Sunday, December 8, 2013

Immanuel-God with us

* The Lord Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the Almighty, the first and the last, and the LORD OF LORDS (Rev 1:8; I Timothy 6:15; Rev 19:16; 21:6; Psalm 136:3; Isaiah 46:9-10).
* Jesus was from everlasting (living since everlasting); Jesus is eternal. Micah 5:2
* Jesus was honored same as the Father. John 5:23
* Jesus is be prayed to – Acts 7:55-60; I Cor 1:2; Psa 116:41; John 14:14
* Isaiah called Jesus, The mighty God, the everlasting Father. Isaiah 9:6
* Jesus never corrected Himself; there was guile found in His mouth, and He did no sin. I Peter 2:22
* Jesus is God Almighty manifest in the flesh (I Timothy 3:16). Jesus knew the thoughts of man. He controlled the weather. He controlled the animals. (fish) John 21:6; Matt 17:27; Luke 5:4-8
* God the Father and Christ Jesus are one. John 10:30
* Paul followed both God and Jesus, they are one – I Cor 11:1, Eph 5:1
* John 5:17-18 God was Father, making himself equal with God.
* When Jesus said, “I am the Son of God.” They understood him to say that He was God Almighty.

Religious folks believe Jesus was just a good man and a moral example we should follow, but they don’t believe Christ Jesus was God in the flesh living, bleeding, dying, and raised from the dead for guilty sinners. A good man doesn’t profess to be God. If you said your pastor was a good man, but he went around town saying he was God, he wouldn’t be a good man. But Jesus Christ is a good man. He would be a liar and deluded if He wasn't really the Creator God. He’s not just a wonderful person and a great teacher. Jesus was either the Lord, a liar, or a lunatic. According to the holy scriptures, Christ Jesus is the Almighty, the Great I AM. *John 8:58; Mark 14:61-62; Revelation 1:8*

* I told you I was the Christ, and ye believed me not. John 10:24-25
* I am the Father made visible, so you could see Him. John 14:7
* Jesus cleansed the leper, raised the dead, walked on water, read people's minds, controlled the weather, and the fish.
* Jesus forgave sins in Mark 2:7; Matt 9:1-7; Luke 5:20; 7:48.

Other proof texts for the Deity of Christ:
* Rev 19:16 (LORD OF LORDS); Rev 5:12 (Jesus worshipped in Heaven)
* The Angel of God, the LORD Exo 14:19; 13:21; Acts 27:23
* Rev 1:8; Rev 4:8; I John 5:20; I John 5:7; II Pet 3:18, 1:11; Isa 43:11; Tit 1:3-4
* Jude 25; I John 4:14
* Christ given the preeminence in all things (Col 1:18).
* John 4:42; Phil 3:20
* Titus 2:10,13; I Tim 4:10; I Cor 11:19
* I John 2:22-23; Col 2:9
* God is in you (I Cor 14:25); Christ is in you (Col 1:7; Gal 2:20) God and Jesus are the same.
* I Cor 8:6; Acts 14:15; John 1:3; Col 1:16-18 (The living God created all things, Jesus is the living God)
* Eph 4:32; Col 3:13 God forgave, Christ forgave (God and Jesus are the same)
* John 5:18; 10:33
* John 5:23; John 10:24
* Mark 14:61-62 Jesus declared to the be Christ; the great I AM.
* John 14:9 He that hath seen, hath seen the Father
* Hos 13:4 (God is the Savior, Christ is the Savior) I Tim 1:1; Phil 3:20
* John 4:25-26; 1:41
* Mark 11:2 - Jesus saw the colt tied and He knew the responses of the men before they happened. (Jesus is omnipresent and omniscient) John 3:13; Mark 14:14-16
* John 10:24-25 - Jesus said He was the Christ to the Jews over and over.
* I Cor 2:8; Mark 2:7
* I Cor 11:1 Eph 5:1
* II Pet 2:1-2; 3:16-18

Is Jesus Christ God Almighty (Gen 17:1; Rev 1:8)?
* Isaiah said so, Isaiah 7:14; 9:6
* Paul said so, Rom 9:5; Titus 2:13; Heb 1:8; Col 2:9
* John said so, John 1:1; I John 5:20
* Peter said so, II Peter 1:1
* Jude 1:4; Isaiah 45:21
* John 14:9-10 John 10:30-33 I John 5:7
* Zechariah 12:10; John 19:37
* Mark 2:7; Luke 5:21
* Titus 3:4-6; Luke 8:39
* II Peter 3:18; Isaiah 42:8
* Deut 32:4; I Cor 10:4
* Col 3:23-24 Act 27:23
* John 1:1,3,14
* John 8:58; Exo 3:14 (Jesus was the great "I AM")
* Romans 8:9 Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ
* John 2:19; Rom 8:11; Gal 1:1
* Acts 13:30
* Phil 2:6 (equal with God)
* Col 1:16-17
* John 14:7; 10:33
* II Peter 3:18 Jesus is the Saviour; Isaiah 42:8 God is the Saviour
* I John 1:2; 5:20
* Matthew 1:23 (God with us)
* John 10:28
* Heb 1:8
* Mt 18:20; 28:20 Omnipresent
* Jesus is the great I AM: John 6:35;41,48,51; 10:7,9; 10:11,14; 14:6; 8:12; 9:5; 12:46; Luke 2:32; John 15:1,5; 11:25; Rev 1:17; 2:8; 22:13
* Jesus cleanses us from sin: I John 1:7-9; Rev 1:5; Rom 5:9

* In Acts 9, Paul said, ‘Lord who are you?’, I am Jesus, Paul trembled when he found out Jesus was God.

* Jesus said we are to worship God only (Luke 4:8), they worshipped Jesus and He received their worship and didn't rebuke them. See Matt 2:11; 8:2; 9:18; 14:33; 15:25; 28:9; Mark 5:6; 15:19; Luke 24:52; John 9:38; Rev 5:14 Peter wouldn’t let Cornelius worship Him (Acts 10:25-26). The angel in Revelation wouldn’t receive worship. (Rev 19:10); but Jesus received worship all through the Gospels.