Jesus Is God: Bible Verses and Explanation

Jesus Christ is the full revelation of the invisible God in genuine humanity.

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Isaiah 44:6YHWH excludes any divine being beside himself.Isaiah 9:6The born child bears titles that belong to God himself.Matthew 1:20–23The child conceived by the Holy Ghost is the manifestation of God with us.Luke 1:31–35The title Son of God is connected directly to the miraculous conception and birth.John 1:1The eternal Word belongs to God's own identity and is God.John 1:14God's eternal Word entered genuine human existence.John 1:1–14God's eternal Word was God and became flesh.John 14:8–9Jesus answers the request to see the Father by pointing to himself.John 14:10Jesus identifies the Father dwelling in him as the source of the works.John 14:10–11Jesus explains the Father-Son relationship through mutual relation and the Father's indwelling works.John 14:9–11Jesus is the visible revelation of the Father dwelling in him.John 20:28Thomas directly confesses the risen Jesus as Lord and God.2 Corinthians 5:19The saving actor in Christ was God reconciling the world to himself.Colossians 1:15The invisible God is made known in the visible Christ.Colossians 2:9All divine fullness dwells bodily in Christ.1 Timothy 2:5The one mediator is explicitly identified in his genuine humanity.1 Timothy 3:16The mystery of godliness centers on God manifested in flesh.Hebrews 1:1–3God's final revelation comes through the Son, the visible expression of his glory and being.Hebrews 1:8–9The Son is directly addressed as God while his anointed messianic role is affirmed.Revelation 1:17–18The crucified and risen Jesus identifies himself as the First and the Last.Revelation 22:3–4God and the Lamb culminate in one throne, one face, and one name.Revelation 22:13Jesus bears the absolute divine title of First and Last.

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