1- Is Jesus God?

Note: This post summarizes what is written in this entire section. Evidence Jesus is God   Evidence Jesus is not God A.    The Characteristics of God, Yahweh, vs. Jesus God (Yahweh):  Spirit (John 4:24), immortal (1 Timothy 6:16), our spring of living water (John 7:37-39, Jeremiah 2:13, Jeremiah 17:13), self-sufficient (Acts 17:24-25, Revelation 4:11), omnipresent (Psalm 139:7-12), omniscient (1 John 3:20), invisible (1 Timothy 1:17), omnipotent (Jeremiah 32:17), not a man (N

I was born into a Christian family with amazing parents. I became a Christian at 5 years old after my Dad shared the gospel with me. Do you know the gospel, the “good news” about Jesus Christ? Knowing the gospel is more important than any other truth that I share in this blog, because the gospel is the means by which God saves people from their sin and death, gives eternal life, and reconciles people with Himself. Knowing this gospel also provides necessary background to why

Thousands – evens tens of thousands – of books have been written to answer this question, but here I list the main attributes, I think, of God according to the Bible. There is infinitely more that could be said, but I think this provides a solid foundation for understanding who God is based on the Bible. This foundation is essential for the rest of this blog. A.    God is Spirit. John 4:24 B.    God is Light. 1 John 1:5 C.    God is Love. 1 John 4:8, 16 D.    God is immortal

1.    The Trinity is the belief that the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. They are co-equal, co-eternal, and share the same essence. These three distinct persons make up the one God, the “triune God”. Jesus has a dual nature. He is 100% God and 100% man. This is called the hypostatic union. Jesus’ human and divine nature live together in him: he is the God-man (Mathis, 2007), (Perman 2006). 2.     The word “Trinity” is not in the Bible. The Bible nev

In Matthew 7:15-20 Jesus says, “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by

This section demonstrates that God is inherently logical and that we should study theology using logic. Affirming that God is logical is essential for determining if God has told us that Jesus is God and God is 3 in 1. “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord.” (Isaiah 1:18) God calls people to reason with Him. This shows that being reasonable is part of who God is, and He invites us to be reasonable and logical ourselves in how we converse with Him. “Teacher, which i

The first instance of Jesus worship is in Matthew 2:2 "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.’” This was said by the Magi in their pursuit of finding Jesus, king of the Jews. This is the first of many instances in the New Testament of apparent Jesus worship (see also Matthew 2:8, 11, John 9, Matthew 14:26-33, Matthew 28:9, 17, Luke 24:52, John 9:38, Revelation 5). If Jesus isn’t God, why is he worshiped i

Introduction to "Scripture in Context" Hebrews 1:8 says that God the Father says about the Son, “ Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever…” Out of context, and only reading this verse from the Bible, the reader must conclude that Jesus is God. In John 17:3 Jesus prays to the Father, “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God , and Jesus Christ,  whom you have sent.” Out of context, and only reading this verse from the Bible, the reader must conc

The Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke I lump these gospels together in examining Jesus’ deity because of their many similarities, giving some of the same evidences against Jesus’ deity and raising similar questions regarding his potential deity.   So: did Matthew, Mark, and Luke think that Jesus was God? Matthew 1.     Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel.”   If Jesus isn’t God, how can his name be “Imma

This post examines the gospel of John, and Part 8 examines 1 John and Revelation. These books were all written by the same author: John, so consider all of them together in thinking about if John believed that Jesus was God. Many claim that John’s gospel, John, clearly shows that Jesus was God, more than any of the other gospels or books in the Bible. If John really believed Jesus was God, that belief would be consistent throughout the book of John, 1 John, and Revelation. J

1 John 1.     1 John 3:20 “…for whenever our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.” Matthew 24:36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son , but the Father only.” If Jesus is God, why doesn’t he know everything, specifically when he will return? God does not lie. He says he knows everything. Jesus does not know everything, so this shows Jesus is not God. 2.     1 John 4:12 “No one has ever

Acts This book uniquely shows the beliefs of the early Church, how they presented the gospel, and what they believed was important. Acts is very helpful in determining what Luke, the author of the book, and his fellow Christians believed concerning Jesus’ deity. 1.     Acts 2:22-41 “’Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man  attested to you by God,  with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did   through him  in your midst, as you yourselves know – thi

Paul’s Epistles 1.     Romans 5:15-17 “But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of  God  and the free gift by the grace of that one man  Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s  sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. For if, because of one man’s  trespass, dea

General Questions: 1.     If Jesus is God, why didn’t God say plainly in His Word that Jesus was God the Son? Why does He give all male believers the same title as Jesus, the son of God? God’s intent is never to confuse or distort truth. Given that “God the Son” is not written in the Bible, Jesus is not God the Son. As the Son of God, Jesus opened the way for all believers to become exactly like  Jesus one day, conformed to his image. One way God reveals this in His Word is b

Trinitarian Christianity claims that who God is is 3 male persons in 1, all fully God. Yet God says His image in Genesis 1-2 is male and female, 2 persons in 1, when God created Adam and Eve. Genesis 1:26-28 says, 26”  Then God said, “Let us make mankind  in our image, in our likeness , so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27  So God created

1.     The Hypostatic Union: doesn’t the hypostatic union from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 A.D. describe aptly Christ as man and God? The Hypostatic Union Definition from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 A.D. : Christ has two natures, human and divine, united in one person without confusion, without change, without division, without separation (Caston, 2023). In addition to the fact that this definition breaks the laws of logic given us to by God, this does not prove Jesus

1.         God reveals Himself to be, by nature, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, perfect, unable to be tempted, unchanging, a Spirit not a man, the One worshipped not the worshipper, the One served not the servant, and fully independent.  2.         Jesus is now perfect by what he suffered. Besides being perfect, Jesus shares none of those characteristics with God, and there are no verses that explicitly (or, I think, implicitly) state he ever will.  3.         To prove

“One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” Psalm 27:4 King David, the author of this Psalm, only asks “one thing” from the Lord: to be in the Lord’s presence, to worship Him, and to seek Him. Who can join King David in honestly praying to God that this is the “one thing” they desire? In Psalm 73, David writes in verse 25, “Whom have i

I have been asked if I think believing Jesus is God, if he is not, is a salvation issue, so I thought this would be important to address. The Church, overall, has, I think, been deceived on the point of Jesus’ deity. I was deceived concerning Jesus’ deity for most of my life. Trinitarian Christians I know have an incredible heart for God: their mind is confused like mine was, I think, on this issue.  I do not believe God sees this as a salvation issue because this is not a he

If Jesus is not God, should Christians pray to Jesus? What does the Bible say? What about knowing Christ? How can we know him personally if he is not omnipresent and omniscient? First, in terms of Christians having a “personal relationship with Christ” or “accepting Jesus into our hearts”, that terminology is never used in the Bible. However, Christians are directed to “know Christ”. But what does that mean? Paul says in Philippians 3:8-11, 8 “What is more, I consider everyth