Support of the Deity of Christ

From: Questions and Answers on Scripture: From the Bible Treasury

John 1:1‑2; John 17:3 • 1 min. read • grade level: 6

Question: John 1:1, 2; 17:3¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²The same was in the beginning with God. (John 1:1‑2)
³And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3), &c. What scripture would you bring in support of the deity of Christ?

Answer: The very first chapter of the first Gospel proves Jesus to be not only the Messiah genealogically, but God and Jehovah. He is Emmanuel, or God with us (Isa. 7); and He should save His people, Jehovah’s people, from their sins. He could say, “Before Abraham was (came into being), I am,” the ever being One, or, as in the Revelation, the Alpha and the Omega, First and Last, the Beginning and the End. He was, is, and ever shall be God. No Christian doubts but affirms that He, the Word and Son, became man, but also that He was eternally God. True Christianity depends on His person, as His word assures us who believe; and the denial of it will be, for those guilty of it, their perdition no less righteous than true. So in Rom. 9:5⁵Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (Romans 9:5) Christ is declared to be over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

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