P A R T S I X : T H E D E I T Y O F J E S U S

ReviewFamine in the Land!• Canadian Bible Forum and the Evangelical Fellowship

of Canada reports:– Canadian believers are not engaged with the Bible.– 14% of Canadian believers actually read the Bible at least

once per week.– Over 75% of Canadian believers seldom or never read the

Bible.– Confidence in the Bible is at an all time low.– Many Canadian Christians no longer believe

that the Bible is the Word of God.– Many question that reliability and

trustworthiness of the Bible.

Who is Jesus … Really?• Matthew 16:13-18• This study series is designed to maximize the ability of

the believer to understand and defend the identity of Christ as outlined in the Bible.

• In order to accomplish that, you must be confident that the Bible is God’s Word. That the Bible is reliable and 100% true.

• Thus far:– Christ before creation– Christ in the Old Testament (Christophany)– The Birth of Christ– The Water Baptism of Christ

Part IV: The Deity of Jesus

Jesus Displayed Deity1. By exercising supernatural power through

miracles and healings (healing the paralyzed).2. He claimed authority over the Old Testament

Law (healing on the Sabbath).3. He exercised spiritual authority only assigned to

God (forgiveness of sin).

Part V: The Deity of JesusJesus Displayed Deity4. By the titles He gave Himself.5. Jesus’ claim to have all authority.6. Jesus accepts worship.

Who is Jesus … Really?

Who the disciples believed Jesus to be:• John 1:49• John 20:28• James 1:1• John 20:31• Mark 10:25• Colossians 2:9• Matthew 16:13-18

Who is Jesus … Really?

Who the disciples believed Jesus to be:• Mark was a business man.• Luke was a doctor.• Matthew was a tax collector.• John was a fisherman.• Paul was a very educated and trained Rabbi.

Who is Jesus … Really?

1. They left all they had to follow Jesus.• Matthew 4:18-22 & Matthew 9:9• Matthew 7:22, 23• Luke 6:46 & Luke 6:27-38• Luke 9:57-62

• No earthly security.• No earthly ties.

• Acts 4:13

The disciples not only said it, they proved it by their actions.

Who is Jesus … Really?

2. They taught an unambiguous message.– God came in the flesh.– He was born of a virgin.– He was born to die for sinners.– God was put to death, crucified on a tree.– He rose 3 days later, ascended to

Heaven and is coming back for those who trust Him.• I Corinthians 1:18-24

The disciples not only said it, they proved it by their actions.

Who is Jesus … Really?

3. They suffered persecution and violent death because of their faith in Jesus. – Acts 5:41– Acts 7:58– Acts 12:2– II Corinthians 11:23-28– John 21:18, 19

The disciples not only said it, they proved it by their actions.

Who is Jesus … Really?

1. They left all they had to follow Jesus.2. They taught an unambiguous message.3. They suffered persecution and violent death

because of their faith in Jesus.

The disciples not only said it, they proved it by their actions.

Scriptures – This week

John 1:4949 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

John 20:2828 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

James 1:11 James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.

John 20:3131 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

Mark 10:2525 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Colossians 2:99 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily

Matthew 16:13-1813 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” 14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Matthew 16:13-1817 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 4:18-2218 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him. 21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

Matthew 9:99 As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.

Matthew 7:22, 2322 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Luke 6:4646 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?

Luke 6:27-3827 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. 29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. 31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.

Luke 6:27-3832 “But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

Luke 6:27-3836 Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. 37 “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Luke 9:57-6257 Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.” 58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” 59 Then He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.” 61 And another also said, “Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.”

Luke 9:57-6262 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Acts 4:1313 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.

I Corinthians 1:18-2418 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

I Corinthians 1:18-2422 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

Acts 5:4141 So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.

Acts 7:5858 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 12:22 Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

II Corinthians 11:23-2823 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

II Corinthians 11:23-2827 in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness— 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.

John 21:18,1918 Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” 19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow Me.”