The Divinity of Christ
Matt. 1:23
John 1:1
John 17:5,24
John 8:58
Ex 3:14
Luke 5:20-24
John 20:28
Heb 1:5-9
Isa 9:6
Mic 5:2
1Tim 6:15,16
Rev 1:18
Phil 2:5-12
Immanuel "God is with us."
Word was God (verse 14), Word (Jesus) made flesh.
Jesus existed with the father before the foundation of this world.
Jesus declared He was the self-existent one- the "I Am," that He existed before Abraham.
"I Am" is the name of God.
Jesus forgave sins, only God can do that.
Thomas testified that He was both Lord and God.
The Father addresses the Son as God.
Jesus is everlasting and eternal.
Christ's going forth have been from everlasting.
Jesus has immortality.
Jesus is the first and last with keys to the grave.
Jesus voluntarily gives up His divine privilege to become our Saviour.
A Commonly Asked Question Regarding the Divinity of Christ
Doesn't the Bible teach that Jesus was the "first born" of all creation and as such a created being not co-existent with the Father from eternity?
The text in question is Col. 1:15 which calls Jesus the first born of every creature. The Greek word here is prototokos meaning the pre-eminent one-the one who has the privileges and prerogatives of God. Jesus is first born not in the sense of time but in the sense of privilege. All the privileges of the first born are His. David was the eight son of Jesse, yet called the first born. Jesus declared that He was the "I Am" (John. 8:58) meaning the self-existing one. He said, "before Abraham was, I Am." Isaiah the prophet calls Him the everlasting Father (Isa. 9:6). Micah declares that His orgin is from everlasting (Mic. 5:2). John affirms, "In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God." John 1:1). Jesus had the privileges and prerogatives of God. He thought equality with God not a thing to be grasped while the world was lost, so He voluntarily left heaven to become a man. He dwelt in human flesh, fought temptations' battles as we fight them, and overcame in our behalf (Phil. 2:5-11, Heb. 2:14, 17).