THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST

This is an article we first posted, on the first day that we began this blog’s journey, and we have reposted it again around Christmas time, every year. So here it is again:
Once when Jesus was traveling with His disciples He asked them ‘Who do people say that I am?’ Wherever Jesus went, large crowds of people followed Him and they witnessed the miracles He performed and they observed the words He spoke in His sermons. Many of the people probably wondered who Jesus was.  But then in Luke 9:18-20 Jesus asks Peter, His disciple, ‘Who do you say that I am?’ and Peter answers ‘God’s Messiah’! Peter spoke with lots of conviction, yet his faith had a long way to go, there would even come a point in his life later where he would deny that he even knew Jesus. Peter and the disciples would become men of faith after they saw the resurrected Christ and it was then they could profess that Jesus was truly the Son of God.

In every age since the first followers of Jesus made their profession of faith in him, men and women of faith have had to come to terms with who Jesus is and what he means for them.As we go into the Christmas season, celebrating the birth of the Messiah, take a little time to reflect on these passages that the Scriptures heralds about the deity of the Messiah. Who is Jesus Christ to you?

(The following list is excerpted from Tyndale’s Wilmington guide to the Bible pp.346-348, 616-618)

The Deity of Jesus Christ the Savior of the world-

1. His deity was declared by angels

• by Gabriel to Mary (Luke 1:26-33)

• by Gabriel to Joseph (Matthew 1:20-23)

• by Gabriel (?) to some shepherds (Luke 2:8-11)

• by Gabriel (?) to some women (Matthew 28:5-6)

2. His deity was declared by the Father

• at his baptism (Matthew 3:16-17)

• at his transfiguration (Matthew 17:5)

• shortly before his passion (John 12:27-28)

3. His deity was declared by his mighty miracles (John 20:30,31: 21:25)

4. His deity was declared by his powerful sermons ((Luke 4:32; John 7:46)

5. His deity was declared by his accurate prophecies (Matthew 26:32)

6. His deity was declared by his sinless life

• as attested by Pilate (John 19:4)

• by Pilate’s wife (Matthew 27:19

• by Judas (Matthew 27:4)

• by the dying thief (Luke 23:41)

• by the Roman centurion (Luke 23:47)

7. His deity was declared by demons

• as he healed a maniac (Matthew 8:28-29)

• as he healed a man in Capernaum (Luke 4:33-34)

• as he healed many in Capernaum (Luke 4:41, Mark 3:11)

8. His deity was declared by those who worshipped him

• the shepherds (Luke 2:15)

• the wise men (Matthew 2:2,11)

• a leper (Matthew 8:2)

• a ruler (Matthew 9:18)

• a Gentile mother (Matthew 15:25)

• a Hebrew mother (Matthew 20:20)

• a maniac (Mark 5:6)

• a blind man (John 9:38)

• an apostle (Thomas) (John 20:28)

• all apostles (Matthew 14:38; 28:9)

9. His deity was declared by Satan (Matthew 4:3, 6)

10. His deity was declared by himself

• He referred to himself as the Son of God (John 9:35; 10:36; 11:4)

• He forgave sins (Mark 2:5, 10)

• He is man’s judge (John 5:22, 27)

• He is the author of life (John 5:24, 28, 29)

• He is to be honored like the Father (John 5:23)

• He alone can save (John 10:28; Luke 19:10; John 14:6

Related articles

• What does it mean that Jesus Is the Son of God?
• The Preexistence of Jesus Christ
• Wayne Grudem: What does Christ’s Ascent into heaven mean for me? 
• 
  
• Reblogged from:http://rodiagnusdei.wordpress.com/2013/12/25/the-deity-of-jesus-christ-2/
•