Was Jesus God?

Was Jesus God?• John 14:7 -11 NKJV - "If you had known Me, you would

have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him." Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own [authority]; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. Believe Me that I [am] in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

Jesus Claims to be God?Two Alternatives

His Claim was FalseTwo Alternatives

He made a deliberate misrepresentation.

He was a LiarHe was a Hypocrite

He was a DemonHe was a Fool.

He did not know His claims were false.

He was sincerely deluded

He was a Lunatic

His Claim was TrueHe Is the Lord

Two Alternatives

BEL IEVE

REJECT

Was Jesus God?

• “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.” (Matthew 5:17)

Was Jesus God?• Luke 4:17 - And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And

when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD." Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."

Was Jesus God?• Luke 24:27 NKJV - And beginning at Moses and

all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

• Luke 24:44 NKJV - Then He said to them, "These [are] the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and [the] Prophets and [the] Psalms concerning Me.“

Was Jesus God?

• “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.” (Matthew 5:17)

• Luke 24:27 NKJV - And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

Was Jesus God?• Act 3:18 NKJV - But those things which God foretold by

the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

• Act 13:29 NKJV - Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, they took [Him] down from the tree and laid [Him] in a tomb.

• Act 17:2 ,3 NKJV - Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ."

Was Jesus God?

• Isa 7:14 NKJV - Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

• Mat 1:18 NKJV - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

Was Jesus God?

Scriptures predicted his family tree.• Abraham Genesis 12:2, and Matthew 1:1• Descendent of Isaac. Gen 21:12• Son of Jacob.. Gen 35:10-12 , Luke 3:23,24• Tribe of Judah Genesis 49:10, Luke 3:23.• Line of Jesse Isaiah 11:1, Luke 3;23.• House of David Jer 23:5, Luke 3:23

Was Jesus God?

Jesus was to be born in Bethlehem.• “But thou, Bethlehem Ephrata, though thou be

little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” (Micah 5:2)

• Fulfilled in Luke 2:11

Was Jesus God?Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver.

• Zechariah 11:12-13. Then I said to them, "If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain." So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter"--that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD for the potter.

• Mat 27:5 NKJV - Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.

• Mat 27:7 NKJV - And they consulted together and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

Was Jesus God?• Pierced hands and feet Psalms 22:16• Friends stood afar off Psalms 38:11• People shook their heads Psalms 22:17• Parted his garments and cast lots Psalms

22:18• Offered gall and vinegar to drink. Ps 69: 21• Buried in a Rich mans tomb Isaiah 53:9

Was Jesus God?What are the odds only eight being fulfilled?

• Born in Bethlehem• Preceded by a messenger• Enter Jerusalem on a donkey.• Betrayed by friend For 30 pieces of silver• Hands and feet pierced• Money thrown into temple used to purchase potters field.• Silent before accusers• Crucified. • 1 x 10 to the 17 power

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