The LORD Jesus Christ IS God. This is a statement that has gotten quite a beating through the years. Here is a short study to help you all remember and keep foremost in your hearts and minds who it is that we serve as Christians and Messianic Jews.
The Deity of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach,
The LORD Jesus Christ
John 1: 1 -18; I Timothy 3:16
1) HIS NAMES PROVE THAT HE IS GOD!
· He is called "GOD" - John 1:1; 20:28; Acts 29:28; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13;
Hebrews 1:8; I John 5:28 cf. Isaiah 9:6
· He Is called the "SON OF GOD” - refers to position, not origin (word for "born
one" In Greek, teknon, is never used of Jesus Christ) - cf. John 5:18; 10:30-36;
19:7
· He is called the "LORD" (Greek - kurios) - used in LXX (the Septuagint) for the Hebrew
YAHWEH (Jehovah) - Isaiah 45:22-23; Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21-36; Romans 10:9-10;
Philippians 2:5-11
· He is called the "LORD OF GLORY" - Psa. 24:7-10; 1 Cor. 2:8
· He is called the "HOLY ONE" - Isa. 48:17; Acts 3:14
· He is called "THE FIRST AND THE LAST" - Isa. 44:6; 48:12-16; Rev.1:17-18;
2:8; 22:12-13, 16
· He is called the "LORD OF HOSTS" - Isaiah 44:6 (Hebrew word is YAHWEH
not adonai)
2) HIS ATTRIBUTES PROVE THAT HE IS GOD!
· He is ETERNAL - Isaiah 9:6; 1 John 5:11
· He Is UNCHANGEABLE - Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 1:8-12; 13:8
· He Is OMNIPRESENT - Matthew 18:28; 28:20; Colossians 3:11
· He Is OMNISCIENT - John 2:23-25; 16:38; Colossians 2:3
· He Is OMNIPOTENT - Philippians 3:20-21; Revelation 1:8; 22:12-13
· He is PERFECT - Colossians 1: 19; 2:9-10
· He is INCOMPREHENSIBLE - Isaiah 9:6; 55:8-9; Matthew 11:27; Romans
11:33-36; Ephesians 3:8, 19
3) HIS ABILITIES PROVE THAT HE IS GOD!
· He CREATED all things - John 1:3, 10; Colossians 1:16
· He CONTROLS all things - Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:2-3
· He CURES all diseases - Matthew 4:23-24
· He CALMS the sea - Mark 6:47-51
· He CONQUERS death - John 11:25-26
· He CLAIMS to forgive sins, answer prayer, and glue eternal life – Mark 2:1-12;
John 10:27-33; 14:13-14
Let’s never be “Stiff-Necked” about this…
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