Jesus is God!

“I and the Father are one” (John 10:30)

In interviews and debates I’ve heard atheists proclaim, “Jesus never said he was God!” It always amazes me to hear people who don’t study the Bible say this confidently and passionately, especially since what they say is biblically not true. Jesus did say He is God many times and in many ways! In the above verse, for instance, he clearly said, “I and the Father are one.”

To His disciples He declared…

“Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9).

Jesus proved it in many ways

Jesus applied the names and attributes of God to Himself. Jesus made it clear that He was God incarnate, proving it by His words, by His miracles, and finally by His resurrection from the dead.

Jesus also claimed to be God when He said, “Very truly I tell you, . . . before Abraham was born, I am!” (John 8.58).

The Bible says Jesus is God!

The Gospel of John begins with a statement of Jesus’ deity: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1)

In John 1:14, John identifies the Word: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John is affirming that the Word (Jesus) is God, and He left heaven to come to earth in the form of a man to live with men and display the glory of God the Father.

Jesus is both God and Savior

In Titus 2:13, the Apostle Paul said he eagerly awaited “the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ” and he encouraged others to do the same.

Therefore

“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.” (Heb. 1:3)