same sense and to the same extent that God possesses them. The point we are making may be stated as a paradox: No one is exactly like God; yet Jesus is exactly like God. That no one is like God is a major theme of the Old Testament (Exod. 8:10; 9:14; 15:11; 2 Sam. 7:22; 1 Kings 8:23; 1 Chron. 17:20; Ps. 86:8; Isa. 40:18, 25; 44:7; 46:5, 9; Jer. 10:6–7; Mic. 7:18). Most of these passages in context are arguing that there are no gods like the Lord God. (That no human beings are like God is occasionally
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