Thursday, June 25, 2009

Muslim & Christian Views: IS JESUS GOD?



Over 400 points have been made on the debate of the topic: IS JESUS GOD? For simplicity, I have summarized 12 reasons to believe that JESUS is GOD based on the Scripture of the Holy Bible of the Christians. To view all 400 points made, please click and download the pdf file 548.16Kb for your easy reference.


CONCLUSION: 12 Valid Reasons to believe that JESUS is GOD!

JESUS has His own Power, Authority and Glory from these verses:-

1. JESUS has His own power to empower his disciples. Luke 10:19 JESUS said: "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my Name shall they cast out devils


2. JESUS spoke in greater authority than Scribes. Mark 1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. Moses could not even spoke with authority and his brother Aaron was made a prophet for him. Yet Moses was made a God to Pharaoh by LORD GOD. JESUS was made GOD in similitude to MOSES. Exodus 7:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a God to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Deuteronomy 18:17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. Deu 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, LIKE UNTO THEE, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. John 10:34 JESUS answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, "Ye are Gods."


3. JESUS had the Glory of God before the world was created. God will not give His glory to another. The Glory of GOD only belongs to GOD! John 17:5 And now glorify thou me, my Father, with thyself, in that glory which I had with Thee before the world was. Isaiah 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my Name: and my GLORY will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of His glory:


4. JESUS was not created but came through virgin birth; He is called The Son of God as He was conceived by the Holy Spirit of God and not in the similitude of Adam created from the dust of the ground. John 10:36 do ye say to him, whom the Father, hath sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said to you, I am the Son of God? Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, 'The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of 'The Son of GOD'."


5. JESUS shall return in His own power and great glory to rule the earth. Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Mat 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in His Glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his Glory


6. JESUS shall be the Chief Judge on the Day of Judgment. Mat 25:32 And before Him shall be gathered ALL NATIONS: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats Mat 25:41 Then shall HE say also unto them on the Left Hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into Everlasting Fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels


7. JESUS is GOD as LORD Almighty called Him “GOD” just as LORD made Moses a GOD! Exodus 7:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a God to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. John 10:35 [JESUS said] If He called "them Gods", unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken


8. JESUS accepts worship from men and women. Mat 28:9 And lo, JESUS met them, and said to them: Hail, ye. And they came and clasped his feet, and worshipped him. Blind man healed by JESUS worshipped Him: John 9:38 And he said: My Lord, I believe: and he fell down, and worshipped him.


9. JESUS was sanctified by God and was set apart as holy and sinless. Only GOD is sinless and Holy. John 10:36 do ye say to him, whom the Father, hath sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said to you, I am the Son of God?


10. JESUS is GOD as He could forgive sins on earth which the Scribes testified that no man can, except God only! Mark 2:7 …Who can forgive sins but GOD only? Mark 2:10 “But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath POWER on earth to forgive sins”


11. JESUS says His Father is GOD and equaled himself with GOD. John 5:17 But JESUS said to them: “My Father worketh until now, and I work.” John 5:18 And for this, the JEWS sought the more to kill him, not only because he had broken the Sabbath, but because he had said of God, that he was his Father, and had equalled himself with GOD.


12. JESUS did not deny to the charge for claiming Himself as God. Quoting the Law in John 10:34-35 was to defend himself and not to deny the charge. John 10:33 The JEWS answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a MAN, makest thyself GOD.



To prove that JESUS is not omniscient by quoting Mark 13:32 shall be futile because He was then speaking as the Son of Man and not as the Son of God. Furthermore the context of Mark 13:32 is about the second return of JESUS Himself. When JESUS says He does not know the day and hour of His own return, it is allegorical that He does not want to reveal it yet.


John 5:30 does not imply that JESUS was powerless but it means He was committed to do the will of His Father and not of His own will which supports “I and my Father are one” – John 10:30. John 5:30 I cannot of the will of myself do any thing; but as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just; for I seek not my will, but the will of Him who sent me. [Aramaic, Etheridge Translation]


To discredit the Bible by using the Bible itself is futile as each book is authoritative on its own merit. As a general principle on understanding of the Scripture, a clearer verse shall prevail over the interpretation of an ambiguous verse. The final evidence is still in favor of the Christians.

I pray that the above comments related to the Debate: IS JESUS GOD? shall help all truth seekers to find the true Savior of the World!




To God be all the Glory! Amen.



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