Section 4
human virtues of the Samaritan, but where in this parable do we see the divine attributes? The Lord's divine attributes are seen in the Samari tan's bringing the wounded one to an inn. "And on the next morning, taking out two denarii, he gave them to the innkeeper and said to him, Take care of him; and whatever you spend in addi tion, when I return, I will repay you" (10:35). Here we see something of the Lord's divine attri butes. Who besides God can do things in such an unexpected, unanticipated way? If this One were not God, how could He have spoken these words to the innkeeper? The Lord's doing the unexpected may be considered an expression of His divine attributes.
THE LORD'S WORD
TO THE THIEF
The Lord also acted in His human virtues with His divine attributes when He was on the cross. The thief said to Him, "Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom" (23:42). The Lord replied, "Truly I tell you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise" (v. 43). Here we see the human virtues expressing the divine attri butes. In the Lord's word to the thief we see not merely the human virtues, but also the divine