There is a corruption of religion whenever a corporeal form is ascribed to God, or whenever statues and pictures form a part of his worship. For so innate in us is superstition, that the least occasion will infect us with its contagion. The Apostle not only condemns idolatry, but commands us to beware of all images and idols by which he intimates, that the worship of God cannot continue uncorrupted and pure whenever men begin to be in love with idols or images. 1:1, 20:28), so we should not be surprised to find a strong statement of the deity of Christ at the end of his first epistle. John has strong statements of the deity of Jesus Christ at both the beginning and end of his gospel (Jn. The only redeemer of Gods elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever (Westminster Shorter Catechism). in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds God of God, light of light, very God of very God begotten not made, being one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made (Nicene Creed). The church has always taught that Jesus Christ is God in human flesh.

Here is one of the strongest statements in the word of God concerning the deity of Christ. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Text: ∺nd we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ.

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