Selected Scriptures
J. I. Packer – “Here are two mysteries for the price of one–the plurality of persons within the unity of God, and the union of Godhead and manhood in the person of Jesus. It is here, in the thing that happened at the first Christmas, that the profoundest and most unfathomable depths of the Christian revelation lie. “The Word became flesh” (Jn 1:14) . . . The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as is this truth of the Incarnation.”
Proofs Of The Deity Of Christ
1. He Possesses Divine Names
. Nature – Cornerstone, Firstborn
. Work – Deliverer, Bread of Life, Head of the Church
. Deity – Matthew 1:21: Jesus (Joshua/Yeshua)
. < The First & The Last/Alpha & Omega
. . Isaiah 41:4, 48:12, Revelation 1:17, 22:13
. . < Immanuel – God with us
. . Matthew 1:22-23
. < I AM – Eternal God
. . Exodus 3:14, John 8:58
. < He is LORD – YHWH – Sovereign ruler of heaven and Earth
. . Matthew 721, Romans 5:1, Luke 7:13
. . < God – Elohim/Theos
. . John 1:1,18, Titus 2:13, 2 Peter 1:1
2. He Displays Divine Attributes
. Immutability (Unchanging) – Hebrews 13:8
. Omnipresence (Everywhere) – Matthew 18:20, 28:20
. Omnipotent (All powerful/sovereign)
. El Shaddai (God Almighty) – Matthew 28:18, Matthew 26:53
. Omniscient (All knowing) – John 1:43-48, 2:23-25, Colossians 2:3
. What about Matthew 24:36 where He said He ‘did not know’? – In His humanity,
. . in submission to the Father, He voluntarily limited His knowledge.
3. He Accomplishes Divine Works
. Creation – Genesis 1:1, John 1:3, Colossians 1:16-17, Hebrews 1:2-3, 2 Peter 3:10
. The Judge of the world – John 5:22, Revelation 20:11-15
. Forgiver of sin – Mark 2:1-12
4. He Makes Divine Claims
. I AM the Bread of Life – John 6:35
. I AM the Light of the World – John 8:12
. I AM the Door of Heaven – John 10:9
. I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life – John 14:6
. I AM one with the Father – John 10:30-33
5. He Receives Divine Worship
. Matthew 14:33 , 28:9, John 9:38
. cf: Isaiah 6:1-5, John 12:35-36, 37-41