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NASB | John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Gen 1:1; Is 9:6] |
Subject: is jesus god? |
Bible Note: Juthcrst1 The Bible makes it very clear that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The subject of the Godhead is an awesome truth which transcends the capablitity of finite minds. Nevertheless, God in his word has shown us that " For there are three which bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one (1John 5:7) At his baptism, as the Lord Jesus was lifted "out of the water, the heavens opened, and Spirit like a dove descending upon him: And there came a voice from heaven saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Mark 1: 10,11) Jesus demonstrated that he is God manifest in the flesh in the fact that he was able to forgive sins. In Mark 2:5 Jesus declared to a man sick of palsey, "Son thy Sins be forgiven thee". Immediately the scribes reasoned in their hearts, accusing Jesus of blasphemy and in their derision spoke the truth "who can forgive sins, but God only: (v8) Jesus responded with an answer to their reasonings, "That you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins" (V10) He then healed the sick man of his palsy. The writer of the Hebrews writes "Who (Jesus) being in the brightness (effulgence ) of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high (Heb. 1:3) The Son of God is co-equal and co-eternal, indeed he could say "he that hath seen me hath seen the father" (John 14:9b) Why did Jesus not tell people directly "I am God"? Jesus had nothing to prove, his walk on this earth and his fulfilment of those things written of him in the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is the "Christ of God" To the human mind his incarnation is a mystery. "Who being in the form of God, thouht it not a thing to be grasped at to be equal with God" We then read of his lowly stoop into humankind "he made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of me..." Phil. 2: 6-9 Robert |