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A Threefold Testimony
John 1
Colossians 1
Hebrews 1
The Word.
The Image.
The
express
Image.
No one ever saw
The Invisible God.
The Substance.
God.
All things made by
By Him all things
By Him the ages
Him.
created.
made.
He is
before
all
Heaven and earth
things.
also.
Angels
worship
Him.
His fulness.
All fulness.
By Him all things
All things upheld.
consist.
The Word was God.
Thy throne,
O
God.
The only begotten
Firstborn.
Firstborn.
Son.
He Who made all things, upholds all things, by Whom all things consist, is no lesser Deity; He is God and no
other.
The Form of God
A - I should be glad if you would now turn to Philippians 2:6-11. If you are unprejudiced and closely observe
what the passage actually says, if you will but `try the things that differ', you will notice that the passage does not
say that every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is GOD, but Lord, to the glory of God - THE FATHER. The one
Who is God is The Father, Christ is but the Lord. This is a confirmation of my interpretation of `A God', `God in a
subordinate sense'.
B - Before we deal with this closing verse we must look at the earlier verses and also consider the context. The
reason for this marvellous passage is in the words of Philippians 2:4,5:
`Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus'.
The context therefore prepares us to see that Christ laid aside something that was really His own for the sake of
others. Now let us examine the actual wording of the passage:
`Who, being in the form of God' (Phil. 2:6).
The word `being' is the Greek huparchon, and is given in the R.V. margin as `being originally'. It refers to time
previous to the birth in Bethlehem.
A - I believe the words `being originally' are correct, and that whatever it was that is referred to by that term was
laid aside when Christ became man.
B - We will test that. Turn to Luke 23:50-53 where we read: