5 Comparisons Between God & Christ.
1) God is omniscient:
God knows all things.He knows the hearts andthoughts ofmen.He knows the past and the future.He knows the num-ber ofgrains of sand,and the number ofthe stars.There is nothing He does not know.
Christ is omniscient:
Only God can rightly be worshiped.“For you shall worship no other god:for the LORD,whose name is Jealous,is a jealous God”(Exodus 34:14).Whenever a man was worshiping another man,he was immediately rebuked:“And as Peter was coming in,Cornelius methim,and fell down at his feet,and worshiped him.But Peter took him up,saying,Stand up;I myself also am a man”(Acts 10:25,26).See also Acts14:11–15 where Paul refuses worship.Even the angels refuse worship ofmen:“I fell down to worship before the feet ofthe angel which showed methese things.Then said he to me,See you do it not:for I am your fellow-servant,and ofyour brethren the prophets,and ofthem which keep thesayings ofthis book:worship God”(Revelation 22:8,9).
Christ is worshiped:
He was worshiped by the wise men:“And when they were come intothe house,they saw the young child with Mary his mother,and felldown,and worshiped him”(Matthew 2:11).
Only God can forgive sin,because all sin is against aholy God.No man can truly forgive sin.“Who can forgive sins but Godonly?”(Mark 2:7).
Christ forgives sin:
“When Jesus saw their faith,he said unto the sick ofthe palsy,Son,your sins be forgiven you”(Mark 2:5).
Christ saves:
1) God is omniscient:
God knows all things.He knows the hearts andthoughts ofmen.He knows the past and the future.He knows the num-ber ofgrains of sand,and the number ofthe stars.There is nothing He does not know.
Christ is omniscient:
- “But Jesus did not commit himselfto them,because he knew all men,and needed not that any should testify ofman:for he knew what wasin man”(John 2:24,25).
- He knew the whereabouts of Nathaniel:“Nathaniel said to him,Where do you know me from? Jesus answered and said to him,Before Philip called you,when you were under the fig tree,I saw you”(John 1:48).
- He knew the plot of Judas:“Jesus answered them,Have not I chosen you twelve,and one ofyou is a devil? He spoke of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon”(John 6:70,71).
- He knew the heart ofthe Pharisees:“And Jesus knew their thoughts”(Matthew 12:25).“But when Jesus perceived their thoughts”(Luke5:22).“But he knew their thoughts”(Luke 6:8).
- He knew the history ofthe Samaritan woman (John 4:16–29).
Only God can rightly be worshiped.“For you shall worship no other god:for the LORD,whose name is Jealous,is a jealous God”(Exodus 34:14).Whenever a man was worshiping another man,he was immediately rebuked:“And as Peter was coming in,Cornelius methim,and fell down at his feet,and worshiped him.But Peter took him up,saying,Stand up;I myself also am a man”(Acts 10:25,26).See also Acts14:11–15 where Paul refuses worship.Even the angels refuse worship ofmen:“I fell down to worship before the feet ofthe angel which showed methese things.Then said he to me,See you do it not:for I am your fellow-servant,and ofyour brethren the prophets,and ofthem which keep thesayings ofthis book:worship God”(Revelation 22:8,9).
Christ is worshiped:
He was worshiped by the wise men:“And when they were come intothe house,they saw the young child with Mary his mother,and felldown,and worshiped him”(Matthew 2:11).
- He was worshiped by the leper:“And behold,there came a leper andworshiped him”(Matthew 8:2).
- He was worshiped by the ruler:“While he spoke these things to them,behold,there came a certain ruler,and worshiped him”(Matthew 9:18).
- He was worshiped by the angels:“And again,when he brought in thefirst begotten into the world,he said,And let all the angels ofGod wor-ship him”(Hebrews 1:6).There are many other examples ofpeople worshiping Christ.At notime did He rebuke them.He accepted their worship.
Only God can forgive sin,because all sin is against aholy God.No man can truly forgive sin.“Who can forgive sins but Godonly?”(Mark 2:7).
Christ forgives sin:
“When Jesus saw their faith,he said unto the sick ofthe palsy,Son,your sins be forgiven you”(Mark 2:5).
- “And he said to her,Your sins are forgiven”(Luke 7:48).4) God creates:Only God can truly create.To form something where be-fore was nothing takes an act ofGod.Man can refashion or reform some-thing that already exists,but only God can create.Christ creates:
- “For by him were all things created,that are in heaven,and that are inearth,visible and invisible,whether they be thrones,or dominions,orprincipalities,or powers:all things were created by him,and for him”(Colossians 1:16).
- “All things were made by him;and without him was not anything madethat was made”(John 1:3).5)
Christ saves:
- “For the Son ofman is come to save that which was lost”(Matthew18:11).
- “For the Son ofman is not come to destroy men’s lives,but to savethem”(Luke 9:56).
- “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;butthat the world through him might be saved”(John 3:17).
- “Ifany man hear my words,and believe not,I judge him not:for Icame not to judge the world,but to save the world”(John 12:47).