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| Chapter IV. He brings forward other testimonies to the same view.
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Chapter IV.
He brings forward other testimonies to the same
view.
If you would know how
admirably the Apostle preached this, hear how this utterance was put
into his mouth; as if from the mouth of God Himself, as the Lord says:
“For God sent not His Son into the world to judge the world, but
that the world might be saved through Him.”2452
For lo, as you see, the Lord Himself
affirms that He was sent by God the Father to save mankind. But if you
think that it ought to be shown still more clearly, what Son God sent
to save men,—though God’s own and only begotten can only be
one, and when God is said to have sent His Son, He is certainly shown
to have sent His only begotten Son,—yet hear the prophet David
pointing out with the utmost clearness Him who was sent for the
salvation of Men. “He sent,” said he, “His Word and
healed them.”2453
Can you twist
this so as to refer it to the flesh as if you could say that a mere man
was sent by God to heal mankind? You certainly cannot, for the prophet
David and all the holy Scriptures would cry out against you, saying,
“He sent His Word and healed them.” You see then, that the
Word was sent to heal men, for though healing was given through Christ,
yet the Word of God was in Christ, and healed all things through
Christ: and so since Christ and the Word were united in the mystery of
the Incarnation, Christ and the Word of God became one Son of God in
either substance. And when the Apostle John was anxious to state this
clearly, he said “God sent His Son to be the Saviour of the
world.”2454
Do you see how
he joined together God and man in an union that cannot be severed? For
Christ who was born of Mary is without the slightest doubt called
Saviour, as it is said, “For to you is born this day a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord.”2455
But here he
calls the very Word of God, which was sent, a Saviour, saying:
“God sent his Son to be the Saviour of the
world.”E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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