(I) Exaltation of Jesus Christ as Lord
The Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, having by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; angels and principalities and powers having been made subject unto Him. And having been made both Lord and Christ, He sent the Holy Ghost that we, in the name of Jesus, might bow our knees and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father until the end, when the Son shall become subject to the Father that God may be all in all. Heb.1: 3; 1 Peter 3:22; Acts 2:32-36; Rom. 14:11: 1 Cor. 15:24-28.

j) Equal Honor to the Father and to the Son
Wherefore, since the Father has delivered all judgment unto the Son, it is not only the express duty of all in heaven and on earth to bow the knee, but it is an unspeakable joy in the Holy Ghost to ascribe unto the Son all the attributes of Deity, and to give Him all the honor and the glory contained in all the names and titles of the Godhead except those which express relationship (see paragraphs b, c. and d). and thus honor the Son even as we honor the Father. John 5:22. 23; 1 Peter Rev. 5:6-14; Phil. 2:8, 9: Rev. 7:9. 10; 4:8-11.

3. The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare:
(a) His virgin birth (Matt; 1:23; 1:31, 35).
(b) His sinless life (Heb. 7:26; 1 Peter |2:22).
(c) His miracles (Acts 2:22; 10:38).
(d) His substitutionary work on the cross
(1 Cor. 15:3; 2 Cor. 5:21).
(e) His bodily resurrection from the dead
(Matt. 28:6; Luke 24:39; 1 Cor. 15:4).
(f) His exaltation to the right hand of God (Acts 1:9, 11; 2:33; Phil. 2:9; Heb. 1:3).

4. The Fall of Man
Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God (Gen. 1:26, 27; 2:17; 3:6; Rom. 5:12-19).

5. The Salvation of Man
Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

(a) Conditions to Salvation
Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus
Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life (Luke 24:47; John 3:3; Rom. 10:13-15; Eph. 2:8; Titus 2:11; 3:5-7).

(b) The Evidences of Salvation
The inward evidence of salvation is the 3S direct witness of the Spirit (Romans 8:16). The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness - and true holiness (Eph. 4:24; Titus 2:12).

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