Thomas's Confession

Pastor Martin gives the simple statement of the biblical doctrine of Christ's person from the Shorter Catechism (truly God, truly man, two distinct natures united in one person forever), traces how the Athanasian Creed and Chalcedon articulated this confession in response to heresy, and then begins the biblical basis by expounding the first category of texts — those that explicitly designate Christ as God. He handles John 1:1, John 20:28, and Romans 9:5, pressing the conclusion that only one clear witness is needed to prove Christ's deity and calling hearers to fall with Thomas before their Lord and God.

The final demonstration from the third group of witnesses to Christ's deity: He performs the work of raising the dead and executing final judgment, a work only God can perform. Pastor Martin expounds John 5:17-29 as the central passage, shows how all the resurrection and judgment texts attribute to Christ the power to raise the dead by a word, the omniscience to judge secret deeds and thoughts in their full context, and the omnipotence to execute the sentence. He closes with solemn warning to the impenitent and blessed assurance for believers who are acquitted by the Judge who bore their hell.