DECLARATION CONCERNING THE SON

He is the beginning of the creation of God. Revelation 3:14.BSA 43.2

The first born of every creature. Colossians 1:15.BSA 43.3

The only begotten of the Father. John 1:18; 3:18.BSA 43.4

The Son of the Living God.” Matthew 16:16.BSA 43.5

Existed before he came into the world. John 8:58; Micah 5:2; John 17:5, 24.BSA 43.6

Was made higher than the angels. Hebrews 1:14.BSA 43.7

He made the world and all things. John 1:1-3; Ephesians 3:3, 9.BSA 43.8

Was sent into the world by God. John 3:34.BSA 43.9

In Him dwells all the fullness of the God-head bodily. Colossians 2:9.BSA 43.10

He is the resurrection and the life. John 11:25.BSA 43.11

All power is given to him in heaven and earth. Matthew 28:18.BSA 43.12

He is the appointed heir of all things. Hebrews 1:2.BSA 44.1

Anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows. Hebrews 1:9.BSA 44.2

God has ordained him to be judge of quick and dead. Acts 17:31.BSA 44.3

Reveals his purposes through him. Revelation 1:1.BSA 44.4

The head of Christ in God. 1 Corinthians 11:3.BSA 44.5

Jesus had power to lay down his life and take it again. John 10:18.BSA 44.6

He received this commandment from the Father. John 10:19. God raised him from the dead. Acts 2:24, 34; 3:15; 4:10; 10:40; 13:30, 34; 17:31; Romans 4:24; 8:11; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 15:15; 2 Corinthians 4:14; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 1:20; Colossians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 1:21;BSA 44.7

Jesus says he could do nothing of himself. John 5:19.BSA 44.8

That the Father which dwelt in him did the works. John 14:10.BSA 44.9

That the Father which sent him, gave him a commandment what he should say and what he should speak. John 12:49.BSA 44.10

That he came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him. John 6:38.BSA 44.11

And that his doctrine was not his, but the Father’s which sent him. John 7:16; 8:28; 12:49; 14:10, 24.BSA 44.12

With such inspired declarations before us, ought we to say that Jesus Christ is the Self-existent, Independent, Omniscient and Only True God; or the Son of God, begotten, upheld, exalted and glorified by the Father?BSA 44.13