Although Jesus declared himself to be God directly (John 10:30), many cults teach otherwise. The scriptures proclaim that Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh (I Timothy 3:16). The word of God teaches that Christ was all God, yet all man at the same time. He was the God-man.

There are many Old Testament prophecies declaring Christ to be God. Isaiah 9:6 refers to the Lord Jesus Christ as both ‘the mighty God’ and the ‘everlasting Father.’ Isaiah 7:14 prophecies that a virgin will conceive a child and the child’s name will be called Immanuel, which Matthew 1:23 defines as meaning “God with us.” The Davidic Psalm 110:1 states that “the LORD said unto my Lord”, which Jesus quotes later in the New Testament as referring to himself (Matthew 22:41-46).

Throughout the New Testament scriptures, Jesus is repeatedly called God. Some of the more well-known instances are found when John called Him God (John 1:1-14), and spoke of God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit as being one (I John 5:7). Thomas called Him God (John 20:28). Jesus never rebukes him for acknowledging him as God. Paul repeatedly refers to Jesus as God (Romans 9:5). Steven at his stoning called him God, “He called upon God saying Lord Jesus, receive my spirit (Acts 7:59). There is possibly no verse more powerful regarding the topic at hand than Hebrews 1:8. In this verse, God the Father calls His Son Jesus Christ “God” (Hebrews 1:8).

Another way that the deity of Christ is seen, is how He shares the same divine attributes with the rest of the Trinity. There are specific attributes that only God possesses, such as His eternality and His immutability. Jesus is said to be both eternal (John 1:1-14, Micah 5:2), and immutable (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8). Just like the Father, he is also omnipresent (Matthew 18:20), omniscient (John 16:30), and omnipotent (Matthew 28:18).

Many things are synonymously ascribed to God the Father and to the Lord Jesus. In Acts 20:28 the Bible states that God’s blood purchased the church. Knowing that it was Jesus Christ on the cross who shed His blood (Romans 5:8-9), one must conclude that Jesus is God. In Isaiah 43:11, the Bible states that there is only one Saviour and that it is God the Father (Isaiah 45:21); yet countless times Jesus is referred to as the Saviour (Philippians 3:20). In the book of Titus, all three chapters refer to God as the Saviour and Jesus as the Saviour. In Isaiah 45:23, God the Father states that every knee shall bow to Him. It is similarly stated that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow to Christ (Philippians 2:9-10). This shows that they are one in the same.

There are also indirect ways that Jesus Christ is seen to be God in the Bible. We see this when Jesus Christ does things that only God can do. One example of Christ’s divine ability is that Jesus forgives sins (Mark 2:7). Accounts show that Jesus also received worship, again something that only God can do. By receiving this worship Jesus either sinned, (as only God should be worshipped), or Jesus accepted it and by that declared himself God. Jesus indirectly declared himself God by accepting the worship. In another instance, Cornelius attempted to worship Peter. But knowing that he was only a man and certainly not God, Peter quickly put an end to the worship (Acts 14:14-15; 10:25-26).

One must believe that Jesus Christ is God to be saved (Romans 10:9). Any person who does not abide in the truth of the manifestation of God through Christ, is not to be fellowshipped with and are not saved (II John 1:9-11).