On a stormy night at sea, Jesus appears walking on the water toward the disciples’ boat.He healed many more who were sick, and cast out demons with a word (Matthew 8:5–17).His healing of the leper demonstrated that he was not ungodly, and it helped to prove that he is God himself. Jesus did not refuse the worship of the leper this means he must either be God or ungodly. A leper came to worship Jesus, saying, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Jesus healed the leper by touching him and saying, “I will be clean” (Matthew 8:3).He healed the demon possessed, epileptics, and paralytics (Matthew 4:23–24).The healings had to be accomplished with divine power.The words of Jesus and the reaction of those impacted by these miracles suggest that Jesus was acting as God and not simply as a prophet. The question is whether Jesus acted as God or simply as a prophet requesting the Father to perform the works. ![]() In the gospels, we see that Jesus healed many people and demonstrated power over nature in other ways. We can deduce that Jesus is Yahweh because John the Baptist, as the forerunner of Jesus, fulfills the Old Testament prediction that he would prepare the way for Yahweh (Isaiah 40:3). The one who was coming would be God himself. “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord’” (Matthew 3:3). John the Baptist fulfills Isaiah 40 as he preaches the kingdom. Jesus being called “ God with us” is consistent with John 1, which refers to Jesus as the Word who was with God, and who was God, and who became flesh (John 1:1, 14). “Emmanuel” describes the concept of the incarnation- God becoming man. His name is to be called Emmanuel, which means “ God with us” (Matthew 1:23). In the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), I referenced only the first time an event occurred or a saying was made. Jesus is either claiming to be God, accepting or demanding worship, claiming to possess attributes that only God can possess, claiming to do things that only God can do (and then doing miracles to prove it), or others are making these claims about Jesus. Some of the verses taken by themselves are not absolute proof of his divinity, but when viewed along with the many other passages on the subject, they strengthen the case for the deity of Christ. Though this is not an exhaustive list, I have identified more than 120 verses or passages that express the divinity of Jesus in some way. I go through the books or sections of the New Testament noting different times that Jesus is revealed as God. In this “article,” I’m providing a resource for you to use next time someone challenges you on this issue. There is overwhelming evidence that the NT authors intended to present Jesus as God come in the flesh. In response to that claim, I took a deep dive into Scripture, particularly the New Testament, to see how much evidence there really is for the deity of Jesus. The appeals to benevolence that stream from the press and pulpit imply a sad lack of faith in the philanthropy of the land.I’ve heard many people, especially Jehovah’s Witnesses, say that the Bible does not teach that Jesus is God. So assured were they of the genuineness and strength of His love that they felt that the mere statement of Lazarus's sickness was enough. It strengthened this faith and intensified their joy. The afflictions of Lazarus were a blessing to himself and his sisters. He who hushed the storm and raised the dead had power to keep off disease.ģ. ![]() Not because He could not have prevented it. ![]() The sufferings of those whom we love are always painful to us. ![]() Why did Christ permit His beloved friend to be sick?ġ. It has at command ample resources to supply all our wants, ample power to sustain, guard, and bless us, and that always. Men sometimes withdraw their love because they discover imperfections never anticipated.ģ. It is not founded on any mistakes as to our characters as to what we have been, are, shall be. Tender - so tender that in all our afflictions He is afflicted. To be loved by some is no advantage their love is carnal, selfish, fickle. A PRIVILEGE OF INCOMPARABLE VALUE - to be loved by Christ. Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.…
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