How Do We Know Jesus Is Jehovah God?
Although the word Trinity is not in the Bible, the word Godhead is.
Colossians 2:9.
Here are some reasons we know Jesus is God:
1. Jesus, the 2nd person or being in the one true God has always
existed. Micah 5:2. Isaiah 44:6. Revelation 22:12-13,16.
2. He created everything that exists. John 1:1-3,14. Malachi 2:10.
Isaiah 44:24. Colossians 1:15-18. Hebrews 1:2,8-10.
3. He is to be worshipped. Matthew 4:10. Hebrews 1:6. John 20:27-28.
Matthew 2:11; 8:2; 9:18; 14:33; 15:25; 28:9,17.
4. Scripture identifies Jesus as God. (Isaiah 9:6 = mighty God). [(Zechariah
12:1,10 = they shall look upon me whom they have pierced). Fulfilled in
Revelation 1:7.] (John 5:18 = The Jews wanted to kill Jesus because he also
said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God). [(John 8:57-59 =
The Jews tried to stone Jesus because he said, Before Abraham was, I am.)
They believed Jesus was claiming to be Jehovah God the "I AM" of Exodus
3:13-14]. [(Isaiah 44:6 = Jehovah the King of Israel, and his redeemer Jehovah
of hosts says; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and beside me [there is]
no God.) Revelation 1:8,11,17-18; 22:12-13,16 = Jesus is the Alpha and Omega,
the first and the last]. (Genesis 19:24 = Jehovah here on earth rained fire
and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah from Jehovah in heaven). [(Isaiah 42:8 =
Jehovah will not share his glory with another). John 17:5 = Jesus evidently
had shared Jehovah's glory before the world was]. (1st Timothy 3:16 = God was
manifest in the flesh). [(Isaiah 45:18,23 = Jehovah said that unto him every
knee will bow, and every tongue shall swear). Philippians 2:10-11 says that
every knee will bow to Jesus and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ
[is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father]. (Hebrews 1:8 = Jehovah said unto
the Son, Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever).
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For those desiring more information on the diety of Jesus, these four
paragraphs will answer questions and explain some perplexing scriptures
about the diety of Jesus. #1. Although the Father is "meizon" greater
in position than Jesus, we find Jesus is "ison" equal with the Father
in quality, etc. John 14:28. John 5:18. That's comparable to the ship's
captain and his first officer. #2. Jesus is the "arche" beginner, or
chief of the creation. Revelation 3:14. John 1:1-3,14. #3. Jesus is
the "monogene" only begotten, or unique son of God, just like Isaac was
the "monogene" unique son of Abraham, even though Ishmael was his older
brother. John 3:16. Hebrews 11:17. #4. Jesus is called both the Son of
God, and the Son of man. Hebrews 1:5. Hebrews 2:6-9. Why? Calling me
the son of man identifies me as human. #4a. I believe, calling Jesus
the son of man, also identifies Jesus as human. While I have been
adopted as a child or son of God, I am not and will never be God. John
1:12. #4b. However, Jesus is the unique Son of God in that He is God.
He is the one of the Trinity or Godhead who became a human and took
upon himself the role of a Son. Galatians 4:4. #5. In the one God there
are three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Colossians
2:9. There are NOT three Gods in one God. There are three persons in
the one God. Isaiah 44:6,8. #6. The word for "one" in Deuteronomy 6:4
and Genesis 2:24 is "echad." Just as Adam and Eve became "echad"
one flesh so is God one or united. John 10:30. 1st John 5:7.
#7. Just as Jesus has always existed so has the Holy Spirit who is eternal.
Hebrews 9:14. "Pneuma" translated Spirit can refer to the third person of
the Godhead - the Holy Spirit, or to a human being's spirit, or to an
angel! Hebrews 1:7 says, And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels
spirits". God has many Spirits - or angels but there is only one whom the
Bible calls the "Holy Spirit!" #8. The Bible equates lying to the Holy
Spirit with lying to God. Acts 5:3-4. The Holy Spirit can teach, convict
and remind. John 14:16-18,26; 15:26; 16:8,13.
#9. When the Jews said they wanted to stone Jesus because he was claiming
to be God, Jesus pointed out that God called the Judges gods in Psalm 82:6.
Then he asked them, in view of that, why they were so mad at him because
he claimed to be the Son of God. Why were the Judges, as well as Satan,
idols, etc., called gods? John 10:33-36. The Judges were called gods
because they had the power of life and death over people. Satan is called
the God of this world because he is worshipped as God and because he has
tremendous power. Likewise idols are called Gods simply because some
people worship them as such. But none of these gods are to be worshipped.
None of these gods have always existed. None of these gods created
everything that exists. Only the one true God, Jehovah, did all that.
Actually, all gods, but Jehovah, the God of the Bible, are weak, and
false. None of them have always existed and created all things that exist.
However, Jesus is really God and He came in the role of an obedient son.
#10. Notice, we are to baptize in the name of, not names but name of, the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. #11. See how all three were present
at the baptism of Jesus. Matthew 3:15-17. #12. God is not physical and so
is not limited or explained by our physical laws or reasoning. His ways
and thoughts are far above our ways and thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9.
I highly recommend Walter Martins, "Kingdom of the Cults" or his tapes if
you'd like to study this topic in more detail. #13. In Genesis chapters
18 and 19 notice how many times Abraham calls "the Angel of the Lord" Jehovah.
LORD in all capital letters is "Jehovah." Notice especially Genesis
19:24 where Jehovah here on earth called fire down on Sodom from
Jehovah up in heaven. Who was this visitor on earth who Abraham
called Jehovah and who called down fire from Jehovah in heaven? It must
have been Jesus, the 2nd person or being in the Godhead or Trinity.
Hundreds of years later, instead of merely appearing in human form, Jesus
actually came and lived in the womb of the virgin Mary. Although Jesus was
conceived differently, he was just as human as we are. However, he was also
God. He was the God - Man. Luke 1:26-35. (1st Timothy 2:5. Jesus is still
a man!) Philippians 2:5-11.
"If Jesus was God, who ran the universe when He was dead?" You may hear
that question from a Jehovah"s Witness. They ask it because they think
when one is dead they pretty much cease to exist. They believe the dead
have no emotions, no feelings, no communication, and no thoughts. This
idea is sometimes called soul sleep. Is it true the dead have no thoughts,
no feelings, and no communication? Not according to several passages in
the Bible. Lets examine some of them.
Luke 16:19-31 contains the story Jesus told about a rich man, and a poor
man, named Lazarus. According to Jesus, after death the rich man was
tormented (verses 23 & 24), saw Abraham and Lazarus (verse 23), talked
(verse 24), listened (verses 25 & 26), was concerned about his still
living brothers (verses 27-30), was able to think or reason (verse 30).
Notice also that Jesus said Lazarus was comforted (verse 25). Surely, one
reason Jesus told this story was that we might know we will experience
reward or punishment after death. If the dead cease to exist until the
resurrection, why did Jesus emphasize the dead men felt, talked, worried,
listened, and reasoned? Why did Jesus place this as happening before the
resurrection, even before his resurrection? (See verses 27-31).
In Philippians 1:23 Paul said he wanted to leave, to be with Christ. Why
would Paul want to leave and be with Jesus if he wouldn't be with Jesus
until after the resurrection? If Paul wasn't going to be with Jesus for
a couple thousand years, he wouldn't have even thought about being in a
hurry to leave this earth. Philippians 1:22-26.
Paul wrote that we should be pleased to be absent from the body but present
with the Lord. 2nd Corinthians 5:1-10, especially verse 8.
King Solomon wrote that the dead know nothing. Ecclesiastes 9:5 How is it
that the dead know nothing, yet the rich man was able to worry, talk,
think, feel, reason? Read on through verse 6, and you will see King
Solomon was saying the dead know nothing about what is going on in this
world, nor can they ever again participate in this world's events. King
Solomon believed after death a man's spirit would return to God, for
judgement. Ecclesiastes 12:5-7,14.
In Matthew 22:32 Jesus quoted Exodus 3:6 where Jehovah told Moses, "I am
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Jesus
added, "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." Notice, God
did not say, "I will be the God of Abraham." God said, "I am the God of
Abraham." That meant Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were living at the time God
spoke to Moses even though their spirits had long ago left their bodies.
Our spirits, and our minds will function after death, even though our
physical brains return to dust.
If the dead are not conscious, how were Moses and Elijah able to talk
with Jesus about his coming death in Jerusalem? Luke 9:28-36. Remember
while Elijah was apparently transformed without dying, Moses died on
Mount Nebo. Deuteronomy 34:1,5. 2nd Kings 2:9-12.
Some teach that Jesus did not physically rise from the dead. They say he
only spiritually rose from the dead and he just materialized himself a
physical body when he needed one after his resurrection. However, in
John 2:18-22 Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and in three days I
will raise it up." The Jews wanted to know how Jesus could raise
the temple up in only three days as the Jewish temple in Jerusalem took
46 years to build. Verse 21 then tells us Jesus was talking about
the temple of his body. Verse 22 goes on with then when he (Jesus)
was raised from the dead his disciples recalled...and believed.
Jesus made it crystal clear that he would rise up again in the temple of his
physical body. Later, his physical body was transformed so he could go
back to heaven. 1st Corinthians 15:50. Read the whole chapter of 1st
Corinthians 15 to find out how important belief in the physical resurrection
of Jesus is to Christianity.