The declaration that the Word was God (and many such like) is a declaration which has authority over my soul. I make God a liar, as John speaks, if I do not believe it: and so I can use it with others. God has declared it. He that believes not has made God a liar; because he has not believed the record which God has given concerning His Son. He that believes has the witness in himself. And all these traits, which clothe, or rather reveal, the beloved person of Him who was humbled for us, are ineffably sweet: but the positive declaration is of all importance too.