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, witnesses, and impact. We see here the mystery of the incarnation – the fact that the Word now assumed a new form of existence. There was a unity of the Lord’s person before and after the incarnation. He did not cease to be God, the second person of the Godhead in his incarnation but at the same time his humanity was both real and complete. The humanity of the Lord Jesus was not something temporarily assumed and then later discarded, it expressed a new form of existence not a new existence. It is this incarnation that allows Him to represent us before the Father in an eternal basis. We do not have to go to men for forgiveness, or intercession, instead according to 1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” Jesus has become … READ MORE

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. Jesus was already in existence when the heavens and the earth were created. the Word is in the past tense and is describing continual actin in the past, and the significance of this term indicates that the Word always existed, and that there was never a point when He came into being. As the incarnate Word, Jesus is God’s final Word concerning Salvation (Hebrews 1:1-2) 2. Jesus is equally God “and the Word was with God” – this phrase means more than merely that the Word existed with God; it gives the picture of two personal beings facing one another and engaging in intelligent discourse. The Word is a person, not an attribute of God or an emanation from Him….. He is of the same essence as the Father. 3. Jesus is essentially God “And the Word was God. the same was in the beginning … READ MORE

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 God. 4. Jesus does the works that only God can do. 5. Jesus received worship – even though He taught that only God is to be worshipped. 6. Jesus received prayer, which is only to be addressed to God. The reality that Jesus is God, introduced in the first five verses of John’s gospel prologue flow evidences of the deity of the incarnate Word. and is expanded thought John’s gospel as he carefully selects the claims and miracles that seal the case. It is because of who Jesus truly is that the truth of salvation can be won by Him, and received by us.… READ MORE