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Excerpt from The True Believer's Defence, Against Charges Preferred by Trinitarians, for Not Believing in the Divinity of Christ, the Deity of Christ, the Trinity, &C
Fourthly, our text decides for what purpose Jesus per formed miracles. It is contended that Jesus performed miraculous works to prove himself to be God. But had this been his design, John must have recorded them for the same purpose. And since John has assured us that the signs which Jesus did are recorded to prove that he is the Christ, the Son of God, it is an unavoidable inference, that they were performed for the same purpose. Those who were eye witnesses of the miracles of Christ did not infer from them, as Trinitarians do, that he was God. They inferred that he was a teacher come from God that he was approved of God that God was with him and they glorified Goo, (not Christ) who had given such power unto men.' I believe there is no instance recorded in the New Testament in which any one, either, friend or foe, either Jew or Gentile, inferred that Christ was God, from beholding or contemplating the miraculous powers with which he was invested. Nor did they infer, as Trinitarians do, that Christ was God, from the manner in which he performed miracles. But lest these state ments should be regarded as mere assertions, without proof; let us examine the facts connected with that great miracle, the resurrection of Lemma - John xi. Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here (she did not believe him to be the omnipresent Gon,) my brother had not died. But I know that even now, what soever thou wilt ask of Goo, Goo will give it thee.' Here we learn that Martha knew it to be the custom of Jesus to pray to God far the accomplishment of any mir acle he wished to exhibit, and that God always answered his prayer by performing the miracle through him. AM Jesus lifted'up his eyes, and said, Father, I thankousrou or ronu's oospnn.
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Excerpt from The True Believer's Defence, Against Charges Preferred by Trinitarians, for Not Believing in the Divinity of Christ, the Deity of Christ, the Trinity, &C
Thee that thou hast heard me; and I knew that thou hear est me always; but because of the people which stand by, I said it, that they may believe, that thou hast Sent me and when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.' Here we learn that Jesus never wrought any miracle without prayer to God, either ex pressed aloud, or silently. I knew that thou hearest me always. This implies that, previous to the performance of any miracle, he always prayed either mentally or vocally, and that God always granted his petition. But because of the people which stand by, I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. This implies that on the present occasion he prayed aloud, so that the spectators. Evidently perceiving that he was dependent on his Father for his miraculous power, and that the Father imparted it to him in answer to prayer, might believe him to be, what he professed to be, the authorized ambassador Of heaven, commissioned and sent to proclaim' the will Of God to men.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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