CHAPTER III. 

 THE EARTHLY LIFE OF JESUS, THE CHRIST. 



THE GOD INCARNATE THE GOSPELS THE CHURCH A 



WITNESS OF HIS LIFE AND WORK. 



In speaking of the earthly life of the Saviour, we 

 are reminded of that which can never be described 

 by men : — His existence as God from all eternity. 



Although there was a time when the second Per- 

 son of the Trinity became incarnate, became man, 

 we must never forget that He was in the begin- 

 ning with God, and He was God. 



It is hard too to separate between the two natures 

 which He possessed after He took upon Him our 

 nature. He was perfectly God, and perfectly man. 

 There was no mixture or confusion of these two 

 natures, and yet men looked upon but one being. 

 They walked and talked with Him, saw Him grow 

 weary and sleep, saw Him subjected to death, and 

 yet they also saw Him control the elements, heal 

 diseases, raise the dead, and return to life Himself 



In other words, while they looked upon His man- 

 hood, they also saw flashes of His Divinity. His 



