Here, Paul absolutely rules out the idea that Jesus is a created being because he presents Jesus as the Creator of the entire universe which exists by his creative power John —3; Hebrews , 8— These are the very words ego eimi that caused the Roman soldiers to fall to the ground after they came to arrest Jesus John Both Jesus and his apostles identified him as divine. What man or prophet could be described in this way?
Isaiah The writer of the book of Hebrews also has insight into the identity of Jesus In Hebrews 1, the author identifies Jesus the Son as superior to any prophet vv.
Psalm —7 , and the creator of all things who is unchangeable vv. Psalm Acts In Mark 2, Jesus not only heals a paralytic but also forgives his sins Mark This is the reason that the scribes cry blasphemy, for it is God alone who can forgive sins Mark Then the high priest tore his clothes, charged Jesus with blasphemy, and condemned him to death Mark Why did the high priest respond that way?
Because Jesus quoted from Psalm and Daniel —14 and applied the words to himself. In Daniel 7 the divine Son of Man comes before the Ancient of Days, and all peoples and nations serve 20 him. Prayer is something that should be addressed to God alone, but Jesus calls his disciples to pray to him John —14; In the book of Acts when Stephen is being stoned to death, he calls out to the Lord Jesus to receive his sprit Acts The Corinthians were people who addressed Jesus as Lord in prayer.
Jesus accepted worship from people Matthew , , If Jesus was not divine, then Thomas made a serious error; but Jesus made no effort to correct Thomas in his worship.
Yet Peter Acts —26 , Paul Acts —15 , and the angel in Revelation Revelation ,9 all corrected others for trying to worship them. Jesus not only identified as God, but he also indicated his deity through his words and actions.
Jesus said that to enter the Kingdom of Heaven we must call him Lord kurios , Romans ; cf. Matthew Just saying that Jesus is Lord does not get you into the Kingdom, but to enter the Kingdom you must confess Him as Lord. Jesus even promised rest to all those who come to Him Matthew Could Moses have ever made a claim like this? How could a human being give anyone rest from the Law? God never gave any man or prophet all authority in heaven and on earth, but this same authority was given to the Son of Man in Daniel —14 see also Matthew There is, however, a difference between an adopted son and a relational Son of God, the latter being a deity by nature.
Whatever Jesus said about himself must have been sufficiently provocative enough for the Jewish leaders to call for capital punishment on that charge of blasphemy.
The significance of this is that failure to believe in Jesus as the Son of God brings judgement because we are already dead in our sins see John , Ephesians , but believing in Jesus as the Son of God brings eternal life see John —17, , And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Do not disbelieve, but believe. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. To keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see.
To him be honor and eternal dominion. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
I am the Lord ; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace. And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand.
Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom. So that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Contact me: openbibleinfo at gmail. Cite this page : Editor: Stephen Smith. Publication date: Nov 12, Others I have not used as a proof. Thank you very much for compiling and categorizing these. God bless you. Thank you a lot for the answers about Jesus is God I have been having this question ever since I was young. I have been away from God for a long time and here are my answers. Thank you for this website. Isaiah is another one you might add to the list.
Below is from the NKJV. Praise the Lord Jesus for this article. This has really helped me to grow in my understanding of the deity of Christ. I truly like the no nonsense direct approach to answers here! I have been to Seminary on Theological work and so often it is spoken with a level most cannot understand its complexioned answers.
This is wonderful! God Bless, Amen! Another addition. John Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. Also, in the next verse or two, the only thing Jesus corrected Thomas on was how he had to see Jesus to believe.
Before Me there was no God formed, Nor shall there be after Me. Thanks for being the light of God to the world. Thank God for you all. Jesus is God. Thank you for the beautiful scriptures. Only those who have Spiritual discernment will know that Jesus is God. No explanation will convince them. This was a lovely post. God bless you all! A man prayed with me to receive Christ. Then told me he was raised as a Mormon but was not practicing his faith. I explained John and John to him and told him his Mormon beliefs were inconsistent with what the Bible teaches about Jesus.
That if he did not believe Jesus was God, his prayer to receive Jesus was suspect. Please pray that he will read and study scripture and come to a full knowledge and understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I will definitely add these to my memorization list. This is just amazing! There is only one and it is our God Jesus Christ alone!! All glory to him alone, how great is he and his works!
I am shocked beyond my imagination! My little mind cannot understand his amazing work!!! And against so many forces of opposition, I would imagine, and yet still have such significance that it was inacted and has yet to be changed. Talk about a phenomenon, to put it mildly. Only God can institute something such as this.
Daniel It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men And knowledge to men of understanding. Lemme give you a round of applause and a standing ovation!
Well done, you who wrote this. May the Lord use you more as His vessel to spread the truth of God in Christ.
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