Jesus is God

[Pet]

Jesus is equal with God...
John 10:30-36, a commentary

10.30. I and My Father are one.

10:30 I and The Father are one - Not by consent of will only, but by unity of power, and consequently of nature. Are - This word confutes Sabellius, proving the plurality of persons: one - This word confutes Arius, proving the unity of nature in God. Never did any prophet before, from the beginning of the world, use any one expression of himself, which could possibly be so interpreted as this and other expressions were, by all that heard our Lord speak. Therefore if Jesus was not God, then why did He say this?

John 10:31
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

John 10:32
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from My Father; for which of those works do ye stone Me?

John 10:33
The Jews answered Him, saying, For a good work we stone Thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that Thou, being a man, makest Thyself God.

John 10:34
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
10:34 Psa 82:6.

John 10:35
If He called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

10:35 If He (God) called them gods unto whom the Word of God came, (that is, to whom God was then speaking,) and the Scripture cannot be broken - That is, nothing which is written therein can be censured or rejected.

John 10:36
Say ye of Him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am The Son of God?

10:36 Say ye of Him Whom The Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world - This sanctification (whereby he is essentially the Holy One of God) is mentioned as prior to his mission, and together with it implies, Christ was God in the highest sense, infinitely superior to that wherein those judges were so called.

 

[Randy Kluth]

Jesus is equal with God...
John 10:30-36, a commentary

10.30. I and My Father are one.

10:30 I and The Father are one - Not by consent of will only, but by unity of power, and consequently of nature. Are - This word confutes Sabellius, proving the plurality of persons: one - This word confutes Arius, proving the unity of nature in God. Never did any prophet before, from the beginning of the world, use any one expression of himself, which could possibly be so interpreted as this and other expressions were, by all that heard our Lord speak. Therefore if Jesus was not God, then why did He say this?

John 10:31
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

John 10:32
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from My Father; for which of those works do ye stone Me?

John 10:33
The Jews answered Him, saying, For a good work we stone Thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that Thou, being a man, makest Thyself God.

John 10:34
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
10:34 Psa 82:6.

John 10:35
If He called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

10:35 If He (God) called them gods unto whom the Word of God came, (that is, to whom God was then speaking,) and the Scripture cannot be broken - That is, nothing which is written therein can be censured or rejected.

John 10:36
Say ye of Him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am The Son of God?

10:36 Say ye of Him Whom The Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world - This sanctification (whereby he is essentially the Holy One of God) is mentioned as prior to his mission, and together with it implies, Christ was God in the highest sense, infinitely superior to that wherein those judges were so called.

Yes, the Deity of Jesus is unquestionably the orthodox position of the Christian Church. The Creeds state that Jesus had a dual nature, a Divine Nature and a fully Human Nature, body and spirit. The Creeds also state that God is a plurality or a composite unity encompassing the separate Persons of Father, Son, and Spirit. All three Persons are from eternity and generate Jesus from eternity into time.

 

[bdavidc]

Yes, the Deity of Jesus is unquestionably the orthodox position of the Christian Church. The Creeds state that Jesus had a dual nature, a Divine Nature and a fully Human Nature, body and spirit. The Creeds also state that God is a plurality or a composite unity encompassing the separate Persons of Father, Son, and Spirit. All three Persons are from eternity and generate Jesus from eternity into time.

You're right that Jesus is fully God, and that truth is non-negotiable. But a few parts of what you said go beyond what the Bible actually teaches.

First, while it’s common to say Jesus has a “dual nature,” the Bible doesn’t use that kind of wording. It clearly tells us He is both God and man (John 1:1, John 1:14, Colossians 2:9), but it doesn’t explain it in philosophical terms. We just need to stick with what’s written and not go beyond that (1 Corinthians 4:6).

Second, the idea that Jesus was “generated from eternity into time” is not in Scripture. Jesus wasn’t created or produced. He is eternal. He’s always existed as God (Micah 5:2, John 1:1). Saying He was “generated” can confuse people and make it sound like He had a beginning, which would be false.

Also, calling God a “composite unity” is human language, not Bible language. Scripture says God is one (Deuteronomy 6:4), and it shows the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit working together as one God (Matthew 28:19), but it doesn’t label Him with philosophical terms.

So while you’re right to affirm Jesus’ deity, it’s important we use the words God gave us in His Word, not ideas added later by creeds or traditions. The Bible is clear and complete.