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Looking at the structure, what do you say is the name which is above every name
given to Christ at His exaltation?
A.--I should say "The Lord", only that title is used of Christ before the day of His glory.
B.--I think upon examination you will see that the title is invested with a great fullness in
this passage. Kurios, "Lord", is the constant translation of the Hebrew "Jehovah". He
Who humbled Himself even unto death will be confessed in that day as Jehovah.
The Testimony of a Quotation.
The words of Phil. 2: 10, 11 are a direct quotation from Isa. 45: I want you to
repeat your comment upon this passage in Phil. 2: before I read the quotation from
Isaiah so that we may place them together.
A.--I said that every tongue is not going to confess that Jesus Christ is GOD, but Lord, to
the glory of God, Who is not Christ, but the FATHER.
B.--I will now read Isa. 45: 18-22:--
"For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, GOD HIMSELF that formed the
earth and made it . . . . . I am the Lord, AND THERE IS NONE ELSE . . . . . There is NO
GOD ELSE BESIDE ME . . . . . Look unto Me, and be ye saved all the ends of the earth,
FOR I AM GOD, and there is NONE ELSE."
Are you satisfied that "the Lord" here is GOD HIMSELF and none else?
A.--Most certainly, that is the plain language of the Scripture.
B.--You are sure "the Lord" here does not mean a lesser Deity, "God in a subordinate
sense"?
A.--No, the passage will not allow the thought. This is the Creator of heaven and earth
Who is speaking.
B.--I will continue the quotation from Isa. 45::--
"I have sworn by Myself, the word is gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and
shall not return, THAT UNTO ME every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear"
(verse 23).
Will you dare repeat your comment upon Phil. 2: with this testimony before you?
A.--No, I dare not. I must come like Philip and kneel before Him Who is both Saviour
and Creator, both God and man, and say, "My Lord and my God".