Chris :
Jesus is called God (John 20:28; Heb. 1:8).
Jesus is worshiped (Matt. 2:2, 11; 14:33; John 9:35-38; Heb. 1:6).
Jesus is prayed to (Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 116:4 with 1 Cor. 1:1-2).
He is the creator (John 1:1-3; Col. 1:15-17); Jesus is uncreated (John 1:1-3; Col. 1:15-17).
Jesus is called Word of God. In Arabic, the title is Kalimatullah (Word of God). In John 1:1, 14 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God . . . 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us . . . ”
Jesus is God in flesh ~ human form. (John 1:1, 14; 8:58 with Exodus 3:14; Col. 2:9; Phil. 2:5-8; Heb. 1:8).
John 8:58, “Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.’” With Exodus 3:14 “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.”
Jesus uses the same title for Himself that God uses of Himself.
If you say that the verse is really “I have been,” then why did the Jews want to kill him–especially when in John 10:30-33 they say they want to kill Him because He claimed to be God? Where and what did Jesus say to cause them to think that?
John 10:30-33, “‘I and the Father are one.’ 31 The Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, ‘I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?’ 33 The Jews answered Him, ‘For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.’”
Re: John 10:30-33, What was Jesus saying that caused the Jews to accuse Jesus of claiming to be God? If you can’t say, then you don’t know the text or the culture well enough to address the issue of Christ’s deity.
John 20:28
In John 20:28, Thomas called Jesus God by saying to Jesus, “My Lord and My God.” If Jesus is not God, then why did Jesus not correct Thomas? Three verses later it says that this is written, so you might believe that Jesus is the son of God (John 20:31). Therefore, we can see that the term Son of God is saying that Jesus is God.
Col. 2:9, “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.”
Phil. 2:5-7, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
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