CHAPTER V.

THE PERSON OF CHRIST.

1. HIS HUMANITY.

ISAIAH IX, 6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of peace.

MATT. IV, 2. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.

MATT. XXI, 18. Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

MATT. XXVI, 38. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

LUKE II, 52. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

LUKE XXIV, 39. Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

JOHN II, 35. Jesus wept.

MARK XIV, 34. And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

LUKE XXIII, 46. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

2. THE UNION OF THE TWO NATURES IN ONE HYPOSTASIS.

HEB. II, 14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.

COL. I, 14. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

15. Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature:

16. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

JOHN I, 14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (Sand we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

1 TIM. III, 16. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

COL. II, 9. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

ACTS XX, 28. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.