Three Witnesses To
The Diety Of Christ
I John 5:6
We believe that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God. Why? What is the basis of our faith? John tells
us - "This is he which came by water and blood,
even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the
Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth." Here is the
witness of the water, the blood, and the Spirit.
1. We know that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God BECAUSE HE CAME BY WATER. What does that mean?
Water is an emblem for the written Word of God (John 15:3; Eph.
2. We know that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God BECAUSE HE CAME BY BLOOD. The sinlessness of his life,
his obedience to God, and his miraculous powers are not sufficient to prove
Christ's Diety. We see his Diety when we see the death which he accomplished as
the sinner's Substitute upon the cross (Matt. 27:54). His death was a voluntary
act (John
3. And we know that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, BECAUSE THE
SPIRIT BEARS WITNESS TO HIS DIETY. John the Baptist recognized Christ as the
Messiah, the Son of God,by the descent of the Spirit
upon him at his baptism, in the form of a dove. On the day of Pentecost the
Holy Spirit bore witness to Christ's exaltation and enthronement as King, by
his descent upon the assembled church. And the Spirit bears witness to Christ's
Diety and dominion through the preaching of the gospel, convincing sinners,
chosen and redeemed by him, that he has the power as the God-Man Mediator to
give them repentance and the forgiveness of sins (Acts 5:30-32).
Every believer knows,
with absolute assurance, that Jesus is the Son of God by the witness of the
Word, the witness of the Blood, and the witness of the Holy Spirit.
Don Fortner