a blasphemer, He did not retract. Paul and Barnabas and John the Baptist confessed they were neither gods nor Christ. Though His words were a scandal to the Jews and a stumbling-block to the Gentiles, yet Christ did not recall them. Before Caiphas, when on trial for His life, He declared His divinity. Did He not die on the cross for it, and to prove it? And can I do less than, like the centurion,( confess that verily this was the Son of God?
Brethren, not only did Christ assert His divinity; He also proved it by His miracles. " Though you believe not Me," He said, "believe My works." He changed water into wine; He multiplied the loaves and fishes; He commanded the winds and the sea; He healed diseases humanly incurable, and raised the dead to life. No man, whatever his mission in this world, has since or before enjoyed such power. Miracles have been wrought before Christ and after Christ but, on analysis, you will find all were effected in the name or by the power of Jesus. The power of miracles is peculiarly an attribute of God. Nor is there room for doubt as to the reliability of their chroniclers, as the New Testament is a history compiled by eye-witnesses that has for nineteen hundred years braved every critical assault. And if its narrative is worthy of credit why not, also, its positive assertions,? If I believe the evangelist recounting Christ's lowliness, why mistrust him extolling Christ's greatness? He is but a helpless babe, but the angels around and above Him sing " Glory to God in the highest." Humble Simeon and Anna
