Jesus as God

What does Jesus say about Himself?

Jesus as God
Gospel of Matthew
(Matthew 1:23)
 “See, the virgin will become pregnant and give
birth to a son, and they will name Him
Immanuel, which is translated “God is with us.””
  Note: Jesus allowed his disciples to worship him. The
angels did not allow men to worship them:
(Matthew  “Then I fell at the angel’s feet to worship him, but he said to
14:33) “Then me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow slave with you and your
those in the brothers who have the testimony about Jesus. Worship
God, because the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of
boat worshiped prophecy.”” (Revelation 19:10)
Him and said,  “I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When
“Truly You are I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of
the Son of the angel who had shown them to me. But he said to me,
“Don’t do that! I am a fellow slave with you, your brothers
God!”” the prophets, and those who keep the words of this book.
Worship God.”” (Revelation 22:8–9)
 “—for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD,
whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—” (Exodus 34:14)
  ““What about you?” he asked them. “Who do
(Matthew you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are
16:15–17) the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
 “Good for you, Simon son of John!” answered
Jesus. “For this truth did not come to you from
any human being, but it was given to you
directly by my Father in heaven.”
  “But Jesus kept quiet. Again the High Priest
spoke to him, “In the name of the living God I
(Matthew now put you on oath: tell us if you are the
26:63–64) Messiah, the Son of God.”
 Jesus answered him, “So you say. But I tell all of
you: from this time on you will see the Son of
Man sitting on the right of the Almighty and
coming on the clouds of heaven!””
(Matthew 28:17)
 “When they saw him, they worshipped him, even
though some of them doubted.”
Jesus as God
Gospel of Mark
(Mark 1:1)
 “The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ,
the Son of God.”
  “And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic,
“Son, your sins are forgiven.” But some of the scribes
were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, “Why
does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming;
who can forgive sins but God alone?” Immediately
(Mark 2:5–11) Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that
way within themselves, said to them, “Why are you
reasoning about these things in your hearts? “Which is
easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’;
or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk’?
“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has
authority on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the
paralytic, “I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and
go home.””
  “Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for
(Mark 2:27–28) man and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore,
the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.””
  “And whenever those possessed by evil spirits
(Mark 3:11–12) caught sight of him, the spirits would throw
them to the ground in front of him shrieking,
“You are the Son of God!” But Jesus sternly
commanded the spirits not to reveal who he
was.”
  “With a shriek, he screamed, “Why are you
interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High
(Mark 5:7) God? In the name of God, I beg you, don’t torture
me!””
  “And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in
understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing
going into a man from the outside can defile
(Mark 7:18–19) him? For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the
stomach and is eliminated.” (As a result, He
made all foods clean. )”
(Mark 15:39)  “When the Roman officer who stood facing him
saw how he had died, he exclaimed, “This man
truly was the Son of God!””
  “A cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a
(Mark 9:7)
voice came from the cloud: This is My beloved
Son; listen to Him!”
  “Then they will see the Son of Man coming in
(Mark 13:26– clouds with great power and glory. He will send
27) out the angels and gather His elect from the four
winds, from the end of the earth to the end of
the sky.”
Jesus as God
Gospel of Luke
  “You will become pregnant and give birth to a
son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be
great and will be called the Son of the Most High
God. The Lord God will make him a king, as his
ancestor David was, and he will be the king of
the descendants of Jacob for ever; his kingdom
will never end!” Mary said to the angel, “I am a
(Luke 1:31–37) virgin. How, then, can this be?” The angel
answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and
God’s power will rest upon you. For this reason
the holy child will be called the Son of God.
Remember your relative Elizabeth. It is said that
she cannot have children, but she herself is now
six months pregnant, even though she is very
old. For there is nothing that God cannot do.””
  “After all the people had been baptized, Jesus
(Luke 3:21–22) also was baptized. While he was praying, heaven
was opened, and the Holy Spirit came down
upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice
came from heaven, “You are my own dear Son. I
am pleased with you.””
  “Jesus returned from the Jordan full of the Holy
Spirit and was led by the Spirit into the desert,
(Luke 4:1–3) where he was tempted by the Devil for 40 days.
In all that time he ate nothing, so that he was
hungry when it was over. The Devil said to him,
“If you are God’s Son, order this stone to turn into
bread.””
  “Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what
David did when he and his men were hungry? He
(Luke 6:3–5) went into the house of God, took the bread
offered to God, ate it, and gave it also to his men.
Yet it is against our Law for anyone except the
priests to eat that bread.” And Jesus concluded,
“The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.””
  Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A certain
man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and
went into a far country for a long time. Now at vintage-
time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they
might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the
vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-
handed. Again he sent another servant; and they beat
him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away
empty-handed. And again he sent a third; and they
Luke 20:9-16 wounded him also and cast him out.
 “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I
will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect
him when they see him.’ But when the vinedressers saw
him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is
the heir. Come, us kill him, that the inheritance may be
ours.’ So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed
him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to
them? He will come and destroy those vinedressers and
give the vineyard to others.
  And He said to them, “How can they say that
the Christ is the Son of David? Now David
himself said in the Book of Psalms: “The Lord
Luke 20:41-44 said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, Till I make
Your enemies Your footstool.” Therefore David
calls Him ‘Lord’; how is He then his Son?”
  They said, “Tell us! Are you the Messiah?”
 Jesus replied, “If I said so, you wouldn't believe
me. And if I asked you a question, you wouldn't
answer. But from now on, the Son of Man will
Luke 22:67-71 be seated at the right side of God All-Powerful.”
 Then they asked, “Are you the Son of God?”
Jesus answered, “You say I am!”
 They replied, “Why do we need more
witnesses? He said it himself!”
  Jesus led his disciples out to Bethany, where he
raised his hands and blessed them. As he was
doing this, he left and was taken up to heaven.
Luke 24:50-53 and was taken up to heaven. After his disciples
had worshiped him, they returned to Jerusalem
and were very happy. They spent their time in
the temple, praising God.
Jesus as God
Gospel of John
 John wrote this gospels so that his readers
would believe that Jesus is the Son of God

(John 20:30–
31)  “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence
of the disciples, which are not written in this
book; but these are written so that you may
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that by believing you may have life in his
name.”
 When John says that Jesus is the Son of God, what does he mean?

(John 1:1–3)
“In the beginning 1. The Son was already existing when the world
the Word already was created.
existed. The 2. The Son was God.
Word was with 3. The Son is not the same person as God the
God, and the Father.
Word was God. 4. The Son was existing with God.
He existed in the
beginning with
God.”
 God
existing with God

not the same person

as God the Father

already existing before beginning

 When John says that Jesus is the Son of God, what does he mean?

“ All things were

created through
Him, and apart 5. God created the universe through the Son
from Him not one 6. Every created being comes through the Son
thing was created
that has been 7. The Son is the source of life
created. 4 Life was 8. The Son gives light to humans
in Him, and that
life was the light
of men.” (John
1:3–4)
 God
Universe created thru Him existing with God
Every created being thru Him

not the same person

as God the Father

the source of life

the source of light for humans
already existing before beginning
 When John says that Jesus is the Son of God, what does he mean?

(John 1:14)
“So the Word
became human
and made his home
among us. He was 9. The Son became a human being.
full of unfailing love 10. The Son has glory as the Father’s one and
and faithfulness. only Son.
And we have seen
his glory, the glory
of the Father’s one
and only Son.”
 became a human being

Father’s one and only Son

God
Universe created thru Him existing with God
Every created being thru Him

not the same person

as God the Father

the source of life

the source of life for humans
already existing before beginning
 When John says that Jesus is the Son of God, what does he mean?

(John 1:18)
“No one has ever
seen God. But the
unique One, who 11. The Son is God
is himself God, is 12. The Son is unique
near to the 13. The Son is near the Father’s heart
Father’s heart. 14. The Son has revealed God to us
He has revealed
God to us.”
 became a human being
near the Father’s heart has revealed God to us

Father’s one and only Son

Is God
Universe created thru Him Is Unique existing with God
Every created being thru Him

not the same person

as God the Father

the source of life

the source of life for humans
already existing before beginning
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself

(John 5:16–18)
“Therefore, the Jews began
persecuting Jesus because
He was doing these things
on the Sabbath. But Jesus
responded to them, “My
Father is still working, and I 15. Since God the Father is working on the
am working also.” This is Sabbath, it is right for the Son to work on the
why the Jews began trying Sabbath
all the more to kill Him: Not
only was He breaking the
Sabbath, but He was even
calling God His own Father,
making Himself equal with
God.”
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself

(John 5:19)
“Then Jesus replied,
“I assure you: The 16. The Son sees what the Father is doing
Son is not able to do
anything on His 17. The Son does the same things the Father is
own, but only what doing
He sees the Father 18. The Son does these things in the same way
doing. For whatever as the Father is doing them
the Father does, the
Son also does these
things in the same
way.”
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself?

(John 5:20)
“For the Father
loves the Son and
shows Him
everything He is 19. The Father show EVERYTHING HE IS DOING
doing, and He will to the Son
show Him greater
works than these so
that you will be
amazed.”
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself

(John 5:21)
“And just as the
Father raises the
dead and gives 20. The Son gives life to anyone he wants to
them life, so the
21. He does this in the way the Father gives life
Son also gives
life to anyone
He wants to.”
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself

(John 5:22)
“The Father, in
fact, judges no
one but has 22. God does not judge, but He has given all acts
given all of judging to the Son
judgment to
the Son,”
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself
(John 5:23)
“so that all
people will honor
the Son just as 23. God wants all people to honor the Son with
they honor the the same kind of honor they give to God the
Father. Anyone Father
who does not 24. Not honoring the Son is not honoring the
honor the Son Father
does not honor
the Father who
sent Him.”
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself

(John 5:25–27)
““I assure you: An hour is
coming, and is now here,
when the dead will hear 24. The Son of God is the Son of Man
the voice of the Son of
God, and those who hear
will live. For just as the
Father has life in Himself,
so also He has granted to Note: People claim that the term
the Son to have life in “Son of Man” shows that Jesus saw
Himself. And He has
granted Him the right to Himself only as a humble man.
pass judgment, because Here Jesus says that the Son of God is
He is the Son of Man.” the Son of Man!
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself

(John 8:57–58)
“The Jews replied,
“You aren’t 50
years old yet, and
You’ve seen
Abraham?” Jesus 25. Jesus is telling these people that He is “I am
who I am”
said to them, “I
assure you: Before
Abraham was, I
am.””
“ When Jesus
heard it, He said,
“This sickness
will not end in
death but is for  Here Jesus calls Himself “Son of God”
the glory of God,
so that the Son
of God may be
glorified through
it.” (John 11:4)
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself
(John 14:9–11)
“Jesus said to him, “Have I been
among you all this time without your
knowing Me, Philip? The one who
has seen Me has seen the Father.
How can you say, ‘Show us the 27. Seeing the Son is seeing the
Father’? Don’t you believe that I am Father
in the Father and the Father is in 28. The Son is in the Father and the
Me? The words I speak to you I do Father is in the Son
not speak on My own. The Father
who lives in Me does His works.
Believe Me that I am in the Father
and the Father is in Me. Otherwise,
believe because of the works
themselves.”
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself

(John 10:30)
“The Father
26. The Son and God the Father are one
and I are one.””
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself

” (John 17:1–2)
“Jesus spoke these
things, looked up to
heaven, and said:
Father, the hour has
come. Glorify Your Son 29. Jesus identifies Himself as God’s Son
so that the Son may 30. God has given the Son authority over all flesh
glorify You, for You
gave Him authority
over all flesh; so He
may give eternal life to
all You have given Him.
 What did Jesus Christ say about Himself

(John 17:5)
“Now, Father,
glorify Me in
Your presence 31. The Son had glory with God the Father
with that glory before the World existed
I had with You
before the
world existed.”
 What about the rest of the New Testament
writers?
 When the New Testament writers
call Jesus “Lord”, what do they mean?
Philippians 2:5–11
“Make your own  Paul explains this in Philippians 2:5-11
attitude that of
Christ Jesus, who,  Where did Jesus Christ come from? Paul writes:
existing in the  God the Son existed before He came to earth
form of God, did  God the Son eternally existed in the form of God
not consider  God the Son eternally had equality with God
equality with God
as something to be
used for His own
advantage.
 When the New Testament writers
call Jesus “Lord”, what do they mean?
“Instead He emptied  What changed?
Himself by assuming
the form of a slave,
taking on the likeness of  When Jesus was on earth he…
men. And when He had  assumed the form of a slave
come as a man in His  took on the likeness of humans
external form, He
humbled Himself by  came as a man in his external form
becoming obedient to  humbled himself by obeying to the point of
the point of death— death on a cross
even to death on a
cross.”
Philippians 2:7–8
 When the New Testament writers
call Jesus “Lord”, what do they mean?
“For this reason
also, God highly
exalted Him,  What happened at the resurrection? God…
and bestowed
on Him the  exalted him
name which is  gave Him the name which is above every
above every name
name”
Philippians 2:10
Paul wrote this: When the New Testament writers
“so that at the name of
Jesus call Jesus “Lord”, what do they mean?
EVERY KNEE WILL
BOW, Paul is quoting directly from Isaiah
of those who are in 45:22-23
heaven and on earth  “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the
and under the earth,
earth.
and that
every tongue will  For I am God, and there is no other. By
Myself I have sworn; Truth has gone from My
confess that Jesus mouth, a word that will not be revoked:
Christ is Lord,  Every knee will bow to Me,
to the glory of God the every tongue will swear allegiance.”
Father.”  Paul takes a passage which says that God is
(Philippians 2:10–11) the Only God and applies it TO JESUS CHRIST
What does Jesus “Lord” mean?
 What does the Old Testament say about how many Lords
there are?
 “Listen, Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.”
“If you confess with (Deuteronomy 6:4)
your mouth, “Jesus 
How many Lords are there, according to Jesus?
is Lord,” and believe  “ Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL!
in your heart that THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD;” (Mark 12:29)
God raised Him from
 But everywhere in the Bible, Jesus IS CALLED “LORD.”
the dead, you will be
saved.” (Romans  “ yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are
10:9) all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus
Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.”
(1 Corinthians 8:6)
 The Lord Jesus Christ is the LORD GOD!
 In all of the universe, there is only 1 LORD
 That Lord is God Himself
 The New Testament calls Jesus Christ “the Lord
Jesus” over ONE HUNDRED TIMES
 Therefore, Jesus Is God
 What does the rest of the New Testament say?

 “Therefore, from among the men who have

accompanied us during the whole time the Lord
Jesus went in and out among us— beginning
ACTS from the baptism of John until the day He was
taken up from us—from among these, it is
necessary that one become a witness with us of
His resurrection.”
(Acts 1:21–22)  “… and immediately Paul began to proclaim
(Acts 9:20–21) Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son
of God.” All those hearing him continued to be
amazed, and were saying, “Is this not he who in
Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this
name, and who had come here for the purpose of
bringing them bound before the chief priests?”
  “concerning His Son, who was born of a
Romans (Paul) descendant of David according to the flesh, who
was declared the Son of God with power by the
Romans 1:3–4 resurrection from the dead, according to the
Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,”
  “God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in
Hebrews the prophets in many portions and in many
ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His
(Unknown Son, whom He appointed heir of all things,
writer) through whom also He made the world. And
He is the radiance of His glory and the exact
representation of His nature, and upholds all
(Hebrews 1:1– things by the word of His power. When He had
3) made purification of sins, He sat down at the
right hand of the Majesty on high,”
James
 “James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord
Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are
(James 1:1) dispersed abroad: Greetings.”
Peter  “Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of
Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith
of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness
(2 Peter 1:1) of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:”
  “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and
John yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not
practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as
He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship
(1 John 1:6–7) with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son
cleanses us from all sin.”
  “For certain persons have crept in unnoticed,
Jude those who were long beforehand marked out for
this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn
(Jude 4) the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny
our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.”
Revelation
 God the Father says:
(written by the
apostle John)  “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord
God, “who is and who was and who is to come,
the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:8)
The Lord God
calls Himself the  Jesus Christ says:
Alpha and  “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is
Omega. with Me, to render to every man according to
Jesus also calls what he has done. “I am the Alpha and the
Himself the Alpha Omega, the first and the last, the beginning
and Omega and the end.” (Revelation 22:12–13)
  “The Word became flesh and took up residence
among us. We observed His glory, the glory as
the One and Only Son from the Father, full of
grace and truth.” (John 1:14)

Jesus is also a  “This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every
man spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come
in the flesh is from God. But every spirit who
does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the
spirit of the antichrist; you have heard that he is
coming, and he is already in the world now.” (1
John 4:2–3)