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'He became the author of eternal
salvation' (Heb. 5:9).
'He is able also to save them to
the uttermost that come unto God by
Him' (Heb. 7:25).
'Neither is there salvation in any
other (cf. Isa. 43:11): for there
is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be
saved' (Acts 4:12).
'Let Israel hope in the Lord
'The great God and our
(Jehovah) ... and He shall
Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave
redeem Israel from all his
Himself ... that He might redeem
iniquities' (LXX kai autos
us from all iniquity' (hina
lutrosetai ... ek pason ton
lutrosetai ... apo pases anomias)
anomion autou) (Psa. 130:7,8).
(Titus 2:13,14).
The Lord Jesus makes a claim in John 5:17 -19 which is unsurpassed in
the range of inspiration for its stupendous and unqualified claims. 'What
things soever He (the Father) doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise'.
Could such language be used by a creature? He who can do all the works of
God, must Himself be God; unlimited power is omnipotence, and omnipotence is
an attribute of God. The creature, however greatly endued with power, must
stagger and fall beneath such a burden.
If we were asked to select one passage of the Old Testament which
declared most definitely the absoluteness of God in all the infinitude of His
Deity, we could not find a better passage than Isaiah 45:21 -25, yet we shall
find that the Scriptures have used equally definite and absolute terms with
reference to Christ. Let us consider them:
O.T.
Witness
to
God
N.T.
Witness
to
Christ
'There is no God else beside
'The Word was God' (John 1:1).
Me; a just God and a Saviour;
'Jesus Christ the righteous: and
there is none beside Me.
He is the propitiation for our
sins' (1 John 2:1,2).
'Look unto Me, and be ye
'Behold the Lamb of God,
saved, all the ends of the earth:
which taketh away the sin of the
for I am God, and there is none
world' (John 1:29).
else.
'Neither is there salvation in any
other' (Acts 4:12).
'I have sworn by Myself, the
'We shall all stand before the
word is gone out of My mouth in
judgment seat of Christ. For it is
righteousness, and shall not
written, As I live, saith the Lord,
return, That unto Me every knee
every knee shall bow to Me, and
shall bow, and every tongue shall
every tongue shall confess to
swear.
God' (Rom. 14:10,11).
'At the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of things in heaven,
and things in earth, and things
under the earth' (Phil. 2:10).