Saturday December 4, 2004
“That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.” (John 5:23)
What we have here speaks of the absolutely essential Christian doctrine:
The Divinity of Christ. The key words in our text here is the words, "just as." What the Lord Jesus is saying here is crystal clear, and it would be dreadful blasphemy; If it were not true. Everyone is to honor Him "just as" they are to honor the Father.
The cults and false religions adamantly deny the divinity of Christ; even going so far as to say that Jesus never claimed to be God. Considering everything He said of Himself, one can only conclude that those who say such things are willfully ignorant.
"I and My Father are one." (John 10:30)
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? (John 14:9)
Not only does He speak of His divinity in these, and many other passages, He speaks clearly of His divinity when He uses the term, "I AM'" in speaking of Himself. To get the full significance of this term, we must look at the first use of "I AM."
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. (Exo. 3:14)
The One who spoke to Moses at the burning bush, and delivered Israel out of bondage in Egypt by many miraculous signs and wonders; cannot be separated from the One who died on the cross at Calvary to deliver those who would believe in Him from the bondage of sin and death.
Then said Jesus to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things." (John 8:28)
God Became flesh, died for our sins, and desires to be our Savior.
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live." (John 11:25)
If anyone is to be a partaker of the resurrection of the saints and live forever, it must be by the Lord Jesus Christ. "Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He." (John 13:19)
Jesus predicted the betrayal of Judas to give evidence that He shared God's attribute of omniscience, that He was all-knowing.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6)
Jesus is the Way to God, speaks the absolute truth of God, and the giver of eternal life. You cannot and will find the way, truth or life but through the Lord Jesus Christ.
They answered Him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am He." And Judas, who betrayed Him, also stood with them. Now when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground. (John 18: 5-6)
Jesus, as He walked this earth was God-in-flesh. The sinners here in the garden, that were coming to arrest Him, could not stand before Him when they were confronted with His Deity.
Then there is the one verse that I passed up intentionally until now; it is the verse that explains why the Divinity of Christ is essential Christian doctrine:
"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins. (John 8:24)
This can only mean that if one does not believe in Who Jesus Christ really and truly is, he will die in his sins.
The deity of Christ is one of the cardinal doctrines of the faith. The full revelation of God is Jesus Christ. The
I AM of the Old Testament is the Jesus of the New Testament.
“That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.” (John 5:23)
What we have here speaks of the absolutely essential Christian doctrine:
The Divinity of Christ. The key words in our text here is the words, "just as." What the Lord Jesus is saying here is crystal clear, and it would be dreadful blasphemy; If it were not true. Everyone is to honor Him "just as" they are to honor the Father.
The cults and false religions adamantly deny the divinity of Christ; even going so far as to say that Jesus never claimed to be God. Considering everything He said of Himself, one can only conclude that those who say such things are willfully ignorant.
"I and My Father are one." (John 10:30)
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? (John 14:9)
Not only does He speak of His divinity in these, and many other passages, He speaks clearly of His divinity when He uses the term, "I AM'" in speaking of Himself. To get the full significance of this term, we must look at the first use of "I AM."
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. (Exo. 3:14)
The One who spoke to Moses at the burning bush, and delivered Israel out of bondage in Egypt by many miraculous signs and wonders; cannot be separated from the One who died on the cross at Calvary to deliver those who would believe in Him from the bondage of sin and death.
Then said Jesus to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things." (John 8:28)
God Became flesh, died for our sins, and desires to be our Savior.
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live." (John 11:25)
If anyone is to be a partaker of the resurrection of the saints and live forever, it must be by the Lord Jesus Christ. "Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He." (John 13:19)
Jesus predicted the betrayal of Judas to give evidence that He shared God's attribute of omniscience, that He was all-knowing.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6)
Jesus is the Way to God, speaks the absolute truth of God, and the giver of eternal life. You cannot and will find the way, truth or life but through the Lord Jesus Christ.
They answered Him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am He." And Judas, who betrayed Him, also stood with them. Now when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground. (John 18: 5-6)
Jesus, as He walked this earth was God-in-flesh. The sinners here in the garden, that were coming to arrest Him, could not stand before Him when they were confronted with His Deity.
Then there is the one verse that I passed up intentionally until now; it is the verse that explains why the Divinity of Christ is essential Christian doctrine:
"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins. (John 8:24)
This can only mean that if one does not believe in Who Jesus Christ really and truly is, he will die in his sins.
The deity of Christ is one of the cardinal doctrines of the faith. The full revelation of God is Jesus Christ. The
I AM of the Old Testament is the Jesus of the New Testament.