The Deity of Christ

"If Yahweh is our sanctifier (Ex. 31:13), is omnipresent (Ps. 139:7-10), is our peace (Jud. 6:24), is our righteousness (Jer. 23:6), is our victory (Ex. 17:8-16), and is our healer (Ex. 15:26), then so is Christ all of these things too (I Cor. 1:30; Col. 1:27; Eph. 2:14). If the gospel is God's (I Thess. 2:2, 6-9; Gal. 3:8), then that same gospel is also Christ's (I Thess. 3:2; Gal. 1:7). If the Church is God's (Gal. 1:13; I Cor. 15:9), then that same church is also Christ's (Rom. 16:16). God's kingdom (1Thess. 2:12) is Christ's (Eph. 5:5); God's love (Eph. 1:3-5) is Christ's (Rom. 8:35); God's Word (Col. 1:25; I Thess 2:13) is Christ's (I Thess. 1:8; 4:15); God's Spirit (I Thess. 4:8) is Christ's (Phil. 1:19); God's peace (Gal. 5:22; Phil. 4:9) is Christ's (Col. 3:15; cf. Col. 1:2); God's "Day" of judgement (Is. 13:6) is Christ's "Day" of judgment (Phil. 1:6, 10; 2:16; I Cor. 1:8); God's grace (Eph. 2:8-9; Col 1:6; Gal. 1:15) is Christ's grace (I Thess. 5:28; Gal. 1:6; 6:18); God's salvation (Col. 1:13) is Christ's salvation (I Thess. 1:10); and God's will (Eph. 1:11; I Thess 4:3; Gal. 1:4) is Christ's will (Eph. 5:17; cf. I Thess. 5:18). Because of this kind of identification, Paul could say that he was both God's slave (Rom. 1:9) and Christ's (Rom. 1:1; Gal. 1:10), that he lived for both the glory of God (Rom. 5:2; Gal. 1:24) and for the glory of Christ (II Cor. 8:19, 23; cf. II Cor. 4:6)." ~Walter Elwell, (Originally published in "The Deity of Christ in the Writings of Paul")