It was before the ecclesiastical court, the great Sanhedrin
in Himself, and has given to his Son to have life in himself"', and to be the life of the world.
If He be the son of the living God, He is of the same nature with Him; and though His divine nature was now veiled with the cloud of flesh yet there were those who looked through it and saw His glory, "the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth"'.
12. CHRIST CONFIRMS PETER'S CONFESSION
It was before the ecclesiastical court, the great Sanhedrin itself, that Christ confirmed publicly the claim Peter here makes for Him (cf. Mark xiv. 62). When He was asked whether He was the Christ, He confessed and denied not that He was. The question was, ''Art thou the Son of the Blessed?''—that is, the Son of God. The Jews, when they named God, generally added—blessed for ever; and thence the Blessed is the title of God—a peculiar titlkk—and applied to Christ (Rom. ix. 5). For. proof of His being the Son of God He binds them over to His second coming, ''Ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power'—that Son of man that now appears so mean and despicable, whom you see and trample upon (Isa. lili. 2, 3), you shall shortly see and tremble before.
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SERMON OUTLINE
CHRIST
Tue Divine MIssIoN OF THE MeEssiAH (Isa. xi.) (a) As Preacher (6) As Healer (c) As Deliverer (d) As Comforter (e) As Planter
THE REDEMPTIVE SUFFERINGS OF THE MESSIAH (Isa. liii.)
(a) The Unexpectedness of the Sufferings (i) A root out of a dry ground (ii) No form nor comeliness (iii) A Man of Sorrows (5) The Nature of the Sufferings (i) He had griefs and sorrows (ii) He had blows and bruises (iii) He had wounds and stripes (iv) He was wronged and abused (v) He was judged and imprisoned (vi) He was cut off by an untimely death (c) The Purpose of the Sufferings (i) Christ suffered in our stead (ii) Christ suffered to make satisfaction for sins THE KInGLy ROLE OF THE MEssIAH (Zech. ix.) (a) The Character of Christ's Kingship (6) The Glory of Christ's Kingship (c) The Benefits of Christ's Kingship