Jesus said he was God?

Question

john 14:28
" ...BECAUSE THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I AM"

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Mark 13:32


Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
John 8:54


And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Matt 19:17

1st commandment: you shall not take other gods before Me! (God)

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me
John 7:16

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Deuteronomy 6:4

"my God! my God! why haven forsaken me!"

John 20:17
Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God."

Answer 1

Jesus said He was God:

"Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I SAID, YOU ARE GODS'?

"If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? "
John 10:34-36

His Father declared Him to be God:

"Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.
And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.
Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!" "
Matthew 17:1-5

John says He was eternally existing with the Father as the Word of God:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being........ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. " John 1:1-3;14

Paul declares His divinity:

"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father."
Philippians 2:5-11

He is worshipped in heaven, along side of the Father:

"Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they sang:
"Worthy is the Lamb (Jesus Christ), who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!"

Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing:
"To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!" The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped."
Revelation 5:11-14

He did die on the cross, He did rise from the dead, and there is forgiveness of sins in no other.

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12

God commands you to repent and believe, or else He warns you will die in your sins, and have your portion among the wicked:

"In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead." Acts 17:30-31

Answer 2

all of these scriptures say that Jesus is the living God....

john 10:30 - I and my Father are one.

john 14:9 - Jesus saith ... he that hath seen me hath seen the Father

isa 5:6 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

who is the child ?? Jesus
who is the son?? Jesus
who is the mighty God?? Jesus
who is the everlasitng father?? Jesus

john 5:43 - (Jesus said...) I am come in my Father's name

john 12:45 - (Jesus said) And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

matt.1:23 - Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

who is the child? Jesus
who is the son? Jesus
God w/ us .... Jesus

john 8:19 - (Jesus said) ... if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

john 8:58 - Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

john 13:13 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

john 20:29 - And Thomas answered and said unto him (Jesus), My Lord and my God.

the apostles knew that Jesus is the living God ... NOT another diety.

Answer 3

Jesus is careful to make his submission to the Father known, as well as the fact that he is a different person. However, that doesnt negate the fact that they are of one essence.

Just because words like "trinity" and "rapture" do not literally appear in Scripture doesnt mean the doctrine isnt there. That is a legalistic assumption. The doctrine of the trinity can be richly seen in the NT, but again you have to have eyes to see, ears to hear, and no veil present by Satan in order for Gods word to be revealed.

Jesus forgave sins himself, called himself by Gods name, accepted worship, said that HE was the bread of life, HE was the only way to Heaven, and that quite literally if we have seen him, we've seen the Father. These are not actions of a mere prophet but a son of God.

Answer 4

We called Jesus God,
as we also called the Holy Ghost God,
as we also called Satan God,
Jesus called His Father who art in heaven, hallow is His Name. The Father of the "Good Seed"

Jesus called Satan the father of the tares, who art in hell,

Jesus said We worship we know not what.
In John 1:17, 6:32, 10:7, and Revelation 13:10-18 Jesus tells us we worship Satan, John 3:14.

Answer 5

I am not real sure what you are asking here, but I think you are questioning the trinity. Many believe that The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit are one.
I believe that they are three separate things of one entity. The best way to describe it is to think of it like the sun. God is the sun, Christ is the light from the sun and the Holy Spirit is the heat you feel from the sun. They are three separate things, yet one.

Answer 6

good reference to show that Jesus was a perfect man and did not claim to be God the Almighty..He was a perfectly trained co worker and worked along side this Great Almighty and Only True God. Jehovah.
Proverbs 8 describes the personification of wisdom..that was created by Jehovah ...this wonderful powerful creature and highest angel had a beginning where as the Jehovah has alway been and will always be long after Satan his lies and followers are gone forever

Answer 7

Yes, Jesus is God. He claimed to be God, and he never lied.

If you're trying to prove by those random scriptures you posted that Jesus is not God, you need to do more research and studying. Those scriptures that you posted prove nothing, except that you like to spend a lot of time trying to disprove something that is truth, and that you will take any scripture you can find that appears to back up your disbelief and distort it's real meaning.

Answer 8

Were the pharisees right to claim Jesus blasphemed God?

Mat 26:63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

He clearly wasn't claiming to be a man, that's not blasphemy.

Did Jesus sin by allowing Thomas to refer to him, a mere man, as his God?

John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.

If so, was he a very good prophet?

Answer 9

You error because you neither know the scriptures nor the power thereof.

Among all the "proof texts" given such as the great "I am" verse in John 8 , Paul EQUATES Jesus AS Jehovah. Directly quoting Joel 2:32 and using it to describe Jesus (Jehovah) as our salvation by believing to be Jehovah.

32 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord (in Hebrew JEHOVAH) shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord call

Romans 10:9-13

9 because, if you confess with your mouth that JESUS is LORD and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 FOR with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 FOR the SCRIPTURE says, “Everyone who believes in him (JESUS) will not be put to shame.” (Direct quote from Isaiah 28:16 referring to JEHOVAH) 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord (Jehovah) will be saved.”

Paul equated Jehovah with Jesus. Jesus IS Jehovah. The great "I AM"

Answer 10

The Trinity is WHO GOD IS, it's What He is.


The Three Persons are not each a "partial God" or "aspects of God" or "manifestations of God." The Three Persons are each fully and truly 100% God in their essence and have each existed from the very beginning of time. One did not create or precede the Other. At the same time, the Three Persons are not Three separate "Gods"; they are ONE God!



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Answer 11

Are you Mormon?

These are examples they use to prove there is more then one god. Some people say that he wasn't one with God the Father until he was baptized. Also, only God can forgive sins and yet on several occasions in the gospels we see Jesus forgiving sin. Matt. 9:2, Lk. 7:48.