WHY
JESUS
IS
GOD

and...

WHY
JESUS
IS
YAHWEH

1. As a Baby: “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the East and have come to WORSHIP Him.” (Testimony of the Wise Men in Matthew 2:2)

2. As a Child: “Go and make careful search for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, that I too may come and WORSHIP Him.” (Testimony of King Herod, King of Israel in Matthew 2:8)

3. As a Child: “And they come into the house and saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell down and WORSHIPED Him.” (Actual worship of Jesus by the
Wise Men (Magi) in Matthew 2:11)

4. As a Man: “And those who were in the boat WORSHIPED Him saying: ‘You are certainly God’s Son.’” (Testimony of Jesus’ Own disciples who were in the boat
with Him in Matthew 14:33)

5. As the resurrected God-Man: “And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them.
And they came up and took hold of His feet and WORSHIPED Him.” (Actual worship by His disciples in Matthew 28:9)

6. As a Man: “And when they saw Him, they WORSHIPED Him...” (Actual worship by
the eleven disciples in Matthew 28:17; Thomas, Judas)

7. As the Lord: “And he said, ‘Lord, I believe.’” And he WORSHIPED Him.” (John 9:38)

8. As Lord and God: “Thomas answered and said to Him,
‘My Lord and My God!’” (Testimony of Thomas, one of the doubters of Matthew 28:17) The other doubter, Judas, never was saved and committed suicide.)

9. As God by the command of His Father: “And when He again brings the first-born into the world, He (the Father) says, ‘And let all the angels of God WORSHIP Him (Jesus).’” (Angels are under command to worship Jesus in Hebrews 1:6.)

10. “...looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our GREAT
GOD AND SAVIOR, Christ Jesus.” (Titus 2:13)

11. “...that...Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience, as an example
for those who would believe in Him for eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.”
(1 Timothy 1:16b & 17)

12. “The Jews therefore said to Him, ‘You are not yet fifty years old, and have You
seen Abraham?’ Jesus said to them ‘Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham
was born, I AM.’” (John 8:57 & 58) Now compare Exodus 3:2-14.

13. “For this cause therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him,
because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God
His Own Father, MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD.” (John 5:18)

14. “I and the Father are one. The Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, ‘I showed you many good works from the Father; for which
of them are you stoning Me?’ 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.’” (John 10:30) Compare with Leviticus 24:16. Jesus
was crucified by the Jews for blasphemy. It was clear to the Jews therefore
that Jesus did say things that made Him God.

15. “Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness OF OUR
GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.” (1 Peter 1:1)

16. “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit
has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of GOD WHICH HE
PURCHASED WITH HIS OWN BLOOD.” (Acts 20:28)

17. “Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although
He existed IN THE FORM OF GOD did not regard EQUALITY with God a thing to begrasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant.”
(Philippians 2:5-7)

18. “And He is the image of the invisible God...” (Colossians 1:15) “And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds
all things by the word of His power.” (Hebrews 1:3)

19. “And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, ‘My son, your sins are forgiven.’ But there were some of the Scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ‘Why does this Man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins
but GOD ALONE?’” (Mark 2:5-7)

20. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
WAS GOD.” (John 1:1)

21. “For by Him all things were created...all things have been created by Him and
for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church and He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; so that He Himself might come to have first place in everything.
For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him.” (Colossians 1:15-19) (A careful study of the context from verse 13-20 reveals
the subject being talked about is Jesus as Creator.)

22. “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty
deception, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather
than according to Christ. FOR IN HIM ALL THE FULLNESS OF DEITY DWELLS
IN BODILY FORM.” (Colossians 2:8 & 9)

26. “God...in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir
of all things, through whom also He made the world.” (Hebrews 1:1 & 2)

THE REASON WHY JESUS IS GOD, IS BECAUSE GOD THE FATHER REQUIRED A
PERSON OF EQUAL STATURE AS HIMSELF (God the Son) TO PAY FOR THE SINS
OF THE WORLD. NO HUMAN BEING CAN PAY FOR HIS OWN SINS, SINCE HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT EQUAL TO GOD. EVEN ADAM, WHO HAD BEEN A PERFECT MAN, WAS UNABLE TO PAY FOR THE SINS OF OTHERS. JESUS WAS A PERFECT MAN AND PERFECT GOD. ONLY JESUS, THEREFORE CAN SAVE SINNERS.

“He who believes in the Son HAS eternal life; but he who does not obey the
Son shall not see life, but the WRATH of God abides on him.” (John 3:36)

A. Jesus:
Gives eternal life - John 17:2
Gives peace - John 14:27; 16:33;
Romans 15:33
Upholds all things - Colossians 1:17;
Hebrews 1:3

B. Divine Attributes
1. Self-existence - John 2:19; 5:26; 10:17 & 18
2. Eternal - 1 John 1:2; 17:5 & 24
3. Omnipresence - Matthew 18:20; 28:20;
John 3:13; Ephesians 1:21
4. Omniscience - Matthew 9:4; 12;25; Mark
2:8; Luke 6:8; 9:47
5. Omnipotence - Matthew 28:18; Luke 21:15; John 1:3; 10:18
6. Unchangeable - Hebrews 1:11& 12; 13:8
7. Holiness - John 6:69; 8:46; Matthew 27:3 & 4; Luke 23:22, 41
8. Life - John 1:4; 11:25; 14:6

SOMETHING TO REMEMBER

Jesus was not only God, but God-Man. The following verses help explain
some proof texts:

1. Colossians 2:9 - Deity in bodily form (somatikos)
2. Hebrews 2:14-18 - shared humanity
3. Philippians 2:6-8 - Emptied self, took form of a man

1) EXPLICIT “DOCTRINAL” STATEMENTS
A. Matthew 1:23 - “God with us”
B. John 1:1, 18 - “The Word was God”
C. Romans 9:5 - “God blessed forever”
D. 1 Timothy 3:16 - “God in the flesh”
E. Colossians 2:9 - “Fullness of the Godhead”
F. Titus 2:13 - “God and Savior”
G. James 2:1 - “Lord of Glory”
H. 1 John 5:20 - “The true God”
I. Isaiah 9:6 - “Mighty God”
J. 2 Peter 1:1 - “God and Savior”
K. Revelation 1:8, 17 & 18; 21:6 22:12-20 - “First and Last”

2) CALLED THE “IMAGE” OR “FIRST-BORN” (NOT first-created)
A. Colossians 1:15 C. Hebrews 1:3-6
B. 2 Corinthians 4:4 D. Psalm 89:27

3) JESUS’ OWN CLAIMS
A. John 5:17 & 18 - called God His Own Father
B. John 10:30 - “I and the Father are One”
C. Matthew 19:17 - “only One is good”
D. John 16:15 - “all things the Father has are mine”
E. John 8:24 & 58; 18:5 & 6; Mark 14:62 - “I AM”

4) JESUS SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM MANKIND
A. Luke 11:13 - “You being evil” (not “we”)
B. John 2:24 & 25 - did not trust Himself to man
C. John 3:7 - “you must be born again”

5) WHAT CONTEMPORARIES THOUGHT OF JESUS
A. His friends
1. Thomas (John 20:28) - “My God”
2. Paul (Acts 20:28) - God spent His Blood
3. Paul & Ananias (Acts 9:5 & 10; 15:17 along with Acts 22:12-22) Saul chosen by him/God
B. His Father (Hebrews 1:8) - “Your throne, O God”
C. Government
1. Pilate (John 19:19 & 22) - “King of the Jews”
2. Centurion (Luke 23:47) - “righteous”
a. Mark 25:39
b. Matthew 27:54 - “Son of God”
D. Enemies (John 5:18; 10:35; Mark 14:63) - The Jews understood Jesus claimed Deity by attempting to execute him many times

6) ETERNAL (PRE) EXISTENCE
A. Micah 5:2 - “From the days of eternity”
B. Isaiah 9:5 - “Father of eternity”
C. John 1:1 & 2 - “In the beginning”
D. John 1:15 - “He was before me”
E. John 8:58 - “before Abraham”
F. John 17:5 - “before the world”
G. Revelation 1:8 - “Who is, was, is to come”

7) OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGES REFERRING TO YHWH APPLIED SPECIFICALLY TO
JESUS BY NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS
A. Matthew 1:23 = Isaiah 7:14 - “God with us”
B. Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:2 & 3; Luke 3:4; John 1:23
= Isaiah 40:3 - “Straighten Way of the Lord”
C. Matthew 11:10 = Malachi 3:1 - messenger to clear the way
D. Romans 10:13 = Joel 2:32 - believe on Him
E. Philippians 2:10 = Isaiah 45:23 - knees bow to Him
F. Hebrews 1:6 = Psalm 97:5 & 7 - worship Him
G. Hebrews 1:8 = Psalm 45:6 - “Thy throne, O God”
H. Hebrews 1:10-12 = Psalm 104:24-27 - made the heavens
I. Revelation 1:7 = Zechariah 12:10 - the pierced One
J. Revelation 13:3 & 4 = Deuteronomy 32:3 & 4 - song of Moses/ the Lamb

8) OLD TESTAMENT TITLES REFERRING TO YHWH APPLIED SPECIFICALLY TO JESUS BY
NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS
A. First and Last - Revelation 2:8; 22:13 & 16 = Isaiah 41:4; 44:6
B. “I AM” - John 8:24 & 58 = Exodus 3:14; Isaiah 43:10
C. Judge - 2 Timothy 4; Matthew 25:31-46 = Genesis 18:25
D. Light - John 1:9; 8:12 = Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 60:19
E. Savior - Titus 3:4 & 6 = Isaiah 43:11; 45:21; 35:4 F. Rock - 1 Corinthians 10:4 = Isaiah 28;16; Psalm 78:35
G. Shepherd - John 10:11 & 16 = Psalm 23:1 H. Creator - Colossians 1:16; John 1:2 = Isaiah 44:24
I. King - Matthew 2:2; Acts 17:7 = Psalm 5:2; 24:10
J. Bridegroom - Mark 2:19; John 3:29 = Hosea 2;16;Isaiah 62:5
K. Healer - Acts 9:34 = Psalm 103:3

9) OTHER TITLES APPLIED TO JESUS CHRIST
A. Jesus - “YHWH-saves” Matthew 1:21
B. Lord - 1 Corinthians 12:3; John 13:13
C. Lord and Christ - Acts 2:36
D. Son of God - Luke 1:35; Matthew 16:16; Hebrews 1:5
E. Son of Man - Mark 2:28; 14;41 (note that most attributes tied directly to
this title are explicitly God-like, not man-like)
F. Judge - John 5:27; 6:62
G. “I AM” - John 8:24 & 48; 7:56
H. In Glory - Luke 9:26
I. On throne and will come - Mark 14:62
J. Forgives sins - Luke 5:24
K. Lord of Sabbath - Luke 5:6; Mark 2:28
L. Sends his angels - Matthew 13:41

10) PLACED ON PAR WITH THE FATHER (AND HOLY SPIRIT)
A. Trinitarian Events/Formulas
1. Luke 1:35 - Incarnation
2. Matthew 3:16 - Baptism of Jesus
3. Matthew 28:19 - Baptism of believers
4. 2 Corinthians 13:14 - A blessing
5. 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 - Gifts, service
B. The Three Working Together
1. Ephesians 2:18 & 22 - Access to the Father/built into dwelling
2. Ephesians 3:14-17 - We are strengthened
3. Hebrews 2:3 & 4 - Word announced, testified to
4. Acts 3:26; John 2:19; 1 Peter 3:18 - Resurrection of Jesus
5. John 14:26; 15:25 - Jesus sends Holy Spirit from Father
C. Parallels Between the Father and the Son
1. 1 John 5:23 - Honor Son, Honor Father
2. John 8:19 & 24 - Know Son, Know Father
3. John 14:1 - Trust in God, in Jesus
4. John 14:9 - See Jesus, See Father
5. Matthew 11:27 - Only Son knows the Father
6. 1 Corinthians 8:6 - Life for, through them

11) JESUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT (barely a sampling)
A. Isaiah 9:6 - Counselor, God, Father
B. Isaiah 49:7 - Lord and His Holy One
C. Psalm 110:1 - Lord said unto my Lord
D. Zechariah 13:7 - My Shepherd and Associate

12) DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND ACTIONS
A. Divine Actions
1. Forgives Sin - Acts 5:31; Mark 2:5-10;
Luke 5:20-24
2. Receives Worship - Matthew 14:33;
Hebrews 1:6 (See Luke 4:8)
3. Receives Prayer - Acts 7:59; John 14:14;
2 Peter 3:18
4. Gives Life, Light - John 1:4; 11:25; 14:6
5. Origin, Heaven - John 3:13; 6:51
6. Will come on the clouds - 1 Thessalonians
3:13; Zechariah 14:4 & 5
7. Will raise all men - John 5:27-29

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