A New and Wonderful Revelation to Mankind (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907. Excerpt: ... The Dignity of Man. I wish to speak to you in this essay about the high Divinity of the Spirit of Jesus and the spirit of all human beings. The text which I take for consideration is from the words of Jesus which are these: "Ye are gods." These precious words are found in St. John, ch. 10, v. 34. But may be it is necessary for you to know the passage which is in connection with these words so I will present it to you in a few words. Jesus was preaching to the Jews and saying, "I am the good shepherd. I am the Son of God, and I and my father are one." At these words the Jews were angry, and took up stones in order to stone him, but Jesus said unto them, "Many good works have I shewed you from my Father. For which of these works do ye stone me?" The Jews answered and said. "For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God." Jesus said: "Is it not written in your law, 'I said ye are Gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken, say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the son of God? If I do not the works of my Father believe me not." This is the passage in connection with the words, "Ye are gods." which words we are going to consider. It is not difficult to see that the word God in ancient times was applied not only to the Creator, but also to a certain class of men. For instance we find in Exodus, ch. 7, v. 1, that the Lord said unto Moses: "I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet." And in ch. 12, v. 12 the princes of Egypt are called gods, and in different parts of the Old Testament the judges of Israel are also called gods, as we can see ...