159. The following passages from the Word show that only the Lord possesses life.

I am the resurrection and the life. All who believe in me will live even though they die. (John 11:25)

I am the way, the truth, and the life. (John 14:6)

God was the Word: in him was life, and the life was our light. (John 1:1, 4)

The Word here is the Lord.

As the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. (John 5:26)

The following passages show that we are led and taught by the Lord alone.

Without me you cannot do anything. (John 15:5)

No one can undertake anything unless it is granted from heaven. (John 3:27)

You cannot make a single hair white or black. (Matthew 5:36)

In the Word, a hair means the slightest thing of all.