The Deity of Jesus Christ from the Scriptures
Characteristic | God | Jesus Christ |
Who is omnipotent (all powerful)? | 1 Chronicles 29:11 | Philippians 3:20-21 |
Who is omniscient (all knowing)? | 1 John 3:20 | Colossians 2:2-3 |
Who is omnipresent (present everywhere)? | Proverbs 15:3 | 2 Corinthians 2:14 |
Who is Lord of Sabbath? | Genesis 2:3 | Matthew 12:8 |
Who is the great "I am?" | Exodus 3:14 | John 8:58 |
Who is the only creator? | Isaiah 44:24 | John 1:3 |
Who is the only savior? | Isaiah 43:11, 45:21 | Acts 4:12 |
Who will judge mankind? | Isaiah 3:13, 14 | 2 Corinthians 5:10 |
Who will judge between the sheep and goats? | Ezekiel 34:17 | Matthew 25:31-33 |
Who sent the prophets? | Jeremiah 7:25 | Matthew 23:34 |
Who resurrected Jesus? | Acts 4:10 | John 10:17-18 |
Who is "coming in glory?" | Isaiah 40:5 | Matthew 24:30 |
Who is our Father? | Isaiah 63:16 | Isaiah 9:6 |
Who is the "first and last?" | Isaiah 44:6 | Revelation 1:17 |
Who is Rock of salvation? | 2 Samuel 22:32 | 1 Corinthians 10:4 |
Who is Stone of stumbling? | Isaiah 8:13-15 | 1 Peter 2:8 |
"One crying in the wilderness" came to prepare a way for whom? | Isaiah 40:3 | Matthew 3:3 |
Who is eternal? | Genesis 21:33 | Micah 5:2 |
Who is the fountain of living waters? | Jeremiah 17:13 | John 4:10-14 |
Who resurrects the dead? | Acts 26:8 | John 6:40 |
Who gives rewards to man? | Isaiah 40:10 | Matthew 16:27 |
Who has all authority and power? | 1 Chronicles 29:11 | Matthew 28:18 |
Who gives power and authority to man? | Psalms 68:35 | Luke 9:1 |
Who forgives sin? | 2 Chronicles 7:14 | Matthew 9:6 |
Who sent the Holy Spirit? | John 14:16 | John 16:7 |
Who has the greatest name? | Nehemiah 9:5 | Philippians 2:9 |
Whom are we to worship? | Exodus 34:14 | Revelation 5:12-13 |
Who is the good Shepherd? | Genesis 48:15 | John 10:14 |
Who searches for the lost sheep of Israel? | Ezekiel 34:11 | Matthew 15:24 |
Who is "Lord of Lords?" | Deuteronomy 10:17 | Revelation 17:14 |
To whom shall every knee bow? | Isaiah 45:22-23 | Philippians 2:10 |
Who is the righteous branch of David? | Jeremiah 23:5-6 | Jeremiah 33:15 |
Who alone is Holy? | 1 Samuel 2:2 | Acts 3:14 |
Whose blood cleanses us? | Acts 20:28 | 1 John 1:7 |
The world was created for whom? | Proverbs 16:4 | Colossians 1:16 |
Who is above all? | Nehemiah 9:6 | Romans 9:5 |
Who is forever the same? | Psalms 102:24-27 | Hebrews 1:8-12 |
Who is our light? | Psalms 27:1 | John 8:12 |
Who is the way or path? | Psalms 16:11 | John 14:6 |
Who is in charge of the angels? | Psalms 103:20 | 2 Thessalonians 1:7 |
Who gives us rest? | Exodus 33:14 | Matthew 11:28 |
Who gives eternal life? | Proverbs 19:23 | John 3:36 |
We are the bride of whom? | Isaiah 54:5 | 2 Corinthians 11:2 |
Who tests the heart and mind? | Jeremiah 17:10 | Revelation 2:23 |
Statement | Verse |
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. | Matthew 1:23 |
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. | Luke 7:16 |
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. | John 1:1 |
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. | John 1:18 |
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. | John 5:18 |
I and my Father are one. | John 10:30 |
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. | John 10:33 |
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. | John 13:13 |
Jesus said to him, "...He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how do you say, `Show us the Father?'" | John 14:9 |
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. | John 17:5 |
And Thomas answered and said unto him [Jesus], My Lord and my God. | John 20:28 |
...lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. | 2 Corinthians 4:4 |
...Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: | Philippians 2:5-6 |
...after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. | Colossians 2:9 |
God was manifest in the flesh... | 1 Timothy 3:16 |
...our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; | 1st Timothy 6:14-15 |
God...Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son... Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person... | Hebrews 1:1-3 |
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever... | Hebrews 1:8 |
...the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; | Titus 2:13 |
Simon Peter... through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: | 2nd Peter 1:1 |
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. | Revelation 1:8 |
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. | Revelation 19:16 |
The wise men say so, by coming to WORSHIP the Christ child (Matthew 2:2,11). Isaiah 42:8 clearly states that God will not share His glory nor praises with another.
Gabriel the Archangel says so in Matthew 1:23, calling Jesus "Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."
Mary, Jesus' mother, says so in Luke 1:47... "And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour."
A leper says so, by worshipping Jesus in Matthew 8:2. Only God is to be worshipped (Exodus 20:4,5).
Jesus Himself claimed so, in Matthew 9:2, when He forgave a man's sins, "Son...thy sins be forgiven thee." Mark 2:7 plainly states that ONLY God can forgive sin.
A certain ruler says so, by worshipping Jesus in Matthew 9:18.
The Apostles say so, by worshipping Jesus in Matthew 14:33.
A Canaanite woman says so, by worshipping Jesus in Matthew 15:25.
A mother and her sons say so, by worshipping Jesus in Matthew 20:20.
The disciples say so, by worshipping Jesus in Matthew 28:9.
MARK
A man afflicted by a demon says so, by worshipping Jesus in Mark 5:6.
Jesus Himself claimed so, in Mark 2:5, when He forgave a man's sins, "Son, thy sins be forgiven thee." Mark 2:7 plainly states that ONLY God can forgive sin.
LUKE
John the Baptist says so, in John 1:15, by stating "He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me." John said that Jesus came BEFORE him; but Luke 1:24-27 tell us that Jesus was born several months AFTER John. John was clearly referring to Jesus as God incarnate.
Jesus Himself claimed so, in Luke 5:20, when He forgave a man's sins, "Man, thy sins are forgiven thee." Luke 5:21 plainly states that ONLY God can forgive sin.
The Apostles say so, by worshipping Jesus in Luke 24:52.
JOHN
John says so, in John 1:1... "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
John says so, by stating in John 1:3 that Jesus is the Divine Creator of all things. See Colossians 1:16; 2nd Peter 3:5. Genesis 1:1 plainly states that GOD created the universe and all things in it.
John says so, in John 1:10... "He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not."
John says so, in John 3:16, by calling Jesus God's "only begotten Son." To be God's literal Son makes Jesus deity.
Jesus Himself claimed so, in John 14:1, by asking those who believe in God to also believe on Him.
Jesus Himself claimed so, in John 8:24, "...for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." The pronoun "he" is in italics in the King James Bible, meaning it was added by the translators for clarity, and isn't in the Greek. Thus, it literally says, "...for if ye believe not that I AM, ye shall die in your sins." See Exodus 3:14.
Jesus Himself claimed so, in John 8:58, "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." This is the I AM of Exodus 3:14. The people understood what Jesus was claiming, because they tried to kill him in John 8:59.
Jesus Himself claimed so, in John 10:30, "I and my Father are one."
Jesus Himself claimed so, in John 10:33, "The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God."
Jesus Himself claimed so, in John 14:1, "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me." Clearly, Jesus was claiming equality with God the Father. See Philippians 2:6 (King James Bible).
ACTS
Peter says so, in Acts 4:10-12, by stating that salvation can ONLY be found in the name of JESUS. Isaiah 43:11,12 tell us that God is the ONLY Savior. In John 14:6, Jesus claimed to be the ONLY way to Heaven.
Paul says so, in Acts 20:28, "Take heed therefore unto yourselves...to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood." Paul states that God paid for our sins with His own blood. 1st Peter 1:18,19 clearly states that Jesus is the Lamb of God which shed His blood for our sins. Hence, Jesus is Almighty God!
ROMANS
Paul says so, The Resurrection of Jesus Christ proves His Deity ( Romans 1:1-4)
Nature says so, giving understanding and clarity to the fact that Jesus Christ is God. "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse" (Romans 1:18-20; John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:16).
Lost sinners know so, who knowing the judgment of God..." (Romans 1:18, 24-32). Only Jesus Christ Himself judges sin! (John 5:22). The unsaved realize that someday they will stand before Jesus Christ to be judged.
Abraham says so, by believing God.
Genesis 15:6 states Abraham believed the LORD! James 2:19 says believing
in God is not enough to be saved. John 3:16 says believing in
Jesus Christ is enough, so we must conclude that
Abraham believed on Jesus Christ as God because he was justified in
Romans 4:3 (Rom 4:1-5)
Paul says so, by declaring that Jesus Christ is Eternal and Immortal! (Romans 6:9,10).
Paul says so, by declaring that Jesus is risen! (Romans 8:34).
Isaiah says so, by prophesying about the coming Messiah who would die on the cross (Romans 9:25-33. Verse 33 states... "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed." This is a quote from Isaiah 28:16. Paul said that the "LORD" of Isaiah 10:23 is the same "LORD" that died on the cross (Romans 10:11).
Paul says so by quoting Psalm 40:17, 14:7, Isaiah 27:9. Jesus Christ as our Deliverer is God. All will confess Jesus as God at the Judgment Seat! (Romans 14:11).
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