Hey guys!
Now, I had a few people reaching out to me.
Saying,
"Why do you, as Christians claim that Jesus Christ is God?"
When in fact;
Well, they say in fact...
That's what they believe.
In fact,
Jesus never claimed to be God, Himself.
Did Jesus claimed to be God?
Is he really God?
What does the Bible, really say?
Well, let's jump right into it.
So, Did Jesus claimed to be God?
Well,
Yes!
In many passages.
But at the beginning of his life on earth,
He didn't shout it out from the rooftops,
because He was waiting for the right time.
Timing was very, very important for all the
prophecies of the Old Testament to be fulfilled.
So,
Let's see what Jesus said about
Himself.
John 8:57, "Then the Jews said to Him,
'You are not yet fifty years old,
and have You seen Abraham?'
Jesus said to them, 'Most assuredly, I say to you,
before Abraham was,
I AM.'
Then I took up stones to throw at Him.
Wow. What a statement!
"Before Abraham was, I AM."
Is no, greater statement than that, claiming deity.
These are the same words,
That Yahweh spoke
in Exodus 3:14,
" 'I am Who I am.'
and He said,
'Thus you shall say to the children of Israel,
I AM
Has sent me to you.'"
And you can only look at the Jews reaction here,
by wanting to stone,
Jesus,
after what He said.
Why did they want to stone Him?
For blasphemy.
for claiming to be God.
And their law
Commanded them to stone
someone who blasphemes against God.
You could read it in Leviticus 24:16,
It says, "And whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord
shall surely be put to death.
All the congregation shall certainly stone him."
And then Paul was also like one of these
religious people.
Who didn't believe, that Jesus Christ was just the Messiah
That He was indeed God,
and that's why he
persecuted Christians.
Before he was Paul his name was Saul.
And then on the road to Damascus,
Jesus
just revealed Himself to Saul.
and Saul
Imagine, how that must have felt for him.
He became a Christian.
He converted,
because at that moment he believed that Jesus Christ,
is God.
Ah, let's move on to the next one.
John 10:23 - 30,
"And Jesus walked in the temple,
in Solomon's porch.
Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him
How long do you keep us in doubt?
If you are the Christ, tell us plainly"
Now for those, who do not know.
The Christ, means Messiah.
So they were asking Jesus,
to tell them if He was indeed,
the Messiah.
Jesus answered them,
"I told you,
and you do not believe."
So it's very clear here,
that He already told them,
that He is the Messiah.
"I told you, and you do not
believe the works that I do in My Father's name,
they bear witness of me."
but you do not believe,
because you are not of My sheep,
as I said to you.
My sheep hear My voice,
And I know them,
and they follow Me.
And I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish;
Neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
My Father who has given them to Me,
is greater than all;
and
No one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.
I and My Father are one."
"Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him."
"I and My father are one."
He can't be any clearer than that.
And then again they wanted to stone Him,
for what?
Why did they want to stone Him?
Because he claimed to be God.
In verse 33 they said,
"For a good work
We do not stone You,
but for blasphemy,
and because You,
being a Man,
making Yourself God.
And then of course,
We know,
that this is also the only reason why
they crucified Jesus at the end.
Why?
Because he claimed to be God.
Let's look at another verse,
Luke 22:70
"Then they all said, 'Are you then the Son of God?
You rightly say that I am.
And they said,
'What further testimony do we need?
For we have heard it ourselves
from his own mouth."
And then they took him to Pilate,
the Roman governor at that time.
And he asked Jesus the following.
"Are you the King of the Jews?"
He answered him and said,
'it is as you say'.
so Pilate said to the chief priests and crowd,
'I find no fault in this Man.'
So Jesus never,
not even once
Denied it.
When people asked Him,
'Are you God?
Are you the Son of God?
Are you Messiah?
He always affirmed it in the positive.
Not only Jesus,
but also his followers.
John 1:1 says,
"In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God."
Verse 14 says,
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we beheld His glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,
full of grace and truth."
Wow, isn't that just amazing?
John.
Describing here,
how Jesus,
God,
lived among them.
How they beheld His glory.
Imagine, you were alive at that time,
and you could see Jesus as the disciples did.
In John 20:28 Thomas said, "My Lord and my God!"
2 Peter 1:1 says,
"To those who have obtained precious faith with us by the
righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ."
Titus 2:13 says,
"Looking for the Blessed hope,
and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior
Jesus Christ."
and then Matthew 16:13 -18,
Simon Peter answered and said,
"You are the Christ,
the Son of the Living God."
Jesus answered and said to him,
"Blessed are you, Simon bar-Jonah,
For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,
but My Father who is in heaven."
So, it is very clear that the Bible says that,
Jesus Himself,
and those who followed Him,
Clearly said that,
He
is
God.
You know, Jesus knew exactly who He was.
Even at 12 years old,
when Joseph and Maria,
He was lost.
They were looking for Him.
They couldn't find Him for three days.
And He was at the temple teaching.
Luke 2:46 says,
"After three days they found him in the temple court,
sitting among the teachers,
listening
To them and asking them questions.
Everyone who heard Him was amazed at His
understanding and His answers.
When His parents saw Him,
they were astonished;
His mother said to Him,
Son
Why have you treated us like this?
Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You
and then listen to what Jesus
Says to them,
"Why were you searching for Me?"
He asked.
"Didn't you know I had to be in My Father's house?"
So Jesus always knew, who He was.
There was not even one moment,
that He was a little bit uncertain.
He knew exactly!
Compare that to any other religious leaders.
Muhammad.
For example,
he was very uncertain.
He had no self-awareness.
He claimed when he got the revelations,
or the visions.
He wasn't even sure what was really happening.
Then he went to his wife.
He told his wife about the whole story,
and his wife convinced him that it is
an angel.
And You have to go and listen to him.
But Jesus,
He knew exactly,
Exactly,
who He was!
Before,
"Abraham was,
I AM."
And He also says in,
John 14:6
I am the way,
the truth,
and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me."
So the question that you should ask,
is not,
'Did Jesus claim to be God?'
Because He clearly did.
But the questions you should be asking,
are
Why did Jesus come to earth,
in the flesh?
And what makes Him so different,
than other religious founders?
You'll find the answers in these videos.
I'll see you there.
Now remember,
God loves you,
and I love you, too.
Bye!
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