Throughout the prologue to John’s gospel (1:1-18) John has declared the profound truths of Christ’s deity and Incarnation. reaching a powerful crescendo in verses 14-18. These verses summarize the prologue, which in turn summarizes the entire book. In his characteristically simple language, John expressed the glorious reality of the incarnation by pointing out its nature, […]

In John 1:1-2 the apostle John makes three sweeping statements that affirm once and for all that the Jesus that he serves is God. 1. He begins by saying that Jesus is eternally God “In the beginning was the Word” The reference to beginning here is the beginning of the universe depicted in Genesis 1:1. […]

The deity of Christ is an essential, non-negotiable tenet of the Christian faith. Several lines of Biblical evidence flow together to prove conclusively that Jesus is God. 1. The direct statements of Scripture affirm that Jesus is God. 2. Jesus receives titles elsewhere in Scripture given to God. 3. Jesus possesses the incommunicable attributes of […]