Jesus is God. He is God manifested in the flesh. He is not the second person of a pagan Trinity that originated from the minds of carnal and sinful men, but he is the one true God, the Father manifested in flesh. 1. Isaiah 9:6 calls the Son the everlasting Father. Jesus is the Son prophesied about and there is only one Father (Malachi 2:10; Ephesians 4:6), so Jesus must be God the Father. 2. Colossians 2:9 proclaims that all the fulness of the Godhead dwells in Jesus. The Godhead includes the role of Father, so the Father must dwell in Jesus. 3. In addition to these two verses, Jesus Himself taught that He was the Father. Once, when Jesus was talking about the Father, the Pharisees asked, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also (John 8:19). Jesus went on to say, I said therefore unto you, if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins (John 8:24). We should note that he in the verse is in italics, which indicates that it is not in the original Greek, being added by the translators. Jesus was really identifying Himself with the I AM of Exodus 3:14. The Jews, who did not understand His meaning, asked, Who art thou? Jesus answered, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning (John 8:25). However, they understood not that he spake to them of the Father (John 8:27). In other words, Jesus tried to tell them that He was the Father and the I AM, and that if they did not accept Him as God they would die in their sins. 4. In another place Jesus said, I and my Father are one (John 10:30). Some try to say that He was one with the Father much as a husband and wife are one or as two men can be one in agreement. This interpretation attempts to weaken the force of the assertion Jesus made. However, other verses fully support that Jesus was not only the Son in His humanity but also the Father in His deity. 5. For example, Jesus stated in John 12:45, And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. In other words, if a person sees Jesus as to His deity, he sees the Father. 6. In John 14:7 Jesus told His disciples, If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Upon hearing this statement, Philip requested, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us (John 14:8). In other words, he asked that Jesus show them the Father and then they would be satisfied. Jesus answer was, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works sake (John 14:9-11). This statement goes far beyond a relationship of agreement; it can be viewed as nothing less that the claim of Christ to be the Father manifested in flesh. Like many people today, Philip had not comprehended that the Father is an invisible Spirit and that the only way a person could ever see Him would be through the person of Jesus Christ. 7. Jesus said, The Father is in me, and I in him (John 10:38). 8. Jesus promised to be the Father of all overcomers (Revelation 21:6-7). 9. In John 14:18 Jesus said, I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. The Greek word translated comfortless is orphanos, which Strongs Exhaustive Concordance defines as bereaved (orphans), i.e. parentless. Jesus was saying, I will not leave you as orphans (NIV and TAB), or I will not leave you fatherless: I will come to you. Jesus, speaking as the Father, promised that He would not leave His disciples fatherless. Below are some comparisons which provide additional proof that Jesus is the Father. 10. Jesus prophesied that He would resurrect His own body from the dead in three days (John 2:19-21), yet Peter preached that God raised up Jesus from the dead (Acts 2:24). 11. Jesus said He would send the Comforter to us (John 16:7), but He also said the Father would send the Comforter (John 14:26). 12. The Father alone can draw men to God (John 6:44), yet Jesus said He would draw all men (John 12:32). 13. Jesus will raise up all believers at the last day (John 6:40), yet God the Father quickens (gives life to) the dead and will raise us up (Romans 4:17; I Corinthians 6:14). 14. Jesus promised to answer the believers prayer (John 14:14), yet He said the Father would answer prayer (John 16:23). 15. Christ is our sanctifier (Ephesians 5:26), yet the Father sanctifies us (Jude 1). 16. First John 3:1, 5 states that the Father loved us and was manifested to take away our sins, yet we know it was Christ who was manifested in the world to take away sin (John 1:29-31).
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:03:40 +0000
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