READING TIME: 1-2 MINUTES
February 5, 2020
Christ’s Deity, Part 2
Indirect References to His Deity
• John 8:19; 14:7 – to know Jesus is to know God the Father
• John 12:45; 14:9 – to see Jesus is to see God the Father
• John 5:23 – to honor Jesus is to honor God the Father
• John 3:36 – is the object of saving faith
• John 12:41 – Jesus is Yahweh
• Jesus claimed to be the Messiah
o John 4:25-26
He did works that only God can do
• Involved in creation
o John 1:3, 10 – Jesus is the agent of all creation
• Authority over eternal life
o John 4:13-14 (cf. 7:38-39)
o John 6:39-40, 44, 54
o John 11:25-26
o John 14:6
o John 17:2
• Has the authority to send the Holy Spirit, so He is at least as powerful or more powerful than Him
o John 14:26; 16:7
• Can raise people from the dead (including raising Himself)
o John 2:18-22
o John 5:21 (He can give physical and spiritual/eternal life through faith in Him)
o John 6:39-40
o John 10:17-18
• Has the right to judge
o John 5:22, 27
• He receives worship
o John 9:38
o John 20:28
• Can make God known (explain Him)
o John 1:18 – only God can explain/make known God (cf. 6:46)
• Has the power to forgive sins
John 8:24
He possesses the attributes of God
• Possesses self-existence
o John 5:26
• Is omnipotent
o John 10:17-18
• Is omniscient
o John 1:48
o John 2:25 (John 3 and 4 illustrate the truth that Jesus “knew what was in man”
o John 13:1
o John 13:11
o John 16:30
o John 18:4
o John 19:28
• Is omnipresent
o John 14:18, 20, 23
• Has a heavenly origin
o John 3:13; 6:38; 8:36; 16:28; 17:5