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Jesus, during his earthly ministry, understood and walked with the consciousness that he is not just fully man but also fully God. His constant pronouncements or declarations of these truths made it known to many that indeed he is the Son of God, though the Jews couldn’t stand this declaration of his as The Son of God. That didn’t deter him in any way, as he was confident about who he was, where he came from, and his relationship with The Father.
Below are four scriptures that show The Deity of Christ and my understanding of them:
1. John 2:16
“And He said to those who sold doves, ‘Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise.'”
Jesus’s emphatic declaration of The Temple, a place of worship to God, as His Father’s house, did not only show his recognition of God as his Father but, by calling God Father, he automatically declared his sonship and the place he holds in the Trinity. This declaration as His Father’s house made it clear that he is conscious of his relationship with the Father, and this relationship spurred him into protecting his Father’s house.
1. John 4:25-26
25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.”
26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
The Jews, through The prophet, had been told of a Messiah who would come into the world, forgive them of their sins and those of the whole world, and reconcile them back to God. Ever since, they had been waiting for this Messiah. Jesus’s response to The Samaritan woman, who spoke of the Messiah to come, by affirming that He is that Messiah, buttresses his claim as God, declaring Him as having the power to forgive sins and reconcile the world back to God.
1. John 6:32-33
32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.”
33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
Again, Jesus’s declaration of God as his Father points to his consciousness of his special relationship with God, granting him access to call Him Father and, by that, inferring he is the Son of God, which means he was equal with God. Another revelation from this scripture is his acknowledgement that he is the true bread from heaven, revealing his claim of coming down from God and thereby residing with Him, as coming down from heaven means heaven is his home.
1. John 7:33
Then Jesus said to them, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.”
Jesus’s declaration that he will soon go back to Him who sent him is another proof of his Deity and His claim that he came from God. If he came from God, that means he resides with God; if he resides with God, that means he is one with God.
Throughout the Gospel of John are scriptures that help show the Deity of God, but I’ve chosen to focus on the four listed above.