Refutation of the Divinity of Christ — Page 34
34 Consider Matthew 10:40: ‘He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. ’ And in Luke 9:48 we have: ‘Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me. ’ And in Luke 10:16 we have: ‘He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. ’ And in Matthew 25:35–36 we have: ‘For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. ’ In verse 24 of Chapter 3 of the First Epistle of John, the matter of these equivocal verses has been resolved very well and those who call or consider Christ to be God have been reformed where it is said: ‘And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us. ’ And in the First Epistle of John 4:13 we have: ‘We dwell in him, and he in us. ’ Their Eighth Argument— Fatherless Birth of Christ THE Eighth ARGUMENT— In favour of the Divinity of Christ is his fatherless birth. Rebuttal— This argument is extremely weak and most certainly