Sunday, October 25, 2015

What the OT ascribes to God alone, the NT transfers to Christ

"Whenever mention is made of the Deity, therefore, there must no opposition be admitted between the Father and the Son, as though the name of the true God belonged exclusively to the Father. For surely the God who appeared to Isaiah, was the only true God, whom, nevertheless, John affirms to have been Christ. He likewise, who by the mouth of Isaiah declared that he was to be a rock of offence to the Jews, was the only true God; whom Paul pronounces to have been Christ. He who proclaims by Isaiah, 'As I live, every knee shall bow to me,' is the only true God; but Paul applies the same to Christ. To the same purpose are the testimonies recited by the Apostle - 'Thou, Lord, has laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens;' and 'Let all the angels of God worship him.' These ascriptions belong only to the one true God; he contends that they are properly applied to Christ. Nor is there any force in that cavil, that what is proper to God is transferred to Christ, because he is the brightness of his glory." - John Calvin, The Institutes, I. XIII. XXIII.

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