A more explicit statement is made in Colossians 1:15-19 where Jesus Christ is declared to be

before all creation, the Creator Himself,

and the express image of the invisible God.

• In 1 Timothy 3:16, Jesus Christ is declared to be "God . . . manifest in the flesh."

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God the son

Direct Statements of the Eternity and Deity of the Son of

God• In Hebrews 1:2-3 the fact that the Son is the Creator

and the express image of God is again stated,

• His eternity is affirmed in Hebrews 13:8compare

• Scripture states so often that Christ is eternal and that He is God.

Ephesians 1:4 Revelation 1:11

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God the son

Implications That the Son of God is Eternal

• The works of creation are ascribed to Christ.

John 1:3

Colossians 1:16

Hebrews 1:10

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God the son

Implications That the Son of God is Eternal• The works of creation are ascribed to Christ. • The Angel of Jehovah whose appearance is often

recorded in the Old Testament is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.

• He appeared to Hagar Genesis 16:7• He appeared to Abraham

• Note: John 8:58

Genesis 18:1 Genesis 22:11-12

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God the son

Implications That the Son of God is Eternal• The works of creation are ascribed to Christ. • The Angel of Jehovah whose appearance is often

recorded in the Old Testament is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.

• He appeared to Jacob

• to Moses

• to Joshua Joshua 5:13-14

• to Manoah Judges 13:19-22

Exodus 3:2 Exodus 3:14

Genesis 48:15-16Genesis 31:11-13 Genesis 32:24-30

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God the son

Implications That the Son of God is Eternal• The works of creation are ascribed to Christ.

• The Angel of Jehovah whose appearance is often recorded in the Old Testament is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.

• He it is who fights for, and defends, His own.

2 Kings 19:351 Chronicles 21:15-16

Psalm 34:7Zechariah 14:1-4

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God the son

Implications That the Son of God is Eternal• The works of creation are ascribed to Christ.

• The Angel of Jehovah whose appearance is often recorded in the Old Testament is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.

• The titles of the Lord Jesus Christ indicate His eternal being.

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God the sonImplications That the Son of God is Eternal• The titles of the Lord Jesus Christ indicate His eternal

being.

The Son of God

The Only Begotten Son

The First and the Last

The Alpha and OmegaThe Lord

Lord of All

Lord of Glory

The Christ

WonderfulCounselor

The Mighty GodThe Father of Eternity

God

God With Us

Our Great God

God Blessed Forever

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God the son

Implications That the Son of God is EternalThe titles of the Lord Jesus Christ indicate His eternal being.

• These titles relate Him to the Old Testament revelation of Jehovah-God.

compare withMatthew 1:23 Isaiah 7:14

Matthew 4:7 Deuteronomy 6:16

Mark 5:19 Psalm 66:16

Matthew 22:42-45 Psalm 110:1

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God the son

Implications That the Son of God is EternalThe titles of the Lord Jesus Christ indicate His eternal being.

• The New Testament names of the Son of God are associated with titles of the Father and the Spirit as being equal with them,

• and He is explicitly called God

Matthew 28:19John 14:1

John 17:3

Acts 2:381 Corinthians 1:3 2 Corinthians 13:14

Ephesians 6:23

Revelation 20:6Revelation 22:3

John 1:1Romans 9:5

Titus 2:13

Hebrews 1:8

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God the sonImplications That the Son of God is Eternal• The works of creation are ascribed to Christ.

• The Angel of Jehovah whose appearance is often recorded in the Old Testament is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.

• The titles of the Lord Jesus Christ indicate His eternal being.

• The preexistence and eternity of the Son of God are implied in the fact that He has the attributes of God

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God the sonImplications That the Son of God is Eternal

The preexistence and eternity of the Son of God are implied in the fact that He has the attributes of God

• Life John 1:4

• Self-existence John 5:26

• Immutability Hebrews 13:8

• Truth John 14:6

• Love 1 John 3:16

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God the sonImplications That the Son of God is Eternal

The preexistence and eternity of the Son of God are implied in the fact that He has the attributes of God

• Holiness Hebrews 7:26

• Eternity

• Omnipresence Matthew 28:20

• Omniscience

• Omnipotence

Colossians 1:17 Hebrews 1:11

1 Corinthians 4:5 Colossians 2:3

Matthew 28:18 Revelation 1:8

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God the sonImplications That the Son of God is Eternal• The works of creation are ascribed to Christ.

• The Angel of Jehovah whose appearance is often recorded in the Old Testament is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.

• The titles of the Lord Jesus Christ indicate His eternal being.

• The preexistence and eternity of the Son of God are implied in the fact that He has the attributes of God

• In like manner the preexistence and eternity of Christ are implied in the fact that He is worshiped as God.

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God the sonImplications That the Son of God is Eternal

In like manner the preexistence and eternity of Christ are implied in the fact that He is worshiped as God.

• It follows that since the Lord Jesus Christ is God, He is from everlasting to everlasting.

John 20:28

Acts 7:59-60

Hebrews 1:6

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1.Contrast the evidence for the human and the divine natures of Christ.

On the human side, He had a beginning and was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary.

On the divine side, He had no beginning because He was from all eternity.

2.What are some of the evidences for the eternity of the Son of God?

3.How does the eternity of God prove His deity?Only God is eternal, so as the many

evidences presented state that He is from eternity, He is therefore God.

John 1:1-2Micah 5:2 Isaiah 7:14

John 8:58 Colossians 1:15-19

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4.What additional implications are there from His works that the Son of God is eternal?

All creation is ascribed to Christ, therefore He existed before anything was created.

5.How do the works of the Son of God prove His deity?

Throughout the Old Testament He appeared to man as an angel or as a man impacting their lives as God.

He even fought for His people, Israel.

John 1:3 Colossians 1:16

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6.How is the eternity of Christ supported by His titles?

His titles relate Him to the Old Testament revelation of Jehovah-God, and the New

Testament names of the Son of God are associated with the Father and the Spirit as being equal with them.

7.How is the eternity of Christ supported by His other attributes?

He is said to be self-existent, immutable, holiness, eternity, to name just a few of his attributes found in scripture.

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8.How do the attributes of Christ prove His deity?These same attributes are ascribed to both God, the Father and to God, the Holy

Spirit.

9.How important to our Christian faith is the doctrine of the deity and eternity of Jesus Christ?

If Jesus Christ is not deity and eternal, than our Christian faith is in vain.