The Deity of Christ Part 2: The Biblical Teaching

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The Deity of ChristPart 2 The Biblical Teaching
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Honors
Jesus shares the honors that are due to God.
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• Everyone is to honor the Son, just as they honor
  the Father (John 523).
• All Gods angels worship Jesus Christ, the Son
  (Hebrews 16).
• Christians call on the name of the Lord Jesus
  Christ (1 Cor. 12) in other words, they pray
  to him.

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Attributes
Jesus shares the attributes of Gods nature.
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• The fullness of Gods being dwells in Jesus in
  bodily form (Colossians 29).
• The Son of God existed before all creation and is
  eternal (John 11-2 Colossians 117).
• Christ is omnipresent spirit (Matthew 1820
  2820).

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Jesus is both man and God

• As a human being, Jesus grew (Luke 240, 52).
• As a human being, Jesus did not know the day or
  hour (Mark 1332).
• As a human being, Jesus was tempted (Hebrews
  415).

• As God, Jesus is unchanging (Heb. 110-12 138).
• As God, Jesus knows everything, even our hearts
  (John 2117).
• As God, Jesus could not sin (John 519).

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Names
Jesus shares the names of God.
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• Jesus has the name above every name (Eph. 121
  Phil. 29-11).
• Jesus is God (John 11 2028 Acts 2028 Titus
  213 2 Peter 11).
• Jesus is the Lordthat is, Jehovah (Rom. 109-13
  1 Pet. 313-15).

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• Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords
  (Revelation 1714 1916).
• Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and
  the last, the beginning and the end (Revelation
  17-8, 17b-18 28 2212-13).

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Deeds
Jesus shares in doing the deeds that God does.
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• The Son made all things and sustains the universe
  in existence (John 11-3 Col. 116-17 Heb. 12,
  10-12).
• Jesus forgives peoples sins (Mark 91-9
  Colossians 313).
• Jesus sends the Spirit and his gifts (John 1526
  Eph. 48-11).

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• The Son gives eternal life to whomever he wants
  (John 521-26).
• Christ is, with the Father, the source of all
  spiritual blessings (Eph. 12-3 1 Tim. 12 Rev.
  14).
• Jesus will administer the Final Judgment (John
  522-23 2 Cor. 510 2 Tim. 41).

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Seat
Jesus shares the seat of Gods own throne.
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• Jesus shares Gods very throne (Hebrews 13, 13
  Rev. 221, 3).
• Jesus claimed to be equal to God (Mark 1461-64
  John 517-18).
• Jesus rules over everything forever (Matthew
  2818 Luke 133 Ephesians 121-23).

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Remember Gods HANDS

• HonorsJesus receives Gods honors
• AttributesJesus has Gods attributes
• NamesJesus has Gods names
• DeedsJesus does Gods deeds
• SeatJesus sits on Gods throne

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This presentation is a summary of the book
Putting Jesus in His Place A Case for the Deity
of Christ, by Robert Bowman and Ed Komoszewski
(Kregel).
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