Jesus Christ Is God

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Regarding the teachings on the TRINITY, there have frequently been doubts as to whether Jesus is God. I will therefore give you five distinct types of evidence that are frequently cited by Christians as justification for their belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

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1. Son’s prior existence: See, for instance, Col 1:15–18; John 17:5; and John 8:58. The Son is everlasting since he was not formed and has no origin.
2. Jesus’ given names and titles are titles of divinity.
   • “Son of God.” The term “Son” in the title “Son of God” obviously does not suggest a younger individual; rather, it implies “same type of entity.” Just look at the father-son connection in humans. The words “begotten” and “created” have different meanings; we refer to Jesus as being “conceived or begotten, and not created” A person produces (or manufactures) a home, a vehicle, and a chair; a person makes a creature that is distinct from what he himself is, but begets something that is the same sort of being. A dog begets another dog, a horse begets another horse, and a human begets another person. Therefore, a person bears a child. Also, God begets God. Jesus is the same sort of being as the Father, or God, when we refer to him as “the only born Son of God.”
   • “God”— Example verses: Heb 1:8, Rom 9:5, Titus 2:13, Acts 20:28. NB The meaning of John 1:1 according to Jehovah’s Witnesses The phrases “The Word was a deity” or “The Word was God” can both be translated from Greek. So how do we know that translating it as “The Word was God” is accurate? The writer, John, was a Jew, which explains why. He understood there was just one God. Consequently, he would not consider referring to the Word as a different “god.” There were no further gods. Thomas addresses Jesus as “my Lord and my God” in John 20:28. According to Jehovah’s Witnesses, each of these phrases implies that Thomas thought Jesus to be “like a deity.” Conversely, these words of amazement might be aimed not at God but at Jesus.  Recall the controversy in the early decades of the church: Arius claimed that Jesus had “homoiousios,” which means “similar essence”—in other words, like God; Athanasius steadfastly believed that “homoousios,” which means “same essence,” was in fact God himself.
   • “Son of Man”:  When we say that Jesus was the “son of man,” we often mean that he was a man, a member of the human race. Although the phrase might simply mean this, Jesus frequently uses it to allude to himself, using Daniel 7:9–14 as a backdrop. In Dan 7:9–14, the “son of man” is obviously a heavenly figure.
3. The divine attributes of Jesus: Jesus possesses the same qualities as God. Jesus is described in Scripture as being everlasting (Heb 13:8), everywhere (also known as “omnipresent”; Matt 28:20), all-powerful (also known as “omnipotent”; Phil 3:21), and all-knowing (John chapter 1).
4. Jesus’ divine works: Jesus performs miracles that only God can perform. In addition to providing eternal life (Jn 10:28), Jesus is also the one who forgives sins (Mk 2:7), creates (Jn 1:3, 10; Col 1:16–17), raises and judges (Jn 5:28–29; 2 Cor 5:10; Matt 25:32), and raises and judges (Jn 5:28–29).
5. The divine worship of Jesus: Jesus is revered, which proves that he is God. This is demonstrated in verses like Heb 1:6, Revelation chapters 5 and 6, Acts 7:59–60, and Jn 20:25.