“If you want it done right – Do it yourself”

John 1:1-3,14-17, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory
as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. John bare witness
of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me
is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fulness have all we
received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and
truth came by Jesus Christ."

For He could still say, "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30),

Only God could act to counteract that which Satan had done in man. Only by His
omnipotence could He overcome him who has the "power of death, that is the
devil" (Heb. 2:14), and set aside the "power of our iniquities" (Isa. 64:7). Only
God can forgive sin, because sin is a violation of His character. Only God can set
men free to once again be man as God intended man to be. Only God can "save"
man.

Philippians 2:5-8, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who,
being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made
himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made
in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.."

Some think He sent the eternal son of God, the second person in the
Trinity, but the Bible never mentions "God the son." Those words are
not scriptural. The phrase "eternal son of God" is not in the Bible. The
word "Trinity" is not in the Bible, neither is the phrase "second person
in the Godhead," nor is the definition that there are "three persons in
the Godhead" found there. Those things all come out of man's attempt
to understand what only the Bible can explain, the great mystery of
Godliness.

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Is Jesus Christ God?

The most important question facing individuals, families and nations is not “How do we
stop the AIDS epidemic?” “How do we arrest global warming?” “How do we stimulate
economic growth?” or even “How do we eliminate poverty?” The most important
question is: “What do you think of Jesus Christ?” (cf. Mt. 22:42). Without a proper
understanding of the person and work of Jesus Christ, and without belief and trust in and
submission to Jesus Christ, individuals, families and nations are doomed to failure in
history and eternal judgment in the hereafter. It is the purpose of this booklet to prove
from the Scripture that Jesus Christ is God. For if the Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is
very God of very God, then we must without question submit to Christ’s authority. We
must place our trust in Christ alone for our salvation, and we must offer worship and
prayer to Him, for He alone is worthy to receive “honor and glory and blessing” (Rev.
5:12).
There are many passages in the Bible which specifically refer to Jesus Christ as God. In
fact, “the whole New Testament is based upon the thought that there is...[an] essential
unity between Jesus Christ and the covenant God of Israel.”
Old Testament Passages
Isaiah 7:14—“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel” (Immanuel literally means
“God with us”).
Isaiah 9:6—“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall
be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty
God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and
peace there shall be no end....”
Jeremiah 23:5-6—“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a
righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and
justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this
is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” Christ’s
name in Hebrew is YHWH Tsidkenu, Jehovah Our Righteousness.
Micah 5:2—“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands
of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose
goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” Christ has always existed because
He is not a created being; He is God Almighty who has existed from everlasting.
Malachi 3:1-2—“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before
me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger
of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. But
who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is
like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap.” God’s temple is Christ’s temple. Christ comes
as an all-powerful judge.
Psalm 45:1, 6-7—“I speak of the things which I have made touching the king.... Thy
throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou
lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed
thee....” The Hebrew word translated “anointed” is the verb form of the noun “Messiah.”
Psalm 110:1-3—“The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion:
rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy
power....” The LORD (Jehovah) will subdue all Christ’s enemies. Yet Christ’s rod and
Christ’s power will subdue all enemies. Christ’s rule and power are clearly equal to
God’s. See Psalm 2 where a similar theme is discussed: “Serve the LORD [Jehovah] with
fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the
way...” (vv. 11-12). Note how “the Son” is set poetically in parallel with “Jehovah.”
New Testament Passages
Matthew 1:23—“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they
shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”
John 1:1-3, 14—“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.... And the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth.”

John 1:18—“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the
bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
John 20:27-28—“Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my
hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but
believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.”
Romans 9:6—“Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen” (NKJV).
Philippians 2:5-8—“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being
in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no
reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of
men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient
unto death, even the death of the cross.”
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Colossians 2:8-10—“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,
after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in
him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is
the head of all principality and power.”
1 Timothy 1:16-17—“Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus
Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter
believe on him to life everlasting. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the
only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
1 Timothy 2:3-4—“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who
will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”
1 Timothy 3:16—“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was
manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,
believed on in the world, received up into glory.”
1 Timothy 6:14-16—“...the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times he
shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom
no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.”
Titus 1:3—“But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is
committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour.”
Titus 2:10—“...showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our
Saviour in all things.”
Titus 2:13—“Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and
Savior Jesus Christ” (NKJV).
Hebrews 1:1-3—“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past
unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom
he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the
brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by
the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right
hand of the Majesty on high.”
Hebrews 1:8—“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a
sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.”
Jude 25—“To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power,
both now and for ever. Amen.”
Jesus Christ Clearly Taught His Own Divinity
Revelation 21:6-7—“And he [Jesus Christ] said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of
the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God,
and he shall be my son.”
John 8:57-59—“Then the Jews said to Him, ‘You are not yet fifty years old, and have you
seen Abraham?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I
AM.’ Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the
temple...” (NKJV).
John 5:17-26—“But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father has been working until now, and I
have been working.’ Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not
only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal
with God. Then Jesus answered and said to them,... ‘For as the Father raises the dead and
gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.... For as the Father has life
in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself’” (NKJV).
John 10:28-39—“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater
than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are
one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good
works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The
Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and
because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them,... If I do not
the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the
works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. Therefore
they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand.”
Mark 2:5-11—“When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy
sins be forgiven thee. But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in
their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God
only?... [Jesus] said unto them, But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on
earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up
thy bed, and go thy way into thine house” (cf. Lk. 5:20-24).
The scribes’ theology was correct: “Who can forgive sins but God only?” Jesus didn’t
disagree with their conclusion; rather, through the miraculous healing He proved that He
in fact was God and had the authority to forgive sins.
The Spirit-inspired writers of the New Testament applied Old Testament passages which
specifically refer God-Jehovah to Jesus Christ; therefore, Jesus must be God-Jehovah.
The Bible Ascribes Attributes to Jesus Christ
Which Can Only be Predicated of God
1. Jesus Christ is all-knowing (omniscient)
Matthew 12:25—“Jesus knew their thoughts.”
Matthew 27:18—“For [Jesus] knew that for envy they had delivered Him.”
Luke 6:8—“He knew their thoughts.”
John 2:24-25—“But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.”
John 21:17—“And [Peter] said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest
that I love thee.”
Revelation 2:23—“All the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and
hearts. And I will give to each of you according to your works” (NKJV).
2. Jesus Christ is all-powerful (omnipotent)
Ephesians 3:20—“Now unto him [Christ] that is able to do exceeding abundantly above
all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.”
Philippians 3:20-21—“...the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it
may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is
able even to subdue all things unto himself.”
Colossians 2:10—“Ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and
power.”
Hebrews 1:3—“[Jesus Christ is] upholding all things by the word of his power.”
Revelation 1:8—“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord,
which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 2:26-27—“He who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I
will give power over the nations—‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the potter’s
vessels shall be broken to pieces’—as I also have received from My Father” (NKJV).
3. Jesus Christ is unchanging (immutable)
Hebrews 1:8-12—“But unto the Son he saith...Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the
foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish;
but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt
thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall
not fail.”
Hebrews 13:8—“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (NKJV). This
passage disproves the idea that Jesus is a created being. For if Jesus was created, He was
not the same yesterday. “Yesterday” (past) is contrasted with “forever” (future), and
obviously refers to eternity past.
4. Jesus Christ, as to his divine nature,
is everywhere present (omnipresent)
Matthew 18:20—“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I
in the midst of them.” At any given moment there are literally thousands upon thousands
of Bible studies, prayer meetings and church services being conducted around the earth.
Jesus Christ says that He is present at each gathering. Only God can be at thousands of
different places at the same time.
Romans 8:10—“And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is
life because of righteousness.... [H]e that raised up Christ from the dead shall also
quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you
1 Corinthians 10:4—“And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.” Whenever believers
partake of the Lord’s Supper, Jesus Christ is spiritually present.
Revelation 2:1—“These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who
walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks
Revelation 3:20—“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and
open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”

5. Jesus Christ has eternal existence

Isaiah 9:6—“For unto us a child is born,...and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father....”
John 1:1-3—“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him....”
Jesus Christ existed with God prior to creation.
John 8:58—“Jesus said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I
AM’” (NKJV). Jesus certainly did not mean He existed as the first created being, because
the Jews wanted to stone Him for claiming to be God.
Revelation 1:8—“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord,
which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty” (cf. Rev. 22:13).
6. Jesus Christ is the Creator
John 1:2-3—“He [Jesus Christ] was in the beginning with God. All things were made
through Him and without Him nothing was made” (NKJV).
John 1:10—“He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew
him not.”
1 Corinthians 8:6—“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things,
and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”
Colossians 1:16-17—“For by him [Jesus Christ] were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions,
or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before
all things, and by him all things consist.”
Hebrews 1:2-3—“...his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he
made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his
person, and upholding all things by the word of his power....”
Hebrews 2:10—“For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all
things....”
Hebrews 3:3-4—“For this man [Jesus Christ] was counted worthy of more glory than
Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. For
every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.”
7. Jesus Christ is the Judge of all mankind
Matthew 25:31-33, 41—“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy
angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be
gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth
his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the
left.... Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.”
John 12:48—“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth
him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”
Acts 10:42—“It is He [Jesus Christ] who was ordained of God to be Judge of the living
and the dead” (NKJV).
Acts 17:31—“He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in
righteousness by that man [Jesus Christ] whom he hath ordained.”
Romans 2:16—“In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ....”
Romans 14:10-12—“For we shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is
written: ‘As I live, says the LORD [Jehovah], Every knee shall bow to Me, and every
tongue shall confess to God.’ So then each of us shall give account of himself to God”
(NKJV).

2 Corinthians 5:10—“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that
every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,
whether it be good or bad.”
2 Timothy 4:1, 8—“...the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his
appearing and his kingdom.... Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to
me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”
Hebrews 10:30—“For we know Him who said, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says
the Lord. And again, ‘The LORD [Jehovah] will judge His people’” (NKJV).

The Bible Teaches That God the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 3:11—“I [John the Baptist] indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but
he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire
John 15:26—“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.”
Romans 8:9—“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God
dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” Here Paul
equates the Spirit of God with the Spirit of Christ.
Galatians 4:6—“And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into
your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”
Revelation 5:6—“And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts,
and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and
seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.” Seven in
Scripture often represents completion and perfection. The perfect Holy Spirit of God
proceeds from Jesus Christ unto the whole earth.

Jesus Christ is Worshiped as God

Matthew 2:1-2—“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of
Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where
is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to
worship him.”
Matthew 2:10-11—“When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And
when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and
fell down, and worshipped him.”
Matthew 8:2—“And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if
thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.”
Matthew 9:18—“While [Jesus] spake these things unto them, behold, there came a
certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and
lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.”
Matthew 14:33—“Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a
truth thou art the Son of God.”
Matthew 15:25—“Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.”
Matthew 28:9—“And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying,
All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.”
Mark 5:6—“But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him.”
Luke 24:51-52—“And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them,
and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with
great joy.”
John 9:35-38—“...he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered
and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou
hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And
he worshipped him.”
Hebrews 1:6—“And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith,
And let all the angels of God worship him.”
Revelation 5:8-14—“And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and
twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden
vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying,
Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof.... And every creature
which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and
all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto
him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four beasts
said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for
ever and ever.”
Revelation 15:3-4—“And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song
of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and
true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy
name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy
judgments are made manifest.”