بسم الآب والإبن والروح القدس
الإله الواحد
آمين
الإله الواحد
آمين
اليوم مع شبهة والرد عليها وشبهة اليوم هى للطعن فى لاهوت المسيح وهى عن الأية المقدسة
و نعلم ان ابن الله قد جاء و اعطانا بصيرة لنعرف الحق و نحن في الحق في ابنه يسوع المسيح هذا هو الاله الحق و الحياة الابدية
(1يو 5 : 20)
ونقطة الإعتراض هنا هى حول كلمة " هـو " وعلى ماذا تعود فهو يقول ان " هو " تعود على الله (الآب ) وليس على المسيح وبنعمة المسيح نرد
أولا : من نص الأية نفسه
و نحن في الحق في ابنه يسوع المسيح
فى الحق = فى ابنه
إذا الحق هو المسيح
هذا هو الاله الحق و الحياة الابدية
إذن الإله الحق هو المسيح
وكما قال المسيح نفسه بمفه الطاهر
قال له يسوع انا هو الطريق و الحق و الحياة ليس احد ياتي الى الاب الا بي
(يو 14 : 6)
ثانياً : التفاسير المسيحية الحديثة
القس انطونيوس فكري
أية 20 :- وَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ابْنَ اللهِ قَدْ جَاءَ وَأَعْطَانَا بَصِيرَةً لِنَعْرِفَ الْحَقَّ. وَنَحْنُ فِي الْحَقِّ فِي ابْنِهِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ. هَذَا هُوَ الإِلَهُ الْحَقُّ وَالْحَيَاةُ الأَبَدِيَّة
فى الأية السابقة رأينا العالم قد وضع فى الشرير، والشيطان يضلل الناس، ولكن ما موقفنا نحن أولاد الله = أعطانا بصيرة لنعرف الحق = الله أعطى أولاده بصيرة بها يدركون تفاهة العالم (جا2:1 + فى8:3). وأيضاً يعطيهم بصيرة فتنفتح عيونهم ويدركون الأمجاد المعدة لهم فى السماويات (1كو9:2- 12). ومن هذه الأيات الأخيرة من كورنثوس نفهم أن هذه البصيرة تكون بالروح القدس المعطى لنا. والحق فى هذه الأية فى مقابل العالم فى أية (19). فالعالم هو الباطل (جا2:1). ونحن تكون لنا هذه البصيرة إن ثبتنا فى المسيح = ونحن فى الحق (ندرك الحق ونميز بينه وبين الباطل) فى إبنه يسوع المسيح = فالمسيح هو الحق (يو6:14). وثباتنا فى المسيح يملأنا من الروح القدس، روح الحق، والذى يرشد للحق (يو13:16). فثباتنا فى المسيح هو ثبات لنا فى الحق. وثباتنا فى المسيح يأتى عن طريق حفظ وصاياه. يعطينا الإمتلاء من الروح الذى يفتح بصيرتنا فنعرف المسيح وعمله ومحبته وما أعطاه لنا، وما أعده لنا فى السماء، وهذا يجعلنا نحتقر العالم الباطل. هذا هو الإله الحق والحياة الأبدية = بدأ الرسول رسالته بأن المسيح هو كلمة الحياة وبظهوره أظهرت الحياة (1يو1:1، 2). وهنا يسميه الحياة الأبدية. وبهذا تتفق بداية الرسالة ونهايتها. وبهذا يلخص الرسول رسالته فى أن إبن الله قد أتى إلى العالم وأعطانا معرفة الإله الحق الذى لا يعرفه عبدة الأوثان ولا الهراطقة. وأعطانا أن نكون فيه بالإيمان. ومن يؤمن به تكون له حياة ابدية، ويحيا فى محبة، ويغلب العالم فلا ينجذب لشهواته. فالمؤمن يفتح الله بصيرته فيعرف أن الرب يسوع هو كل الحق ويشبع به مؤمناً أنه مصدر حياته، فيثبت فيه بأن يطيع وصاياه ولا يريد أن يفارقه.
يعلم المؤمن من هو ربنا يسوع. إنه الحق واهب الحياة. هذه هي البصيرة الداخلية التي بها تعاين النفس ربنا يسوع أنه كل الحق فتشبع منه، وأنه مصدر حياتها، فتثبت فيه ولا تريد أن تفارقه.
Believer’s Bible Commentary 1 John 5:20
The third great truth is that of the Incarnation. We know that the Son of God has come. This is the theme with which John opened his Epistle and with which he is now about to close it. The coming of the Lord Jesus revealed to us Him who is true, that is, the true God. God the Father can only be known through the Lord Jesus Christ. “The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.” Then John adds: and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. Again the emphasis is that it is only as we are in Jesus Christ that we can be in God. “No one comes to the Father except through Me.” This is the true God and eternal life. In other words, John is teaching what the Gnostics denied, namely, that Jesus Christ is God, and that eternal life is found only in Him.
MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (1 Jn 5:20). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Baker New Testament Commentary: James and the Epistles of John 1 John 5:20
.............. And last, having woven the golden thread of Jesus’ divinity and sonship through the cloth of his epistle, John completes this verse with the following words: “Even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.” The Gnostic teachers denied that Jesus was the Christ, Son of God. Therefore, in this last verse John summarizes the basic teaching of the Christian faith: Jesus Christ is the Son of God, is truly divine, and is eternal life. .................
.............. And last, having woven the golden thread of Jesus’ divinity and sonship through the cloth of his epistle, John completes this verse with the following words: “Even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.” The Gnostic teachers denied that Jesus was the Christ, Son of God. Therefore, in this last verse John summarizes the basic teaching of the Christian faith: Jesus Christ is the Son of God, is truly divine, and is eternal life. .................
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Kistemaker, S. J., & Hendriksen, W. (1953-2001). Vol. 14: New Testament commentary : Exposition of James and the Epistles of John. Accompanying biblical text is author's translation. New Testament Commentary (367). Grand Rapids: Baker Book House.
The Bible Exposition Commentary 1 John 5:20
The Christian Life Is the Real Life (1 John 5:20–21)Jesus Christ is the true God. We know Him who is true, and we are inHim who is true. We have “the real thing”!“We know that our real life is in the true One, and in His Son, Jesus Christ. This is the real God and this is real, eternal life” (1 John 5:20, ºF). Reality has been the theme throughout John’s letter, and now we are reminded of it again.The Bible Exposition Commentary 1 John 5:20
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996, c1989). The Bible exposition commentary. "An exposition of the New Testament comprising the entire 'BE' series"--Jkt. (1 Jn 5:20). Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books.
The Bible Guide 1 John 5:20
All God’s truth is revealed in one person, Jesus Christ — and life is to be found in knowing him. Jesus is the true God, so beware of worshipping anyone else or anything less.The Bible Guide 1 John 5:20
Knowles, A. (2001). The Bible guide. Includes index. (1st Augsburg books ed.) (691). Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary 1 John 5:20
Walvoord, J. F., Zuck, R. B., & Dallas Theological Seminary. (1983-c1985). The Bible knowledge commentary : An exposition of the ******ures (2:903-904). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
Clarke’s Commentary: 1 John 1 John 5:20
Verse 20. We know that the Son of God is come] In the flesh, and has made his soul an offering for sin; and hath given us an understanding-a more eminent degree of light than we ever enjoyed before; for as he lay in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him unto us; and he hath besides given us a spiritual understanding, that we may know him who is true, even the true God, and get eternal life from him through his Son, in whom we are by faith, as the branches in the vine, deriving all our knowledge, light, life, love, and fruitfulness from him. And it is through this revelation of Jesus that we know the ever blessed and glorious Trinity; and the Trinity, Father, Word, and Holy Ghost, in the eternal, undivided unity of the ineffable Godhead.
Clarke, A. (1999). Clarke's Commentary: First John (electronic ed.). Logos Library System; Clarke's Commentaries (1 Jn 5:20). Albany, OR: Ages Software.
The College Press NIV Commentary: 1, 2, 3 John
5:19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true — even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.Clarke’s Commentary: 1 John 1 John 5:20
Verse 20. We know that the Son of God is come] In the flesh, and has made his soul an offering for sin; and hath given us an understanding-a more eminent degree of light than we ever enjoyed before; for as he lay in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him unto us; and he hath besides given us a spiritual understanding, that we may know him who is true, even the true God, and get eternal life from him through his Son, in whom we are by faith, as the branches in the vine, deriving all our knowledge, light, life, love, and fruitfulness from him. And it is through this revelation of Jesus that we know the ever blessed and glorious Trinity; and the Trinity, Father, Word, and Holy Ghost, in the eternal, undivided unity of the ineffable Godhead.
Clarke, A. (1999). Clarke's Commentary: First John (electronic ed.). Logos Library System; Clarke's Commentaries (1 Jn 5:20). Albany, OR: Ages Software.
The College Press NIV Commentary: 1, 2, 3 John
In his concluding remarks, John hits repeatedly on the theme that the Christian has knowledge that is directly contradictory to the mystical knowledge the Gnostic claimed. Christ brought to us both understanding of God’s nature, and eternal life, because he not only came from God, but is the true God.
Womack, M. M. (1998). The College Press NIV commentary : 1, 2 & 3 John / Morris M. Womack. All ******ure quotations, unless indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible: New International Version. (1 Jn 5:19). Joplin, MO.: College Press.
A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments
A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments
This is the true God—“This Jesus Christ (the last-named Person) is the true God” (identifying Him thus with the Father in His attribute, “the only true God,” Jn 17:3, primarily attributed to the Father).and eternal life—predicated of the Son of God; Alford wrongly says, He was the life, but not eternal life. The Father is indeed eternal life as its source, but the Son also is that eternal life manifested, as the very passage (1Jn 1:2) which Alford quotes, proves against him. Compare also 1Jn 5:11, 13. Plainly it is as the Mediator of ETERNAL LIFE to us that Christ is here contemplated. The Greek is, “The true God and eternal life is this” Jesus Christ, that is, In believing in Him we believe in the true God, and have eternal life. The Son is called “He that is TRUE,” Rev 3:7, as here. This naturally prepares the way for warning against false gods (1Jn 5:21). Jesus Christ is the only “express image of God’s person” which is sanctioned, the only true visible manifestation of God. All other representations of God are forbidden as idols. Thus the Epistle closes as it began (1Jn 1:1, 2).Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R., Fausset, A. R., Brown, D., & Brown, D. (1997). A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments. On spine: Critical and explanatory commentary. (1 Jn 5:20). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
Concise Bible Commentary
Fleming, D. C. (1994, c1988). Concise Bible commentary. Also published under title: The AMG concise Bible commentary. (585). Chattanooga, Tenn.: AMG Publishers.
Concordia Self-Study Commentary
Evangelical Commentary on the Bible
John de***ibes God (perhaps Jesus Christ) as the genuine God and eternal life, so ending on the same point with which he began (1:2; 5:11–13).Elwell, W. A. (1996, c1989). Vol. 3: Evangelical commentary on the Bible. Baker reference library (1 Jn 5:18). Grand Rapids,
Mich.: Baker Book House.
Geneva Bible Notes (1599)
Verse 20m. The divinity of Christ is most clearly proved by this passage.John de***ibes God (perhaps Jesus Christ) as the genuine God and eternal life, so ending on the same point with which he began (1:2; 5:11–13).Elwell, W. A. (1996, c1989). Vol. 3: Evangelical commentary on the Bible. Baker reference library (1 Jn 5:18). Grand Rapids,
Mich.: Baker Book House.
Geneva Bible Notes (1599)
Geneva Bible Notes (1599). 2003 (1 Jn 5:19-20). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
A Handbook on The First Letter of John
This is the true God. The demonstrative pronoun (in the Greek a masculine singular form) refers to Jesus; hence, ‘this one (or he) is the true God,’ or, changing the sentence into relative clause, ‘who is the true God.’Haas, C., Jonge, M. d., & Swellengrebel, J. L. (1994], c1972). A handbook on the letters of John. UBS handbook series; Helps for translators (153). New York: United Bible Societies.
Harper's Bible Commentary
The Letter closes with a reminder of the certainties to which the faithful may cling. We know: the believer does not sin (see 3:6, 9) and Jesus Christ protects believers; we are God’s, while the world is under the power of evil; and the son of God has come to reveal God to us and to give us eternal life. The closing warning against idolatry, while seemingly out of place, may be taken as a final warning against the false teachings of the community’s opponents.
Mays, J. L., Harper & Row, P., & Society of Biblical Literature. (1996, c1988). Harper's Bible commentary (1 Jn 5:13). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
King James Version Study Bible.
This is the true God: “This” can be translated “He,” meaning Jesus Christ. John concludes with a ringing affirmation of the full deity of the Son, a notable theme of John’s gospel.King James Version study Bible . 1997, c1988 (electronic ed.) (1 Jn 5:19). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Life Application Bible Commentary, 1, 2 & 3 John
And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we are in God because we are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life. NLT
Again, John reminded the believers of what they “know” to be true: they know that the Son of God has come. The false teachers had done their best to set Christ aside, to make him unimportant, and to have so-called “knowledge of God” without him. But John has been explaining throughout this letter that this is impossible. Jesus Christ is central to true Christian faith. Jesus came to earth, returned to heaven, and now is present through his Holy Spirit. The Son’s purpose in coming to earth was to reveal God the Father and to enable the believers to know him experientially (see John 17:3). The Holy Spirit has given [believers] understanding so that [they] can know the true God.
Just as the Holy Spirit teaches believers about Christ and points to him, so the Son teaches about and points to the Father.
To be in God is to be in his Son, Jesus Christ, for when believers are united to the Son, they are also united to the Father (see John 17:21–24). “He is the only true God” refers to Christ. In Greek, “he” (outos—this one) refers to the person just named, “Jesus Christ.” Thus, John was saying that Jesus Christ is the true God (see also John 1:1, 18; 20:28; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13; 2 Peter 1:1). The Father is the source of eternal life and Jesus Christ reveals that life (John 1:4; 14:6), so also he is eternal life. Only through his death and resurrection was eternal life made available to humanity.
NLT ******ure quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
Barton, B. B., & Osborne, G. R. (1998). 1, 2 & 3 John. Life application Bible commentary (120). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House.
The MacArthur Study Bible
true. The word means “genuine” as opposed to what is false (cf. v. 21). God and eternal life. That Jesus Christ is the true God is the fifth Christian certainty. This verse constitutes the summation of John’s whole letter. The greatest certainty of all, the Incarnation, guarantees the certainty of the rest. This is the doctrinal foundation, out of which comes love and obedience.MacArthur, J. J. (1997, c1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed.) (1 Jn 5:20). Nashville: Word Pub.
The Nelson Study Bible : New King James Version
A Handbook on The First Letter of John
This is the true God. The demonstrative pronoun (in the Greek a masculine singular form) refers to Jesus; hence, ‘this one (or he) is the true God,’ or, changing the sentence into relative clause, ‘who is the true God.’Haas, C., Jonge, M. d., & Swellengrebel, J. L. (1994], c1972). A handbook on the letters of John. UBS handbook series; Helps for translators (153). New York: United Bible Societies.
Harper's Bible Commentary
The Letter closes with a reminder of the certainties to which the faithful may cling. We know: the believer does not sin (see 3:6, 9) and Jesus Christ protects believers; we are God’s, while the world is under the power of evil; and the son of God has come to reveal God to us and to give us eternal life. The closing warning against idolatry, while seemingly out of place, may be taken as a final warning against the false teachings of the community’s opponents.
Mays, J. L., Harper & Row, P., & Society of Biblical Literature. (1996, c1988). Harper's Bible commentary (1 Jn 5:13). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
King James Version Study Bible.
This is the true God: “This” can be translated “He,” meaning Jesus Christ. John concludes with a ringing affirmation of the full deity of the Son, a notable theme of John’s gospel.King James Version study Bible . 1997, c1988 (electronic ed.) (1 Jn 5:19). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Life Application Bible Commentary, 1, 2 & 3 John
And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we are in God because we are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life. NLT
Again, John reminded the believers of what they “know” to be true: they know that the Son of God has come. The false teachers had done their best to set Christ aside, to make him unimportant, and to have so-called “knowledge of God” without him. But John has been explaining throughout this letter that this is impossible. Jesus Christ is central to true Christian faith. Jesus came to earth, returned to heaven, and now is present through his Holy Spirit. The Son’s purpose in coming to earth was to reveal God the Father and to enable the believers to know him experientially (see John 17:3). The Holy Spirit has given [believers] understanding so that [they] can know the true God.
Just as the Holy Spirit teaches believers about Christ and points to him, so the Son teaches about and points to the Father.
To be in God is to be in his Son, Jesus Christ, for when believers are united to the Son, they are also united to the Father (see John 17:21–24). “He is the only true God” refers to Christ. In Greek, “he” (outos—this one) refers to the person just named, “Jesus Christ.” Thus, John was saying that Jesus Christ is the true God (see also John 1:1, 18; 20:28; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13; 2 Peter 1:1). The Father is the source of eternal life and Jesus Christ reveals that life (John 1:4; 14:6), so also he is eternal life. Only through his death and resurrection was eternal life made available to humanity.
NLT ******ure quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
Barton, B. B., & Osborne, G. R. (1998). 1, 2 & 3 John. Life application Bible commentary (120). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House.
The MacArthur Study Bible
true. The word means “genuine” as opposed to what is false (cf. v. 21). God and eternal life. That Jesus Christ is the true God is the fifth Christian certainty. This verse constitutes the summation of John’s whole letter. The greatest certainty of all, the Incarnation, guarantees the certainty of the rest. This is the doctrinal foundation, out of which comes love and obedience.MacArthur, J. J. (1997, c1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed.) (1 Jn 5:20). Nashville: Word Pub.
The Nelson Study Bible : New King James Version
Theunderstanding that Christ gives enables us to know God in a personal, intimate sense. Jesus Christ is the true God; to know Him is to have eternal life.
Radmacher, E. D., Allen, R. B., & House, H. W. (1997). The Nelson study Bible : New King James Version. Includes index. (1 Jn 5:20). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers.
Radmacher, E. D., Allen, R. B., & House, H. W. (1997). The Nelson study Bible : New King James Version. Includes index. (1 Jn 5:20). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers.
Idols or pagan gods, which John exhorted his readers to “keep yourselves from” (1 John 5:21) were numerous in the first-century world. One of the most popular false gods was Diana, a fertility goddess of the ancient Romans.
الآباء الأولين
THE FIFTEEN BOOKS OF AURELIUS AUGUSTINUS, BISHOP OF HIPPO, ON THE TRINITY: BOOK I
CHAP. 6.--THAT THE SON IS VERY GOD, OF THE SAME SUBSTANCE WITH THE FATHER. NOT ONLY THE FATHER, BUT THE TRINITY, IS AFFIRMED TO BE IMMORTAL. ALL THINGS ARE NOT FROM THE FATHER ALONE, BUT ALSO FROM THE SON. THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS VERY GOD, EQUAL WITH THE FATHER AND THE SON.
9. They who have said that our Lord Jesus Christ is not God, or not very God, or not with the Father the One and only God, or not truly immortal because changeable, are proved wrong by the most plain and unanimous voice of divine testimonies; as, for instance, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." For it is plain that we are to take the Word of God to be the only Son of God, of whom it is afterwards said, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us," on account of that birth of His incarnation, which was wrought in time of the Virgin. But herein is declared, not only that He is God, but also that He is of the same substance with the Father; because, after saying, "And the Word was God," it is said also, "The same was in the beginning with God: all things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made."(3) Not simply "all things;" but only all things that were made, that is; the whole creature. From which it appears clearly, that He Himself was not made, by whom all things were made. And if He was not made, then He is not a creature; but if He is not a creature, then He is of the same substance with the Father. For all substance that is not God is creature; and all that is not creature is God.(4) And if the Son is not of the same substance with the Father, then He is a substance that was made: and if He is a substance that was made, then all things were not made by Him; but "all things were made by Him," therefore He is of one and the same substance with the Father. And so He is not only God, but also very God. And the same John most expressly affirms this in his epistle: "For we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know the true God, and that we may be in His true Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life." (1)
SERMONS ON SELECTED LESSONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. SERMON XC. ON THE WORDS OF THE GOSPEL, JOHN XII. 44, HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, BELIEVETH NOT ON ME, BUT ON HIM THAT SENT ME. " AGAINST A CERTAIN EXPRESSION OF MAXIMINUS, A BISHOP OF THE ARIANS, WHO SPREAD HIS BLASPHEMY IN AFRICA WHERE HE WAS WITH THE COUNT SEGISVULT.
9. They who have said that our Lord Jesus Christ is not God, or not very God, or not with the Father the One and only God, or not truly immortal because changeable, are proved wrong by the most plain and unanimous voice of divine testimonies; as, for instance, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." For it is plain that we are to take the Word of God to be the only Son of God, of whom it is afterwards said, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us," on account of that birth of His incarnation, which was wrought in time of the Virgin. But herein is declared, not only that He is God, but also that He is of the same substance with the Father; because, after saying, "And the Word was God," it is said also, "The same was in the beginning with God: all things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made."(3) Not simply "all things;" but only all things that were made, that is; the whole creature. From which it appears clearly, that He Himself was not made, by whom all things were made. And if He was not made, then He is not a creature; but if He is not a creature, then He is of the same substance with the Father. For all substance that is not God is creature; and all that is not creature is God.(4) And if the Son is not of the same substance with the Father, then He is a substance that was made: and if He is a substance that was made, then all things were not made by Him; but "all things were made by Him," therefore He is of one and the same substance with the Father. And so He is not only God, but also very God. And the same John most expressly affirms this in his epistle: "For we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know the true God, and that we may be in His true Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life." (1)
SERMONS ON SELECTED LESSONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. SERMON XC. ON THE WORDS OF THE GOSPEL, JOHN XII. 44, HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, BELIEVETH NOT ON ME, BUT ON HIM THAT SENT ME. " AGAINST A CERTAIN EXPRESSION OF MAXIMINUS, A BISHOP OF THE ARIANS, WHO SPREAD HIS BLASPHEMY IN AFRICA WHERE HE WAS WITH THE COUNT SEGISVULT.
SERMON XC.
[CXL. BEN.]
ON THE WORDS OF THE GOSPEL, JOHN XII. 44, HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, BELIEVETH NOT ON ME, BUT ON HIM THAT SENT ME. " AGAINST A CERTAIN EXPRESSION OF MAXIMINUS, A BISHOP OF THE ARIANS, WHO SPREAD HIS BLASPHEMY IN AFRICA WHERE HE WAS WITH THE COUNT SEGISVULT.
"(5) It is John's Gospel, hold it fast. "He Who sent Me, He gave Me a commandment what I should say, and what I should speak; and I know that His commandment is life everlasting." O that He would grant me to say what I wish I For my poverty and His abundance straiteneth me. "He," saith He, "gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak; and I know that His commandment is life everlasting." Search in the Epistle of this John the Evangelist for what he hath said of Christ. "Let us believe," he says, "His True Son Jesus Christ This is the True God and Everlasting Life."(1) What is, "The True God, and Everlasting Life "? The True Son of God is "the True God, and Everlasting Life." Why did He say, "On His True Son"? Because God hath many sons, therefore was He to be distinguished, by adding that He was the True Son. Not by simply saying that He is the Son; but by adding, as I have said, that He is the True Son; therefore He was to be distinguished, because of the many sons which God hath. For we are sons by grace, He by Nature. We made by the Father through Him; He Himself That Which the Father is; are we too That Which God is?
"(5) It is John's Gospel, hold it fast. "He Who sent Me, He gave Me a commandment what I should say, and what I should speak; and I know that His commandment is life everlasting." O that He would grant me to say what I wish I For my poverty and His abundance straiteneth me. "He," saith He, "gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak; and I know that His commandment is life everlasting." Search in the Epistle of this John the Evangelist for what he hath said of Christ. "Let us believe," he says, "His True Son Jesus Christ This is the True God and Everlasting Life."(1) What is, "The True God, and Everlasting Life "? The True Son of God is "the True God, and Everlasting Life." Why did He say, "On His True Son"? Because God hath many sons, therefore was He to be distinguished, by adding that He was the True Son. Not by simply saying that He is the Son; but by adding, as I have said, that He is the True Son; therefore He was to be distinguished, because of the many sons which God hath. For we are sons by grace, He by Nature. We made by the Father through Him; He Himself That Which the Father is; are we too That Which God is?
