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Did Jesus claim to be God?

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Most scholars agree that the Gospel of John portrays Jesus claiming to be God's uniquely divine Son and that the apostle Paul made similar claims. However, there is no agreement among scholars that Jesus actually claimed to be divine. In this lecture, Mike Licona provides a simple yet powerful historical case that Jesus claimed to be divine.

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@christianfrommuslim 3 года назад

Excellent presentation! Helpful insights. Good point that atheists and skeptics are an extremely important, overlooked field we must prepare to address. The other essential that the church must address is Islam. We often encounter Islamic apologists claiming that Jesus never claimed to be God, and saying that Paul invented Christianity. I think using Polycarp and Clement to counter that is very good.

@diegoclaramunt7055 3 года назад

Great lecture Mike!

@rjv7154 5 лет назад

Matthew 4:7.Jesus said to him again it is written you shall not put the "lord your god" to the test

@jw2442 2 года назад

I am not saying that Jesus is not God, because He IS. But I am not sure we can use that as a "prooftext" for Jesus proclaiming Himself to be God. That was Jesus' response to the devil using Psalm 91 to "let me see God saves you, buy throwing yourself off to the ground", and Jesus said, "Oh, no, we must not test The LORD". It's like a scoffer saying to us, "Throw yourself in front of a bus, see if God will safe you like your Bible says". "I will not test The LORD my God, you fool!"

@daman7387 2 года назад

I don't disagree with the conclusion but I think at that part he was talking about the Father

@RoyceVanBlaricome 2 года назад

Well done, Brother. ((fist bump!)) I take it you must've been on some kind of a tour because I've heard the same thing in about 4 of these now BUT each and every time there has been something new I've learned. What I love most about these vids is that they are EXACTLY on target with what the Church, The Body, needs most today, I think. I'm talking about training in how to know your Bible. Yes, there's nothing wrong with "God said it so that settles it." But ONLY if you can logically and rationally show WHY you believe God said it. Why the Bible is the Word of God. If you are gonna fall back on "the Bible says so" then you MUST be ready to obey the command to always be ready to give a defense for that. (1st Pet. 3:15) What with Textual Criticism, "Q", and everything else thrown at it, I don't know that the Bible has ever been attacked and under as much scrutiny as it is today. And rather than run from such, in the likes of Andy Stanley and his ilk, your "historical approach" adds new information that anyone should be able to recognize as cogent. That is why I will be sharing this. I mean, really, should it surprise anyone that Writers today do not write in Shakespearian style and vernacular? And he did not write like us today. So it is logical and makes perfect sense that the Writers of Scripture would write according to the vernacular of their time. So why are you the only one I've seen/heard bringing that to light?

@astralscholar659 2 года назад

Just got the free book. Thank you very much. God Bless.

@joh3628 4 года назад

Revelation 2:8 8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.

@BTBdrummerBTB 5 лет назад

Thank you Mike! You are an exellent scholar! Solid believer, solid scholar it can be done!

@lisaaghdami3806 6 лет назад

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, ………………

@DBCisco 4 года назад

And we are still waiting for this fellow named Emmanuel.

@bolingdang6020 3 года назад

@@DBCisco i think Jesus is Immanuel, which mean God with us. Correct me if im wrong

@DBCisco 3 года назад

@@bolingdang6020 You are wrong.

@bolingdang6020 3 года назад

@@DBCisco why? Can you point it out?

@DBCisco 3 года назад

@@bolingdang6020 Because they are two different names and Isaiah was not referring to Jesus.

@cbooth151 4 года назад

Did Jesus claim to be God? NO! Instead, Jesus said: 1. "I am the Son of God." (John 10:36) 2. "My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me." (John 7:16)

@Adrian-ri8my 3 года назад

Lets play a little guessing game. I’ll describe someone in first person and you tell me who I am: * I can forgive sins (Mark 2:5), and only God can forgive sins (Mark 2:7) * You must honour me just as you honour God the Father (John 5:23) * I have authority over death and life (John 11:43-44) but only God can raise the dead (1 Samuel 2:6) * I have authority over disease and health (Mathew 14:14) * I have authority over nature (Mark 4:39) * I am the saviour of the world (John 10:28) * I have authority over everything on heaven and earth (Mathew 28:18) * I am greater than Gods temple (Mathew 12:6) * I am Greater than Gods prophets (Mathew 12:41) * I am greater than Gods kings (Mathew 12:42) * I am called Lord of all (Acts 10:36) * I have always existed (John 8:58) * I am the God of the Exodus’ burning bush (John 8:58, Exodus 3:14) * I am the Lord of the Sabbath (Mathew 12:8) * I am eternally present (Mathew 18:20, Mathew 28:20) * Your salvation depends entirely on your belief in me (John 8:24) * I am the ultimate judge (Mathew 25:31-46) but only God is the ultimate judge (Psalm 9:7-8) * I am the way, the truth and the life and the only way to the Father (John 14:6) * I am the resurrection (John 11:25) * I accept worship (Mathew 14:33) And I said only God should be worshiped (Luke 4:8) * My followers call me Lord and God (John 20:28) and I accept it (John 20:29) * I have angels that follow my commands (Mathew 13:41) * I am above men and angels (Mathew 24:36) * I come on the clouds of heaven (Mark 13:26) but only God comes on the clouds of heaven (Isaiah 19:1, Exodus 34:5) * My word is said to have more authority than any human teacher (Mark 1:22) * The Old testament is all about Me (John 5:46, Luke 24:27) * My followers say I am sinless, and I claim that I am sinless (1 Peter 2:22, Hebrew 4:15, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 John 3:5, John 8:29, Isaiah 53) * I had glory before the world existed (John 17:5) * I am glorified (John 16:14) but no one deserves glory except God (Isaiah 42:8, Isaiah 48:11) * My followers say I created the world (John 1:3, 1 Corinthians 8:6) but only God created the world (Genesis 1:1) * The whole fullness of deity is said to dwell within me (Colossians 2:9) * I am the alpha and omega, the first and the last (Revelation 22:13) * One of my titles is “God With Us”(Mathew 1:23) * My followers say I uphold the universe by the word of my power (Hebrews 1:3) * There are prophecies about me that call me 0Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of peace, wonderful counsellor” (Isaiah 9:6) * I am said to be the same yesterday today and forever (Hebrews 13:8) * Whoever has seen me has seen The Father God (John 14:9) * I can understand and read your thoughts and your minds (Mark 2:6-8) * I claimed to be God (John 10:33) * I am equal with God the Father (John 5:18) * I am called the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15) * It is said all things were created through me and for me (Colossians 1:16) * I am before all things (John 8:58, Colossians 1:17) * My followers say I am God, and I became a man and dwelt among them (John 1:1-14) * My dominion is an everlasting dominion that will never pass away (Mark 13:26 and Daniel 7) but only Gods dominion will never pass away (Daniel 6:26) * My kingdom is one that will never be destroyed (Daniel 7 and Mark 13:26) but only Gods kingdom will never be destroyed (Daniel 6:26) * John the Baptist fulfilled Isaiah 49:3 by being a messenger preparing the way before Me (Mark 1:2-3) but Isaiah said that the messenger is preparing the way for the Lord God Who am I describing? If not God then He is either a lunatic, on the same level as a man who claims to be a poached egg, or else He would have to be a liar and the devil of hell. Jesus was either Lord, a liar, or a lunatic. There is no possibility of calling him a good moral teacher or prophet. You can laugh at him and call him a fool, you can beat him and kill him as a demon, or you can fall down and worship Him as your lord and saviour. But you mustn’t call Him just a good moral teacher. He didn’t leave that option for us.

@cbooth151 3 года назад

@@Adrian-ri8my If you didn't understand my post that the Son of God became a human and not God himself, then, get a grade school child to explain it to you. Your condescending tone only makes you look foolish.

@Adrian-ri8my 3 года назад

@@cbooth151 If an insult is your only objection to my evidence then that’s very unfortunate that you somehow think that makes you right. Never heard someone say that guessing games were condescending, but to each his own I guess.

@cbooth151 3 года назад

@@Adrian-ri8my I'm not insulted. And another thing, you have no evidence to produce that... 1. God became Jesus. 2. Jesus claimed to be God. Scripturally... 1. it was God who _sent_ Jesus to earth. At John 7:16, Jesus said to his enemies: "My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me." 1 John 4:9 adds: "God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him." So, did God become Jesus? No. Instead, it was God who _sent_ Jesus. 2. Jesus claimed to be God. When Jesus was falsely accused of blasphemy for claiming to be God, he said: "Why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the "Son of God." (John 20:36) Also, at John 19:7, Jesus' enemies said to Pilate: "We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God." And at a still later time, during Jesus' execution, some of those same enemies said of him: "He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" (Matt. 27:43) So, did Jesus claim to be God? No. Instead, he claimed to be the Son of God who was sent _by_ God. As Jesus said to his opposers: "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; *God sent me."* (John 8:42) One last thing. When it comes to the Bible, I don't play guessing games.

@kimaidar9078 2 года назад

How can god die

@user-py6oe6pl3n 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for the book Sir

@julioduarte4350 Год назад

Never claimed to be God!!!! He did admonish us to be one in the father, one in purpose like Jesus was.

@charbelbejjani5541 2 года назад

Hi Mike, How do we know that Clement of Rome was Peter's disciple? 18:31 I think we only have Irenaeus saying that Clement knew and was conversant with the apostles, and we also have Origen and Eusebius saying that the Clement mentioned by Paul in Philippians 4:3 is indeed Clement of Rome. That is very interesting stuff to be fair, but how can we conclude that he was Peter's disciple?

@epicmissionmedia Год назад

Thanks Mike!

@smartman123 6 лет назад

u right brother u right

@user-tc3uk3zh4c 4 года назад

Creator and ruler should be greatest of all . If this is the case he can do everything, nothing is impossible to god , god should be most respectful. If this is the case , he has right to forgive people without being hurt by stones for forgiving people and believers. If god thinks it should be done because he is the creator . God is god not jesus Because in bible he is saying according to present books which are available he will not do anything on his own, whatever is insisted to him he will do that . There is no other question of being god . Jesus is not claims But people for their interest created a hypothesis that he is god . But it is not reality God is god God is creator God has right to forgive anybody God have all powers Nobody can hurt god God is almighty God is greatest God is powerful I think we can't see god because we can't see flame and sun . God is greater than sun and we can't see god . God is god God is neither created nor destroyed .

@offcenterconcepthaus 2 года назад

Very good.

@texashoosier7318 4 года назад

26 or 27 books and letters?

@realsh7992 4 года назад

If Jesus himself came and told the Christians I'm not God but sent by God they will say Shut up Jesus you don't know our religion better than us

@joh3628 4 года назад

Jesus said that he is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, which died and came back to life. You're not really interested in what Jesus said.

@realsh7992 4 года назад

@@joh3628 He also said And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent," (John 17:3). You can see he excluded himself from being a God And if we want to understand the texts we should go back to early people who lived with Jesus And you will find out that historians tell you that in his time no one worshipped him in fact he used to worship God with them as well Jesus was not God He was a human being which God had created just like he created you Our God is all powerful He say be and it is Don't mix the truth with falsehood Don't worship the creation and neglect the creator Because the idea of a material God or a physical God that can be seen is paganism Our God is not a man or a son of a man Our God is great A God cannot die

@DBCisco 4 года назад

@@joh3628 No, he didn't.

@jimmys6566 4 года назад

@@realsh7992 You are an idiot; In John 11:25 Jesus calls himself the Resurrection and in John 17:5 Jesus tells us he had "Glory with God before the world was made" and in John 14: 6 Jesus is the truth and the only way to the Father. All this was written 550 years before Muh'mud copied it into the Qur'an - see 22:6, 22:7, 57:1 Also read John 17:3

@rananader5101 5 месяцев назад

Not separated of god. He is still god. He declared by himself he is god before Abraham was 11:43 11:43 11:43 before Abraham was born, I am!” (John 8:58). The Jews, upon hearing

@DBCisco 6 лет назад

The Bible says I am God in Psalm 82.

@keithfuson7694 5 лет назад

DB Cisco Men and angels are gods. No proof that they are the Deity.

@keithfuson7694 4 года назад

Yes. Creatures are gods in a relative sense. Being called God or a god in No Way makes you the Deity. The trinity deceived ones can't figure it out.

@DBCisco 4 года назад

@@keithfuson7694 There are no Capital letters in Hebrew. Stop lying about the Scriptures. "god" and "God" are written identically.

@mitchellc4 4 года назад

Jesus died, God can’t die! God raised him from the dead!

@mitchellc4 4 года назад

First of all it doesn’t say Almighty God God can’t die, he is immortal Jesus died, he said he was dead Jesus also said AFTER he ascended to heaven that he HAS a God Rev 3 12 He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. RSV Who is Jesus calling “my God”

@lifethroughromans8295 4 года назад

@@mitchellc4 - You are missing the point. Jesus' being is human. Jesus' person is God. This is unlike humans from Earth which we are. We are humans in being and person. Not him. The scripture is "Word became flesh" not "Word being flesh". So, it's true. God became man.

@williamstewart6999 2 года назад

@@lifethroughromans8295 I just ran across this comment after doing a search on when did Jesus become God. If Jesus called himself the son of God, then he is NOT God. So simple a child can understand.

@lifethroughromans8295 2 года назад

@@williamstewart6999 - False. Jesus revealed he is God and said He is the Son of God. These are from different perspectives. Both are true from two different perspectives.

@Itsatz0 4 года назад

Please answer the most important spiritual question. Was Batman sent to save us?

@TheProdigalMeowMeowMeowReturns 4 года назад

Stupid comment.

@olivergrass8696 6 лет назад

The original greek texts of the book of Mathew when jesus is dying on the cross he looks up and says god why you forsaken me ? Only does jesus realize he is mortal and god is not coming to help him because there us no god. The additional text about his ressurection were added later on.Why the Romans would allow jews to take down their dead from a crucifixion for proper burial is beyond me. When you got crucified by the Roman your body was meant to be defiled and eaten by wild animals, it was an effective and grusome deterrent to anyone who resist the authority of Rome. Pull your head out the sand and think logically.

@prodigalpaul1227 6 лет назад

Jesus is quoting the 22 Psalm.

@DBCisco 4 года назад

@@prodigalpaul1227 So what ?

@DBCisco 4 года назад

In the earliest manuscripts of Mark, Jesus survives the crucifixion. "You are looking for Jesus ? He is not here, He got up and went to Galilee." Then it ends with the women leaving in fear and telling no one.

@prodigalpaul1227 4 года назад

@@DBCisco So What ?

@DBCisco 4 года назад

Thousands of people in history (and fiction) claimed to be God. So what ?

@caos1925 4 года назад

This video isn’t intended to defend the truth of Jesus’s self perception. It’s only seeking to establish how Jesus was perceived by himself and his followers- which was Him being God.

@Adrian-ri8my 3 года назад

If there was good reason to believe that Jesus really was who He said He was, would you become a Christian?

@bobfree1226 5 лет назад

Of course HE claimed to be GOD. when the devil tempted HIM ,jesus said do not Tempt the lord they GOD, or Do not put the Lord your God to the test.

@keithfuson7694 5 лет назад

Bob Free the Lord your God is the Father, not Christ. Only God the Father receives the offering of divine service.The son never does. The adversary called him Gods Son. Jesus is the Christ the son of the living God. Mt16:16

@keithfuson7694 4 года назад

@@juanventer5145 yea Christ a God. Not the supreme Deity. The last I checked that isn't divinely inspired scripture. The early church fathers were Unitarian and subordinationists. Not Trinitarian. Lets start believing the word of God rather than the word of men. The Father is the only true God. Jn17:3 Jesus is the SON of the LIVING GOD who is only God the Father. The Father is called God over 1300 times in the NT. Hundreds of times in the Bible personal singular pronouns are used of God such as I myself, You Yourself, He Himself and Jehovah Himself which can only refer to one divine Person: the Father. None of your unsound unscriptueal words prove the Deity of Christ. If God wanted us to believe in the trinity he could have clearly and easily stayed it yet he didn't. Jesus applied the Shema to God the Father. Mk12:29,32 You trinity ilk can't deal with the major truth that the Son has a God to Whom he is subject to forever. 1Cor15:24,28. The Father is greater than all, He us greater than the Son. Jn10:29 Jn14:28

@keithfuson7694 4 года назад

@@juanventer5145 God gives MEN the authority to forgive sins just like Jesus did in John20 when he gave his apostles the authority to forgive or retain sins. So having the authority to forgive sins doesn't prove Deity. God works in and through His creatures as He chooses sovereignty to. Christ is the most glorious and highest creature and God IN him does the works. Jn14:10 Ac2:22 Ac10:38 2Cor5:17-21. Jesus is an exalted glorified man. 1Tim2:5 Ph2:9-11 The Father is the only true God. Mk12:29,32 Jn17:3 1Cor8:6 Eph4:6 Jesus has a God to Whom he is subject forever. 1Cor15:24,28

@keithfuson7694 4 года назад

@@juanventer5145 mk14:61 says Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. It doesn't say He is God.Does it? The Blessed is God the Father. The NT always makes a clear distinction between God and his son. They are two distinct Beings which have to be distinguished. Many people in the NT say I am. Paul in 1Cor15:10 The healed beggar in Jn9:9. I am is not the name of God. In Ex3:14 God revealed his name as: I shall come to be just as I am coming to be. Then in Mk14:62 Jesus says he is the Son of mankind. He never said he is God, did he? Jesus sits at the right hand of Power: God the Father. Sitting at Gods right hand proves that Jesus isn't God. Aren't we saints going to sit with Jesus in his throne in the kingdom. Rv3:21 Sitting with Jesus doesn't make us Jesus does it? So Jesus sitting with God doesn't make him God. So once again you twist and distort God's Word and you trinity ilk are always reading your false trinity into Scripture. In His Word God never mentions a trinity or God the Son or three persons or two natures or GODman or incarnation or eternal generation or the Deity of Christ because none of that garbage is taught there.

@Adrian-ri8my 3 года назад

@@keithfuson7694 Lets play a little guessing game. I’ll describe someone in first person and you tell me who I am: * I can forgive sins (Mark 2:5), and only God can forgive sins (Mark 2:7) * You must honour me just as you honour God the Father (John 5:23) * I have authority over death and life (John 11:43-44) but only God can raise the dead (1 Samuel 2:6) * I have authority over disease and health (Mathew 14:14) * I have authority over nature (Mark 4:39) * I am the saviour of the world (John 10:28) * I have authority over everything on heaven and earth (Mathew 28:18) * I am greater than Gods temple (Mathew 12:6) * I am Greater than Gods prophets (Mathew 12:41) * I am greater than Gods kings (Mathew 12:42) * I am called Lord of all (Acts 10:36) * I have always existed (John 8:58) * I am the God of the Exodus’ burning bush (John 8:58, Exodus 3:14) * I am the Lord of the Sabbath (Mathew 12:8) * I am eternally present (Mathew 18:20, Mathew 28:20) * Your salvation depends entirely on your belief in me (John 8:24) * I am the ultimate judge (Mathew 25:31-46) but only God is the ultimate judge (Psalm 9:7-8) * I am the way, the truth and the life and the only way to the Father (John 14:6) * I am the resurrection (John 11:25) * I accept worship (Mathew 14:33) And I said only God should be worshiped (Luke 4:8) * My followers call me Lord and God (John 20:28) and I accept it (John 20:29) * I have angels that follow my commands (Mathew 13:41) * I am above men and angels (Mathew 24:36) * I come on the clouds of heaven (Mark 13:26) but only God comes on the clouds of heaven (Isaiah 19:1, Exodus 34:5) * My word is said to have more authority than any human teacher (Mark 1:22) * The Old testament is all about Me (John 5:46, Luke 24:27) * My followers say I am sinless, and I claim that I am sinless (1 Peter 2:22, Hebrew 4:15, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 John 3:5, John 8:29, Isaiah 53) * I had glory before the world existed (John 17:5) * I am glorified (John 16:14) but no one deserves glory except God (Isaiah 42:8, Isaiah 48:11) * My followers say I created the world (John 1:3, 1 Corinthians 8:6) but only God created the world (Genesis 1:1) * The whole fullness of deity is said to dwell within me (Colossians 2:9) * I am the alpha and omega, the first and the last (Revelation 22:13) * One of my titles is “God With Us”(Mathew 1:23) * My followers say I uphold the universe by the word of my power (Hebrews 1:3) * There are prophecies about me that call me 0Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of peace, wonderful counsellor” (Isaiah 9:6) * I am said to be the same yesterday today and forever (Hebrews 13:8) * Whoever has seen me has seen The Father God (John 14:9) * I can understand and read your thoughts and your minds (Mark 2:6-8) * I claimed to be God (John 10:33) * I am equal with God the Father (John 5:18) * I am called the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15) * It is said all things were created through me and for me (Colossians 1:16) * I am before all things (John 8:58, Colossians 1:17) * My followers say I am God, and I became a man and dwelt among them (John 1:1-14) * My dominion is an everlasting dominion that will never pass away (Mark 13:26 and Daniel 7) but only Gods dominion will never pass away (Daniel 6:26) * My kingdom is one that will never be destroyed (Daniel 7 and Mark 13:26) but only Gods kingdom will never be destroyed (Daniel 6:26) * John the Baptist fulfilled Isaiah 49:3 by being a messenger preparing the way before Me (Mark 1:2-3) but Isaiah said that the messenger is preparing the way for the Lord God Who am I describing? If not God then He is either a lunatic, on the same level as a man who claims to be a poached egg, or else He would have to be a liar and the devil of hell. Jesus was either Lord, a liar, or a lunatic. There is no possibility of calling him a good moral teacher or prophet. You can laugh at him and call him a fool, you can beat him and kill him as a demon, or you can fall down and worship Him as your lord and saviour. But you mustn’t call Him just a good moral teacher. He didn’t leave that option for us.

@beliveroneGod 4 года назад

I still think it would have been a lot easier if He Jesus just simply said I am God worship me instead of beating around the bush I respect You as a scholar but for you to talk an hour to prove that he is God and can't come up with a single saying where he says I am God worship me like in the Quran God says I am your God I created you I want you to worship non besides me now that is straight to the point .No beating around the bush you know where you stand .

@Adrian-ri8my 3 года назад

Jesus was worshipped as a baby (Mathew 2:11) accepted worship during His ministry (Mathew 14:33) and when He appeared after rising from the dead (Mathew 28:17) Jesus Himself said that only God should be worshiped (Mathew 4:10) Also when Jesus appeared to Thomas: “Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”” ‭‭John‬ ‭20:26-29‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Jesus claimed to be greater than the temple, kings, and prophets. He claimed to be the ultimate judge, but only God is the ultimate judge. He claimed to forgive sins, but only God can forgive sins. He had authority over death and life, health and sickness, and over nature itself- which no man could ever have. He said He is one with the Father, that everyone must Honour Him just as they honour the father. He said he is eternally existing and eternally present. He said He was glorified but God said only He is glorified The Old Testament prophecies of Jesus call him “Mighty God” Also: “Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”” ‭‭John‬ ‭10:25, 28-33‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Saying Jesus never claimed to be God is like seeing a man who wears expensive suits, drives expensive cars, owns multiple homes in multiple countries, wears fine jewelry, eats at fancy restaurants, gives out money in great abundance to anyone who tasks, flies on private jets, who commonly says that he never worries about money, that he has a great paying job, and that he never thinks he will run out of money, and then you come along saying “this man is clearly a poor man living in poverty! Because he never said he was a rich man!” Jesus’ actions and words were clearly understood by his enemies when they accused him of blasphemy and said He claimed to be God. If you don’t think Jesus claimed to be God, then tell me why they killed Him. Was He killed for preaching everyone to love their neighbor?

@michaelbriefman-iw2uc 5 месяцев назад

Here is where Jesus actually uses the word GOD to refer himself as GOD. Check out Luke and Matthew, chapter 4 in both Gospels. This is where Satan is tempting Jesus and Jesus answered the devil by saying Thou shalt not tempt the Lord your GOD! It is obvious here that Jesus was referring to himself as both Lord and God. Satan was tempting Jesus, not God the Father in heaven. Again, look at Jesus's reply to Satan. This is very clear and profound! You can see the same in verse 8 in Luke where Satan tempts Jesus to worship him and again Jesus is referring to himself as both Lord and God saying Thou shalt worship the Lord your GOD and him only shall you serve. Satan was tempting Jesus-GOD!!

@hillsongbest3818 2 года назад

Amen. Yes, Jesus is God . But how do we reply to those who ask " what Abt the part Bible says ,for us there's only one God, the father ,and one Lord Jesus " ? They imply Jesus is Lord ,but not God. How do we explain ?

@14-Peaks 8 месяцев назад

John 17:3: And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. " Jesus says that there is only one true God and he was sent by that one TRUE GOD. Jesus said that the true worshippers would be worshipping the Father...not himself. ( John 4: 23, 24 ) Jesus was a prophet sent by GOD. He only followed GOD's command.

@hillsongbest3818 8 месяцев назад

@@14-Peaks u forgot Jesus deity ,the Word was God, He created all things in creation .

@14-Peaks 8 месяцев назад

@@hillsongbest3818 John 1:1 " the word was god and the word was with GOD" -HOW MANY GOD DO YOU HAVE???

@rayjr96 5 лет назад

This guy has a lot of nerve claiming to be a historian. He’s a dishonest apologist. Jesus only makes such claims in one book, the last one written 60 years after his crucifixion. He wasn’t god or the son of god cause god is a mythological imaginary friend for adults

@DBCisco 4 года назад

As a real secular university educated historian and anthropologist, I concur. These clowns are barely literate in any academic studies.

@TheProdigalMeowMeowMeowReturns 4 года назад

LOL. So a person is a “real” historian *only* if they accept your secular narrative? That’s called begging the question. Also, Licona here isn’t even claiming that Jesus actually is divine, but is instead focusing on Jesus’s self-perception and the perception of Jesus’s earliest followers. That falls within the domain of historiography.

@rayjr96 4 года назад

meow meow meow no a real historian doesn’t use presuppositions or miracles to determine what is historical. Licona is an apologist not a historian.

@TheProdigalMeowMeowMeowReturns 4 года назад

(A) at no point during this lecture did Licona appeal to the reality (or lack thereof) of miracles. (B) What presuppositions in *this lecture* are you referring to? (C) Licona (1) first establishes (or attempts to establish) what we can reasonably infer as historical, and then afterwards (2) engages in philosophy to provide what he regards as the best explanation of the aforementioned history. Many non-believer historians will grant much of the history to Licona but then simply disagree about how best to explain the history. Your comment contributed nothing useful but only reflects your own bias and emotional investment.

@bigboy9983 4 года назад

@Brooke Barnes I agree. Licona, like all apologists, has the answer and is just looking for evidence to support his case. This is not how history works

@paulnavarro3822 2 года назад

What I get from this teaching is, "God made God to be God." What would be so great or unusual about such an "anointing" even if that were possible? Anoint God to be God? What's THAT mean? Also, if the video is entitled, "Did Jesus claim to be God", then shouldn't he have said, "I, Jesus of Nazareth, am God", or something as unambiguous as this? The teacher in the video never cites any "straight from the horse's mouth" actual CLAIM from Jeaus to be Yahweh God Himself. The fact is that Jesus claims to be, not God Himself, but the Messiah/Christ, the Son of God, the Son of Man, the Son of David, all perfectly good Titles for a Royal Man, whom Jesus definitely was. He was begotten by God and was of the Royal lineage of King David. How much more "blue blood" can someone be? God GAVE AITHORITY to a Human Being, a Man who was God's own Son and Heir, to SPEAK things into being. That Man was Jesus of Nazareth who was begotten by God in the womb of a virgin. That Man was the Messiah, who was Publicly made known by John the Baptist. God's ANOINTED Man would be MADE the highest ranking Created Being, the Lord over ALL of God's Creation, including the Angels of God. This "crowning" of the Man Jesus was done in Heaven after Jesus had been resurrected by God and "taken into Heaven" by the Angel's. This CROWN was "the glory" which had been in God's hands which was finally given to His Human Son after his "obedience unto death." The Bible does not record, "God made God to be God." Rather it records that God made the Man, Jesus of Nazareth, the Lord over all of God's Creation. Wow!! If you supposedly "make" someone or something INTO Someone or Something he or it ALREADY IS, then you have not "made" anything. Such would be "double talk", nonsense. However you can "make" one thing into another thing which had NOT BEEN BEFORE. The Man Jesus HAD NOT BEEN Lord over all of Creation BEFORE he was "made" or appointed as Lord by God the Father. You cannot "have your cake and eat it too". Either you believe that "God made God to be God", which I do not believe is backed by Scripture, OR "God made the Man Jesus to be Lord." The two are mutually exclusive; either one is true and the other is false or both are false, but the two cannot be true. Only one makes sense. A Colonel can promote someone lower in command to a higher position other than Colonel. A Colonel cannot promote someone to be a Colonel nor can he, "in some mysterious way", promote someone who ALREADY IS a Colonel to be a Colonel. The Language needed to justify this idea that Jesus IS God is the Language of Gnosticism. It is the Language which states that out of God can come other "Dvine Beings", in essence "God from God, true God from true God" 4th Century philosophy which is so CONFUSING that it needs "theologians" to EXPLAIN what is meant. The Scriptures say nothing about "God from God" but it has plenty to say about "Man from God". Adam was "from God" and Jesus was "from God"; both Men had a beginning; neither had existed before he was created; both Men died because OF sin but only one Man died despite his sinlessness; one Man is still in the Grave and one Man has been resurrected from the Grave and is Alive and has been "highly exalted", i.e. promoted, in Heaven. Is he sitting on God's Throne? According to Scripture, he sits "at the right hand" of God, another Throne of lesser rank. Messiah is Identified WITH Yahweh God; he is not identified as God Himself. He possesses a Godlike Character instead of an Adamic Character and possesses Power and Authority GIVEN to him BY God because he did not innately possess such Power. To be GIVEN Power, as my military rank comparisons address, means Someone Higher in Authority has done the GIVING. An Equal is not "Given" Power by another Equal, only Subordinates. Joseph was Promoted by Pharaoh. A Superior promoted a subordinate. Joseph was "Pharaohlike" because he had Pharaoh's Signet Ring. He was NOT Pharaoh because he had Pharaoh's power. He was just Joseph, not Pharaoh. Jesus was and still is IN OBEDIENCE to God; he is not His "equal"; he is not God nor did he ever claim to be God. The Scriptures which are cited as "proof texts" of Jesus's claim to Divinity are simply INTERPOLATIONS, a forcing of presuppositions INTO the text. The ASSUMPTION is, "Wherever God is mentioned, Jesus must be there and wherever Jesus is mentioned, God is there, because Jesus is God", which is simply called "circular reasoning". Jesus had/has Godlike qualities, that which reflects God; God has God qualities which MAKE Him God alone, and no other.

@isaacjshepard 2 года назад

You are mistaken my friend. Jesus is Lord, King of kings, Lord of lords, the first and the last, the beginning and the end, and the Alpha and Omega. Believe in this Jesus.

@paulnavarro3822 2 года назад

@@isaacjshepard - Yes, Jesus, as Peter and the Eleven said, is the "Messiah", the "Son of the Living God". As I said before, Messiah is "God's ANOINTED Man" therefore he CANNOT be God Almighty Himself; God CANNOT "anoint" Himself, but He can "anoint" His own human son. Jesus is or rather will be King of kings and Lord of lords WHEN he returns to Rule on Earth where there will be "kings" and "lords". There are no "kings" nor "lords" in Heaven. Being called the "first and last" does not mean being he is God. What it does mean is that he has been made the ULTIMATE Judge of all things by God; no Man has the "first say so" and the "last say so" but the Man Jesus, the Son of God. It's your prerogative to say I am wrong but it is not yours nor any one else's prerogative to MAKE JESUS God simply because y'all WANT TO. All verses which speak about Jesus have in mind his MESSIAHSHIP which is the highest Authority God has given to a Man. Jesus is GREAT because he is Messiah, the Son of God as the Scriptures UNAMBIGUOUSLY proclaim. I am merely proclaiming what Scripture PROCLAIMS and you say I am WRONG?? You and others are not satisfied with what Scripture reveals about who Jesus is, his IDENTITY. Y'all think a man is BLASPHEMOUS if he agrees with Scripture, that Jesus is a Man. All of the Writers of Scriptures refer to Jesus as "a Man" and never as "God Almighty" nor "God the Son" nor as a "God Man" nor as any other title which would indicate him to be Yahweh God. Y'all just use non biblical terms to support your view that "Jesus MUST be God". Well, no, he is, being the obedient Son of God, the Man whom God has GIVEN a "Name" which is "above every name in Heaven and on Earth", the Father Himself being the only exception. Example: Pharaoh's having made Joseph Ruler over all of Egypt with One Exception, the Pharaoh Himself.

@isaacjshepard 2 года назад

@@paulnavarro3822 He is both God and man. The Eternal Word become flesh (John 1). He deserves the same honor as the Father (John 5) because He is one with the Father (John 10). He is the Great I am (John 8). He is our great God and Savior (2 Peter & Titus 3). He had glory with the Father before the world began (John 17). He existed in the form of God (Philippians 2). He is Immanuel, God with us (Matthew 1). He is the Creator of all thing (Colossians 1). He is God blessed forever (Romans 9). All the angels worships Him (Hebrews 1). Isaiah saw him (John 12 & Isaiah 6). He is the Mighty God (Isaiah 9). He is the Lord who came to His temple (Mal 3). He is God who was would be pierced (Zechariah 12). He is the Lord of David (Matthew 22). He is from eternity (Micah 5). He is the Forgiver of Sins (Mark 2). His words are everlasting (Matthew 24). He is the Lord of all (Acts 10).

@paulnavarro3822 2 года назад

@@isaacjshepard - Yes, I am very, very familiar with your REASONS of why you THINK Jesus is God. Y'all are very good at "copying and pasting" y'alls REASONS for "believing" Jesus as being God. However, there is ONE slight problem, no Author or Writer ever speaks of Jesus as being "God". Who is the Writer who WRITES about the so called "deity" of Christ? What Books or Book and what Chapters or Chapter is there an EXPOSITION on "Jesus is God incarnate"? Yes, all Angels "worship" him, AS MESSIAH. Yes, he is CALLED the "Mighty God". God does not mean "Creator" no more than God means "Father". A Man can be CALLED "Mighty God" when he is GIVEN power to ACT in God's place ( example: Joseph and Pharaoh) All men will "bow the knee"; i.e. worship, to Jesus because he is God's Messiah, God's Anointed Son. The Law is that we are to "worship", "bow the knee", to no OTHER God, besides Yahweh, for He ALONE IS GOD, and NO OTHER. We do not "worship" nor "bow the knee" to Jesus because he supposedly is God but because he is Messiah. We REVERENCE him, we HONOR him as God's Messiah; there is no greater POSITION given to a Man. Isaiah or for that matter always spoke of a COMING, yet FUTURE Messiah. They saw him in "visions" and "dreams"; the Angels which made themselves visible to human eyes were just THAT, Angels of God. Jesus was CONCEIVED and BORN @4B.C., his BEGINNING!!! God has NO BEGINNING!!!

@isaacjshepard 2 года назад

@@paulnavarro3822 He saw Satan fall from heaven so His beginning was not at His conception (Luke 10:18). He was with the Father before the world was (John 17). John the Baptist was clearly born before Christ and yet He says that Christ existed before him (John 1). And only God deserves worship so the facts that angels worship Him is a testimony of His divinity. Also, the Greek word for worship is used all throughout the Gospels where people worshipped Christ and He always accepted it even as a child (Matthew 2). It would be a violation of the first two commandments to worship anything or anyone other than God. Even Jesus told Satan that we are to worship God alone (Matthew 4).

@daniel1fullerton 5 лет назад

It boggles my mind that anybody would adhere to this nonsense

@TheProdigalMeowMeowMeowReturns 4 года назад

Lol shut up Danny

@justoneway14.65 4 года назад

Daniel Fuller - What part did you find was nonsense?

@Adrian-ri8my 3 года назад

If Christianity were true would you become a Christian?

@daniel1fullerton 3 года назад

@@Adrian-ri8my if Nazism were true, would you become a Nazi?

@Adrian-ri8my 3 года назад

@@daniel1fullerton Of course not, but what escapes me is where you draw any comparison between Christianity and Naziism. Maybe I’m wrong, so if you could please reference any specific Bible verses and Nazi beliefs and show how they are similar I’d be happy to change my mind.

@zacjones2603 2 года назад

Yes he did

@1kafkasyali 5 лет назад

First Bible was written almost 400 years after Jesus 4 Hundreds yeaaaars....... Tales and legends

@12cornish 5 лет назад

What is your proof?

@1kafkasyali 5 лет назад

@@12cornish, I think i little bit exaggerated but everybody knows it was after 280 something years. The First bible writer never saw Jesus because it was after generations. You can get the proof, If you find out who wrote the first bible. And search about The 1st Ecumenical Council and how many (300? 400?) bibles been wipe off there. www.equip.org/article/what-really-happened-at-nicea/

@12cornish 5 лет назад

@@1kafkasyali did you take any course in History of Christianity? If you say the canon of the New Testament was completed at this time then you may be write, but that they didn't exist till after 200 years is a complete flat out lie. So where did the Pauline Epistles come out from? The first reputed to be 1st Corinthians was written within about 20 years of the death of Jesus at before 55AD. The Septuagint existed for over 200 years before the birth of Jesus. As such your position on the Bible history is false.

@DBCisco 4 года назад

@@12cornish The proof is in the Church Records in Rome, moron.

@DBCisco 4 года назад

@@1kafkasyali The First Canon (AKA Bible) was written by Marcion circa 130 AD. It ONLY Contained the now lost Gospel of the Lord and a few letters alleged to be written by some Paul fellow. The collection of books Christians now call The Bible was created circa 350 AD by the Catholic Church.

@r.rahman12 4 года назад

Jesus never ever claimed to be God.

@SevenfoldFilmsFree 4 года назад

Isaiah 44:6, "Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST, and there is no God besides Me." Rev. 1:17-18, "Do not be afraid; I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades."

@Adrian-ri8my 3 года назад

@keithfuson7694 5 лет назад

Jesus never claimed to be God. He clearly said he was the son of God. Jesus has a God. God the Father is the only true God.

@keithfuson7694 4 года назад

John Spiel man Rubbish to your false doctrine. In the context of Jn5:18 it is referring to equality of works. not nature. See Jn5:17. The Father, the only true Deity, works in and through His Son to produce the supernatural miracles. It is the Father IN the Son Who does the works. Jn14:10 See also Acts 2:22 and Acts 10:38. God was with Him, therefore Jesus isn't God. In the Resurrection God will change the saints into immortality so they will be LIKE and EQUAL to the angels, yet they won't be angels or spirits or have an angelic nature. The saints remain glorified humans. Mat28:19 doesn't mention a trinity or three divine persons so stop reading your false doctrine into the text of Scripture. Start believing what God actually says. The Father is the only true God and only means only, all others are excluded. Jn17:3 1Cor8:6 Eph4:6 Jesus has a God and he will be subject to His God forever. See 1Cor15:24,27

@mitchellc4 4 года назад

Nobody ever said anything I’m svriptire about a triune God, God is one person, the Father. Jesus has a God. Jesus died, God can’t die. God raised Jesus from the dead!

@keithfuson7694 4 года назад

@John Spiel man you can't read. Jesus never said he was God. Because he wasn't. The Jews thought Jesus Blasphemed because they thought he was a false prophet. The Father is the only true God. Only means only always. But you don't believe Gods word.

@mitchellc4 2 года назад

Hello Jesus is the Messiah The Son of God The Son of David The Son of man The man God has chosen to be his anointed king The man God will judge the world through The man God raised from the dead Jesus has a God There is no triune god in scripture Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

@wmartincanalesayala303 3 года назад

TOTALLY WRONG, JESUS NEVER SAID THAT HE IS GOD. is just pure interpretation from Man's Made Doctrine from fourth century. APOSTOL PAUL NEVER SAID EXPLICITILY that, is just a men's conclusion again. The TRINITY AND MORE DOCTRINES (FLASE ONES) WERE ADDED TO THE ROMANS CHRISTIANITY RELIGION through the creed.

@Adrian-ri8my 3 года назад

@rahul2010that 5 лет назад

As per Bible he didn't claims to be a god. And I am a born christian

@markuswmenezes 5 лет назад

Rahul John I and the Father are one, I am the Way Truth Life, I forgive, Son oF Man etc. How not?

@rjv7154 5 лет назад

Matthew 4:7.Jesus said to him again it is written you shall not put the "lord your god" to the test

@DBCisco 4 года назад

@@markuswmenezes I am one with God. So what ?

@DBCisco 4 года назад

@@rjv7154 WTF does that have to do with anything?

@bramrawlings3051 2 года назад

Before Abraham was, I am. Indisputable reference to the I AM of Yahweh.

@mitchellc4 4 года назад

Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God multiple times!

@Adrian-ri8my 3 года назад

@MrPspierd 3 года назад

@@Adrian-ri8my Jesus was a Jewish man, who followed Judaism, he would never of claimed to be God, that is only found in Greek mythology. No Jewish text teaches their messiah would be God incarnate.

@zacjones2603 2 года назад

Yes he has don't be misinformed

@mitchellc4 2 года назад

@@Adrian-ri8my Hi Adrian Who is Jesus’s God? Rom 15 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor 11 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie. Eph 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, Eph 1 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 2 Cor 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, Col 1 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 1 Pet 1 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

@Adrian-ri8my 2 года назад

@@mitchellc4 there is no contradiction in Jesus and the Father both being God, thats the whole idea of the trinity…

@sasongkoraharjo7121 6 лет назад

Not only Jesus but we are all the sons of the living Father. Our dead souls created by the Them so that we should go back to the Kingdom of Heaven to become living spirits.

@crs4806 5 лет назад

Jesus is the true son, we are only adopted through his sacrifice - His blood

@keithfuson7694 5 лет назад

Sasongko Raharjo All of Gods people are sons of God yet are not the Deity.

@TimesIDFBuriedinRafah9 3 года назад

No to both questions... ... not only are God and Jesus separate in Islam, but the same is found in Judaism ("whose" Bible is not exactly the Tanakh). Mechon Jewfaq ("... so-called divinity of Jesus) are idolaters according to the Torah, punishable by death,..."). Islam IS the Truth!

@AsafeFialho 3 года назад

Correct, "in Islam". The guy is Christian. ~~~ The end ~~~

@TimesIDFBuriedinRafah9 3 года назад

@@AsafeFialho I do not get it man. Islam IS the Truth!

@vasu2773 4 года назад

Stop preaching Such nonsense. Jesus was a myth

@Adrian-ri8my 4 года назад

Even prominent secular scholars accept that Jesus existed... You can’t deny his existence, you can only deny His divinity.

@cbooth151 4 года назад

Did Jesus claim to be God? NO! Instead, Jesus said: 1. "I am the Son of God." (John 10:36) 2. "My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me." (John 7:16)

@caos1925 4 года назад

and that somehow refutes everything said here? We believe in the trinity, so no contradiction Jesus being the Son, of the Father but still being a part of the One God. Because He is seeking the glory of God as He says in a following verse, if He came out and said He is God form the start he would have been ignored and killed from the start, just like those people who say they are God now.

@cbooth151 4 года назад

@@caos1925 In case you weren't aware of it, the subject at hand deals with whether or not Jesus claimed to be God. So, did Jesus claim to be God? Or did Jesus claim that God was his Father? Consider the following testimonies: 1. JESUS said of himself: "I am the Son of God." (John 10:36) 2. THE DEMONS said to Jesus: "What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God?" (John 8:29) 3. THE JEWS said to Pilate concerning Jesus: " We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God." (John 19:7) 4. JESUS' DISCIPLES said to him: ""You are certainly God's Son!" (Matt. 14:33) 5. PETER said to Jesus: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matt. 16:16) 6. GABRIEL said to Mary concerning her future Son: "You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:31, 35) 7. PAUL said: "We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying continually for you." So, did Jesus claim to be God? NO! Did those who knew Jesus claim he was God? NO! You need an accurate Bible study big time.