Posted on 10/11/2019 9:02:24 AM PDT by Salvation
The biblical evidence of Jesus’ divinity is remarkably rich and consistent throughout the New Testament. Although I present many Scripture passages below, I cannot include most of them because doing so would dwarf the rest of the post. Perhaps at some point in the future I will publish a version containing all of the detailed citations. For now, though, let these examples suffice to demonstrate scriptural affirmation of the divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
To begin, recall that the divinity of Christ is a dogma of the Faith (de Fide). The divinity and divine Sonship of Jesus are expressed in all of the creeds. It is perhaps most clearly stated in the Athanasian Creed (Quicumque):
… we believe and confess that Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He is God and man. He is God begotten of the substance of the Father before all ages and man born in time of the substance of His Mother. He is Perfect God and perfect man.
Many passages in the Old Testament express the qualities of the coming Messiah:
Many passages in the New Testament ascribe divine qualities to Jesus:
In the New Testament, the Father attests to the divine Sonship of Jesus:
See Mt 3:17, 17:5, Mk 9:7, Lk 3:22, 9:35, Jn 1:34, and 2 Pet 1:17.
In the Gospels, the Lord Jesus gives testimony to His own divinity and self-knowledge. He is of noble stature. He is aware of His dignity and power and expresses it frequently.
Jesus indicates that He transcends the prophets and Kings of the Old Covenant.
Jesus teaches that He is superior to the angels.
Jesus appropriates divine actions unto Himself and thus sets forth an assimilation unto the Lord God.
Jesus makes divine demands upon his followers.
Jesus is well aware of His own power (see Mt 28:18).
Jesus knows and teaches that His own death will be an adequate atonement for the forgiveness of the sins of the whole human race (see Mt 20:28, 26:28).
Jesus appropriates to Himself the office of Judge of the World, which according to the Old Testament (e.g., Ps 49:1-6) God would exercise (e.g., Mt 16:27). His judgment extends to every idle word (see Mt 12:36) and will be final and executed immediately (see Mt 25:46).
Jesus knows that He is the Son of God.
In John’s Gospel, Jesus indicates that
Here are a few other New Testament passages on Christ’s divinity:
Well, I hope you get the point. Those who state that Jesus didn’t know He was God or that He never made divine claims haven’t read enough Scripture. Jesus is Lord; He is God. All things came to be through Him, and He holds all creation together in Himself. Those who deny His divinity will one day fall to prostrate before His glory (see Rev. 1:17).
Here is a powerful clip from the movie The Gospel of John. The words you will hear are taken directly from Scripture.
A wonderful essay from Monsignor Pope proving that Jesus is God.
Monsignor Pope Ping!
Thank you, Salvation!
Well, I hope you get the point. Those who state that Jesus didn’t know He was God or that He never made divine claims haven’t read enough Scripture.
We can never read the scriptures too much on our own.
NEVER let anyone except the Holy Spirit tell you what the scriptures say, read it for one’s self.
Sad that he is even being forced to pen this by current events.
Recent interview with the Pope says he’s doubts Christ’s divine nature.
You are welcome.
But Monsignor Pope offers the counter-punch from Scripture!
“Jesus claims to be both Messiah and Son of God in the presence of the Sanhedrin (see Mk 14:62). The Sanhedrin deem this to be blasphemous.”
I teach about this in CCD along with showing the scene of it from “Passion of the Christ”. We read Daniel 7 before proceeding to this passage.
The text says “Son of Man” not “Son of God”. According to Daniel the “Son of Man” coming on the clouds is God Himself. Jesus is saying this is himself, clear as day. Of course like with the Sanhedrin, you either believe it or don’t believe it.
And do you approve Monsignor’s message?
Great post. I bet your RCIA class is well informed.
Thanks, I will say kids that age appreciate the straight up view of what Jesus is saying. They really are bored by wishy-washy.
True, glory to God. Now all Mr, Pope needs to do is to likewise show from Scripture all that what his church and so many popes, "saints" and father have ascribed to Mary, such as,
...in the supernatural and spiritual generation there is a father who is God and a mother who is Mary; she is Mother of her Creator...through Whom the Holy Trinity is sanctified; The power thus put into her (Mary’s) hands is all but unlimited; surpassing in power all the angels and saints in Heaven; At the command of Mary all obey, even God. She is omnipotent; Virgin most powerful; the greatness of the power which she wields over one who is God cannot be conceived; all in heaven and on earth, even God himself, is subject to the Blessed Virgin...she seems to have the same power as God. Her prayers and requests are so powerful with him that he accepts them as commands in the sense that he never resists his dear mother’s prayer because it is always humble and conformed to his will; when she acts, it is also He who acts; and that if her intervention be not accepted, neither is His.... Her position as "the first of all creatures, the most acceptable child of God, the nearest and dearest to him".. through her alone does He dispense His favours and His gifts; there is no grace which Mary cannot dispose of as her own, which is not given to her for this purpose;" above the Cherubim and higher than the Seraphim, right near God Himself!; Mary has authority over the angels and the blessed in heaven...God gave her the power and the mission of assigning to saints the thrones made vacant by the apostate angels who fell away through pride....all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her...They greet her countless times each day with the angelic greeting, "Hail, Mary", while prostrating themselves before her, begging her as a favour to honour them with one of her requests...The whole world is filled with her glory...Whatever desires the patriarchs may have cherished, whatever entreaties the prophets and saints of the Old Law may have had for 4,000 years to obtain that treasure, it was Mary alone who merited it; sometimes salvation is quicker if we remember Mary's name then if we invoked the name of the Lord Jesus; No one achieves salvation except through you...No one receives grace except through you; Thou are all-powerful in saving sinners; Beware, chosen soul, of thinking that it is more perfect to direct your work and intention straight to Jesus or straight to God; Lady in heaven, we have but one advocate, and that is thyself, and thou alone art truly loving and solicitous for our salvation; through her are obtained every hope, every grace, and all salvation. For this is his will, that we obtain everything through Mary; in Heaven we have but one advocate, and that is Thyself; and that Thou alone art truly loving and solicitous for our welfare; .you love us with a love that no other love can surpass. How often you appease the wrath of our Divine Judge, when He is on the point of punishing us! All the treasures of the mercy of God are in your hands; she had to suffer, as He did, all the consequences of sin. It was not only during the Passion that Jesus and Mary suffered for our sins; We were condemned through the fault of one woman; we are saved through the merits of another woman; to her, Jesus owes His Precious Blood...
Sources and more.
Mary is absolutely, positively, without doubt the mother of her own Creator. To deny that means that you either deny the Divine Maternity or you deny the Divinity of Christ.
NEVER let anyone except the Holy Spirit tell you what the scriptures say, read it for one’s self.
Whoa....there.
Roman Catholics have told us we cannot read the Scriptures on our own and understand them unless a priest is there to explain them to the reader.
I've seen recent reports that the anti-Pope over in Rome disagrees.
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I think daniel1212’s point is that we can point to Scripture for the many attributes of Jesus whereas very little, if any of Roman Catholic Marian dogmas, can be found in Scripture.
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