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NASB | John 14:7 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 14:7 "If you had [really] known Me, you would also have known My Father. From now on you know Him, and have seen Him." |
Bible Question:
Where in the Bible does it read that Jesus is God not just the son of God. And where does it read the son of God is God. |
Bible Answer: Greetings Fleedbd! There are several lines of evidence which demonstrate that Jesus is God. 1) The claims of Christ Himself. a) All of the "I am" passages, where He equates Himself with the "I am" of Exodus. b) Mt. 13:41, where He speaks of His angels and His Kingdom. The angels are referred to elsewhere as the "angels of God" (Lk. 12:8-9; 15:10.) The Kingdom is repeatedly referred to in the Gospels as the "Kingdom of God." c) Christ’s claim to be able to forgive sins in Mark 2:5 equates Him with God. The Jews understood this for in v. 7 they say it is blasphemy because only God can forgive sins. d) In Mt. 25:31-46, Christ speaks of judging the world. A function which properly belongs only to God. e) In Mark 2:27-28, Christ claims to be "the Lord of the Sabbath." The Sabbath was instituted by God. Therefore, only God could abrogate or modify this regulation. f) In John 10:30, Christ claims to be "one with the Father." g) In John 14:7-9, Christ says that to see and know Him is to see and know the Father. h) In John 8:58, Jesus claims to be God and pre-existent. i) Christ accepted the attribution of deity made to Him by Thomas, when Thomas cried "My Lord and my God (John 20:28). j) He claimed to have power over life and death in John 11:25. 2 The claims of others about Christ. a) John 1:1 clearly says that Christ was God. b) Heb. 1:3 says that Christ is the exact representation of God’s nature and the radiance of His glory. This could only be true of God. c) Paul writes in Col. 1:15-20 that Jesus is the image of the invisible God v. 15. That Jesus is the one in whom and through whom and for whom all things hold together in v. 17. In v. 19, he says that the "fullness" of God dwells in Christ. He states this again in Col. 2:9. d) Paul also writes in Phil. 2:5-11 of the divine nature and pre-existence of Christ. 3) The evidence of the Resurrection. The resurrection proves that He was God. Concerning your question about the Son of God. Consider the following: a) In John 5:2-18, Jesus defended His right to work miracles on the Sabbath. The crowd responded by wanting to kill him. The reason, v. 18 says, "This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his Father; making himself equal with God." b) So, clearly the Jews considered the claim to be the "Son of God" a claim to be equal to God. I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |