Jesus is God
Colossians 1:15-20 NIV
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
John 8:48-59 NIV
The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?” “I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.” At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death. Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?” Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me. Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.” “You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!” “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM!” At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.
Exodus 3:13-15 NIV
Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’”
Leviticus 24:16 NIV
Anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord is to be put to death. The entire assembly must stone them.
John 5:16-18 NIV
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD.
John 10:24–26, 30-33 NIV
The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense?If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The WORKS I do in my Father’s name testify about me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep... I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.” Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?” “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because YOU, A MERE MAN, CLAIM TO BE GOD.”
John 14:8,11 NIV
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” Jesus answered... “Believe me when I SAY that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the WORKS themselves.”
Jesus’ Works that Say He is God
He FORGIVES SINS (Mark 2:5)
He WALKS ON WATER (John 6:16)
He CALMS THE STORM (Matt 8:23)
He HEALS THE SICK (Matt 8, Mark 2, Luke 17, John 5)
He FULFILLS 100’s of PROPHECIES (Micah 5:2, Ps 22, Is 53)
He LIVES A SINLESS LIFE (Hebrews 4:15)
He RECEIVES WORSHIP (Matt 14:33, John 9:38, 20:28)
He CONQUERES DEATH (John 20)
“The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Spirit is God.”
- Athanasius (350AD)
KENOSIS // (Greek ‘kenoō’ = to empty) A theological concept describing the “self-emptying” of Jesus in the incarnation
Philippians 2:5–11 NLT
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, HE GAVE UP HIS DIVINE PRIVILEGES; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
What Rests on Jesus’ Deity
- A Dead Man Can’t SAVE YOUR SOUL, but God Can.
What Rests on Jesus’ Deity
- A Dead Man Can’t SAVE YOUR SOUL, but God Can.
- A Dead Man Can’t CHANGE YOUR LIFE, but God Can.
What Rests on Jesus’ Deity
- A Dead Man Can’t SAVE YOUR SOUL, but God Can.
- A Dead Man Can’t CHANGE YOUR LIFE, but God Can.
- You Can’t KNOW a Dead Man, but You Can Know God.
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic–on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg–or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse…. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”
- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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