Deity and Nature of Christ
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righteousness is of Me, saith the Lord.”—
Thoughts from the Mount of
Blessing, 57
.
Before the entrance of sin among the angels: Christ the Word, the
only-begotten of God, was one with the eternal Father,—one in nature,
in character, and in purpose,—the only being in all the universe that
could enter into all the counsels and purposes of God. By Christ, the
Father wrought in the creation of all heavenly beings.—
The Great
Controversy, 493
.
If men reject the testimony of the inspired Scriptures concerning
the deity of Christ, it is in vain to argue the point with them; for no
argument, however conclusive, could convince them. “The natural man
receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness
unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually
discerned.”
1 Corinthians 2:14
. None who hold this error can have a
true conception of the character or the mission of Christ, or of the great
plan of God for man’s redemption.—
The Great Controversy, 524
.