The Deity of Jesus

Scriptures Supporting the Deity of Jesus

John 5: 18-27 John 14: 9-28 John 8: 58-59 John 10: 33-38 Matt. 28: 17-19 John 17: 21-24

John 5: 18-27
In John 5: 18 either the writer is equating sonship with being equal with God or it is John's interpretation that it is these Jews point of view that sonship means being equal with God, however the context seems to lend itself to the idea that it is Johns point of view and being holy scripture goes a long way in establishing Jesus's deity but then of course in the following scriptures Jesus puts himself in His rightful place under God the Father but then notice the authority and power Jesus has as doing as the Father does in like manner, and gives life to whom He will as the Father gives life to whom He will and in fact has given the power of judgment to the Son and then says in verse 23, "that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father". The latter scripture is of profound interest that the honor bestowed upon the Son should be equal to that of the Father so the question would be asked; Would it be acceptable to God to give equal honor to a non-deity as He would have to Himself? The answer must be no. Also in verse 26 Jesus has life in Himself just as the Father has life in Himself.

John 8: 58-59
In verse 58, what do you think Jesus meant by saying I AM in all capital letters? In other scriptures in the old testament isn't this a referral to the name of God. Isn't this how God named Himself? See Exodus 3: 13-14. By using I AM and referring to before Abraham, doesn't this bring Jesus into the divine? The Jews there certainly thought so because they took up to stone Him for apparently, blasphemy. It takes more here to keep Jesus from refering to Himself as divine than allowing Him to be divine.

John 10: 33-38
Here in verse 38 Jesus says "that the Father is in Me, and I in Him". This obviously must be about how close Jesus is to the Father. They are in each other and in the bible this usually refers to the two as being one

John 14: 9-28
In verse 9 Jesus says; "He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? And 10, " Do you not believe that I'am in the Father, and the Father in Me? Now, in John 10: 38 Jesus says this about being in Him and He in Him and here in 14: 9 and it is connected to verse 9, which is highly profound in conveying Jesus's deity. Once again it takes more mental gymnatics here to remove Jesus from the divine than to give Him His place in it.

Matt. 28: 17-19
In verse 17 it says the disciples worshipped Jesus. Do men worship men? Would it be acceptable to God for His believers to worship a man?, well of course not and because some doubted, as it says, Jesus went on to say in verse 18 that "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth", in order to ease the doubt of some of the disciples that were there with the others worshipping Him. Where the trinity is concerned, here you have it in the next verse,19, saying "baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit". This is not just baptizing them only in the name of the Father or Godhead but disciples were also baptized, in the same breath, in the name of the Son and the Holy Spirit. Jesus clearly said in John 15: 28 that " the Father is greater than I", so there is no need for concern about the place of the God the Father where the Trinity is concerned besides it clearly puts the Father at the beginning of the list, so things are in proper order.

John 17: 21-24
In verse 22 Jesus says, while praying to the Father, "that they may be one just as We are one", referring to the Father and Him. Jesus is one with the Father. They are different in character yet they are one. It is the way we are to perceive it, just as Jesus puts it forth, so we should accept it. Jesus stands as God, not as the Father but as the Son. The Son has the right to be as God where the Father has allowed. It is more important that we accept it as God would have us accept it, rather than we understand it, but for this we should pray for wisdom. Jesus and the Father are one. We should not detract from Jesus's deity.


In Summation
We do well to remember that Jesus said that anyone who believes in Me shall be saved. He also said "no one comes to the Father except through Me". Jesus never said, disregard Me it is God the Father you must believe in to be saved. Salvation must be through the Son. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was impregnated by the Spirit of God. Jesus was part Spirit and part flesh and since the Spirit of God is greater than the flesh, Jesus's Spirit part superceded the flesh. The deity is clear.

It takes much more exegesis and mental gymnastics to attempt to remove Jesus from the divine than it does to just leave Him there.
Although we often make it complex, the truth is simple.