Then He arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great
calm."+ Here we have a clear shining forth of His Deity, even the
winds and the waves subject to His word. No wonder the disciples asked
one another, +"What manner of man is this that even the winds and the
sea obey him?"+ (Matt. 8:27). The answer is plain: a Divine Man.
Again we read in Luke 3:21, +"Now it came to pass, when all the
people were baptised, that Jesus also having been baptised, and
praying, . . ."+ Here we see Jesus in His humanity, _baptised_ and
_praying_. Surely this is a man. But in the remainder of the verse
and in the next verse we read, +"And the heaven was opened, and the
Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a
voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well
pleased."+ Here God with an audible voice declares Him to be Divine,
to be His Son. Again in John 11:38 we read, +"Jesus, therefore, again
groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone
laid against it."+ Here we see Jesus in His humanity, but four
verses further down, the 43rd and 44th verses, we read, +"And when He
had thus spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And
he that was dead came forth."+ Here again his Deity shines forth.
In Luke 9:28 we read, +"And it came to pass about eight days after
these sayings, that he took with him Peter and John and James, and
went up into the mountain to pray."+ Here we very clearly see His
humanity, His limitation, His dependence upon God; but in the very
next verse, the 29th verse, we read, +"And as He was praying the
fashion of his countenance was altered and His raiment became white
and glistering."+ Here we see His Divinity shining forth, and then
again in the 35th verse, we read of the voice coming out of the cloud,
saying, +"This is my son, my chosen; hear ye him."+ Here His Deity
unmistakably is seen again.
In Matt. 16:16, 17, we read, +"And Simon Peter answered and said,
thou art the Christ, the son of the living God. And Jesus answered and
said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: for flesh and blood
hath not revealed it unto thee, but my father who is in heaven."+
Here is a clear declaration by Jesus Himself of His Deity. But four
verses further down in the chapter, the 24th verse, we read, +"From
that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples that he must go up
unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests
and scribes, and be killed, and the third day rise from the dead."+
Here we have the clearest declaration of the reality and completeness
of His humanity.
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