"For there are three that bear record in
heaven, the Father, the Word, and the
Holy Ghost: and these three are one."
1John 5.7
Many cults and sects like the Jehovah's Witnesses, Christadelphians and
Mormons, claim Jesus Christ is not God, but He was a created being but not the
Creator. These
cults won't have the King James Version as their final authority but
insist on their own
"Making the word of God of none effect
through your tradition.. "Mark 7:13
Now Buddha is not essential to Buddhism
or Mohammed to Islam but the person of
Jesus Christ, as God, is essential to Christianity.
Jesus is Christianity!
God had to satisfy the breaking of His
laws with His own righteousness.
He couldn't have done it with a created
being, it had to be Himself - in
the form of Jesus Christ.
We'll look at all the Scriptures that prove
beyond all doubt, that Jesus Christ is God
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was
God ...And the Word was made
flesh, and
dwelt among us..." John1:1,John 1:14
"But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne,
O God, is for ever and
ever..." Hebrews 1:8
THESE POINTS SHOULD HELP
YOU DISPROVE THE THEORY THAT JESUS ISN'T GOD
1. If Christ isn't God He shouldn't have accepted
the worship of Thomas (John 20:28). Jesus would have been lying
by pretending to be God.
2. The Jews killed Jesus - said he was God. John 5:18 "God was His Father... equal with
God."
3. If Jesus isn't God why does Scripture give
him equal status in the creation of the universe? (Genesis 1:1 and Col 1:16)
4. If Jesus isn't God, how come He can forgive
sins - God forgives sins. Matt 9:6.
5. Why did He teach that all men should worship
Him as they do the Father?
John 5:20-23 - this would be blasphemy.
THE THREE PERSONS OF THE TRINITY
The following chart shows some of the names and attributes used by the
Scriptures to describe the three members of the Trinity.
To ascribe any of these names to anyone but God would be blasphemous.
The Scriptures clearly
show that the Father, Jesus Christ and the
Holy Spirit to be all one and the
same - one God yet three distinct
Persons.
|
Father |
Jesus
Christ |
Holy
Spirit |
Omnipresent |
Matt 19:26 |
Matt 28:18 |
Ps 139:7 |
Called
God |
1Peter 1:2 |
John 20:28 |
Acts 5:3,4 |
Almighty |
Gen 17:1 |
Rev 1:8 |
Rom 15:19 |
Eternal |
Ps 90:2 |
Micah 5:2 |
Heb 9:14 |
Omniscient |
Rom11:33 |
Matt 9:4 |
1Cor2:10 |
Truth |
John 7:28 |
Rev 3:7 |
1John 5:6 |
omnipotent |
1Peter 1:5 |
Matt 28:18 |
Rom 15:19 |
Holy |
Rev 15:4 |
Acts 3:14 |
Joh16:7-10, Joh16:11-14 |
Lord |
Rom 10:12 |
LUKE2:11 |
2Cor 3:17 |
Powerful |
Jer 32:17 |
Heb 1:3 |
Luke1:35 |
A COMPARISON
OF JEHOVAH and JESUS
The Jehovah's Witnesses deny that Jehovah or God of the Old Testament is
Jesus Christ of the New Testament. The following chart shows some names and
attributes of Jehovah or God that the Bible also uses to describe Jesus Christ.
To ascribe these names or powers to anyone but God would be blasphemous, yet
the Bible clearly ascribes all of them to Jesus Christ.
These Scriptures point to Jesus
and Jehovah as being one and the same the great "I AM"
Used of
God |
Description |
Used of Jesus |
Exodus 3:14 |
"I
AM" |
John 8:58 |
Genesis 1:1 |
God |
Titus 2:13 |
Isaiah 48:12 |
Alpha
& Omega |
Rev 1:17-18 |
Isaiah 45:23 |
Lord |
Philippians 2:10-11 |
Isaiah 43:11 |
Saviour |
John 4:42 |
Isaiah 43:15 |
King |
Rev 19:16 |
Genesis 18:25 |
Judge |
2 Cor 5:10 |
Psalm 27:1 |
Light |
John 8:12 |
Deut 32:3,4 |
Rock |
1 Cor 10:3-4 |
Isaiah 48:17 |
Redeemer |
Ephesians 1:7 |
Isaiah 45:24 |
Our
Righteousness |
Romans 3:21-22 |
Isaiah 54:5 |
Husband |
2 Cor 11: 2 |
Psalm 23:1 |
Shepherd |
John 10:11-14,15-16 |
Isaiah 44:24 |
Creator |
Colossians 1:16 |
Deut 32:39 |
Giver
of Life |
John 5:21 |
Daniel 9:9 |
Forgiver
of Sin |
Mark 2:1-4,5-8,9-12 |
Exodus 15:26 |
Lord our Healer |
Acts 9:34 |
Psalm139:7-12 |
Omnipresent |
Matt 28:19-20 |
1 Kings 8:39 |
Omniscient |
John 16:30 |
Isaiah 40:10-31 |
Omnipotent |
Mark 1:29-32,33-34 |
Genesis 1:1 |
Pre-existent |
John 17:5 |
Psalm102:26-27 |
Eternal |
Isaiah 9:6 |
Malachi 3:6 |
Immutable |
Hebrews 13:8 |
John 4:24 |
Receiver
of worship |
Matthew 28:9 |
ANCIENT HERESIES REVIVED
JW's, Mormons and Christadelphians are nothing but the revived
heresies of the first few centuries: Arianism (denied the full deity of
Christ;) Apollinarianism (denied the full humanity of Christ); Nestorianism
(denied the union of the two natures); Eutycheanism (denied the
distinction of the two natures). THE ATHANASIAN CREED, compiled
by the church fathers in the early centuries settled the Deity issues, is as
follows:
"We worship one God in Trinity, and
Trinity In unity; Neither confounding the Persons: nor dividing the substance.
For there is one Person of the Father: another
of the Son: and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one: the Glory equal, the Majesty
coeternal. Such as the Father is: such is the Son: and such is the Holy Ghost.
The Father uncreated: the Son uncreated: and the Holy Ghost uncreated. The
Father Incomprehensible: the Son Incomprehensible: and the Holy Ghost
Incomprehensible. The Father eternal: the Son eternal: and the Holy Ghost eternal.
And yet they are not three eternals: but one eternal. As also there are not
three uncreated: nor three incomprehnsibles, but one uncreated and one incomprehensible.
So likewise the Father is Almighty: the Son Almighty: and the Holy Ghost
Almighty. And yet they are not three Almighties: but one Almighty. So the
Father is God: the Son is God: and the Holy Ghost Is God. And yet they are not
three Gods: but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord: the Son Lord: and the
Holy Ghost Lord. And yet not three Lords: but one Lord. For like as we are
compelled by the Christian verity (truth): to acknowledge every Person by
himself to be God and Lord: So we are forbidden to say, There are three Gods,
or three Lords. The Father is made of none: neither created , nor begotten. The
Son Is of the Father alone: not made, not created: but begotten. The Holy Ghost
Is of the Father and of the Son: neither made, nor created, nor begotten: but
proceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers: one Son, not three Sons:
one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. And in this Trinity none is afore, or
after another, none is greater, or less than the another. But the whole three
Persons are coeternal and coequal. So that in all things as aforesaid: the
unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity, is to be worshipped. He therefore
that will be saved, must thus think of the Trinity.
Furthermore it is necessary to everlasting
salvation: that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus
Christ. For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess: that our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man; God, of the Substance of the
Father, begotten before the worlds: and Man, of the Substance of his Mother,
born in the world. Perfect God: and perfect man, of a reasonable soul and human
flesh subsisting. Equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead: and
inferior to the Father as touching his Manhood. Who although he be God and Man;
yet he is not two, but one Christ. One, not by the conversion of the Godhead
into flesh: but by taking of the Manhood into God. One altogether, not by
confusion of Substance: but by unity of person. For as the reasonable soul and
flesh is one man: so God and Man is one Christ."
A VERY THOROUGH STATEMENT OF
THE DEITY OF CHRIST, GOD AND
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
JESUS CHRIST IS GOD. 1. Both are referred to as the: "FIRST
AND THE LAST" GOD: "...I
am the first, I also am the last." Isaiah 48:12 "I
am the first, and I am the last... " Isaiah 44:6 JESUS: "...the
first and the last..." Revelation 2:8 "...I
am the first and the last..." Rev 1:17 2. "ALPHA
AND OMEGA" and "THE
BEGINNING AND THE END" GOD: "...I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end..." Revelation 21:6 JESUS: "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end...." Revelation 22:13 "I
am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending..." Revelation 1:8 |
MORE PROOF?
For example take the verse in Titus 2:13: "Looking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ "
This of course refers to the Rapture
when Jesus will come back for those who believe
in Him by faith alone. The critics argue that this refers to two people
coming "the great God" and "our Saviour Jesus Christ". They
say that these are not one and the same person.
When this argument was put forward, a certain rule of Greek grammar was
still undiscovered. An expert in Greek grammar, Mr Granville-Sharpe, discovered
the following Greek grammatical rule in the late 18th century:
"When there are two nouns in the same case connected by
"and", with the first noun having_ the definite article
"the" and the second noun not having the article, the second noun
refers to the same thing the first noun does and is a further description of it."
Case proven! "the great God" is the same person as "our Saviour
Jesus Christ" God's word is always true. "...Professing themselves to
be wise they became fools..."Romans 1:22
WANT MORE?
"But unto the Son he saith, Thy
Throne, O God, is for ever and ever ..." Hebrews 1:8 (God is talking to Jesus Christ)
Could you imagine that God would call anyone God if they weren't? Was God
lying? Here we have God talking to God, this is God the Father addressing God
the Son. One God but three Persons (including the Holy Spirit).
Anyone who refuses to see that Jesus Christ is God and that the Holy Spirit
is God is either:
1. Willingly ignorant
........or
2. A cunning deceiver.
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