18. I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forever more, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. HEB. XIII, 8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever. HEB. I, 10. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the works of thine hands. 11. They shall perish, but thou remainest: and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12. And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 1 JOHN I, 2. For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us. JOHN VIII, 58. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. (2.) _Omniscience._ MATT. IX, 4. And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? LUKE XX, 23. But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? JOHN II, 24. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, 25. And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. JOHN XVI, 30. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. JOHN XXI, 17. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. MATT. XVIII, 20. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. JOHN X, 15. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. (3.) _Omnipotence._ REV. I, 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. JOHN XVI, 15. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 5. DIVINE ACTS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO HIM. (1.) _Creation._ JOHN I, 3. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. JOHN I, 10. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. EPH. III, 9. And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. COL. I, 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. HEB. I, 2. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.