Understanding:
The Father
Son
Holy Spirit

Index

• Introduction
• The Holy Spirit
• Jesus the Messiah
• The New cannot contradict the Old
• God sends Jesus the Messiah
• How did Jesus become God?
• Who benefits from Jesus becoming God?
• Questions to ponder
• But what about these proof texts?

Jesus the Messiah

Who Jesus is

Jesus is the Son Of God.

Jesus is the Prophesied Messiah.

Jesus is our Lord and Savior.

Jesus is our brother.

Jesus is our role model.

Jesus is also our mediator with God.

Jesus is the Messiah, the king of Israel. He is the anointed one of God. God has anointed Jesus with His spirit and this is how God is with us. It is God working through Jesus. God did not come AS Jesus, He came IN Jesus. The best definition of Jesus is given by Peter in Acts 2:22 and Acts 10:38:

"Jesus the Nazorean was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders and signs, which God worked through him in your midst."

"How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him."

Who Jesus is not

Jesus is not GOD.

1 Corinthians 8: 6 – "Yet for us there is but one God, the Father."

John 17: 3 – "Now this eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."

Revelation 21: 22 – "I did not see a temple in the city because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple."

God the Son, or Son of God?

Here is a list of the people who claim that Jesus is the Son of God, and then those who claim that he is God the Son. I will keep it simple and not list the verses that claim that Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of Man, or the king of Israel. All these titles are synonymous.

Son of God

God Himself refers to Jesus as His Son: Mt 2: 15, 3:17, 17: 5, Mk 1: 11, 9: 7, Lk 9: 35

Jesus says that he is the Son of God: Mt 26: 63, Lk 22: 70, Jn 5: 25, 10: 36, 19: 7

The angel Gabriel says Jesus is the Son of God: Luke 1: 35

Peter says that Jesus is the Son of God: Mt 16: 16

John the Apostle says Jesus is the Son of God: Jn 20: 31, 1 Jn 3: 23, 4: 15, 5:5

All the Apostles say Jesus is the Son of God: Mt 14: 33, Jn 6: 69

John the Baptist says Jesus is the Son of God: Jn 1: 34

John Mark says Jesus is the Son of God: Mk 1: 1

Paul says Jesus is the Son of God: Acts 9: 20, Rom 1: 4, 1 Cor 1: 9, 2 Cor 1:19, Gal 2: 20, Heb 4: 14

Nathanael says Jesus is the Son of God: Jn 1: 49

Demons say Jesus is the Son of God: Mt 8: 29, Mk 3: 11, 5: 7, Lk 4: 41, 8: 28

The Centurion says Jesus is the Son of God: Mt 27: 54, Mk 15: 39

God the Son

Nobody.

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