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The Deity of Jesus
Seven Areas of Discovery
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Jesus Is Expressly Called God
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Old Testament Descriptions of God Are Applied to Him
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Possesses The Attributes of God
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The Works of God Are Credited to Him
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Jesus Receives Honor & Worship Due Only to God
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His Name is Associated With God on a Basis of Equality
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Equality With God is Expressly Claimed
Jesus is Expressly Called God
No article (o) . . . “a” God.
Not only was the Logos with God, he is God.
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Revelation 19:13
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John 1:14
God became a man.
This is a declaration, not an exclamation.
God is used in obvious reference to Christ.
Hebrews 1:8-10
Verse 10 applies an Old Testament attribute of Jehovah to Christ.
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Genesis 1:1
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Job 38:4-7
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Psalm 102:25
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Psalm 45:6-7
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1 John 5:20
John’s purpose in writing was to say WHO Christ is, not WHAT he is.
Who he is would necessarily read, “This is true God,” without the article.
What he is needs the article.
Isaiah 9:6
Old Testament Descriptions of God Are Applied to Him
Matthew 3:3 is a quote from
Isaiah 40:3 “Prepare ye the way of Jehovah.”
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John 12:41 refers to:
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Ephesians 4:7, 8
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“measure of the gift of Christ,” and “led captivity captive” are applications
to Christ of what is said of Jehovah in:
Psalm 68:18
God alone is from everlasting —yet Messiah is said to be from everlasting
himself. Since Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus must also be God.
Jesus Possesses The Attributes of God
Life
John 1:4
Jesus says that he is THE life; the ZOE of God. He personally is the life
of God, not merely a carrier of it.
Self-Existence
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John 5:26
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So hath he (o{utwj)—he, in this way, gave
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Hebrews 7:16
Immutability
Here we see the immutability of God. God never changes. To those who would
argue from Genesis 18:16-33, saying that Abraham changed God’s mind we
will respond thus:
Abraham changed neither the mind nor the will of God
in his discourse with God in Genesis 18. We see that God is swift to show
mercy and even seeks a reason to exhibit that mercy (for the sake of the
righteous). God was showing favor to Abraham, and this particular favor
is manifest in this, that God did not stop granting until Abraham stopped
asking!
Why did Abraham stop asking when he had prevailed with God to such
a great extent? I can think of three reasons:
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Because Abraham, himself, believed that for fewer than ten righteous the
cities deserved to be destroyed.
2.
Because Abraham did not have the faith to ask further. He had brought the
terms as low as he could for shame (having prevailed for mercy if there
were but ten righteous ones in five cities).
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Because God restrained his spirit from asking any further.
When God has determined the ruin of a place, he forbids it to be prayed
for.
(Jeremiah 7:16; 11:14; 14:11; 15:1).
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Hebrews 1:12
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Hebrews 13:8
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James 1:17
Truth
Love
Amazingly we find here that it was none other than God himself who laid
down his life for us. Yet we plainly see that Jesus surrendered his life.
Now we must face facts as scripture presents them to us —Jesus Christ IS
God.
Personal love like personal truth.
Holiness
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Luke 1:35
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John 6:69
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John 17:5
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Jesus prays for the Father to glorify him as before. Not simply glorify
him, but, “...glorify me WITH THINE OWN SELF.”
God, as Jesus, was manifested in the flesh, not in his glory. He had masked
his glory for a time, as a pledge that he would go through with this undertaking.
In his prayer, “Glorify thou me,” Jesus prays that even his human nature
be advanced to the highest honor it was capable of, and that the glory
of the Godhead might now be manifested in the person of the Mediator, Emmanuel,
God-man.
Finally, an absolute equality is declared. “I have glorified thee...now,
O Father, glorify thou me...” Since Jesus had glorified the Father in himself,
he declares that reciprocity is now in order and the Father should glorify
him with HIS (the Father’s) own self.
Eternity
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John 1:1
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John 17:4, 5, 24
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Ephesians 1:4
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John 8:58
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John 1:15
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John 6:62
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Isaiah 9:6, 7
Omnipresence
Omniscience
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Matthew 9:4
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John 2:24, 25
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Colossians 2:3
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Acts 1:24
Omnipotence
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Matthew 27:18
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Revelation 1:8
The Works of God Are Credited to Him
Creation
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John 1:3
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1 Corinthians 8:6
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Colossians 1:16
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Hebrews 1:10
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Hebrews 3:3, 4
Upholding
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Colossians 1:17
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Hebrews 1:3
Salvation
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Acts 4:10-12
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Romans 10:9, 10, 13
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Joel 2:32
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Psalm 50:15
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Luke 1:47
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Hosea 1:7
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Luke 19:10
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Isaiah 43:11
This verse concerning salvation is my particular favorite. God flatly declares
that besides him there is NO savior. Yet Jesus is the savior of the world.
(See 2 Peter 3:18)
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Acts 7:59
Stephen was not calling upon God on the one hand and calling upon Jesus
on the other. Stephen was calling upon Jesus as God.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7
Stephen asked Jesus to receive his spirit, yet the spirit returns to God
who gave it.
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2 Peter 3:18
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Acts 20:28
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Revelation 1:5
Raising The Dead
Judging The World
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John 5:27-29
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Matthew 25:31, 32
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John 5:22
Giving Rewards
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Isaiah 40:10
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Revelation 22:7, 12
Jesus Receives Honor & Worship Due Only to God
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John 5:23
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Romans 10:9,13
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Philippians 2:10,11
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Revelation 5:12-14
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Hebrews 1:6
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Matthew 28:16, 17
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Mark 5:6
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Luke 4:8
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Revelation 22:8, 9
His Name is Associated With God on a Basis of Equality
Baptism
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Matthew 28:19
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Acts 2:38
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Romans 6:3
Position
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John 5:23
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John 14:1
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John 17:3 Matthew 11:27
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2 Thessalonians 2:16, 17
Two names with a verb (comfort) in the singular indicate the oneness of
the Father and the Son.
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Ephesians 5:5
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Colossians 3:1
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Revelation 20:6
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Revelation 22:3
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1 Thessalonians 3:11
Alpha/Omega First/Last
Equality With God is Expressly Claimed
The living image of God, which is equal to himself, and is the object of
his infinite love, can be nothing less than personal.
Just as a bachelor can never satisfy his longing for companionship by lining
his room with mirrors which give only a lifeless reflection of himself,
so God requires for his love a personal as well as an infinite object.
All things means all things, excluding nothing. If we exclude one thing
then all is made void. The Father has Deity. All things, says Jesus, that
the Father has are mine. That includes Deity. Jesus further states that
he will take of his (Deity) and show it to you. And, indeed, Jesus does
show himself to us as God Almighty..
They are one in substance and one in nature.
The Holy Spirit is the instrument of internal revelation; Christ is the
instrument of external revelation.
Worship
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Luke 4:8
2.
Mark 5:6
Jesus is receiving worship he knows is only for God.
Declaration
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John 1:1
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Revelation 19:13
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Isaiah 44:6
2.
Isaiah 48 12
a.
Revelation 1:8, 11, 17, 18 cf. v. 8
b.
Revelation 22:7, 12, 13
c.
Revelation 22:16
1.
Revelation 1:1
2.
Revelation 22:6
3.
Revelation 22:20
Salvation
1.
Acts 4:10-12
2.
Romans 10:9, 10, 13
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Joel 2:32
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Psalm 50:15
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Luke 1:47
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Hosea 1:7
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Isaiah 43:11
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Acts 7:59
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Ecclesiastes 12:7
10 2 Peter 3:18
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Acts 20:28
12.
Revelation 1:5
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