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Observe here, 1. The dignity which Christ was invested with, power over all flesh: that is, authority to judge and sentence all mankind.
Observe, 2. How Christ came to be invested with this power; it was given him by his Father: Thou hast given him power over all flesh. Hence the Socinians would infer, that he was not God, because he received all from God; but the text speaks not of his divine power as God, but of his power as Mediator.
And the note is, that all mankind is under the power and authority of Jesus Christ as Mediator: he has a legislative power, or a power to give laws to all mankind; and a judiciary power, or a power to execute the laws that he hath given.
Observe, 3. The end for which Christ was invested with this power: That he might give eternal life to as many as God hath given him.
Here note, 1. That all believers, that is, all sincere and serious Christians, are given by God the Father unto Christ; they are given to him as his charge, to redeem, sanctify, and save; and as his reward, Isa_53:10.
2. All that are given to Christ, have life from him; a life of justification and sanctification on earth, and a life of glory in heaven.
3. The life which Christ gives to them that are given him, is eternal life.
4. That this eternal life is a free gift from Christ unto his people; though they do not work for wages, yet they shall not work for nothing: I give unto them eternal life.