Does Jesus Claim to be God

Does Jesus Claim to be God?

1. Is 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
2. Name Emanuel (Matt 1:23) “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.”
3. Is 45:21 Declare what is to be, present it— let them take counsel together.

Who foretold this long ago,

who declared it from the distant past?

Was it not I, the Lord?

And there is no God apart from me,

a righteous God and a Savior;

there is none but me.

                                                                22 “Turn to me and be saved,

all you ends of the earth;

for I am God, and there is no other.

1. Just God and a Savior (Hosea)
2. six time “God our Savior” refering to Jesus Christ
3. Frogave sins (Mark 4:2-12) man in bed; “sins be forgiven thee”
1. Is 53:5-12-Only God can forgive sins and Jesus did this
2. Matt 21:12 “Jesus cleanses temple” “My house shall be a house of prayer”
3. Lord of the Sabbath
4. Words will not pass away
5. Would have saved Jerusalem
4. Claimed outright to be God
1. Mt 6:13-17 “who do you say I am?” Peter’s confession; Jesus did not deny
2. Jn 10:24-33 “I and my father are one”  we stone you for blasphemy…
3. John 8 (Exodus 3) “I am that I am”; before Abraham was “I am”
4. John 4:14 “spring of everylasting life”
5. John 5:20 raises up the dead; father shows him all things (21) Has same knowledge of the Father; No man takes my life from me; I lay it down
6. John 8:12; light of the world; lead you into the path of righteousness
7. Jn 11:25 resurection and life
8. John 14:23 We will come and make our abode with him