Who says Jesus is God, anyway?

If you believe in Jesus, I sin­cere­ly hope you believe in Him as God. There are count­less souls who pro­fess belief in Him, but deny His Deity. I want to share some Bible vers­es which plain­ly state oth­er­wise, that He is in fact God.

But first, it must be estab­lished that there is only one God. 

• To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Him­self is God; there is none oth­er besides Him. … There­fore know this day, and con­sid­er it in your heart, that the Lord Him­self is God in heav­en above and on the earth beneath; there is no oth­er. Deuteron­o­my 4:35,39, NKJV
• Now see that I, even I, am He,
  And there is no God besides Me;
  I kill and I make alive;
  I wound and I heal;
  Nor is there any who can deliv­er from My hand. Deuteron­o­my 32:39, NKJV
• There­fore you are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, accord­ing to all that we have heard with our ears. 2 Samuel 7:22, NKJV
• …that all the peo­ples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no oth­er. 1 Kings 8:60, NKJV
• Remem­ber the for­mer things of old,
  For I am God, and there is no other;
  I am God, and there is none like Me. Isa­iah 46:9, NKJV

More could be list­ed, but suf­fice it to say that there is one God and none oth­er besides Him. Real­i­ty, then, is monothe­is­tic, regard­less of what peo­ple devise in their own hearts.

Is Jesus Christ that God? Yes! Who says? I’m glad you asked!

• David: While the Phar­isees were gath­ered togeth­er, Jesus asked them, say­ing, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.” He said to them, “How then does David in the Spir­it call Him ‘Lord,’ say­ing:

  ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
  “Sit at My right hand,
  Till I make Your ene­mies Your footstool“ ‘?

  “If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is he his Son?” Matthew 22:22:41–45, NKJV (cf. Psalm 110:1)

• Isa­iah: There­fore the Lord Him­self will give you a sign: Behold, the vir­gin shall con­ceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Isa­iah 7:14, NKJV “Immanuel” inter­pret­ed means “God with us.” So Isa­iah here proph­e­sies that a vir­gin would give birth to the child, and that the child could prop­er­ly be addressed as “God with us” (see Matthew 1:23). … “God with us, Your din­ner is ready,” “God with us, let’s go to the mar­ket,” “God with us, we love You.” Mary & Joseph’s lives must have been interesting!
• Isa­iah, con­tin­ued: For unto us a Child is born,
  Unto us a Son is given;
  And the gov­ern­ment will be upon His shoulder.
  And His name will be called
  Won­der­ful, Coun­selor, Mighty God,
  Ever­last­ing Father, Prince of Peace.

  Isa­iah 9:6, NKJV

• Jere­mi­ah, proph­esy­ing: “Behold, the days are com­ing,” says the Lord,
  “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;
  A King shall reign and prosper,
  And exe­cute judg­ment and right­eous­ness in the earth.
  In His days Judah will be saved,
  And Israel will dwell safely;
  Now this is His name by which He will be called:

  THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

  Jere­mi­ah 23:5–6, NKJV Remem­ber 1 Kings 8:60, that the Lord is God and there is no other!

• Matthew: “Behold, the vir­gin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is trans­lat­ed, “God with us.” Matthew 1:23, NKJV
• Angels: For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Sav­ior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11, NKJV
• The Blind Man: Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?” He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?” And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talk­ing with you.” Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he wor­shiped Him. John 9:35–38, NKJV
• Thomas: And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” John 20:28, NKJV
• Peter: Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I per­ceive that God shows no par­tial­i­ty. But in every nation who­ev­er fears Him and works right­eous­ness is accept­ed by Him. The word which God sent to the chil­dren of Israel, preach­ing peace through Jesus Christ–He is Lord of all…” Acts 10:34–36, NKJV
• John: In the begin­ning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1, NKJV
• John, con­tin­ued: And we know that the Son of God has come and has giv­en us an under­stand­ing, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eter­nal life. 1 John 5:20, NKJV
• Paul: There­fore take heed to your­selves and to 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, NKJV
• Paul, con­tin­ued: Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not con­sid­er it rob­bery to be equal with God… Philip­pi­ans 2:5,6, NKJV
• Paul, con­tin­ued: He is the image of the invis­i­ble God, the first­born over all cre­ation. For by Him all things were cre­at­ed that are in heav­en and that are on earth, vis­i­ble and invis­i­ble, whether thrones or domin­ions or prin­ci­pal­i­ties or pow­ers. All things were cre­at­ed through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things con­sist. Colos­sians 1:15–17, NKJV
• Paul, con­tin­ued: …look­ing for the blessed hope and glo­ri­ous appear­ing of our great God and Sav­ior Jesus Christ… Titus 2:13, NKJV
• The Father: But to the Son He says:

  “Your throne, O God, is for­ev­er and ever;
  A scepter of right­eous­ness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
  You have loved right­eous­ness and hat­ed lawlessness;
  There­fore God, Your God, has anoint­ed You
  With the oil of glad­ness more than Your companions.”

  Hebrews 1:8,9, NKJV (cf. Psalm 45:6,7)

The Mys­tery of the Trin­i­ty is just that: the Father calls the Son God; the Son calls the Father God. Both are God. Both are one. Both are dis­tinct, but both are unit­ed. The Holy Spir­it is the third part of God, mak­ing Him thrice holy, thrice per­son­al. And the Scrip­tures pro­vide over­whelm­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to this.

You’ve heard it said that with God, all things are pos­si­ble. With God, the fol­low­ing is true: 1 = God = 3. May we always remain in awe at the depth and immen­si­ty of God!

Inspired by/adapted from Wayoflife.org.