Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Jesus = God





John 1:1 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

John 1:14 - "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth."

John 5:18 - "For this cause therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God."

John 8:24 - "I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins."
Note: In the Greek, "He" is not there.
Below are more scriptures that reveal the Deity is Christ. And I don't believe this list is exhaustive. In fact, this is the main message of all scripture. But it gives you an idea.

John 8:58 - "Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.'"
Exodus 3:14 - "And God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM'; and He said, Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’"

John 10:30-33 - "I and the Father are one." 31The Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?" 33The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God."

John 20:28 - "Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

Col. 2:9 - "For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form."

Phil. 2:5-8 - "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, 11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, (is God)to the glory of God the Father."

Heb. 1:8 - "But of the Son He says, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom."
Quoted from Psalm 45:6, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Thy kingdom."

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1 Timothy 3:16

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 (written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matthew 1:23
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder: and his name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 (written: 712 BC (Before Christ)
In the beginning was the Word (the Logos or Jesus), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
The Jews answered him [Jesus], saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. John 10:33

When many were about to stone Jesus for blasphemy (John 10:30-39), He said to them that said he blasphemed "because I said, I am the Son of God?" (John 10:36).You call Me Teacher and Lord (God); and ye say well; for so I Am. John 13:13

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I Am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power (the full power of God), and coming in the clouds of heaven. Mark 14:61-62

The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Psalm 110:1
he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? John 14:9 Thus we can say that Jesus is the Father, or Jehovah, or God.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. John 17:5 Again, God = Jesus.
And Thomas answered and said unto him [Jesus], My Lord and my God. John 20:28
...lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 2 Corinthians 4:4

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Colossians 1:14-17 "Him" who? Obviously Jesus.
...who [Jesus] is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 1 Timothy 6:15
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. Hebrews 1:2-3
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Hebrews 1:8
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Titus 2:13 Can it be said any plainer than that?
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? (Luke 5:21).

Rev. 19:13 And he (Jesus) was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.


The Book of Colossians:
The entire context of Colossians 1:15-27 is filled with superlatives in its description of the Lord Jesus as the "image of the invisible God, the first begetter [or according to Erasmus ''original bringer forth''] of every creature."
The Apostle Paul lauds the Son of God as Creator of all things (v.16) and describes Him as existing "before all things" and as the one by whom "all things consist" (v.17). This is in perfect harmony with the entire picture Scripture paints of the Eternal Word of God (John 1:1), who was made flesh (John 1:14) and of whom it was written: "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made" (John 1:3). The writer of Hebrews also pointed out that God's Son "[upholds] all things by the word of his power" (Hebrews 1:3) and that He is Deity in all its fullness, even as Paul wrote to the Colossians: "For...in him should all fullness (of God) dwell" (Colossians 1:19) This is an analysis by the author of the website from which I lifted some of this list. To access other sites of this nature go to the keywords "God is Jesus."
My conclusion: From both Old and New Testament scriptures we can safely conclude that Jesus is the Alpha and Omega ~ that is, He was, is, and always will be God. There is no other.

5 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Al, all those scriptures say that He is God's Son. Jesus was tempted God can't be. The Son of God was a human. He became the author of eternal salvation. Now He is God . Do you think satan would have tried to tell God to jump off a building? Jesus could have failed. That is why he now has a name above every name. He did it in weakness as a man. The deck was not stacked for him.

Anonymous said...

If being the Son of God, Jesus Christ means your God you are correct in saying Jesus is God. I still thik the Lord is one Lord and God is one God. God was In Christ and Christ was in God. In that I say if you have seen the me you have seen the father. Same as they took note that they had been with Jesus. Why ? Because they acted, talked and di just what Jesus told them to do. Jesus seperated Himself by saying" I canof mine ownself do nothing". then he did it all. He did what only God can do. Give life to the dead. Yes he is God

Owl said...

Arianism was one of the early heresies in the church that led away many Christians and started the Nicene Council that wound up deciding on the Trinity doctrine to explain the Godhead plainly.
Arianism separated Jesus from God. So did the Gnostics. So did Mohammed.

Numerous believers take a stand similar to yours and are not Arians; they simply say that Jesus quit being God for awhile so He could die and become God again. To me, in the face of all these verses, that is a little sloppy.
Only some of these verses use the title "Son of God;" all of them refer to Him as God at least by implication.

When Jesus says, "The Father and I are the same (one)," that is present-tense. Right now, while I am in this flesh, I am still God.
Thus the cry of the Jews, "Crucify this blasphemer." It might not have been blasphemy to them for him to say he was just temporarily a man.

The fact is, He was a man. I think a more sound approach to this is to say, as most do, He was God and man at the same time. He had some limitations that were self-imposed in order to be in complete identification with us. But He was still 100% deity. Maybe that doesn't sound exactly logical. But nobody has accused Jesus of sounding logical.

The fact that He said He was God openly either makes Him a total madman or He was what He said He was and demonstrated He was. To me, this is our most important message. This is what we seek to persuade men to believe. This is what actually makes us Christians, that we confess who He is. This is so totally awesome there is nothing like it.

Anonymous said...

I read the exact same scripture and none say he is God. When you see me your seen the father. That's is because Jesus did everything he was told of the Father. Perfect in obedience. Why did he say" I can do nothing if he were God. He even gave proof on the mount when God spoke and they all heard it. This voice came not because of me. He always heard it. He is the Son of God. God's Son not God. His Father who is God Gave him power. All this making God man came after the original apostles were dead and Gone. Peter preached Jesus the Son of God. Paul said God was manifested in flesh. The Word was tabernacled in flesh not was flesh. Flesh and blood can not inherit the Kingdom of God. I am not Taking away from the great Son of God I am recognizing Him for who he is . The Man Christ Jesus who beat the devil and took the keys away from him and gave is life. His human flesh was offered for my human flesh. Now after His resurrection I see no difference between Jesus the Son of God and God Almighty the father. If they are one it is God is the Spirit and Jesus is the Body of God.