But we do not need to rest the case here. There is a third unanswerable line of proof that Jesus Christ is God, namely, _all the distinctively Divine offices are predicated of Jesus Christ_. There are seven distinctively Divine offices. That is to say, there are seven things that God alone can do, and each one of these seven distinctively Divine offices are ascribed to Jesus Christ. The seven distinctively Divine offices are: Creation, Preservation, Forgiveness of Sin, the Raising of the Dead, the Transformation of Bodies, Judgment, and the Bestowal of Eternal Life, and each of these is ascribed to Jesus Christ. Creation is ascribed to Him. In Heb. 1:10 these words are spoken to our Lord: +"And thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thy hands."+ The context clearly shows that the Lord addressed is the Lord Jesus. In John 1:3 we are told that +"All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that was made."+ Preservation of the universe and of everything is also ascribed to Him in Heb. 1:3 where it is said of the Lord Jesus, +"Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his+ (i.e., God's) +substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high."+ The forgiveness of sin is ascribed to Him. He Himself says in Mark 2:5-10 when His power to forgive sins was questioned, because that was recognised as a Divine power, +"That ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins."+ The future raising of the dead is distinctly ascribed to Him in John 6:39, 44, +"And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which He hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day."+ The transformation of our bodies is ascribed to Him in Phil. 3:21, R. V. In 2 Tim. 4:1 judgment is ascribed to Him: we are told that He shall "judge the quick and the dead." Jesus Himself declared that He would be the judge of all mankind, and emphasised the fact of the Divine character of that office. In John 5:22, 23 He said, +"For neither doth the Father judge any man, but He hath given all judgment unto the Son, that all men may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father."+ The bestowal of eternal life is ascribed to Him time and time again. In John 10:28 He Himself says, +"And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand."+ And in John 17:1, 2, He says, +"Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee: even as thou gavest Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, He should give eternal life."+ Here then we have the seven distinctively Divine offices all predicated of Jesus Christ.