Jesus Christ Is God!

"There are two hundred and fifty-six names given in the Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I suppose this was because He was infinitely beyond all that any one name could express."    -Billy Sunday in a sermon, "Wonderful," quoted in The Real Billy Sunday

In the Book of Acts Jesus is referred to as Lord more than 90 times while along being called Savior only twice (Acts 5:31; 13:23). It seems to me if there is that big of an emphasis made in Scripture, then we ought to be looking at it as well.

Here is the most important building block in understanding the Lordship of Jesus Christ: Jesus Christ is God. Let's look at Colossians 1. The Apostle Paul clearly revealed that Jesus is God. He was God before He came to earth. He was God while He was on earth. And He is still God today! Jesus was, is, and always will be God (Colossians 1:15-20). 

Jesus is God. He reveals God to us in human form, but that does not diminish His deity in any way. Jesus is revealed as the Creator, and the Head of the Church, as the Savior of the world, all of those are expressions of the fact that He is God. The Lordship of Jesus Christ is built on this foundational truth: Jesus is God.

Look at Hebrews 1. In the opening verses of the Letter to the Hebrews we see a powerful expression of the deity of Jesus Christ in connection with both His Lordship and His saving work (Hebrews 1:1-3). Jesus is the exact expression of God’s nature because Jesus is God in human flesh. Again we see Him revealed as Creator, Sustainer, Savior, and the Heir of all things, enthroned in Majesty which clearly portrays His Lordship.

Jesus identified Himself as God, a fact that was not lost on the religious leaders who hated in so much. In John 5:18 it says: the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. 

Jesus didn't leave any doubt when He boldly proclaimed in John 10:30: I and the Father are one. Because He was God, Jesus had authority over all things. In Matthew 12:8 he responded to the assaults of the religious leaders by saying: The Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath.

Ask yourselves if you truly believe that Jesus Christ is God. Because if He is, then He has the divine right to your love and obedience. And if He isn't God, then all of this is nothing more than religion, and religion cannot guarantee you life in heaven when this life is over, only a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the Son of God can do that.

The most important reason that Jesus has to be God is that, if He is not God, His death would not have been sufficient to pay the penalty for the sins of the world (1 John 2:2). A created being, which Jesus would be if He were not God, could not pay the infinite penalty required for sin against an infinite God. Only God could pay such an infinite penalty. Only God could take on the sins of the world (2 Corinthians 5:21), die, and be resurrected, proving His victory over sin and death. 

Do you believe that Jesus is who He said He is, and that He did what only He could do, so that you could receive what only He could give? Jesus Christ is God; and as God He became man and paid the price for your sins on the cross and then rose again to offer you eternal life. What are you going to do with the offer?

Scripture: John 10:30; John 1:14; 1 Corinthians 8:6; John 1:2; Mark 12:29; Isaiah 41:4

Prayer: Dear Father, please be with me today. Please give me the strength to show kindness and mercy to those whom are mean and cruel. For they are the ones who need it the most. Amen

Have a blessed day!

Elise