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| Chapter CXXIV.—Christians are the sons of God.
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Chapter CXXIV.—Christians are the
sons of God.
And when I saw that they were perturbed
because I said that we are the sons of God, I anticipated their
questioning, and said, “Listen, sirs, how the Holy Ghost speaks of
this people, saying that they are all sons of the Highest; and how this
very Christ will be present in their assembly, rendering judgment to all
men. The
words are spoken by David, and are, according to
your version of them, thus: ‘God standeth in the congregation of
gods; He judgeth among the gods. How long do ye judge unjustly, and
accept the persons of the wicked? Judge for the orphan and the poor, and
do justice to the humble and needy. Deliver the needy, and save the poor
out of the hand of the wicked. They know not, neither have they
understood; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth
shall be shaken. I said, Ye are gods, and are all children of the Most
High. But ye die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Arise, O
God! judge the earth, for Thou shalt inherit all nations.’2433
But
in the version of the Seventy it is written, ‘Behold, ye die like
men, and fall like one of the princes,’2434
| 2434 In the text there is certainly no
distinction given. But if we read ὡς ἄνθρωπος
(כְּאָדָם), “as a
man,” in the first quotation we shall be able to follow
Justin’s argument. | in order to manifest the
disobedience of men,—I mean of Adam and Eve,—and the fall
of one of the princes, i.e., of him who was called the serpent, who fell
with a great overthrow, because he deceived Eve. But as my discourse is
not intended to touch on this point, but to prove to you that the Holy
Ghost reproaches men because they were made like God, free from suffering
and death, provided that they kept His commandments, and were deemed
deserving of the name of His sons, and yet they, becoming like Adam and
Eve, work out death for themselves; let the interpretation of the Psalm
be held just as you wish, yet thereby it is demonstrated that all men are
deemed worthy of becoming “gods,” and of having power to
become sons of the Highest; and shall be each by himself judged and
condemned like Adam and Eve. Now I have proved at length that Christ is
called God.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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