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Does i am always refer to god in the gospel of john. John begins his gospel by writing, in the beginning the word was god and the word was with god. A created being, which jesus would be if he were not god, could not pay the infinite penalty required for sin against an infinite god. The pharisees were angered because jesus claimed to be god. The christ, the son of god christ is the new testament word for the messiah, the anointed ruler of god s people as predicted in the old testament. Jesus used several other saying with i am in which he claimed to be equal to god. Even if there were any doubt that this is the reference the reaction of the pharisees clearly indicates that in their eyes this is a blasphemous claim. Perhaps the most famous is the beginning of the gospel of john. Ive heard many people, especially jehovahs witnesses, say that the bible does not teach that jesus is god.

John tyndale new testament commentaries book 4 colin g. Jesus was an engaging, charismatic rabbinothing more. If youre looking for a passage in scripture where jesus says, hey, everyone, im god. People are still asking, who was this one who changed the way we think about god and about ourselves. The answer is very important because it determines where you stand in relationship to the truth. I go through the books or sections of the new testament noting different times. Jesus, as the son of god, has the very nature of god john 5. If you remain in me and i in you, you will bear much fruit. The gospel of john reveals that jesus is god in human form. Jesus reveals throughout the gospel of john that he is the messiah and god s son in human form as he performs miracles and calls people to believe in his name. There are many occasions on which jesus states his identity with god. As a result, the jewish leaders tried to kill him because in calling god his own father, jesus was making himself equal with god john5.

We have to pause for a moment to seriously consider the matter. John 10 commentary jesus claims to be the messiah and to be. Beyond this, ehrmans statement presents an expectation that if jesus were god he would always say it directly, something like, good to meet you, i am god. This same inscription was found in a ruin adjacent to megiddo prison in israel, where a mosaic floor also had written in ancient greek, to the god, jesus christo.

Jesus is god in the flesh, representing to man all that god is and his plan for mankind col 1. Strikingly, a series of i am claims on jesus lips echoes gods naming of himself in ex 3. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life john 8. We can deduce that jesus is yahweh because john the baptist, as the. Stay connected amidst social distancing receive weekly scripture encouragement to share with family and friends. Here is evidence that jesus himself claimed to be god or that his. This article shows how the scriptures provide witness to christs deity. If you claim jesus is not god what makes you different from the pharisees. In johns gospel, he recounts jesus interview with pontius pilate john 18. Death is our ultimate enemy, but by his resurrection jesus christ conquered death by the power of god. 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. In the context jesus is speaking of gods love, care and power and his own claim to share in these.

He then contends that only the gospel of john claims that jesus claimed divinity jesus claims to deity are absent from the other gospels, he says, and thus it is likely that christians added this dimension to christ later. The gospel of john was written to convince the reader that jesus was the son of god john 20. Jesus claims to be god yes, jesus said he is god probe. They say that jesus himself never claims to be god in the bible. There are only a handful of times where jesus explicitly claims to be god in john not nearly as out of sync with the synoptics as ehrman would claim. In some ways, much of my book is predicated on the idea that when someone says that jesus is god, you always have to ask in what sense. A white cross has been found with the greek inscription, to the god jesus christos. Jesus explained the meaning of the phrase himself in john 10. For us to understand his claim in its cultural and biblical context, we need to read something in the old testament and then in the new testament. Nearly every new testament book makes a claim, given in a variety of ways. June 17, 20 by carson weitnauer one of the more challenging claims against the christian faith is the historical claim that the earliest writings about jesus dont even claim that jesus was god. A previous article addressed the question, does the bible really attest to the deity of jesus. Son of god refers to jesus special relationship to the father a unique position no one else has the only begotten son john 3.

Since faith is only as good as the person in whom you place it, it. He founded the ahmadiyya movement in 1889, envisioning it to be the rejuvenation of islam, and claimed to be commissioned by god for the reformation of mankind. John focuses on the deity of christ more so than the other four. Among the ancients, however, an important meaning of son of is one who has the same nature as. Since one of your books is titled jesus, the alpha and the omega, i was wondering if you would respond to my questions. Answering his question about not only jesus divinity, but his claim to be god, was a crucial one for his journey from seeking allah to finding jesus.

Ravi zacharias on april 12, 2015 at christ community chapel. Nobody has ever made claims like that before and backed them, but jesus did through his love, balanced life, and miracles. John begins his gospel by talking about the word and saying essentially. He claimed to be i am, which is god s name exodus 3. On one occasion, for example, they plotted to kill him for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be god john 10. Mailbag march 19, 2017 two questions in this weeks mailbag, one about whether jesus was claiming to be god in the gospel of mark, and the other about my personal life. To the jews this was the epitome of blasphemy, for they knew that. Below we explore this surprising claim by muslims, that jesus never claimed to be god, while showing that.

The holy spirit guided and led the apostles into all the truth and he brought everything to their remembrance. These bible verses are to show and prove that jesus is god unlike what the mormons teach. The gospel of john, which presents jesus christ in his deity, is sometimes called the i am book. The expression son of god was a phrase that meant jesus was god. Does jesus in fact say that he is gods son, not just. Jesus said to them, truly, truly, i say to you, before abraham was, i am. Jesus, however, answered by claiming that he was god. By hank hanegraaff from christian radio ministry bible answer man with hank hanegraaff. Harrison one of the popular ways scholars dismiss christianity is to say that jesus himself never claimed to be god. To the learned jew this phrase i am was very significant. Study the bible, learn about jesus christ, get christian living advice online. Nevertheless, people have struggled to find places where jesus himself claims to be divine. They also say that jesus is not the alpha and the omega, but instead, jehovah is the alpha and the omega.

Quotes jesus is the only god who has a date in history. He could forgive sin, something only god could do mark 2. Is he a mere man, an angel in flesh, or is he god incarnate. In the new testament, does the character of jesus claim to. Clearly, the jews understood jesus to be making himself equal with god. The divinity of jesus revealed in the new testament. In the beginning was the word and the word of with god and the word was god john 1. The divinity of jesus revealed in the new testament answers in. The idea that jesus was the son of god could also have been legend, ehrman observes. The jews realized that jesus use of son of god was a claim to equality with the father. The charge against jesus was that he claimed to be the son of god matthew 27. In christianity, the book of signs refers to the first main section of the gospel of john, following. The central theme to the gospel of john is that jesus is the son of god. Pilate wanted to know if he were the king of the jews.

Such a claim to oneness with god is not a claim to deity, since. Some claim that because jesus is the son of god, he must be a lesser god than god the father. Jesus clearly communicated that he and the father are one and are god. It did not mean that jesus was god s offspring compare john 10.

The new testament clearly teaches that jesus claimed to be god. It is commonly claimed that when jesus used the phrase i am. Jesus christ is god focus on the bible cook, william f. Or, as many antitrinitarian religions claim, was jesus only saying he existed before abraham. As a result, the jewish leaders tried to kill him because in calling god his own father, jesus was making himself equal with god john 5. To the jews this was the epitome of blasphemy, for they knew. John s sense is different from marks and marks is different from lukes and lukes is different from pauls and so on. This study clearly shows that jesus was god and openly claimed to be so. If jesus never called himself god, how did he become one. Jesus the claim to be god ow can jesus of nazareth claim to be god.

Jesus is either claiming to be god, accepting or demanding worship. The answer is yesand the proof is his resurrection from the dead. Two thousand years ago, a man named jesus christ set foot on our planet. A person who makes such a claim falls into one of three categories. Over and over again in the book of john, jesus said, i am.

Instead, they say, the early church made him into a god. The book of john is certainly one prominent witness among the books of the new testament that report this fact. This book was written by a disciple whom jesus lovedthe church traditionally attributes it to john john is the fourth and last gospel an account of jesus life and ministry in the new testament. Since johns book was written for the explicit purpose of demonstrating that jesus is the christ, the son of god john 20. Adapted from hank hanegraaff, the bible answer book nashville. This is most evident by the way that john continues to build a case for christs deity from the very first verse to the very end of this book. Jesus as god in the synoptics the bart ehrman blog. This is the most offensive claim of jesus, it seems. Book of john read, study bible verses online bible study tools. The most important reason that jesus must be god is that, if he is not god, his death would not have been sufficient to pay the penalty for the sins of the world 1 john 2. The i am part at the beginning is the important bit, people in the west miss the importance of its meaning, it re.