| The right answer to the above question is not only a matter of correct doctrine, but a matter that determines one’s eternal destiny. If we only believe Him to be “the Son of David,” as did the Pharisees to whom the Lord addressed the question above, “how then doth David in spirit call Him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand, till I make Thine enemies Thy footstool?” To make our Lord a man only, albeit a good man, is to make God a liar, for He said of our Lord that “this is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Then “who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.” Our salvation depends upon His Deity and our acknowledgment of it, for “if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” With Thomas, every true believer confesses Him as “my Lord and my God.” We humbly and thankfully acknowledge Him as God’s “dear Son: in whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins,” even “God … manifest in the flesh.” |
