The Bible : JesusEquality And Identity With God

Jesus could not obtain his full potential, which the society saw him as the other and therefore,

Jesus: What is Jesus' true identity? What did Jesus do? Why is Jesus' identity and work significant for the Christian worldview?

he is definitely not seen by Christians as having any human characteristics, like the gods of the

God became a Man and that Man was in Jesus Christ Who was both God and Man. He lived in all splendor, glory, and majesty while in heaven but condescended to be born in a lowly stable in the most humble of beginnings. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and was murdered even though He was completely innocent. He willingly gave His life so

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the

Christianity claims that 2,000 years ago God the son came to the earth to reveal the father to us and then die to save us from our sins. This claim needs to be further elaborated. God the son; Jesus Christ came to earth to remove sin from the lives of people so that he could come into the lives of those who were ready to accept him into their heart and transform them. The relationship with God is based entirely upon the relationship with Jesus.

“Who do people say that I am?” (Mark 8:27) is one of the most fundamental questions that Jesus asked his disciples. It is a question, from my personal viewpoint, that has a simple answer. Jesus is Lord! Needless to say, there is more to the identity of Jesus, but it is my belief that Jesus is the Messiah, the second person of the Holy Trinity. He is the promised Savior foretold in the Old Testament by the prophets. There is an endless list that gives Jesus titles such as Ruler and King, Master and Teacher, Savior and Christ, but in Acts 2:36 Luke writes, “God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Jesus is the one who went to the Cross to bring humankind forgiveness, redemption, and salvation.

ideas of God the Father, Jesus the Son of God and the Holy Spirit in

Overall, there seems to be a very high Christology in the New Testament. However, due to the various authors of the books that comprise the anthology, there is an inherent variation of the level of Christology found between the different books. In order to examine the Christology of a religious text, one must first understand the notion of Christology. Christology refers to the level of divinity that Jesus is portrayed to have, and can be understood as a spectrum with an extremely high Christology at one end and an extremely low Christology at the other. The highest possible Christology refers to texts in which Jesus is described at being equal to God, while the lowest possible Christology refers to texts in which Jesus is described as being completely human. These extremes are typically never fully realized in the New Testament; a position on the spectrum between them is usually taken. When analyzing the Christology of the Gospel of Mark, the Book of Revelation, and the Pauline Epistles, it becomes apparent that there is in fact a difference in the Christology of the three. Mark seems to have a lower Christology than the Pauline Epistles, which have a lower Christology than the book of Revelation, which has a very high Christology.

The Deity of Christ in the Gospel of John The term deity is derived from the Latin word “deus” meaning God, therefore believing in the deity of Christ is to believe that Jesus Christ himself is God. The Gospel of John illustrates this truth not only by its precise use of signs that illustrate Jesus performing only what God is capable of performing but also by reiterating Jesus Christ’s use of “I Am” statements and self-proclamations within His teachings. John 1-12 is referred to as the Book of Signs, it is here that we read Jesus performing acts that only God himself can perform: turning water to wine (2:1-11), heal the officials son (4;46-54), heal the man at the pool of Bethesda (5:1-9), feed the five thousand (6:1-13), walk on water (6:16-21),

Christian belief is unique because we believe that our God is a Triune God. The Bible reveals not only God the Father, but also God the Son and the Holy Spirit. Those three persons are united and undivided. They work together in the human history. As a result, the study of the Son, Jesus Christ and the third person, the Holy Spirit is essential and important when we study Christian theology. Since Jesus is the key figure in Christian or actually in the whole human history, his identity has always been controversial. The first part of this paper will examine the person of Christ, the second person of the Trinity. Then, the focus will switch to the third person of the Three who is the Holy Spirit. The relationship between the Son and the Spirit is always closed and interconnected. We will explore the importance of this relationship and develop some implications based on the understanding of these two persons of the Trinity.

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.

The first source to which Christian theology looks for it's teaching is the New Testament. It is the New Testament, which unfolds the divine plan introduced in the Old, and it is by the New Testament revelation that the Old Testament revelation is interpreted. For this reason all Christians theologians have made the New Testament their primary source for data in constructing views of God and His relation to the world. We must place all theology in context. As the Old Testament affirms, God is incomparable. Isaiah writes that we dare not make our God out of gold, or carry the divine around in a neat package to sit here or stand there. God reminds Israel, and all peoples, that "I am God and there is no other, I am God and there is none like me."

In the Gospel of Mark (10:45) it states, “For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." The issue with this verse lies in the various ways one could interpret it. Solely based on the text, one could say that the main concept of this verse is to illustrate both the identity and responsibility of Jesus as servant and savior. Jesus came to earth for the purpose of servitude and to become an impeccable physical model of “true sacrifice” through his suffering, so that we could live. If one considers themselves a true believer and follower of Jesus, they should be living a life of humility through service by helping their fellow man (Crowder 2013).

The Biblical basis for Jesus' humanity is well-established, and, therefore, anyone who claims that Jesus was not a man is surely unfamiliar with Scripture. Likewise, the Biblical basis Jesus' deity is also well-established and one must conclude, after a study of Scripture, that Jesus was both God and man, one Person having two natures in what has been called the Hypostatic Union.