"And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to
thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my
face thou shalt die . . . And Moses said, Thus saith the
LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from
the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even
unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the
mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. And there shall be a
great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there
was none like it, nor shall be like it any more."
(Exodus 10:28, 11:4-6, KJV)

Just for the sake of argument, what if we were to hold a
trial in order to prove, or in the case of our enemies, to
disprove, the validity of the Divine Origin and unique
Sonship of Jesus Christ? Naturally, the best witnesses we
could find would be those who have firsthand knowledge of
the events surrounding this Man's life. With this in mind, I
have assembled some firsthand witnesses who are willing to
come to the defense of He who has dared to call Himself the
Son of God. Of course, we know that the Lord doesn't really
need anyone to come to His defense; but this is an imaginary
trial to simply prove a point.

Before calling the 'Accused' to the witness stand, let's
open the case by turning our attention to the first Defense
Witness. Our First Witness carries a lot of Authority, and
also has a tremendous amount of Influence on this world. I
seriously doubt that the Prosecuting Attorney, that is, A.G.
Satan, will want to cross-examine this particular Witness.
Unfortunately, this Witness felt that it was in our best
interest that He didn't make a Personal Appearance, as it
would have been too overwhelming for us mere humans. Thus,
instead, He has left this court with His Written Testimony
which He has asked us to share with you. His first piece of
evidence is the following: During Jesus' water baptism by
John, three of the Gospel writers recorded the Words of our
First Witness in the following events:

"And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased."
(Matthew 3:17, KJV)

"And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
(Mark 1:11, KJV)

"And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove
upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art
my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased."
(Luke 3:22, KJV)

You will recall that one of the requirements of the Law is
that for a thought to be valid, it must be established in
the mouth of two or three witnesses. As can be seen, these
statements, made by three different individuals, agree
perfectly with each other; thus, there can be no doubt that
they are valid testimony and can be admitted as evidence in
this case. Let us continue now by examining some additional
remarks provided by our First Witness. When Jesus took
Peter, James and John up into a high mountain alone and was
transfigured before them, we also find these three same
Gospel writers recording the following Words from our First
Witness:

"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him."
(Matthew 17:5, KJV)

"And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice
came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear
him."
(Mark 9:7, KJV)

"And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my
beloved Son: hear him."
(Luke 9:35, KJV)

An undetermined number of years later, the Apostle Peter
referred back to the above event in his second Epistle. In
recalling this wonderful experience, which undoubtedly
affected Him for the rest of his life, he wrote as follows:

"For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when
there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
(2 Peter 1:17, KJV)

This is the second powerful testimony which has now been
confirmed in the mouth of three witnesses. Just like the
previous one, it comes down straight from The Top; as such,
there is absolutely no reason why it should not also be
admitted to this court as valid testimony. Thus far, this
man, Jesus Christ, seems to be exactly who He claims to be;
that is, the Son of God. For those of you sitting up in the
balconies, it appears that the Prosecuting Attorney, A.G.
Satan, has suddenly been afflicted with a severe case of the
courtroom jitters. Could it be that he already sees his case
falling apart? For those jury members who foolishly wish to
dismiss these statements as being pure fabrications made by
our First Witness, He wisely foresaw this possibility ahead
of time, and thus left the following admonitions for your
consideration:

"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of
man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not
do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"
(Numbers 23:19, KJV)

"God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as
it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy
sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged."
(Romans 3:4, KJV)

"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;"
(Titus 1:2, KJV)

"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it."
(John 8:44, KJV)

"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?
He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son."
(1 John 2:22, KJV)

"He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in
himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar;
because he believeth not the record that God gave of his
Son."
(1 John 5:10, KJV)

"If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and
his word is not in us."
(1 John 1:10, KJV)

With our most powerful Witness having now presented His
Evidence, there appears to be little doubt in the jury box
that Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of God. At this point in
the trial, it doesn't seem likely that any of the jurors are
going to accuse Him of being a liar. As the Apostle Paul
wrote, they all seem to be fully persuaded that these things
are so:

". . . Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind."
(Romans 14:5, KJV)

This isn't making A.G. Satan very happy in the least. While
he is doing his best to try to convince the jurors that the
First Witness has lied to them, clearly, only a fool would
be so stupid as to make such an accusation against Him.
Sadly, there are indeed some people today who not only deny
the existence of the Son of God, but they also reject the
existence of His Father as well. Even during the time of
King David this condition existed. It is for this reason
that he wrote in his fourteenth Psalm:

". . . The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is
none that doeth good."
(Psalms 14:1b, KJV)

For our next witness, we will bring the 'Accused' to the
stand. Concerning His own relationship to His Father, Jesus
is recorded as having said the following in the four
Gospels:

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through him
might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God."
(John 3:16-18, KJV)

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now
is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God:
and they that hear shall live."
(John 5:25, KJV)

"Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent
into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the
Son of God?"
(John 10:36, KJV)

"When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto
death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might
be glorified thereby."
(John 11:4, KJV)

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