the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. (d) Mark also the threefold ascription : ISAIAH vi. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid; have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. 21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. 23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. 24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; 25 that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, (a) God addresses the Son as God, and and maketh diviners mad; that turneth anoints Him: wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; 26 that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed_places thereof: " that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers : 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. (c) Distinct from the Father, yet called the Mighty God: per, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. : In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. 45. What passages of the Old Testament speak of the Spirit as a distinct Person from the Father, and yet as Divine? GEN. i. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. GEN. vi. parts 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost of the sea; 10 hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. even there shall thy JOB Xxvi. 13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. ISAIAH xlviii. 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. V. IT REMAINS FOR US TO CONSIDER WHAT THE SCRIPTURES TEACH CONCERNING THE ETERNAL AND NECESSARY RELATIONS WHICH THE THREE DIVINE PERSONS SUS And it came to pass, when men began TAIN TO EACH OTHER: to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. (1) THE RELATION WHICH THE SECOND PERSON SUSTAINS TO THE FIRST, OR THE ETERNAL GENERATION OF THE the Hebrew word for son? (a) Son, (b) Descendant; hence in plural "children of Israel" for Israelites; joined to a place, "sons of Zion." (c) Pupil, disciple, worshipper, "sons of the prophets: I KINGS XX. 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. (d) Applied to kings: PSALM ii. 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 10 Be wise 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potters vessel. now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. (e) To angels: GEN. vi. 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Worshippers: DEUT. xiv. 1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. (g) Combined with nouns :- worthless fellow : DEUT. xiii. 12 If thou shalt hear say in one of hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; of that city with the edge of the sword. 15 thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. (h) Son of death: one deserving to die: I SAM. XX. 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. 47. In what sense are men called sons of God" in Scripture? (a) Those who receive temporal power from God: PSALM lxxxii. I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. (6) And spiritual power from God: GAL. iii. 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (c) Objects of His favour: MATT. V. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers : for they shall be called the children of God. (d) And those who are like Him: MATT. V. thy cities, which the LORD thy God | 45 That ye may be the children of And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli. 23 **Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. 48. What different views with regard to the Sonship of Christ have been entertained? 16 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: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (c) By His mundane generation they in(2) Some Socinians hold that He is called tended His supernatural birth in the flesh: Son only as an official title : Other Socinians maintain that it is on account of His supernatural generaLon; these appeal to: LUKE i. thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Principal support is found in : |