Is Jesus God?

 

Titus 2:13

looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

And in this first short sentence, Paul outrightly declares the truth that Jesus is God.  A fact which some people choose to debate endlessly;  some choose not to believe; some will even persecute you if you declare this fact openly. 

Are there other places in the Bible that attest to the fact that Jesus is God?  Absolutely!  I discovered the following one myself when reading through Ps 65, verse 7, where David spoke of God and wrote:

You quieted the raging oceans with their pounding waves and silenced the shouting of the nations.

This reminded me of the incident recorded in Mark 6:51

Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,

Jesus did what the Psalmist clearly stated only God can do.  But more than that, in the same chapter in Mark we read in verse 50

For they all saw him and they were afraid and immediately he spoke with them and he said to them, “Take heart, it is I, do not be afraid.”

The three words “it is I” are in Greek only two words (ego eimi) and should read “I am”.  Jesus was very clearly declaring that He is the Yahweh of the Old Testament!

My favourite passage that shows that Jesus is indeed God, is in Isiah 9:6

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Hidden in those titles are the two that says:  ‘Mighty God’ and ‘Everlasting Father’.  Our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Points to Ponder:

This week, let us meditate and think about our Saviour Jesus as also being Almighty God, so that this truth becomes unshakeable in our spirits.

Our God King Jesus