1 Corinthians 3:23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's. Now the doctrine speaks of Christ both in respect of His human nature, and as He is a Mediator — not as God. Let us see, then, how Christ as a man and as a Mediator is God's. 1. His incarnation and coming into the world, it was not for Himself but for God. 2. That Christ is God's appeareth, in that He acknowledgeth His doctrine and truth not to be His, but His Father's, taking all off from Himself, and making Himself only a minister or ambassador in His Father's Name, and revealing His will (John 8:26, 28; John 7:16). 3. That Christ is wholly God's appeareth in that as the doctrine He preached was the Father's, so He sought not His own glory, did not exalt Himself but the Father (John 8:29; John 17:4). 4. That Christ is wholly God's appeareth in that obediential resignation of Himself to do God's will (John 17:4). (A. Burgess.) Parallel Verses KJV: And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. |
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