WHO IS THE BIBLE’S JESUS CHRIST? By Habib Jamil Khoury The deceptive tongues of some Muslims claim that the Lord Jesus never claimed that He is God; but only a human prophet. But the Bible asserts His perfect Deity as well as His perfect humanity. Take a look at His claims: HIS CLAIMS TO PERFECT DEITY We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, during His time on earth, was always conscious of His own perfect Deity. Three of the Gospels recorded some of His claims to Deity: we believe that at age 12 the Child Jesus recognized the claims His Father had on Him (Luke 2:49); that at His baptism the world was assured of His special Sonship (Matt. 3:17); that He set Himself over as the absolute authority against the ancients (Matt. 5:21-36); that He gave His disciples the power to perform miracles (Matt. 10:1, 8; Luke 10: 9, 19); that He asserted His own pre-existence (John 8:58; 17:5); that He requested that prayers would be made in His name (John 16:23-24); that He claimed that He and the Father are one substance (John 10:30; 14:9; 17:11); that He and the Father act together (John 14:23; I Thess. 3:11); that whatever the Father has, also belongs to Jesus Christ (John 16:15; 17:10); that the believer sustains the same relationship to the Son as he does to the Father (Eph. 5:5; Rev. 20:6); that He claimed He is the Son of God (John 10:36); that He claimed that He is the beginning and the end (Rev. 22:13); and that He claimed that He is the Jehovah of the Old Testament (John 8:58; cf. Exod. 3:14). We also believe that in John 14:7-11 the Lord Jesus claimed His Perfect Deity: God dwells in Jesus Christ and the Lord Jesus Christ lives eternally in God (vv. 10-11). Therefore: a. He who knows Jesus Christ knows God (v. 7; cf. 8:19); and, b. He who has seen Jesus Christ has seen God (v. 9). This fact is supported both by the claims (words) that the Lord Jesus made, as well as by the works He did (v.11). We likewise believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is to be given the same honor that must be given to God the Father (John 5:23). He is to be worshiped in the same manner that God the Father must be worshiped (Matt. 14:33; 28:9; Luke 5:8; I Cor. 1:2). In contrasting His acceptance of worship with His assertion that God alone is to be worshiped (Exod. 34:14; Matt. 4:10), we reassert our belief that the Lord Jesus is the Lord God in human flesh.""
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