...1 and it is written, "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost." 2 The Eternal Word that was in the beginning with God and was God, by whom all things were made, was the teacher of the prophets; for " the Spirit of Christ which wax in them," enabled them to " testify...

...he himself tells us, "The only begotten Son of God," "which is in the bosom of the Father."f He is " the Word, who was in the beginning with God, and was God:" equal to and " one with the Father:" " the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person...

...of the Father, he hath declared him.".—John i. 6—18. tNthis passage, the evangelist identifies the "Word, who was in the beginning with God and was God, with the great l® and blessed One whom men knew as Jesus of Nazareth, and branches out into details...

...Immanuel, God with us. We may here turn our attention for a little to a passage in the Gospel of John :—' The Word,' who ' was in the beginning with God, and was God,' the Word ' was made flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.' The original term literally...

...of the Almighty God,—a work infinitely greater and more glorious than all the wonders of creation! The Word, who was in the beginning with God, and was God, was made flesh, descended to this earth, and here lived and died, to save the elect who had been given...

...of the world. In the certain foreknowledge that the creature he had proposed to make would fall, " the Word who was in the beginning with God and was God," had thoughts of love to man, and the Counsel of Redemption was entered into between the Persons of...

...sword, and yet more tender than the love of woman; even Jesus Christ the Saviour, the Word of God, who was in the beginning with God, and was God; by whom all things were made; who is the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world, if by any means he will...

...1 and it is written, "God anointed Jesus of Xazarcth with the Holy Ghost." 2 The Eternal AVord that was in the beginning with God and was God, by whom all things were made, was the teacher of the prophets; for " the Spirit of Christ which was in them," enabled them to " testify...

...all things are." Here then, there is nothing to exclude from the honours of supreme Divinity either the "Word, who was in the beginning with God, and was God, or the Holy Ghost, who bears the same Divine title. Indeed, the passage can only be explained in itself,...

...bosom of Deity. He "whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting " (Micah v. 2),—" the Word who was in the beginning with God and was God" (John i. 1-3),—he is that word which went out from God, when " GOD SAID, Let there be light." For...