14. January 2022
Jesus is God
Jesus, Never Claimed to be God.
This is a belief that is held by a large percentage of non-believers and others who have not studied the Bible.
However, Jesus did claim to be God. Jesus stating that he was God was the justification that the religious leaders gave for having him crucified. It was blasphemy, punishable by death, for claiming to be equal to God.
More important than claiming he was God, Jesus proved he was God, by foretelling the future, performing miracles to include bringing people back to life who had died, and ultimately raising from the dead himself.
(Luke 22:67-71 ESV)
“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe, and if I ask you, you will not answer. But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.” Then they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips.”
• Jesus is condemned by the Sanhedrin for stating that he is Son of God.
(Mark 14:61-63 ESV)
But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” And the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need?
• The Sanhedrim and high priest accused Jesus of blasphemy for claiming to be equal to God.
• “I am” is the name that had God given himself in Exodus 3:14.
(John 10:30-33 ESV)
“I and the Father are one.” The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
• The Jews clearly understood that Jesus was stating that he is God.
(John 8:23-24 ESV)
He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”
• Jesus stating that he is not of this world.
(John 8:58 ESV)
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
• “I am” is the name that had God given himself in Exodus 3:14.
(John 14:9 ESV)
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
• Jesus stating that he is the same as the Father.
(John 18:36 ESV)
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”
• Jesus stating that he is not of this world.
(John 5:17-18 ESV)
But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
• This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.