Liberty Theo 104 Relection Paper

Another point that can be made to show Jesus’ Deity is His coequality with God. John 5:19 states that He “can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do”. It may seem that Jesus shouldn’t need to be praying to the Father if He is God, yet Jesus was both “God and man” (Slick, CARM) and was under the Law, just as all other men were. But, “with these two natures, came the fulfillment of the Messianic Prophesies” (Slick, CARM). This goes to show that Jesus and God are equal in persons, although they are two separate persons in the Trinity.

One of the main discussion in the books is about who Jesus really was and if the things he did were plausible. Through the research of many they figured out that Jesus was “god” however he never came straight out and told everybody. They believe this was because the people of that day had no concept of the Holy Trinity (The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit).The next point after that was “Was Jesus crazy to claim to be God?”. This one made me think a little bit because technically speaking Jesus is God so no it would not be crazy for him to state a fact but to someone that does not know that then yes it would be crazy. It would be like saying you are Michael Jackson when in reality you aren 't really Michael Jackson. People would call your bluff

In 2014, approximately 173 million Americans identified themselves as Christian out of the 243 million Americans in the country (America’s 2015). This is an impressive number of people who believe that they are Christian, but what is a Christian? How does one become a Christian, and what are the core beliefs within the world view? These are the questions I aim to answer in this essay, as I delve into the gospel essentials.

Christians is to be free and clean of sins and accepted by God. Being taken in by God is ALL that

When we think of the name Lord as Christians we think of God, as he is

If Jesus had proclaimed to the public that he was in fact God, he would have been accused for blasphemy and His teachings would have been rejected. During those times, the Jews didn't even utter the name of God out of reverence and respect, therefore, if Jesus had declared that He himself was God, that would've meant that He had disrespected God. On top of that, the Jews didn't understand the concept of the Trinity, therefore, if Jesus were to say that He was God, they wouldn't have understood the idea that Jesus was God because the concept of three persons was not understood by the Jews. In Matthew 16:15-17 (ESV), it says, "'But who do you say I am?' Simon Peter replied, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.' And Jesus answered him,

Luke, records that God refers to Jesus as his son. on the Mount of Transfiguration: “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him” (Luke 9:35).

So, who does Jesus say that God is? In perhaps His darkest moment, just hours away from the arrest that would lead to His torture and death, Jesus walked into the garden at Gethsemane. He fell to the ground, and cried out to God, “Abba, Father” (Mark 14:36). Abba means “father.” We can also think of it in today’s terms as Papa or Daddy.

Jesus’ divine nature is demonstrated throughout the gospel and is confirmed in Mark 27-38, when Jesus explicitly speaks to his role as Messiah and son of God, but his humanity is what dominates the text. There was great misunderstanding of who Jesus was and the role he was meant to play even amongst those closest to him. His humanity showed Christians the lengths to which Jesus was willing to go to ensure the salvation of humanity. He understood the suffering of his people and taught that if one emulated his suffering, they would be able to attain eternal reward in heaven. This human nature and willingness to die for humans inspires his followers to endure persecution and do their best to emulate

In the view of His deity, Christ is God. Not only is he Christ, but the Son of God, and called God in the New Testament.

Christianity is a lifestyle not just a set of beliefs. A Christian is not merely someone who attends church once in a while and believes

Today you here the question “Is Jesus truly God?” and the answer to that question is yes. I never truly understood why people would ever ask hat question, but there are so many types of people. Some believe that Jesus was God, but others believe that He was merely a man. Then of course there are others who believe that He was both. These three views have been discussed and debated for centuries, by theologians and scholars, but I don’t believe they always used the right source… the Holy Bible. They all usually use opinion and what fellow believers think, but they need to use the Holy Bible as their source because it is the only true source.

In addition to Jesus’ specific claims about Himself, His disciples also acknowledged the deity of Christ. They claimed that Jesus had the right to forgive sins—something only God can do—as it is God who is offended by sin (Acts 5:31; Colossians 3:13; Psalm 130:4; Jeremiah 31:34). In close connection with this last claim, Jesus is also said to be the one who will “judge the living and the dead” (2 Timothy 4:1). Thomas cried out to Jesus, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). Paul calls Jesus “great God and Savior” (Titus 2:13) and points out that prior to His incarnation Jesus existed in the “form of God” (Philippians 2:5-8). God the Father says regarding Jesus: “Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever” (Hebrews 1:8). John states that

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. "Christian" derives from the Koine Greek word Christós, a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mashiach.

Before Jesus came to earth he existed as God in heaven. He shared equal honor with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. Jesus also emphasizes this in his prayer that is recorded in John 17:5. Think about this honored position that Jesus had before he came to this world. Revelation 21 and 22 gives us a clear portrait of heaven. We read about a beautiful city in which Christ lives. Its streets are made of gold and walls are made of jewels. It is a place where pain, suffering, and death are unknown. In the middle of the city is Jesus’ throne. In front of the throne millions of angels and saints are praising Jesus as the King of the Universe. Jesus gave up this honored position in heaven for the sake of others. He considered the needs of sinful humanity, and decided to accept a new role. He left the glory of heaven and become a human. The phrase “being made in human likeness” (v.7) means that Jesus became a real human being. He took on all the essential attributes of humanity. He was born with a human body that grew and developed (Luke 2:52). He had human needs. He became hungry, thirsty, weary, and sleepy (Mat.4:2, John 4:6;19:28). Jesus had a man’s feelings and intellect. He experienced love, compassion, anger, and sorrow (Matt. 9:36, John 11:35) and He fought the same temptations we fight. (Heb.4:15). Christ humbled himself by becoming a man.