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Today's question is, is the Deity of Christ biblical? In this video I'll answer that question from a historical and biblical perspective.

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Afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end. In addition to Jesus' specific claims about Himself, His disciples also acknowledged the

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Deity of Christ. They claimed that Jesus had the right to forgive sins—something only God can do, as it is

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God who is offended by sins, Acts 5 .31. In close connection with this last claim,

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Jesus is also said to be the one who will judge the living and the dead, 2 Timothy 4 .1.

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Thomas cried out to Jesus, my Lord and my God, John 20 .28.

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Paul calls Jesus, Great God and Savior, Titus 2 .13, and points out that prior to His incarnation,

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Jesus existed in the form of God, Philippians 2 .5 -8. God the Father says regarding Jesus, Your throne,

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O God, will last forever and ever, Hebrews 1 .8. John states that in the beginning was the

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Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word of Jesus was God, John 1 .1.

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Examples of Scriptures that teach the Deity of Christ are many, but even one of these is enough to show that Christ was considered to be

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God by His followers. Jesus is also given titles that are unique to Yahweh, the formal name of God in the

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Old Testament. The Old Testament title, Redeemer, is used of Jesus in the New Testament. Jesus is called

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Emmanuel, God with us, in Matthew 1. In Zechariah 12, verse 10, it is

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Yahweh who says, They will look on me, the one they have pierced. But the New Testament applies this to Jesus' crucifixion,

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John 19, verse 37. If it is Yahweh who was pierced and looked upon, and Jesus was the one pierced and looked upon, then

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Jesus is Yahweh. Paul interprets Isaiah 45, verses 22–23 as applying to Jesus in Philippians 2, verses 10–11.

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Further, Jesus' name is used alongside God's in prayer, grace and peace to you from God our

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Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Galatians 1, verse 3. This would be blasphemy if Christ were not a deity.

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The name of Jesus appears with God in Jesus' command to baptize, in the name, singular, of the

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Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28, verse 19. Actions that can be accomplished only by God are credited to Jesus.

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Jesus not only raised the dead and forgave sin, He created and sustains the universe, Colossians 1, verses 16–17.

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This becomes even clearer when one considers Yahweh said He was alone during creation, Isaiah 44, verse 24.

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Further, Christ possesses attributes that only a deity can have, Eternality, John 8, verse 58,

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Omnipresence, Matthew 18, verse 20, Omniscience, Matthew 16, verse 21, and Omnipotence, John 11, verses 38–44.

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Now it is one thing to claim to be God or to fool someone into believing it is true, and something else entirely to prove it to be so.

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Christ offered many miracles as proof of His claim to deity. Just a few of Jesus' miracles include turning water into wine, walking on water, multiplying physical objects, healing the blind, the lame, the sick, and even raising people from the dead.

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Moreover, Christ Himself rose from the dead. Far from the so -called dying and raising gods of pagan mythology, nothing like the resurrection is seriously claimed by other religions, and no other claim has as much extra -scriptural confirmation.

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There are at least 12 historical facts about Jesus that even non -Christian critical scholars will admit.

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1. Jesus died by crucifixion. 2. He was buried. 3. His death caused the disciples to despair and lose hope.

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4. Jesus' tomb was discovered or was claimed to be discovered to be empty a few days later. 5.

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The disciples believed they experienced appearances of the risen Jesus. 6. After this, the disciples were transformed from doubters into bold believers.

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7. This message was the center of preaching in the early church. This message was preached in Jerusalem.

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9. As a result of this preaching, the church was born and it grew. 10. Resurrection Day, Sunday, replaced the

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Sabbath, Saturday, as the primary day of worship. 11. James, a skeptic, was converted when he also believed that he saw the resurrected

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Jesus. 12. Paul, an enemy of Christianity, was converted by an experience which he believed to be an appearance of the risen

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Jesus. Even if someone were to object to this specific list, only a few are needed to prove the resurrection and establish the gospel—Jesus' death, burial, resurrection, and appearances.

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While there may be some theories to explain one or two of the facts on that list, only the resurrection explains and accounts for them all.

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Critics admit that the disciples claimed they saw the risen Jesus. Neither lies nor hallucinations can transform people the way the resurrection did.

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First, what would they have gained? First, Christianity was not popular and it certainly did not make them any money.

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Second, liars do not make good martyrs. There is no better explanation than the resurrection for the disciples' willingness to die horrible deaths for their faith.

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Yes, many people die for lies they think are true, but people do not die for what they know is untrue.

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In conclusion, Christ claimed He was Yahweh, that He was deity, not just a god but the one true

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God. His followers, Jews who would have been terrified of idolatry, believed Him and referred to Him as God.

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Christ proved His claims to deity through miracles, including the world -altering resurrection. No other hypothesis can explain these facts.

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