Comment on Challenge - A Covenant that binds us to being Brothers and Sisters on Soj.ooO (better still, in real life). by j.k.harwood2 on 3/18/2026 (124332) - dailysojshot

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j.k.harwood2 · 3/18/2026, 6:01:34 PM · permalink

The Bible indicates Jesus is God through direct declarations by apostles, Jesus's own claims, and his acceptance of worship. Key verses include John 1:1 ("the Word was God"), John 20:28 ("My Lord and my God!"), Titus 2:13 ("our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ"), and Hebrews 1:8 ("Your throne, O God, is forever")    
  
Direct Apostolic Declarations

John 1:1, 14: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word became flesh".

Titus 2:13: "...waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ".

2 Peter 1:1: "...in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ".

Romans 9:5: "...of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God".

1 John 5:20: "...And we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life".  
  
Jesus's Claims and Actions

John 20:28-29: Thomas declares to Jesus, "My Lord and my God!", and Jesus accepts this confession.

John 10:30-33: Jesus states, "I and the Father are one," which his audience understood as a claim to be God.

John 8:58: Jesus claims eternal existence by stating, "...Before Abraham was, I am".

Hebrews 1:8: The Father calls the Son God: "But about the Son he says, 'Your throne, O God, is forever and ever'".

Revelation 1:17 &amp; 22:13: Jesus describes himself as the "Alpha and the Omega," the "first and the last".  
  
Contextual Evidence

Isaiah 9:6: Prophesies the Messiah as "Mighty God, Everlasting Father".

Colossians 2:9: "For in him \[Christ\] the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily".

Philippians 2:6: Jesus, "who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped"

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