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Holy Jesus 48
As if to emphasize his humanity, Julian of Norwich of the Medieval Church (A.D. 1342 - 1416) addresses Jesus as "my sister and my mother." an unusual use of terms we do not associate with God the Son. Jesus, like the Holy Spirit, was described as pure and sinless, "therefore the child to be born will be called holy."1 He lived without sin and was not subject to evil. "I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me."2 Because Jesus is pure and holy he can claim to be the "Way," offering himself as a perfect example for people to follow. "I am the way, and the truth."3 By embodying purity, he authenticates his claim to be the Truth.
Because Jesus is pure and truly the holy God, he deserves our worship. "At the name of Jesus, every knee bows in heaven, on earth, and under the earth and every tongue confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord."4 The deity of Jesus is self authenticating. Lidden writes "The three aspects of the divine nature, denoted by the terms "Life, Love and Light" are attributed in St John's writings with abundant explicitness to the word made flesh." "The Light, the Love, the Life are the glory of the Word Incarnate which his disciples "beheld," pouring its rays through the veil of his human tabernacle."5
1 Luke 1.35 2 John 14.30 3 John 14.6 4 Colossians 1.15 5 Lidden p. 234-5. "The Divinity of our Lord and Savior."
"Jesus and the Holy Spirit as Brothers."
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