Scriptural Proof That Jesus is by Nature God

[Jope]

Scriptural Proof That Jesus
is by Nature God
Dan Corner

Much confusion has existed over the deity of Christ, in part, because
people are not aware that Jesus is God by nature, but not the person
of the Father. This article will help show the truth about Jesus’
deity. (Please also know that Jesus is also a man. In fact, he is the
God-man. His humanity will not be dealt with here.) This article is
the result of the following email:
Hello and God Bless you,
I wrote not too long ago regarding the deity of Christ. I would like
to show your article to my father, who stands behind ___________
belief, that Jesus couldn’t possibly be God. I would like to know what
verses you refer to, when describing God’s NATURE in Jesus; hence, why
Jesus is considered “God”. I will need to spend time in the scriptures
regarding this subject, before I discuss this with my father.

Thank you in advance.

ANSWER: There are many Scriptures which concisely identify Jesus as
God, such as John 20:28; Rom. 9:5; Heb. 1:8; Col. 2:9; John 1:1; etc.
Furthermore, in Hebrews 1:3 from the KJV, we read:

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his
person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had
by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty
on high.
The word in the KJV translated person is correctly translated nature
in other versions, such as the following ones:
And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of
His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He
had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the
Majesty on high (NASB).
He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature,
upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made
purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on
high (RSV).

He is the radiance of His glory, the exact expression of His nature,
and He sustains all things by His powerful word. After making
purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on
high (Holman).

The actual Greek word translated person in Heb. 1:3 (KJV) is
hupostasis and means, according to Strong:
a setting under (support), i.e. (fig.) concr. essence, or abstr.
assurance (obj. or subj.):—confidence, confident, person, substance.
Though the word nature is not actually found in Strong’s definition,
the word substance is. A synonym for substance is essence which is
also a synonym for nature. This is how the aforementioned translations
can correctly render Hebrews 1:3 as containing the word nature.
Hence, Jesus could be worshiped by the disciples (Mt. 14:33; 28:9),
the angels (Heb. 1:6) and even prayed to (John 14:14, Greek; Acts
7:59,60) without anyone committing the sin of idolatry, which would be
the case otherwise. This is only possible because Jesus is God (by
nature). Remember: What Jesus said belongs to God alone, that is,
worship (Mt. 4:10), the angels are commanded by the Father to give to
Jesus (Heb. 1:6)! And not to honor Jesus as the Father is honored is
not to honor the Father (John 5:23):

That all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does
not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
Since God does not share his glory [or honor, Hebrew] with another
(Isa. 42:8), and we must honor Jesus the same as God the Father (John
5:23), then we have another glimpse at his nature being God.

[ResLight]

On Feb 23, 5:17 pm, Jope <jope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Scriptural Proof That Jesus
> is by Nature God

And yet nothing is given in the article that proves that Jesus is the
only Most High who sent Jesus.

> Dan Corner
>
> Much confusion has existed over the deity of Christ, in part, because
> people are not aware that Jesus is God by nature,

Much confusion has existed over the deity of Christ, in part, because

of the of imaginations of men, that have led to revered traditions
that would assume, add to, and read into the scriptures that Jesus is
the Most High of whom the scriptures declare that Jesus is the son.
Simple common sense tells us that the son of one is not that one of
whom he is the son.

Jesus is certainly a mighty being by nature, and thus the various
forms of the Hebrew word "el", and the various forms of the Greek word
"theos", can be applied to him in this sense. This is the only kind
scriptural "deity" as ascribed to Jesus. However, Jesus is no where in
the Bible depicted as possessing the glory of being the Most High, the
only true Supreme Being.

> but not the person
> of the Father. This article will help show the truth about Jesus’
> deity.

What is presented in the article is a lot of scriptures wherein one
has to imagine, assume, add to, and read into those scriptures that
those scriptures are speaking of Jesus as the only true Supreme Being.

> (Please also know that Jesus is also a man. In fact, he is the
> God-man.

In reality, we have no reason to add this to the scriptures. However,
while the scriptures never say this, we could say that Jesus, while in
the days of his flesh, could have also been spoken of as a god -- a
one of might -- in the same sense that the Bible speaks of Moses as
such.

> His humanity will not be dealt with here.) This article is
> the result of the following email:
> Hello and God Bless you,
> I wrote not too long ago regarding the deity of Christ. I would like
> to show your article to my father, who stands behind ___________
> belief, that Jesus couldn’t possibly be God. I would like to know what
> verses you refer to, when describing God’s NATURE
> in Jesus; hence, why
> Jesus is considered “God”. I will need to spend time in the scriptures
> regarding this subject, before I discuss this with my father.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> ANSWER: There are many Scriptures which concisely identify Jesus as
> God, such as John 20:28

I will, Yahweh willing, discuss the scriptures given one at a time
over several days.

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. -- Luke
1:32.

"These are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name." -- John
20:31.

A careful examination of the scriptures reveal that Jesus is son of
the only Most High, Yahweh. Jesus is never spoken of as the “Most
High”; he is not the only Most High Yahweh of whom he is the son. —
Genesis 14:22; Psalm 7:17; 83:18; 92:1; Luke 1:32; John 13:16.

From the scriptures we learn that the God and Father of Jesus is the
only God, and that this God of Jesus is the only one who possesses the
"nature" of being the Most High, the Supreme Being. Jesus is never
depicting as possessing the plane of glory of his Supreme Being whom
he worships, prays to, and who sent him, and whose will he carried out
in willful obedience. — Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Matthew 4:4 (Deuteronomy
8:3; Luke 4:4); Matthew 4:7 (Deuteronomy 6:16); Matthew 4:10 (Exodus
20:3-5; 34:14; Deuteronomy 6:13,14; 10:20; Luke 4:8); Matthew
22:29-40; Matthew 26:42; Matthew 27:46; Mark 10:6 (Genesis 1:27;
Genesis 2:7,20-23); Mark 14:36; 15:34; Luke 22:42; John 4:3; 5:30;
6:38; 17:1,3; 20:17; Romans 15:6; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 11:31; Ephesians
1:3,17; Hebrews 1:9; 10:7; 1 Peter 1:3; Revelation 2:7; 3:2,12.

Rather than imagining, and reading into what Thomas said, so as to
make Jesus allgedly have the nature of being the Most High of whom he
is the Son, we should rather harmonize with the scriptures with
themselves.

Many believe, because of the dual usage of the definite article in the
Greek, that Thomas was not addressing Jesus here as "God", but was
rather referring to the God and Father of Jesus as God. There is no NT
tradition of calling Jesus "my God", "our God", "your God", etc. If
Thomas was actually addressing the Son of the Most High here by the
Greek term for "God" -- theos -- then he certainly was not saying that
the son of the Most High was actually the Most High, but rather, in
keeping with the Hebraic usage, Thomas was only designating the Son of
the Most High as his mighty [prince, ruler, judge, etc.].

For more concerning John 20:28, see:

http://godandson.reslight.net/?p=339
http://defending.reslight.net/?p=16
http://reslight.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/john-2028-part-b/
http://reslight.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/john-2028/

Most, if not all, of the rest of the scriptures have already been
shown to not prove that Jesus is the Most High, and discussion of such
may be found at:
http://godandson.reslight.net

Christian love,
Ronald

[ResLight]

On Feb 23, 6:17 pm, Jope <jope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Scriptural Proof That Jesus
> is by Nature God
> Dan Corner
>
> Much confusion has existed over the deity of Christ, in part, because
> people are not aware that Jesus is God by nature, but not the person
> of the Father. This article will help show the truth about Jesus’
> deity. (Please also know that Jesus is also a man. In fact, he is the
> God-man. His humanity will not be dealt with here.) This article is
> the result of the following email:
> Hello and God Bless you,
> I wrote not too long ago regarding the deity of Christ. I would like
> to show your article to my father, who stands behind ___________
> belief, that Jesus couldn’t possibly be God. I would like to know what
> verses you refer to, when describing God’s NATURE in Jesus; hence, why
> Jesus is considered “God”. I will need to spend time in the scriptures
> regarding this subject, before I discuss this with my father.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> ANSWER: There are many Scriptures which concisely identify Jesus as
> God, such as John 20:28; Rom. 9:5; Heb. 1:8; Col. 2:9; John 1:1; etc.
> Furthermore, in Hebrews 1:3 from the KJV, we read:

Regarding Romans 9:5, see:

http://godandson.reslight.net/?p=365

Regarding Hebrews 1:8, see:
http://godandson.reslight.net/?p=367

Regarding Colossians 2:9, see:
http://godandson.reslight.net/?p=369
http://defending.reslight.net/?p=22

Regarding John 1:1, see:
http://godandson.reslight.net/?p=372
http://godandson.reslight.net/?p=300
http://reslight.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/logos/
http://defending.reslight.net/?p=19
http://defending.reslight.net/?p=6
http://notrinity.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-112-word-%3C/b%3Ewas-mighty.html
http://notrinity.blogspot.com/2008/09/john-112-mmcelhaney.html

When actually examines the scriptures, without the blinding filters
that are imagined, assumed and read into those scriptures, one can see
that none of the scriptures support the idea that Jesus is his God.

Christian love,
Ronald