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language fall from the lips of a finite being? “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God?.” Mat. 4: 4. Deut. 8: 3.

He said, “I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me, shall never die.” John 11: 25, 26. “If ye believe not that I am, ye shall die in your sins.” 8: 24. Did ever finite man speak thus? “O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established.” 2 Chron. 20: 20. “A fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel, because they believed not in God and trusted not in His salvation.” Ps. 78: 22.

Jesus spake unto His disciples, saying, “all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things which I have commanded you: and Lo! I am with you all the days, until the consummation of the age. Amen.” Mat. 28: 18, 19, 20. And again: “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” 18: 20.

Now all power in heaven and earth is plainly the attribute of Omnipotence,—an attribute which is