Jesus is God, not merely a good man, prophet, or lesser deity. He created all things, existed eternally as the Word with God, and became flesh through his incarnation. References throughout the Old and New Testaments identify Jesus as the God who spoke to Moses, protected Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, and is Creator, Redeemer, and Lord over all time. The document examines passages to support that Jesus is the one true God and should be worshipped as such.

1. WHO IS
JESUS?

2. This lesson does not
deny God the Father
or God the Holy
Spirit or make Them
to be any less
significant in any
way.

3. It is
presented, however,
to stir up your minds
and hearts to study,
to appreciate and be
on fire for Jesus.

4. There are many
thoughts and
notions about Jesus.
There are many
beliefs and
misconceptions
about Jesus.

5. There are many references to Jesus
outside the Bible.
Josephus (37-101 AD)
The Jewish Talmud (400-700 AD)
The Toledot (1000 AD)
Thallus (52 AD)
Tacitus (56-120 AD)
Pliny the Younger (61-113 AD)
Seutonius (69-140 AD)
Mara Bar-Serapion (70 AD)
Phlegon (80-140 AD)
Lucian of Samosata (115-200 AD)
Celsus (175 AD)
the qur’an (610-632)

6. 1. Is Jesus merely a Good Man?
Many people think Jesus is just a good
man.
The Bible and other references teach
us Jesus went about doing good.
Acts 10:38 (You know of) Jesus of
Nazareth, how God anointed Him with
the Holy Spirit and with power, and
(how) He went about doing good, and
healing all who were oppressed by
the devil...

7. 1. Is Jesus merely a Good Man?
If Jesus is just a good man, then by the
things He said, He is a liar.
John 14:6
“ i am the way, and the truth and the
life; no one comes to the Father but
through me.”

8. 1. Is Jesus merely a Good Man?
John 8:55-56
“and you have not come to know him, but
I know Him; and if I say that I do not
know Him, I shall be a liar like you, but
i do know him, and keep his word....”
1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned,
we make Him a liar.
And His word is not in us...
Heb. 6:18 ...it is impossible for God to
lie...
We know He is not a liar.

9. 2. Is Jesus merely a prophet?
Those who proclaimed god’s word by
inspiration were prophets.
Heb. 1:1-2
God, after He spoke long ago to the
fathers in the prophets in many ways,
in these last days has spoken to us in
(His) Son...
Even Islam acknowledges Jesus is a
prophet. the qur’an

10. 2. Is Jesus merely a prophet?
The Samaritan woman at the well.
John 4:19
The woman said to him, “sir”, “i perceive
that you are a prophet...”
On the day of Pentecost, in acts, Peter
quotes from Deut. 18:19.
Acts 3:22
“moses said, THE LORD GOD SHALL RAISE UP
FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR
BRETHREN...”

11. 3. Is Jesus a little or sub-god?
The jehovah’s Witnesses believe Jesus
is a created being.
Aid to Bible Understanding p. 918
They also believe Jesus is
Michael the Archangel.
Aid to Bible Understanding p. 1152
They believe He is not God,
Not Deity.
The Word-Who Is He? p. 40

12. 4. Who Then is Jesus?
Col. 1:16
For by Him all things were
created, (both) in the heavens and on
earth, visible and invisible, whether
thrones or dominions or rulers or
authorities – all things have been
created by Him and
for Him.

13. 4. Who Then is Jesus?
Gen. 1:1-
In the beginning, God created...and God
said...and God said...and God said...
***(the Creator and the Word of God)***
John 1:1-3; 14
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. He
was in the beginning with God. All things
came into being by Him, and apart from Him
nothing came into being that has come into
being.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among
us...
***(the Word becomes Jesus)***

14. 4. Who Then is Jesus?
God the Father calls Him
God, Lord, Son, and Creator.
Heb. 1:5-11
For to which of the angels did he ever say, “
thou art my son, today i have begotten thee?”
Ps. 2:7
And again, “i will be a father to him, and he
shall be a son me?” 2 Sam. 7:14
But of the Son (He Says), “thy throne, oh god, is
forever and ever.” Ps. 45:6
and, “thou, lord in the beginning didst lay the
FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS ARE
THE WORKS OF THY HANDS. THEY WILL PERISH, BUT
thou remainest...” Ps. 45:7; 102:25-26

15. 5. Jesus is the God of the Old Testament
Jesus is the Creator.
Gen. 1:1-
In the beginning God created...and God
said...and God said...
John 1:3
All things came into being by Him...
Heb. 1:10
“...AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF THY
HANDS...” Ps. 102:25
Rev. 3:14
“And to the angel of the church in Ladodicea
write: The Amen, the faithful and true
Witness, The Beginning *lit. source or origin* of the
creation of god, says this...”

16. 5. Jesus is the God of the Old Testament
Gen. 3:8
And they heard the sound of the lord God
walking in the garden in the cool of the
day: and the man and his wife hid
themselves…
Gen. 3:9-24
Then the LORD God called to the man,
and said to him, “where are you?”...
And he said, “who told you that you
were naked?”...
Then the LORD God said to the woman,...
And the LORD God said to the serpent,...
To the woman He said,...
Then to Adam He said,...

17. 5. Jesus is the God of the Old Testament
He is the God of Abram at the covenant
of circumcision.
Gen. 17:1
Now when Abram was ninety-nine years
old, the LORD appeared to Abram and
said,
“I am God Almighty:
Walk before me and be blameless...”

18. 5. Jesus is the God of the Old Testament
He is Abraham's guest before the destruction of
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Gen. 18:1-; 19:1-
Now the LORD appeared to him by the Oaks of
Mamre while he was sitting at the tent
door...and he lifted up his eyes, and
looked, behold three men were standing
opposite him; and when he saw (them), he ran
from the tent door to meet them, and he bowed
himself to the earth...And the LORD
said, “shall i hide from abraham what i am
about to do...”?
And as soon as He had finished speaking to
Abraham the LORD departed.
Now the two angels came to Sodom in the
morning...

19. 5. Jesus is the God of the Old Testament
Talking to Moses in the burning bush.
Ex. 3:14-15
And God said to Moses,
“I AM WHO I AM”,
and he said, “thus you shall say to the sons
of israel, i am has sent me to you.” and
god, furthermore, said to moses, “thus
you shall say to the sons of Israel, The
LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Issac, and the God of
Jacob, has sent me to you.
This is My name forever, and this is My
memorial-name to all generations.”

20. 5. Jesus is the God of the Old Testament
He speaks to Job.
Job 38 to 41
the LORD answered Job out of the
whirlwind and said,
“Who is this that darkens council by
words without knowledge?...”
“where were you when I laid the
foundation of the earth...”
and He goes on to tell Job of all the
creation in the next chapters.

21. 5. Jesus is the God of the Old Testament
He is the One who protects Shadrach, Meshach and
Abed-nego in the fiery furnace.
Dan. 3:24-25
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished and
stood up in haste;
he responded and said to his high officials,
“Was it not three men we cast bound into the midst
of the fire?”
They answered him and said to the king,
“Certainly, O king.”
He answered and said,
“Look! I see four men loosed (and) walking (about)
in the midst of the fire without harm, and the
appearance of the fourth is like a
son of (the) gods.”
Jer. 1:8, 19; 15:21 I am with you to deliver you.

22. 6. Jesus is the God of the new Testament
jesus’ birth foretold to Mary.
Luke 1:30-35
“And behold, you will conceive in your womb,
and bear a son,
and you shall name Him Jesus.
He will be great, and will be called
the Son of the Most High;
and the Lord God will give Him the throne of
His father David; and He will reign over the
house of Jacob forever;
and his kingdom will have no end.”
“... and for that reason the holy offspring
shall be called
the son of god.”

23. 6. Jesus is the God of the new Testament
Again the Samaritan woman at the well.
Remember she called Him a prophet
earlier in the lesson?
John 4:25-26
The woman said to Him,
“I know that Messiah is coming
(He who is called Christ);
when that One comes, He will declare
all things to us.”
Jesus said to her,
“I who speak to you am (he).”

24. 6. Jesus is the God of the new Testament
Healing the lame man on the Sabbath.
John 5:18
For this cause the Jews were seeking all
the more to kill Him, because He not
only was breaking the Sabbath, but
was also calling God His own Father,
making Himself
equal with God.

25. 6. Jesus is the God of the new Testament
After the episode with the adulterous woman when He
was speaking to the Jews.
John 8:1-, 18, 23-24, 57-58
“i am He who bears witness of Myself, and the Father
bears witness of me.”
“You are from below, I am from above; you are of this
world, I am not of this world. I said therefore to
you, that you shall die in your sins; for unless you
believe that I am (He), you shall die in your sins.”
The Jews therefore said to Him,
“You are not yet fifty years old,
and have you seen abraham?”
Jesus said to them,
“Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born,
I am.”

26. 6. Jesus is the God of the new Testament
When Jesus is before Caiaphas at His trial.
Matt. 26:63-64; Mark 14:61-62; Luke 22:67-70
But Jesus kept silent, and the high priest
said to him, “i adjure you by the living
God, that You tell us whether You are
the Christ, the Son of God.”
Jesus said to him,
“You have said it (yourself);
nevertheless, I tell you, hereafter you
shall see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE
RIGHT HAND OF power”,... Ps. 110:1 The LORD
says to my lord, “sit at my right hand...”
“and coming in the clouds of heaven.”
Dan. 7:13

27. 6. Jesus is the God of the new Testament
After the resurrection speaking to
Thomas.
John 20:27-28
Then He said to Thomas,
“Reach here your finger, and see My hands,
and reach here your hand, and put it into
My side;
and be not unbelieving, but believing.”
Thomas answered and said to Him,
“My Lord and my God!”

28. 6. Jesus is the God of the new Testament
Before Jesus' ascension to heaven.
Matt. 28:18
And Jesus came up and spoke to
them, saying,
“all authority has been
given to Me in heaven
and on earth...”

29. 6. Jesus is the God of the new Testament
At the stoning of Stephen.
Acts 7:56, 59
and he said,
“Behold I see the heavens opened up and the
Son of Man standing at the right hand of
God.”
and they went on stoning Stephen as he
called upon (the Lord) and said,
“lord jesus, receive my spirit.”

30. 6. Jesus is the God of the new Testament
Saul on the road to Damascus.
Acts 9:1-6
and he fell to the ground, and heard a
voice saying to him,
“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
And he said,
“Who art thou, Lord?”
And He (said),
“i am jesus, whom you are persecuting...”

31. 7. Jesus is the God of
all time and eternity
Gen.
He is the Creator
Phil. 2:6-8
Who, although
He existed in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God a thing to
be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking
on the form of a bond-servant, (and)
being made in the likeness of men, and
being found in appearance as a man, He
humbled Himself by becoming obedient to
the point of death, even death on a cross.

32. 7. Jesus is the God of
all time and eternity
Again John 8:58
“truly, truly, I say to you, before
Abraham was born,
I am.”
Rev. 22:13
“i am the Alpha and the Omega,
the first and the last,
the beginning and the end.”

33. WHO IS
JESUS?

34. Jesus is God!
Jesus is the God of
the Old and New
Testaments!
Jesus is the God of
all time and
eternity!

35. THE BRIGHT MORNING STAR (Rev. 22:16)
THE CREATOR (Gen. 1, et al)
OUR DELIVERER (Rom 11.26 et al)
ELOHIM (Gen. 1)
EL-SHADDAI (Gen. 17:1 et al)
THE HOLY ONE (Acts 2:27 et al)
THE GREAT I AM (Ex. 3:14, John. 8:58)
IMMANUEL (Isaiah 7:14)
JEHOVAH (Ps 83:18 et al)
KING of KINGS (1 Tim. 6:15, Rev. 19:16)
THE LAMB of GOD (John 1:29)
LORD of LORDS (1 Tim. 6:15, Rev. 19:16)
THE MESSIAH (John 4:25 et al)
OUR PASSOVER LAMB (1 Cor. 5:7)
OUR REDEEMER (Job 19:25)
THE RIGHTEOUS ONE (1 John 2:1)
THE TRUE LIGHT (John 1:9)
THE TRUE WITNESS (Rev. 3:14)

36. Rev. 19:11-13
And I saw heaven opened;
and behold, a white horse,
And He who sat upon it (is) called
Faithful and True;
and in righteousness He judges and wages
war.
And His eyes (are)
a flame of fire,
and upon His head (are) many diadems;
and He has a name written (upon Him) which no
one knows except Himself.
And (He is) clothed with a white robe dipped in
blood;
and His name is called
The Word of God.

37. Rom. 9:5
They are the descendants of our great
fathers, and they are the earthly
family of the
Messiah,
Who is God over all things.
Praise Him forever! Amen.

38. Isaiah 9:6
For a child will be born to us, a son will
be given to us; and the government will
rest on His shoulders; and His name will
be called
WONDERFUL COUNSELOR,
MIGHTY GOD,
ETERNAL FATHER,
PRINCE Of PEACE.

39. Rev. 1:8
“i am the
Alpha and the omega”,
says the Lord God,
who is
and who was
and who is to come,
THE ALMIGHTY.