“Then they all said, ‘Are You then the Son of God?’ So He said to them,
‘You rightly say that I am’” (
Luke 22:70).
“For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is
My brother and sister and mother" (Matthew 12:50).
“Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been
given to Me in heaven and on earth’” (Matthew 28:18).
“Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because
He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father,
making Himself equal with God” (John 5:17-22).
Bear in mind that while a man claiming to be God is a radical
thought, Jesus is the only leader of a world religion to have made the
claim – not to mention backed it up. How? Keep reading…
“Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a
single sinful act? But if I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe
me?” (John 8:46, The Message).
Jesus had the ability to sin; if He weren’t able to sin, He
could not have been tempted genuinely and would be unable to be our
sympathetic High Priest (Hebrews
4:15). When He was tempted, He always rebuked the thought
with scripture (Luke
4:1-13).
Because He didn’t sin, God was able to accept His sacrifice. 1 Peter 3:18 says, “Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the
unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh
but made alive by the Spirit.”
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
Father but by me” (John 14:6).
It’s also interesting to note that Jesus did not call himself
the destination, but the way, indicating that while salvation is
immediate for the confessed and forgiven sinner, our Christian walk is
a journey.
“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He
who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives
and believes in me will never die” (John 11:25).
“When Jesus saw their faith, He said, ‘Friend, your sins are
forgiven.’ The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to
themselves, ‘Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive
sins but God alone?’” (Luke 5:20-21).
"For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son
and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at
the last day" (John 6:40).
“I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.”
(John 6:47).
“Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, ‘We are going up
into Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about
the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the
Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and
kill him. On the third day he will rise again’” (Luke 18:31-33).
Matthew 24:27-30 "So as the lightening comes from the east and
flashes to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man... At that
time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the
nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on
the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory."
Mark 14:61-62 "Again the high priest asked him, 'Are you the
Christ, the Son of the Blessed
One?' 'I am,' said Jesus. 'And you will see the Son of Man sitting at
the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.'"
Jesus clearly knew He was the Lamb of God, the Messiah spoken
of in the Old Testament. He knew He had to live a life without sin, no
matter what. When He returns, He will judge the sins of the world…
except for those who have already acknowledged conviction, entered a
plea of guilty, and sought His mercy by believing on Christ.
