Grudem On the Person of Christ-
Jesus claims the power to lay down his life and take it up again in another passage in John’s gospel: “For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father” (John 10:17–18). Here Jesus speaks of a power no other human being has had—the power to lay down his own life and the power to take it up again. Once again, this is an indication that Jesus possessed the divine attribute of immortality. Similarly, the author of Hebrews says that Jesus “has become a priest, not according to a legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power of an indestructible life” (Heb. 7:16).
Grudem, W. A. (2004). Systematic theology: an introduction to biblical doctrine (p. 549). Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House.
Jesus claims the power to lay down his life and take it up again in another passage in John’s gospel: “For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father” (John 10:17–18). Here Jesus speaks of a power no other human being has had—the power to lay down his own life and the power to take it up again. Once again, this is an indication that Jesus possessed the divine attribute of immortality. Similarly, the author of Hebrews says that Jesus “has become a priest, not according to a legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power of an indestructible life” (Heb. 7:16).
Grudem, W. A. (2004). Systematic theology: an introduction to biblical doctrine (p. 549). Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House.
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