The New Testament abounds with proof for the deity of Jesus Christ. In eight passages, Jesus is described by the Greek word Theos (God): John 1:1-3; 1:18; 20:28; Rom. 9:5; Titus 2:13; Heb. 1:8; 2 Pet. 1:1; 1 John 5:20. Divine attributes, such as eternality (Isa. 9:6; John 1:1,2; Rev. 1:8; 22:13), omnipresence (Matt. 18:20; 28:20; John 3:13), omniscience (John 2:24,25; 21:17; Rev. 2:23), omnipotence (Isa. 9:6; Phil. 3:21; Rev. 1:8), immutability (Heb. 1:10-12; 13:8), and in general, every attribute of the Father is ascribed to the Son (Col. 2:9).
The New Testament also depicts Jesus as exercising Divine prerogatives and works: creation (John 1:3,10; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2,10), providence (Luke 10:22; John 3:35; 17:2; Eph. 1:22; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3), the forgiveness of sins (Matt. 9:2-7; Mark 2:7-10; Col. 3:13), resurrection and judgment (Matt. 25:31,32; John 5:19-29; Acts 10:42; 17:31; Phil. 3:21; 2 Tim. 4:1), and the final dissolution and renewal of all things (Eph. 1:10; Heb. 1:10-12; Phil. 3:21; Rev. 21:5) (see: Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof, p. 94, 95).
The New Testament also affirms the deity of Jesus in calling him Yahweh. Old Testament prophecies concerning Yahweh are quoted in the New Testament as being references to Jesus (compare Mal. 3:1 and Luke 1:76; Joel 2:32 and Rom. 10:13; Isa. 45:23 and Rom. 14:10). (Buswell, p. 104, 105). These examples are adequate to demonstrate that the New Testament contains a myriad of proof for the deity of Jesus Christ.
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The Deity of Christ  |
F.F. Bruce & W.J. Martin (pdf) |
The Christ of Hebrews and Other Religions  |
Grant R. Osborne - Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Jun 2003) |
The Christology of the Early Pauline Letters  |
Douglas J. Moo (pdf) |
Anathemas of the Second Council of Constantinople (553 AD)  |
Called to resolve certain questions that were raised by the Definition of Chalcedon , the most important of which had to do with the unity of the two natures, God and man, is Jesus Christ. |
The Pre-existence of Christ in Scripture, Patristics and Creed  |
James White |
The Christology of Hebrews 8-10  |
Julian Kinkaid |
Christology - Classical View  |
Sam Storms - The Two Natures in Christ; includes: Chalcedon and the Personal Union, The Personal Union of God and Man in Christ,The Biblical Portrait of Christ as One Person with Two Natures, The Christology of Lutheranism, The Christology of Calvinism... |
The Claims of Christ - A Sermon on John 5:16-29  |
John M. Frame |
Worship of Christ and the Biblical Covenant (.pdf)  |
Richard C. Leonard, Reformation & Revival 2:2 (Spring 1993): 101-120. |
Christ's Infinite Fulness (.pdf)  |
Steve Fernandez |
Paul's Christology of Divine Identity  |
Richard Bauckham |
God and Man in one Person, our Savior  |
Theodore Beza |
The Virgin Birth of Christ  |
J Gresham Machen |
The Transfiguration (.pdf)  |
F.F. Bruce, M.A., D.D. |
Does John 1:1 State that Jesus is God? (pdf)  |
S. M. Baugh, Ph.D. |
Jesus Christ Is God the Lord  |
David Linden |
One God, One Lord, One People  |
N.T. Wright - Incarnational Christology for a Church in a Pagan Environment |
The Worship of Christ In the Book of Hebrews  |
Jim Carnes |
The Second Person, in Person  |
Fred Sanders |
All Things Were Created Through Him and for Him  |
John Piper |
The Deity of Christ in Mark 14 (GodTube)  |
Ed Komoszewski |
The Deity of Christ in Philippians 2 (GodTube)  |
Ed Komoszewski |
What Think Ye of Christ?  |
John A. Witmer |
A Primer on the Deity of Christ  |
Dr. John H. Gerstner |
Jesus as Θεός: Scriptural Fact or Scribal Fantasy? (.pdf)  |
Brian James Wright |
A Disputation on the Divinity of Christ  |
Martin Luther |
The Virgin Birth: A Mystery to be Cried Aloud  |
John Hartog III, TH.D. - A study on the doctrine of the virgin birth |
Top Ten Reasons to Believe that Jesus is God  |
Robert M. Bowman Jr. |
The Divinity of Christ  |
J. Ligon Duncan |
Is Jesus Christ God?  |
Brian Schwertley |
Who Is Jehovah? Who Is Jesus?  |
Phil Johnson |
Jesus Christ is Lord  |
Peter Toon |
A Primer on the Diety of Christ (Part I)  |
John Gerstner |
A Primer on the Diety of Christ (Part II)  |
John Gerstner |
Yesterday, Today and Forever  |
Peter Toon Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity in the Teaching of the Seven Ecumenical Councils |
Eternal Sonship of Christ  |
John Gill |
Jesus is Yahweh  |
Sam Shamoun |
Jesus Christ the Son of God  |
Theodore Beza |
On the Diety of Christ  |
J. Gresham Machen (book) |
The God Man  |
John Stock |
The Eternal Sonship of the Lord Jesus Christ  |
J.C. Philpot (Book) |
The Divine and Human Nature of Christ  |
Herman Bavinck |
The Virgin Birth and History  |
James M. Boice |
The Divine Glory of Christ Part I  |
Geoff Thomas |
The Divine Glory of Christ Part II  |
Geoff Thomas |
The Divine Glory of Christ Part III  |
Geoff Thomas |
The Divine Glory of Christ Part IV  |
Geoff Thomas |
The Glorious God-Man Christ Jesus  |
Geoff Thomas |
Whose Son Is Christ?  |
Geoff Thomas |
Jesus Christ Has Authority To Forgive Sins  |
Geoff Thomas |
Was Jesus Worshipped?  |
Gregory Koukl |
Must We Believe Jesus is God?  |
Gregory Koukl |
Jesus’ Unique Claims about Himself  |
Greg Koukl |
The Deity of Christ  |
- The Belic Confession |
YHWH and Christ in Isaiah 40-48 and the New Testament  |
Chart Showing Christ is the same as YHWH |
Jesus is Worshipped  |
Scripture Text |
The Ascension of Our Lord  |
Peter Toon Eternal Generation and Eternal Sonship |
Was Jesus Divine? The Early Christian Understanding  |
Mark D. Roberts |
The Deity of Jesus: The Self-Understanding of Jesus  |
Glenn Miller |
"God" in the Absolute Sense of the Word  |
H.P. Liddon |
The Christological Controversy  |
Resources on the exploration of the person of Christ from Nicaea to Chalcedon (325-451) |
Was Jesus Worshipped  |
Gregory Koukl |
Christologia: or a Declaration of the glorious Mystery of the Person of Christ--God and Man  |
John Owen |