Sunday, September 16, 2018

Jesus is God

Content:

  • Jesus claims to be God
  • Other people who claim that Jesus is God
  • Jesus is the Creator
  • Further evidence

Jesus claims to be God


 God says he is the first and the last (Isaiah 44:6). 
Jesus called himself "the first and the last", and "Alpha and Omega"
(Revelation 1:17–18, 22:12–13).
God is "I AM" (Exo (2 Mos) 3:14). Jesus says he is "I AM" 
(Mark 14:62, Luk 22:70, John 8:28, 58). See also Jesus – I Am.

Only God can forgive sins (Psalm 51:4 (6 in some translations)), see
Psalm 51: Coming to God when we fail. Jesus forgives sins, making him equal with God (Mat 9:2–7, Mark 2:5–12, Luk 5:20–25). See Whose Sin can We Forgive?

God is our final judge (Joel 3:12–14, Psalm 9:7–9 (8–10 in some translations)). Jesus claims to be the final judge (John 5:22–29), see The Sheep and the Goats and The Great White Throne Judgement at The Millennial Kingdom and the Great White Throne Judgement. 

Jesus gives eternal life, which only God can do 
(John 10:27–28, 5:21), see Salvation.

Jesus said that he and God the Father are one (John 10:30), 
and that God the Father is in him and that he is in God the Father
(John 10:38b). The meaning of this is that 
Jesus has the same divine nature as God the Father, 

 God's word is Truth (Psalm 25:5, 43:3, 86:11, 119:160).
Jesus calls himself "the Truth" (John 14:6). See 
Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life.

God raises the dead (1 Samuel 2:6).
Jesus raises the dead (John 5:25–29, 11:25).

We are to give glory only to God (Isaiah 42:8). Jesus is given glory (Mat 2:11, 14:33, 28:17, Luk 24:52, John 9:38, 17:5).

Jesus says he is Lord over the Sabbath (Mark 2:28).

 Jesus says he is Lord over king David (Mat 22:42–45),
see Whose Son Is Messiah?

 Jesus says he is greater than the temple (Mat 12:6).

 Jesus says he can answer prayer
(Mat 18:19–20, John 14:13–14).

Jesus allowed people to worship him, something that only God can do (Mat 2:11, 14:33, 28:9, 17, Luk 24:52, John 9:37–38).

 Jesus says that he has received all authority in Heaven and on Earth (Mat 28:18–20), and that all that God the Father has belongs to him (John 16:14–15). See this explained at time 21:47–28:38 in
John 7:1-13 – Opposed by His Family.


Other people who claim that Jesus is God


The apostle Thomas called Jesus "God" (John 20:27–28).
The apostle Peter called Jesus "God" (2 Peter 1:1).

The apostle Paul called Jesus "God" (Titus 2:12–14, Phil 2:6).

The apostle John called Jesus "God" (John 1:1–3, 14, 18).

The Book of Hebrews' author said Jesus is unchangeable (Heb 13:8),
see God is immutable in God's Attributes.

Isaiah the Prophet said that Messiah would be "God" (Isaiah 9:6),
see The Birth of Messiah in The Prophecies of Isaiah.

Isaiah prophesied: "I am the Lord, and besides me there is no Savior." (Isaiah 43:11 (ESV)). An angel said to the shepherds when Jesus was born: "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you:
you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger." (Luk 2:11–12 (ESV)). 

The Jews who wanted to kill Jesus understood that he said he was equal with God (John 5:18, 10:33).

God the Father has given everything to Jesus and has a unique relationship with him (Mat 11:27). He called Jesus "God", see General in The Book of Hebrews.

Jesus is the Creator


"You, Lord, laid the foundation of the Earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end." (Heb 1:10–12,
Psalm 102:25–27 (26–28 in some translations) (ESV)).

"All things were made through him (Jesus), and without him was not any thing made that was made." (John 1:3 (ESV)).

"He was in the world, and the world was made through him  (Jesus), yet the world did not know him." (John 1:10 (ESV)).

"For by him (Jesus) all things were created, in heaven and on Earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him." (Col 1:16 (ESV)).

"yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist." (1 Cor 8:6 (ESV)).

"in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe." (Heb 1:2 (NIV)).

"By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible." (Heb 11:3 (ESV)). See time 3:49–5:24 in Hebrews 11 (Part 2) :2-7 • Without Faith it is Impossible to Please God.

"I am he; I am the first, and I am the last (Jesus). My hand laid
the foundation of the Earth, and my right hand spread out
the heavens. ... The Lord God (God the Father) has sent Me (Jesus), and His Spirit (the Holy Spirit)." (Isaiah 48:12b–13a, 16b).
See Jesus – I Am and The Trinity.

"The words of the Amen the faithful and true witness (Jesus himself), the beginning of God’s creation." (Rev 3:14b (ESV)). What Jesus is saying is that he is the source of God's creation, he is the Creator.

Jesus is the Creator, not to the exclusion of the other persons in 
The Trinity. The work of the creation was the work of God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. God the Father can be seen as the main architect of the creation. Yet Jesus is the Creator. 

This means that Jesus must be God, because it's God who is the Creator (Gen (1 Mos) 1:1).

Further evidence


Jesus says that he has seen Abraham (John 8:56–58).

The blood of Jesus is called the blood of God (Acts 20:28).

Examples of the deity of Jesus Christ are also shown in 
Why the Quran is wrong about Jesus.

See also Some stories in the gospels at the end of
The Four Gospels.
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