Proving The Deity Of Christ
Since I am human, you would expect my children to be human, right? So shouldn’t we expect the Son of God to also be God (Deity)? Not God the Father, but God the Son. But that logic still needs to be proven.
So what better way to prove Jesus is God than by quoting several verses that say he is God? Consider:
· John 20:28 “And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.” – Thomas called Jesus God here, and Jesus clearly accepted that designation in the next verse.
· Acts 20:28 “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.” – The one Paul called God here has blood, so it has to be referring to the Son, not God the Father.
· John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” – We know from verse 14 (and Rev 19:13) that “the Word” is another name for Jesus Christ; this verse calls the Word God; and the phrase “the Word was with God” shows the Word is not referring to the Father. If I am “with my wife,” that implies we are two separate people.
· Isaiah 9:6 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” – The child here of course refers to Jesus and he is called “the mighty God.” Christ is definitely not a small case ‘g’ god like the Watchtower Witnesses assert.
· Hebrews 1:8 “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.” – God the Father calls Jesus God here, and if anybody should know it would be Him.
· Titus 2:13 “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” – The one called “the great God” in this verse will make a glorious appearing, obviously referring to the second coming of Christ.
· Philippians 2:6 “Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God” – It would be considered highway robbery if I said I was equal with God, but it is not robbery for Jesus to be considered as such; that has to be because he is equal with God (the Father).
· Matthew 1:23 “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.” – So Jesus was “God with us.” Get it?
· I Timothy 3:16 “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.” – The one called God here was “manifest in the flesh … received up into glory.” That would be referring to the incarnation of Jesus and his ascension to heaven (Acts 1:9) no doubt.
· Romans 9:5 “Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.” – The person called God here is designated as the Christ who came. Pretty clear that Christ is called God by this verse, isn’t it?
· I Timothy 4:10 “For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.” – The saviour of all men (Christ) here is called God.
Even Old Testament saints would have known from the very beginning there was plurality in the Godhead. Notice how plural pronouns are used to refer to God in Genesis – “us” and “our” in 1:26, and “us” in 3:22.
One last argument: Jesus makes it clear in Matthew 4:10 “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” Since only God was to be worshipped, men did not accept worship (Acts 10:25-26), and neither did angels (Revelation 22:8-9). But Jesus did accept such worship (Matthew 8:2, 9:18, 14:33, 15:25, 28:9,17, John 9:38), which again proves he was Deity, and knew it.
This would make a very good subject for public debate (Acts 19:8-10). If you know of any “preacher” who has the courage (John 3:19-21) to defend his conviction that Jesus is not God, please have him contact me. Considering the above verses, I imagine there won’t be anybody willing to step up to the plate.