🎄 Merry Christmas from our Ministry Family to Yours! 🎄
As we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, we are filled with gratitude for each of you who walk alongside us in faith and support.
We will be taking a short break to spend time with our family and reflect on the true meaning of this season. During this time, we pray your homes are filled with peace, joy, and the love of Christ.
Thank you for being part of our ministry.
“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given…” – Isaiah 9:6
May Christ be the center in our homes and lives this Christmas!
Facing A New Threshold — Part 4
Do you realize that God calls everyone who has not made personal preparation for their own death or for the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ, an abject FOOL? While no one likes to think of this truth, notice Luke 12:16-20, "Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?' So he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.' But God said to him, 'FOOL! THIS NIGHT YOUR SOUL WILL BE REQUIRED OF YOU; then whose will those things be which you have provided?'"
This simpleton imagined that he would live life like a man who had won the lottery. He thought that this present physical existence consisted of nothing more than the pursuit after the acquisition and maintenance of wealth". Oh, he was continually involved in fervently seeking after the transitory things of this world. But he perpetually neglected to prepare for the heavenly things which alone have eternal value and spiritual significance!
If anyone continues to enter the days given to them in the tragic condition of "not being rich toward God," they manifest the futile reality that, like this man in Luke 12, they are spiritless and utterly self-centered. They are in grave danger of forfeiting their never-dying soul to be without hope forever. If an individual is not rich toward God, possessing the "imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ", they are entering into a new year in a perilous condition.
Dear reader, if you are not rich toward God, if you have not been miraculously graced with a "spiritual heart transplant". You are not rich toward God if you have not supernaturally entered into a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you are not rich toward God, through the indisputable evidence that you have entered into a vital union with the Lord Jesus Christ, and are not rich toward God, with an experiential communion with Christ, then friend, sadly, God declares that you are a DEFILED AND DESTITUTE FOOL!
Oh, you may have made judicious "financial arrangements" for the day of your death, so that your family will not be destitute; but have you entered into a saving knowledge and vital union with Jesus, or do you remain spiritually bankrupt? You may have made wise investments in the stock market, but have you been redeemed out of the SLAVE MARKET of sin?
What if God should say to you these words He spoke of in this parable, "Before nightfall, your soul will be required of you"? Are you prepared? Would you exit this world with a naked soul, which has never been clothed in the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, through repentance toward God and saving faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ? It would be a horrible way to enter into another year, being like the example Jesus describes as a PATHETIC FOOL, who is not ready to die!
Again, Jesus would use another parable to warn of these things in Matthew 25. Jesus said, "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were FOOLISH. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took NO OIL with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!' Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the FOOLISH said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready WENT IN WITH HIM to the wedding feast; and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' But he answered and said, 'Assuredly, I say to you, I DO NOT KNOW YOU.' Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Be prepared, do not delay, eternity awaits. The Son of Man, the Lord Jesus Christ, will come again.
Facing A New Threshold — Part 3
Let's continue to consider the distinct possibility of the 2nd coming of the Lord Jesus Christ or the possibility of our own demise in the upcoming year. As mentioned in the previous devotion, funerals are a reality in our lives, funerals of friends, acquaintances, or relatives. It is always a stark reminder that, barring the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to this earth, it will be one of us lying lifeless in the coffin, while someone else is preaching our funeral.
As we stand on the verge of entering a new year, it is wise to remember that this life is brief and uncertain. As in recent events in our lives, one can be in their 70s or 80s when death draws near. But we have also witnessed young people, teenagers, and early 20s just beginning their lives when they die from either illnesses or accidents. We have also seen the heartbreak of losing a child just a few months old. All of these are powerful reminders that we have, at our very best, a very temporary and transitory existence on this earth.
This transitory physical life will soon be gone, and then we will fly away! Job declared, "Our days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle. My life is but a breath!" Jacob once said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; FEW and evil have been the days of the years of my life." James correctly pointed out our foolish tendency toward carelessness when considering the brevity of the future, writing: "Life is but a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away."
The Word of God clearly states that not one of us knows how long the gift of breath will be given to us by the Sovereign Lord. Human life is very tenuous in relation to its temporary existence on this earth. As a matter of fact, our physical lives hang on a thread that would make a spider's web appear to be as thick as a rope! Your life is being held in the hand of a Sovereign and Omnipotent Lord God, your Creator. All the Lord has to do is cut that tiny thread, and you and I would depart the land of the living and immediately enter into eternity.
God's word exhorts all by warning, "Do not boast of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth." There have been three distinct occasions in recent years when suddenly I was faced with the real possibility of my own death! This is precisely why the emergency room is open 24 hours a day! None of us knows what tomorrow may bring. And you can be certain that a new year, even a new day, is manifestly uncertain. The entirety of life is not only brief; it is also intensely unsure, unclear, and uncertain.
On the other hand, death is the universal reality and an absolute certainty for the entire human race, as we have discussed in a previous devotion, "It is appointed unto men once to die." When a baby takes that 'first inhalation of air into those tiny lungs', there is one certain thing. It is an undeniable fact that the same baby, barring the 2nd coming of Christ, is going to one day take its last breath. As sure as someone recorded the record of that baby's birth, someone will likewise record the record of their death.
Acts 17 underscores the brevity of life and the certainty of death. For the passage reveals that, "GOD GIVES LIFE AND BREATH AND ALL THINGS to every human being." Friend, stop and take a deep breath right now. Every time that you take that breath, you can be assured that it is God who is giving you the very act of inhaling and exhaling. The very next breath you take is a gift from God, and the next, and the next.
Moreover, dear reader, you can be certain that there is a moment coming when God will give you the last inhalation and exhalation of your lungs and the last beat of your heart. It is a biblical reality that your physical life has an expiration date, and that expiration date may fall in this calendar year!
Consider the following truth: "For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away". For this precise reason, it is imperative to consider this question again in your consciousness: "Have you truly entered into a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ? Have you genuinely entered into a living union with the Lord Jesus?" Oh, dear friend, I realize this reality most would rather avoid thinking and talking about. But I would be remiss if I didn't warn you that there is no guarantee of what the new year holds for you.
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Facing A New Threshold — Part 2
"But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until THE DAY that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Watch therefore, for you do not know WHAT HOUR your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore, YOU ALSO BE READY, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect" (Matthew 24:37-44).
As we continue to consider the stark reality that, as we enter into the inception of a new year, each one of us MUST BE PREPARED for the distinct possibility of either 'our own death or the imminent return of the Lord Jesus'. The multitudes in Noah's Day were involved in all of life's normal human activities, eating, drinking, marrying, etc. Yet they continually rejected or neglected the pleadings of Noah, this godly preacher, who was heralding for them to repent and follow the Lord! Day after day, they refused to prepare for the wrath of the flood that was declared to be coming upon them.
Suddenly, the Day of the wrath of the flood consumed the vast multitudes of unprepared sinners, just as the Lord had warned. Only Noah and his immediate family entered INTO the ark of safety. However, the innumerable hoards of the unconverted failed to prepare for the coming of the wrath of God. Tragically, there was absolutely no opportunity to prepare after the door of the ark was shut!
Likewise, this coming year could bring the 'lightning swift' return of the Lord Jesus Christ! You must be prepared and primed for the second coming of the Son of Man. The Bible repeatedly proclaims that the only way to prepare for His coming is to get ready beforehand. For example, if you are walking through a city park and suddenly lightning strikes out of the clear blue, there is no time to prepare for that split-second bolt. In precisely the same manner, there will be no time to prepare at the instantaneous return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Furthermore, there will be no opportunity to get ready after He returns. For in an hour that you think not, the Son of Man comes. When He comes, all chance of preparedness is forever passed. This is precisely why you must give primary consideration to this question: "If the Lord Jesus Christ returned today, or in the coming new year, ARE YOU PREPARED AND PRIMED NOW! Have you entered into a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ? Have you committed your life INTO Christ Jesus the Lord? Have you truly entered into a living connectivity and vital union with Him?" Dear friend, not even one more hour is guaranteed by the Lord Jesus Christ, who holds your every breath in His hands. He could split the eastern sky at any instant.
Every individual has a never-dying soul, which will survive this body's demise. Your eternal soul will spend an endless period of time in either a glorious place of blessed bliss or a condemned prison of supernatural torment. You can be absolutely assured that there are no 2nd chances after your inevitable moment of death or the soon return of Christ.
Additionally, you can also bank on the truth that there will be no annihilation of your soul's existence. Adhere to these words of warning from 2 Thessalonians 1:7b-10a, "the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, WHEN HE COMES, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe." Be assured, dear reader, that if you do not cast your life on the grace and mercy of Jesus the Savior, He will crush you in eternal condemnation, as Jesus the Great White Throne Judge, for His Word and His holiness will stand firm.
THE INCARNATION OF THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD — Part 6
"This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief" (1 Timothy 1:15).
If we walked through our local city and asked, "What is the true meaning of the Christmas season?", we would receive some interesting answers. Some would say that Christmas is A SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR, in which we especially hope for peace in this world and goodwill among men (in merely the physical realm). Others might respond by saying that Christmas is A SOCIAL TIME OF THE YEAR, set aside for family gatherings, exchanges of gifts, and other festive parties. There would even be a segment of the population who would know that this celebration has something to do with A SIGNIFICANT TIME OF YEAR, which has been (mistakenly) signified as the day of the birth of the Christ-child. But if you ask the question, "Why did the Lord Jesus Christ come into this world?", you can be certain the answers would be appalling, ignorant, and shockingly superficial!
When we give careful attention to this verse in 1 Timothy, we discover the specific answer to the ultimate question: "Why did God the Son (who has eternally lived above time and space) step into time and space?" As I continue to seek to answer this essential question, be aware that I am not attempting to "PUT CHRIST BACK INTO the contemporary view of CHRISTMAS,"(which is unequivocally worldly, pagan, and thoroughly corrupt). The Holy Lord Jesus Christ would not desire to be attached to the majority version of Christmas.
However, this season does provide a wonderful opportunity to 'take opportunities and make opportunities' to proclaim the true reason that God the Son came to this fallen world. Friend, this verse explicitly sets forth the divine objective of the "coming of the Son of God and the Son of man, in that little town of Bethlehem."
Notice the beginning of the verse: "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance". First, may I state that you can be certain that the Word of God, as it is revealed in this verse, is absolutely reliable. This is an impeccably dependable statement from the God who cannot lie. Furthermore, I can personally attest that it confirms the experience of this saved sinner, who was once an agnostic, arrogant, argumentative rock-and-jazz drummer! However, friend, this Holy Child is not born to you, unless you are born from above, unto the Savior of sinners."
Then, Paul writes, "Christ Jesus CAME INTO THE WORLD". Notice closely that there are no sentimental notions about the Christmas season that are unveiled in this verse. When Paul uses the phrase "came into the world", he informs us that this 'Christmas truth' is a message of good news for every single person on this planet. But what was the overarching intention of the entrance of the sinless Son of God into this cesspool of sin and degradation? The apostle states the divine purpose so clearly and distinctly that no one can mistake its meaning, unless they are stubbornly and willfully blind. "He came into this fallen world to SAVE SINNERS"!
Jesus did not come just to display the supreme example of humility and selflessness, so that if one followed Christ's example, they would become better people, and the world would be a better place. Oh no, friend! Christ Jesus came into the world, SINNERS TO SAVE! We must never separate the reality of Jehovah God the Son coming to this earth and the needy sinners that He came to save.
Remember that "Christ Jesus did not come into the world to help you save yourself! Salvation never comes to a sinner through means of Jesus plus human works; Jesus plus human ceremony; or Jesus plus any human performance of any kind. Salvation comes by grace alone; through penitent faith alone; in the Lord Jesus Christ alone! No one can self-create a robe of self-righteousness, which is capable of covering the nakedness of their sinfulness before the God of pristine holiness! The Word of God declares, "the best of your human righteousness’s are as filthy rags to a perfectly Holy God."
Furthermore, the verse does not say that Christ Jesus came into the world to give you a little boost toward salvation, and you must do the rest. If a sinner would deceive himself with that brand of foolish thinking, he would have 'one foot standing on the Rock of Ages and the other foot wavering in sinking sand'! The Word of God clearly calls on every sinner to "repent of their sins and to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and they shall be saved". Dear reader, this alone is the true reason for the season! "Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners"!
THE INCARNATION OF THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD — Part 5
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich” (2 CORINTHIANS 8:9).
We have observed the ETERNAL WEALTH of the eternal Son of God. We have also been gazing at the TEMPORAL POVERTY of the eternal Son of God. Friends, Jesus Christ is the Eternal Word. He is both the Creator and Sustainer of all of His creation. He is the One who upholds all things by the word of His power. But in the majestic mystery of Christmas, we should be supremely celebrating the biblical truth that the everlasting King of the universe was conceived as both the Son of God and the Son of Man, in the womb of the virgin maiden. The 2nd person of the Godhead took to Himself a human soul and a human body, while remaining the Son of God.
The infinite and eternal God, the Son, voluntarily took on a true humanity for the purpose of seeking and saving lost sinners. He came in the likeness of sinful flesh, and yet, He never sinned. As a matter of fact, the scriptures proclaim that He was a friend of sinners, while maintaining no personal acquaintance with any sin at any time. He walked among sinners, but remained holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners (even while living and ministering in the midst of this cesspool of sin). Yet, the Lord Jesus possessed a body that was fully susceptible to weakness, weariness, sickness, loneliness, the extremes of pain, and ultimately the death of the Cross; all the while, possessing the fullness of the inherent dignity of Deity! Oh, the mysterious and majestic wonder of the humiliation of the incarnation of the eternal Son of God.
The everlasting Lord and God so identified with His needy people that He set aside the glory of His royal heavenly garments to walk on this earth as the Son of Man. He assumed the continual posture of unconditional submission to God the Father, while fully depending on Him. There were times when the glory of His full Deity would shine through, as on the Mount of Transfiguration. Moreover, Jesus performed countless signs and miracles that validated His glorious Person as God the Son. However, He walked and served in a position of total dependence on God the Father, absolute submission to God the Father, and continually moved along by God the Holy Spirit, who was perfectly and continuously abiding in Him!
Additionally, ‘His becoming poor’, involved His voluntary submission to the reality of presenting Himself as the sinless, substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of His bride. Jesus would become so identified with His people (that He came to save from their sins), that what He accomplished on their behalf (in his sinless life and substitutionary death) would be reckoned by God as being done by them! As scripture testifies, “God the Father made God the Son, who knew no sin, to be sin for every sinner who will repent and believe the Gospel. So that every sinner, who would repent and believe the Gospel, would become the righteousness of God, in union with the Son!
It was the Lord Jesus Christ who lived a perfectly righteous life (one that His people could never have lived). Then, in the blackness of the darkness of Calvary, it was the Lord Jesus Christ who suffered the equivalent of an eternity of the just wrath of God (which His people deserved to receive). God the Son accomplished this tremendous work, so that all of His people’s sins could be placed on His account; and His perfect righteousness (which He alone wrought out in His impeccable righteous life) could be placed on His bride’s account.
Furthermore, what the King accomplished (in becoming accursed on behalf of His people) took away the curse of the law, which His bride should have endured forever in hell. This is the reason for the season, dear friend! This is the humiliation of ‘His becoming poor”, while continuing to be rich!
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THE INCARNATION OF THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD — Part 4
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich” (2 CORINTHIANS 8:9).
In the past three devotions, we have gloried in the ETERNAL WEALTH OF GOD THE SON. We have considered the TEMPORAL POVERTY of GOD THE SON. So then, this brings us to a vital question: “What was God’s ultimate purpose in all of these amazing realities?”
First consider, “The mystery of the impoverishment of God the Son, in the humiliation of His incarnation, was accomplished for the glory of God and for the spiritual and eternal enrichment of ‘repenting and believing sinners’”! God the Son walked through this inconceivable impoverishment of the humiliation of His miraculous birth; His sinless life; His substitutionary death; and then His glorious resurrection and ascension to purchase the redemption of the “love gift of spiritually impoverished sinners” which God the Father had given to Him! Consequently, from this glory of His saving work, this “love gift” would be blessed with the eternal riches of salvation in union with Him.
Friends, the treasure of these true spiritual riches of salvation could only be accomplished by the impoverishment of God the Son! It was the voluntary impoverishment of the eternal Son of God would procure the pardon of all of our sins; the gift of an imputed righteousness; the gift of the Holy Spirit; the title of being an heir of God and a joint heir of Jesus Christ; the pledge of eternal life; and an infinite amount of other spiritual blessings in the heavenly places! This (and this alone) is the essence of genuine wealth!
If a sinner has come into personal acquisition of the spiritual treasures purchased by Jesus’ voluntary impoverishment, then that individual is TRULY AFFLUENT INDEED! On the other hand, a person may possess all of the temporary riches that this passing world has to offer; however, they are in the condition of utter spiritual bankruptcy if they have not been genuinely born-again. If they have not entered into a personal possession of the wealth of salvation that is experienced and enjoyed in the Person and the work of Jesus Christ ALONE, they are impoverished!
Recall, Paul was writing these words to a church residing in the midst of a thoroughly corrupted culture, not unlike the utter depravity of our present, collapsing culture. It was a society that looked to all manner of idolatries, immoralities, iniquities, possessions, and pleasures of this fallen world system as its standard of wealth. Corinth was a culture that was totally given over to the debauchery of sensual enjoyment, perverted pleasures, and all manner of worldly amusements and acquisitions. But the Word of God declares that true riches do not come through abandoning yourself to worldly sensualities and hedonistic pursuits of more of the temporary stuff of this fallen world system. True riches only come through entering into the personal possession of a ‘saving knowledge of God the Father and God the Son’!
As we come into this season of the celebration of the incarnation of God the Son, can you definitely say that you are in personal possession of eternal life, which only the impoverishment of the Son of God could purchase? Have you truly entered into a saving knowledge of the One who became indescribably poor, so that sinners could become incomprehensibly rich? Have you been justified before a Holy Lord God? Do you have peace with God? Are you in possession of the precious riches of the total forgiveness of all of your sins (past, present, and future sins)? Have you entered into possession of the infinite riches of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ?
Dear reader, why did Jesus, who knew the eternal glory of perfect fellowship with His Father, set aside the glories of His heavenly garments and take on the form of a Man, even the form of a slave? What would God the Son stand to gain from leaving the perfect worship of the heavenly hosts? Why would He voluntarily enter into this fallen world? Verse 9 declares, “FOR YOUR SAKE”, Jesus became poor! So that a poor and needy sinner, like you and I, might become everlastingly rich in eternal salvation!
THE INCARNATION OF THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD — Part 3
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich" (2 CORINTHIANS 8:9).
Today, let's continue to consider THE TEMPORARY POVERTY OF GOD THE SON as the SON OF MAN. It was actually the time period between His incarnation and His ascension that The Word of God has described explicitly as 'Jesus' period of humiliation. Even at this moment, Jesus is the eternal GOD-MAN seated at the right hand of God the Father. The ascended and reigning Lord remains to be fully God and FULLY MAN, as He rules on His throne. However, He is no longer in a state of voluntary humiliation. He is 'forever existing' in a condition of majestic exaltation, as 'GOD and MAN' in glory! So we must not confuse His temporary impoverishment of 'taking on the form of a slave" with His eternal position of exaltation as the "GOD MAN in GLORY". We must understand that the phrase, "He became poor," is describing His humanity in a temporary condition of voluntary humiliation for our sakes.
Briefly, allow me to explain this majestic truth with a human analogy. Think for a moment of a glorious earthly King, who is ruling and reigning on His national throne. This King is the rightful heir of his earthly kingdom. He rules and reigns in absolute and universal authority upon his throne. He maintains unlimited access to all of the power and privileges of His rulership. This monarch possesses an unfettered exercise of His royal rights as the Sovereign of His kingdom. However, this King hears of a people within His kingdom engulfed in dominating, debilitating poverty. This King understands that He is the only one who can compassionately come to their aid. He must enter into their impoverished condition. He must voluntarily take a personal leave of absence from His sovereign throne. Naturally, no one else is qualified to reign on His throne, while He is temporarily absent.
Furthermore, no one is able to depose the King in His absence. So, He continually maintains His preeminent position as the Sovereign King of the kingdom. But wonder of all wonders, He chooses to set aside His royal robes voluntarily, and temporarily clothe Himself in the rags of a beggar, who is living in abject poverty. Of course, the King's garments are still in His possession, for no one else is certified to wear them. Most certainly, those garments will be awaiting Him, the very moment He returns to His throne, to be seated once again.
This majestic King voluntarily leaves the glories of His throne to visit his people, who are in the bondage of abject impoverishment. This magnificent and majestic King personally identifies with the complete beggary of His people. Autonomously, he places himself in the position of a bankrupt beggar, BECOMING INDESCRIBABLY POOR, WHILE BEING INFINITELY RICH!' Do not forget that His majestic throne continues to be in His full possession. The King's royal garments remain in his complete custody. In every sense, he is still the unrivaled King of His kingdom. Yet, He who is boundlessly rich, temporarily takes the position of the utter poverty of a slave.
Subsequently, upon fully accomplishing His rescue mission, the King exits this condition of abject poverty to return to His unrivaled position of the reigning King. Remember, this is a position he had never relinquished. However, after perfectly fulfilling his great rescue mission, this King assumed a NEW DIMENSION of the incredible regality of His royal reign!
Oh, dear reader, the Word of God declares that, "Great is the mystery of godliness, that God was made manifest in the flesh." He who was eternally and incredibly rich, in all of the glories of His Deity, became indescribably poor in a voluntary and temporary humiliation; while remaining eternally rich in His Deity."