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NASB | John 8:58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 8:58 Jesus replied, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, before Abraham was born, I Am." [Ex 3:14] |
Bible Question:
before i asked is jesus GOD ? and now where does jesus say :Iam GOD or Iam equalto GOD or worship me ? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Mosa! I could offer you so many Scriptural passages... but this format limits how much material could be posted at any given time... I will offer you some passages for you to read and meditate on... if you would like a personal study on Jesus' Divinity drop me a line at: jcrichtonfs1 at yahoo.com... I would be more than happy to expand on these: Isaiah 7:14 -- Jesus is the Emmanuel/Immanuel which means God-with-us! Isaiah 9:6 -- all the titles given to Jesus, the Word incarnate (John 1:1-14), refer to His Divinity, including "God the Mighty!" In Luke 5:20-21 the Pharisees and scribes spoke the truth as they recognized that only God can forgive our sins; Jesus was allowing them to understand who He is--though they rejected the Truth even when it came out of their own mouths! This same type of situation occurs in John 5:17-18--here the Jews wanted to kill Jesus because it was very clear to them that He made Himself equal to God. Ditto John 10:30-33. John 1:1-3, the Word, Jesus Christ, is with God and He IS God! And Thomas, after his blunder, had nothing more intelligent to do or say but to recognize Christ Jesus as his Lord and God! (John 20:27-28) Jesus did not correct Thomas for calling Him his Lord and God (John 20:29); rather, he stated that blessed are those who not seeing Him still believe in His Divinity! Paul states in various ways that Christ is God; two examples are Romans 9:1-5--where he openly states that Jesus is God, and Galatians 1:11-12--where Paul emphasizes that no man taught him the Gospel; that it was through Jesus' own revelation that he came to truly know God! Now, from the Old Testament we know that there is only one Lord of Glory, Yahweh... yet, Paul now atributes that particular title to Jesus! (1 Corinthians 2:7-8) I could go on, but I think that these passages should be enough to get you started on your own personal study of Scripture... avail yourself of a good study Bible with built-in concordance (or get a separate Bible concordance) so that you can cross-reference Scripture from the Old and New Testaments... open your heart and mind to the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17, 26) so that He may lead you to the total Truth (1 John 5:12, 20). God Bless! Angel |