A Body of Divinity

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1 Thessalonians 1:7-10

So that you were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.…

I. THE DEITY OF CHRIST. "His Son."

II. HIS HUMANITY. "Whom He raised." Christ could not have been raised had He not died, and could not have died had He not been man.

III. THE UNITY OF HIS PERSON. "Even Jesus."

IV. HIS REDEMPTION.

1. Men are guilty, lost, or they could not have needed a deliverance by Jesus, the Saviour.

2. Christ died for men that He might deliver them.

3. His death was accepted by the Father, "Whom He raised."

V. HIS RESURRECTION. We must not think of Christ as dead, or centre our faith wholly on the Cross. "He is not here; He is risen."

VI. HIS ASCENSION. "From heaven." Hence He must have gone thither.

1. He has gone first as our forerunner, and secured for us the Spirit.

2. He remains in heaven.

(1)  To prepare a place for us.

(2)  To intercede.

(3)  To watch His Church's conflicts, and to deliver it.

3. He is there with saving power — "Delivereth." He is at this moment delivering.

VII. HIS SECOND COMING.

1. Certain and uncertain. He will come, but when we know not.

2. Sudden, as a thief in the night.

3. To deliver His people from the coming wrath.

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