An old believer in Germany had involved himself in an argument with a Unitarian (those who believe that Christ is not God and was only a man like other men.) He was not making much headway in the argument, but as they both waited for an incoming train, a third man approached and joined himself in the debate. “Oh,” said the stranger, when he heard the question under review, “there is one verse of scripture among many that settles that viewpoint for me.” “What is that?” asked the others. “Second Corinthians chapter 8 verse 9,” said he: “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.”
“Well,” said the Unitarian, “I don't see that that has anything to do with the question of Christ simply being a man like other men.” “But, when was He rich?” asked the third man. “Was he rich when He was born in a stable and cradled in a manger? Was he rich when He had to say, 'The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath not where to lay His head.'”
The old believer's face lit up: “I know when He was rich!” he exclaimed; “ know when He was rich!” The Unitarian quickly tried to change the subject, and as the third man's train moved out of the station he could see, through the window, the old believer still challenging his opponent: “Tell me, then; when was He rich? When was He rich?” Only in His pre-incarnate glory was He rich; when He enjoyed that glory which He had with the Father from before the worlds were made.
This Page Title – The Eternal Son of God The Wicket Gate Magazine "A Continuing Witness". Internet Edition number 82 – placed on line January 2010 Magazine web address – www.wicketgate.co.uk |