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Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!igor.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: emery@tc.fluke.COM (John Emery) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Many Scriptures on the deity of Jesus Christ Message-ID: <Nov.20.01.14.54.1992.19041@athos.rutgers.edu> Date: 20 Nov 92 06:14:58 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 1240 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [I requested a copy of this file for use in the FAQ, though not necessarily as a posting, since I'm not terribly interested in another discussion of the Trinity. I do get questions now and then abouat the scriptural basis, so it's useful to have a list of passages that are considered to support it. --clh] I've posted this file a couple of times on talk.religion.misc, most recently a couple of months ago. This scriptural reference material may be used for believers who want a more thorough understanding on the Biblical view of the deity of Christ and for those who have had some questions on whether the NT writers believed that Jesus Christ is God who appeared to us in human flesh. There are four sections of Scriptures with many subsections. The four sections are: Section 1: Jesus was called God Section 2: Jesus has characteristics ascribed to God Section 3: Jesus is God by comparing Him with the Father Section 4: Jesus is God by the type of relationship he has with believers In all, there are at last count 266 verses, some of which are duplicated in different sections. However, there are probably around 250 unique verses. I hope this may be a blessing and may bring praise and honor to our glorious God and Savior, Jesus Christ. John Emery emery@tc.fluke.COM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCRIPTURES THAT POINT TO THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST SECTION 1 : JESUS WAS CALLED GOD =================================== 1.1 DIRECTLY: John 20:28 Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!" (NIV) John 1:1-2,14 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. ...14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (NIV) Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom. (NIV) Phil 2:5-6 5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, (NIV) Titus 2:13 while we wait for the blessed hope-- the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, (NIV) Romans 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen. (NIV) Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (NIV) 1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true-- even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (NIV) 1.2 BY BEING CALLED THE LIFE John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. (NIV) John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; (NIV) John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (NIV) 1 John 1:1-2 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-- this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. (NIV) John 1:4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. (NIV) 1.3 BY NAMES ASCRIBED TO GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: OT (The LORD, the first and the last) Isaiah 44:6 "This is what the LORD says-- Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus, the first and the last) Rev 1:17-18 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. (NIV) OT (The LORD, the only Savior) Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior. (NIV) ----- NT (The Son, the Savior of the world) 1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. (NIV) OT (The LORD, the Holy One) Isaiah 43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel's Creator, your King." (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus of Nazareth, the Holy One and Righteous One) Acts 3:13-14 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. 14 You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. (NIV) OT (The LORD our God, the Rock) Deuteronomy 32:3-4 3 I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! 4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. (NIV) ----- NT (Christ, the rock that accompanied the Israelites) 1 Corinthians 10:3-4 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. (NIV) OT (God, the I AM) Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: `I AM has sent me to you.'" (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus, the I AM) John 8:58 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" (NIV) OT (the LORD, my shepherd) Psa 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus, the good shepherd) John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (NIV) OT (The LORD, husband of God's people) Jeremiah 3:14 "Return, faithless people," declares the LORD, "for I am your husband. I will choose you-- one from a town and two from a clan-- and bring you to Zion. (NIV) ----- NT (Christ, the husband of God's people) 2 Corinthians 11:2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. (NIV) OT (God, the one to whom every knee will bow, and every tongue confess) Isaiah 45:22-23 22 "Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. 23 By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus, the one to whom every knee will bow, and every tongue confess) Philippians 2:10-11 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (NIV) OT (The LORD, Our Righteousness) Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. (NIV) ------ NT (Christ Jesus, our righteousness) 1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God-- that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. (NIV) OT (The LORD Almighty is the stone that causes men to stumble) Isaiah 8:13-14 13 The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread, 14 and he will be a sanctuary; but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. (NIV) ----- NT (Jesus is the stone that causes men to stumble) 1 Peter 2:7-8 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone," 8 and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the message-- which is also what they were destined for. (NIV) 1.4 BY NAMES ASCRIBED TO GOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT The Lord God, the Alpha and Omega: Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (NIV) ----- Jesus, the Alpha and the Omega: Rev 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. (NIV) God, the King of kings and Lord of lords: 1 Timothy 6:15 which God will bring about in his own time-- God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, (NIV) ----- Jesus the Lamb, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Rev 17:14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings-- and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers." (NIV) God, the light: 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. (NIV) ----- Jesus, the light: John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV) God is referred to as the Lord: Matt 22:37 Jesus replied: "`Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' (NIV) ----- Jesus is referred to as the Lord: 1 Corinthians 8:6b and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. (NIV) God is called our Savior: Titus 3:4-5 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, (NIV) ----- Jesus is called our Savior: Titus 3:6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, (NIV) 1.5 BY INFERENCE: Acts 20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. (NIV) [Jesus shed His blood on the cross to purchase the church and in this Scripture it says it was God's blood]. Hebrews 3:3-4 3 Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. 4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. (NIV) [In verse 3, Jesus is refered to as the builder of the house. In verse 4, God is called the builder of the house]. Ephesians 5:1-2 1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (NIV) [In verse 1 it is God we are to imitate. In verse 2, Christ is given as the example of God we are to imitate]. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV) [Once again Jesus giving up His life for us is the example of God demonstrating His love to us]. Luke 17:15-18 15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him-- and he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" (NIV) [When the leper came back to fall down at Jesus' feet and thank Him, Jesus said it was God they were glorifying] John 13:34-35 34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (NIV) 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. (NIV) [In the first reference, Jesus teaches us to love one another. In the second reference, it is God who has taught us to love one another.] 1.6 BY THE TITLE "THE" SON OF GOD (THE ONE AND ONLY, UNIQUE) Romans 1:3-4 3 regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, 4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. (NIV) John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV) John 10:36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, `I am God's Son'? (NIV) 1 John 4:9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. (NIV) Mark 3:11 Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." (NIV) Mark 15:39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!" (NIV) Luke 22:70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied, "You are right in saying I am." (NIV) John 5:25 I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. (NIV) John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (NIV) Acts 9:20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. (NIV) 1 John 4:15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. (NIV) 1 John 5:5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. (NIV) 1 John 5:12-13 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (NIV) 1.7 BY ACCUSATION John 5:18 For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. (NIV) John 10:32-33 32 but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?" 33 "We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God." (NIV) Luke 5:20-21 20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven." 21 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, "Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" (NIV) Mark 14:61-64 61 But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" 62 "I am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." 63 The high priest tore his clothes. "Why do we need any more witnesses?" he asked. 64 "You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?" They all condemned him as worthy of death. (NIV) John 8:58-59 58 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds. (NIV) 1.8 BY ASSOCIATION WITH OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGES THAT REFER TO GOD John 12:40-41 40 "He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn-- and I would heal them." 41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him. (NIV) OT THE MESSENGER TO PROCEDE THE LORD WHOM YOU SEEK: Malachi 3:1 "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty. (NIV) ----- NT JOHN THE BAPTIST REFERRED TO AS THE MESSENGER, THUS JESUS IS THE "LORD YOU ARE SEEKING": Matthew 11:10-11 10 This is the one about whom it is written: "`I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' 11 I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. (NIV) OT A VOICE CALLING TO PREPRARE THE WAY FOR GOD: Isaiah 40:3 A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. (NIV) ----- NT THAT VOICE IS JOHN THE BAPTIST WHO PREPARED THE WAY FOR JESUS: Matthew 3:3-4 3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one calling in the desert, `Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.'" 4 John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. (NIV) OT GOD IS THE ONE WHO'S WORDS WILL NEVER PASS AWAY Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." (NIV) ----- NT JESUS IS THE ONE WHO'S WORDS WILL NEVER PASS AWAY Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. (NIV) SECTION 2: JESUS HAS CHARACTERISTICS ASCRIBED TO GOD ====================================================== 2.1 CREATOR John 1:3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. (NIV) John 1:10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. (NIV) Colossians 1:15-16 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. (NIV) Hebrews 1:1-2 1 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. (NIV) Hebrews 1:10 He also says, "In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. (NIV) 2.2 JUDGE OF MEN John 5:22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, (NIV) Acts 10:42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. (NIV) Acts 17:31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead." (NIV) 2 Tim 4:1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: (NIV) 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. (NIV) 2.3 ETERNAL 1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-- this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. (NIV) 1 John 1:2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. (NIV) 1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true-- even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (NIV) Rev 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. (NIV) 2.4 OMNIPRESENT Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. (NIV) Ephesians 1:22-23 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. (NIV) Ephesians 4:9-10 9 (What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) (NIV) 2.5 ALL KNOWING Matt 9:4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, "Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? (NIV) Luke 9:46-47 46 An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. 47 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. (NIV) John 21:17 The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep. (NIV) Matt 12:25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. (NIV) Mark 2:8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things? (NIV) Luke 6:8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Get up and stand in front of everyone." So he got up and stood there. (NIV) John 2:24-25 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. 25 He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man. (NIV) Revelation 2:23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. (NIV) 2.6 ALL POWERFUL Philippians 3:20-21 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. (NIV) Colossians 1:17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (NIV) Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (NIV) John 12:32 But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." (NIV) John 2:19-21 19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days." 20 The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?" 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. (NIV) John 6:40 For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." (NIV) Revelation 3:7 "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. (NIV) 2.7 POWER OVER DEATH Rev 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. (NIV) 2 Timothy 1:10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. (NIV) John 8:51 I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death." (NIV) Acts 2:24b because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. (NIV) 2.8 RULER OF ALL CREATION Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. (NIV) John 3:30-31 30 He must become greater; I must become less. 31 "The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. (NIV) [John the Baptist referring to Jesus] Ephesians 1:22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, (NIV) Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. (NIV) Colossians 2:10 and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. (NIV) Philippians 2:9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, (NIV) John 17:1-2 1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. (NIV) Revelation 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. (NIV) 2.9 WORSHIPED Matt 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. (KJV) Matt 14:33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." (NIV) Matt 28:9 Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. (NIV) Matt 28:16-18 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. (NIV) Luke 24:51-52 51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. 52 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. (NIV) John 9:35-38 35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 36 "Who is he, sir?" the man asked. "Tell me so that I may believe in him." 37 Jesus said, "You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you." 38 Then the man said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him. (NIV) Hebrews 1:6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him." (NIV) Phil 2:9-11 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (NIV) Daniel 7:13-14 13 "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. (NIV) Rev 5:12-14 12 In a loud voice they sang: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!" 13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!" 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped. (NIV) 2 Thes 1:9-10 9 They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power 10 on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. (NIV) 2.10 RECEIVES PRAISE AND GLORY It is written that we are to give glory to God alone: Rev 14:7 He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water." (NIV) Isaiah 42:8 "I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols. (NIV) Jesus receives glory reserved for God: Rev 1:6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father-- to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. (NIV) Rev 5:12 In a loud voice they sang: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!" (NIV) Rev 5:13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!" (NIV) Rev 7:10 And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." (NIV) John 5:22-23 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. (NIV) 2 Timothy 4:18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (NIV) 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. (NIV) Luke 17:16-18 16 He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him-- and he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" (NIV) 2.11 IS PRAYED TO Acts 7:59-60 59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep. (NIV) John 14:13-14 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. (NIV) 1 Timothy 1:12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service. (NIV) 2.12 UNCHANGING Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (NIV) Hebrews 1:11-12 11 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. 12 You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end." (NIV) 2.13 SINLESS Philippians 2:5-6 5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, (NIV) John 8:46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? (NIV) 1 Peter 2:22-23 22 "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. (NIV) Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-- yet was without sin. (NIV) 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (NIV) 1 John 3:5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. (NIV) Hebrews 7:26 Such a high priest meets our need-- one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. (NIV) 2.14 GIVER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Matt 3:11 "I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. (NIV) John 15:26 "When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. (NIV) John 16:7 But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. (NIV) Acts 2:33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. (NIV) SECTION 3: JESUS IS GOD BY COMPARING HIM WITH THE FATHER ========================================================== 3.1 EXACTLY LIKE THE FATHER John 8:19 Then they asked him, "Where is your father?" "You do not know me or my Father," Jesus replied. "If you knew me, you would know my Father also." (NIV) John 12:44 Then Jesus cried out, "When a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. (NIV) John 14:9 Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, `Show us the Father'? (NIV) Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (NIV) John 5:26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. (NIV) John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. (NIV) 3.2 DOES THE SAME THINGS AS THE FATHER John 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. (NIV) Galatians 1:3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, (NIV) 2 John 1:3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, will be with us in truth and love. (NIV) 3.3 REIGNS IN GLORY WITH THE FATHER Rev 21:22-23 22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. (NIV) Rev 22:1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb (NIV) Rev 22:3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. (NIV) Mark 16:19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. (NIV) Luke 22:69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God." (NIV) 3.4 MUST ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH FATHER AND SON TOGETHER 1 John 2:23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. (NIV) John 15:23 He who hates me hates my Father as well. (NIV) 2 John 1:9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. (NIV) John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. (NIV) 1 John 2:24 See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. (NIV) John 14:23 Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. (NIV) SECTION 4: JESUS IS GOD BY THE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP HE HAS WITH BELIEVERS =========================================================================== 4.1 INDWELLS THEM: John 14:20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. (NIV) Colossians 1:27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (NIV) John 17:25-26 25 "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them." (NIV) 1 Corinthians 6:15a Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (NIV) Galatians 4:6 Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." (NIV) Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. (NIV) 4.2 IS LIFE TO THEM: John 6:57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. (NIV) John 14:19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. (NIV) Colossians 3:3-4 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. (NIV) Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (NIV) 1 John 5:12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. (NIV) Colossians 2:6-7 6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. (NIV) 1 John 4:9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. (NIV) 1 Corinthians 8:6b And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. (NIV) John 10:27-28 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. (NIV) John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (NIV) 4.3 IS THE CENTER AND HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THEIR LIFE: 2 Corinthians 5:15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. (NIV) Colossians 3:1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. (NIV) Hebrews 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (NIV) Hebrews 3:1 Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. (NIV) Matthew 10:37 "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; (NIV) Matthew 10:38-39 38 and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (NIV) [A true prophet of God would point men to follow God and not himself. Yet Jesus says to follow Him]. Matt 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. (NIV) Luke 14:33 In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. (NIV) 4.4 WORKS IN THEM: John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. (NIV) John 15:6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. (NIV) John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit-- fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. (NIV) Hebrews 7:25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. (NIV) 4.5 IS THEIR STRENGTH: Colossians 1:29 To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me. (NIV) Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength. (NIV) 1 Corinthians 1:7-8 7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8 He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV) 2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. (NIV) 4.6 OVERSEES THEIR SOULS: 1 Peter 2:25 For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (NIV) 4.7 GIVES REST TO THEIR SOULS: Matthew 11:28-30 28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (NIV) 4.8 GIVES THEM PEACE AND IS HIMSELF THEIR PEACE: John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (NIV) Ephesians 2:14a For he himself is our peace (NIV) Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. (NIV) 4.9 LOVES THEM WITH PERFECT DIVINE LOVE: John 15:9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. (NIV) Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, (NIV) Romans 8:35-37 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (NIV) Ephesians 3:17-19 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (NIV) Ephesians 5:29-30 29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church-- 30 for we are members of his body. (NIV) John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. (NIV) 1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. (NIV) 2 Corinthians 5:14a For Christ's love compels us, (NIV) 4.10 KNOWS THEM PERSONALLY AND THEY KNOW HIM PERSONALLY: Philippians 3:7-8 7 But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ (NIV) John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. (NIV) John 10:14-15 14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me-- 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father-- and I lay down my life for the sheep. (NIV) John 10:27-28 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. (NIV) John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (NIV) 2 Timothy 1:12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day. (NIV) 4.11 LIVES IN FELLOWSHIP WITH THEM: Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."" (NIV) Revelation 3:20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. (NIV) 1 Corinthians 1:9 God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. (NIV) 1 John 1:3-4 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our joy complete. (NIV) Romans 6:8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. (NIV) 1 Thessalonians 5:10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. (NIV) 1 Corinthians 6:17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. (NIV) 4.12 FREES THEM FROM SIN: Revelation 1:5b To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, (NIV) John 8:34-36 34 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (NIV) John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (NIV) Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." (NIV) Acts 3:26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways." (NIV) Romans 7:24-25a 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God-- through Jesus Christ our Lord! (NIV) Titus 2:14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. (NIV) 1 John 3:5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. (NIV) 4.13 THEY BELONG TO HIM AND ARE HIS POSSESSION: Romans 1:6 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. (NIV) Romans 7:4 So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. (NIV) Romans 14:8 If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. (NIV) 4.14 HE IS THE ONE THEY OBEY: John 14:21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." (NIV) John 15:10-11 10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. (NIV) 4.15 HE IS THE ONE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE: Matthew 10:32 "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. (NIV) [We are to acknowledge God (Hosea 6:3) yet Jesus says we are to acknowledge Him]. 4.16 HE IS THE ONE THEY SERVE: John 12:26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. (NIV) Colossians 3:24b It is the Lord Christ you are serving. (NIV) Luke 4:8 Jesus answered, "It is written: `Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'" (NIV) Luke 16:13a "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other." (NIV) 4.17 THEY PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM: Romans 10:11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." (NIV) John 14:1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. (NIV) 4.18 IS THE OBJECT OF THEIR FAITH: John 8:24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am, you will indeed die in your sins." (NIV) John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV) Acts 16:31 They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-- you and your household." (NIV) Acts 20:21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus. (NIV) Romans 3:22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, (NIV) Gal 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (NIV) Gal 3:26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, (NIV) Rev 2:13 I know where you live-- where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city-- where Satan lives. (NIV) -- John Emery "You say we've risen to a new age of light. emery@tc.fluke.COM You're telling me what used to be wrong is now right."