MARK 2:1\u201312<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cWhy does this fellow talk like that? He\u2019s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
(Mark 2:7)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The New Testament presents many arguments for the full deity of Jesus Christ. Today let\u2019s look at a few of them. One of the most important is that Jesus forgave sins, and this is something only God can do. In Mark 2 we read that Jesus said to the paralytic, \u201cSon, your sins are forgiven.\u201d The Jews knew that this meant He was claiming to be God, and Jesus did not dispute them: \u201cThe Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,\u201d He said (Mark 2:5\u201310).<\/p>\n
Shortly thereafter Jesus claimed to be Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:28). Since the Sabbath was an ordinance set up by God at creation (Genesis 2:1\u20133), only God Himself could be Lord of the Sabbath. One of the most important lines of evidence for the deity of Jesus is that He accepted worship. The Jews were extremely careful not to give worship to anything or anyone except God, and in the Ten Commandments all forms of idolatry were strictly prohibited. When Thomas saw the risen Christ, however, he cried \u201cMy Lord and my God!\u201d (John 20:28). Jesus did not rebuke him, but accepted his worship.<\/p>\n
Angels also worship Jesus Christ. The author of Hebrews says that Jesus is the Son of the Father (Hebrews 1:5), and then writes this: \u201cAnd again, when God brings His Firstborn into the world, He says, \u2018Let all God\u2019s angels worship Him\u2019 \u201d (v. 6). The worship Jesus receives is in complete contrast to the angels, of whom it is said, \u201cHe makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire,\u201d because \u201care not all angels ministering spirits?\u201d (Hebrews 1:7, 14). Angels are servants, but the Son is God Himself.<\/p>\n
Finally for today, consider what we find in John 8:58\u201359: \u201c \u2018I tell you the truth,\u2019 Jesus answered, \u2018before Abraham was born, I am!\u2019 At this, they picked up stones to stone Him.\u201d Jesus was using the Old Testament name of God: I AM THAT I AM. Each time in John\u2019s gospel that Jesus said, \u201cI am,\u201d He was claiming to be God.<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
Exodus 22\u201324<\/p>\n
Matthew 20:17\u201334<\/p>\n
The gospel of John has the most specific references to Christ\u2019s diety\u2014every chapter attests to it. Mark as many as you can in your Bible, and compare it to the listing on pages 18\u201319 of February\u2019s Tabletalk<\/i>.<\/p>\n
For further study: The gospel of John<\/i><\/p>\n
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