Waggoner on the Gospel of John - Ellet J. Waggoner

epresented God to man, that God might in Him
exhibit His idea of a man.
The one who rules is the one to judge. Man is
rightful lord of this earth, and therefore he is the
one to whom judgment is necessarily committed.
"The saints shall judge the world." (1 Cor. 6:2)
"Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing
aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God
be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their
hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and
punishments upon the people; to bind their kings
with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; to
execute upon them the judgment written; this
honour have all His saints." (Ps. 149:5-9) But they
have this power only when as sons of men they are
also sons of God. In Christ, through the eternal
Spirit, we become the sons of God as surely as we
are now the sons of our parents, and are heirs of
His goodness as surely as we by nature inherit the
traits of our earthly fathers. Through the exceeding
great and precious promises of God we become
"partakers of the Divine nature." (2 Peter 1:4) "As
many as received Him, to them gave He power to
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