49. Did devils fail to understand the full
meaning of this name of Son? For we are valuing the heretics at
their true worth if we refute them no longer by the teaching of
Apostles, but out of the mouth of devils. They cry, and cry
often, What have I to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of God most
High St. Luke viii. 28.?
Truth wrung this confession from them against their will; their
reluctant obedience is a witness to the force of the Divine nature
within Him. When they fly from the bodies they have long
possessed, it is His might that conquers them; their confession of His
nature is an act of reverence. These transactions display Christ
as the Son of God both in power and in name. Can you hear, amid
all these cries of devils confessing Him, Christ once styled a
creature, or God’s condescension in adopting Him once
named?