----JESUS IS GOD~~

--“Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him . . . he that hath seen me hath seen the Father.”
----- (John 14:8-9)

Theologians have wrestled with the dual nature of the Lord Jesus since the beginning. On the one hand, there are those who deny or belittle His humanity, and on the other hand, there are those who deny His deity. Both natures are completely true: Jesus is fully human and fully God.

The prophets identified the coming Messiah as fully God. Isaiah 9:6 is the “naming” prophecy that specifies that the Messiah would be called “Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 7:14 specifies that “the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Matthew quotes that passage and translates the Hebrew word Immanuel as “God with us” (Matthew 1:23).

**The Scriptures abound with this teaching.

***He is called the only begotten (John 1:14, 18; 3:16; 1 John 4:9).
***He is called the Son of God (John 3:18; 5:25; 9:35; 11:4).

***He is recognized as eternal (John 17:5, 24; Colossians 1:15; Micah 5:2).
***He has the power of life in Himself (Romans 1:4; John 10:17-18; Colossians 1:18; Acts 13:32-33).

**He is given the inheritance of God (Hebrews 1:2; 3:4, 6).
**He performed the works of God (John 10:36-38).
Even the demons and Satan recognize Christ as God (Luke 4:41; Matthew 4:3, 6).

---(ICR/HMM III)

-[Where some people often miss the truths in these 'God-inspired words' (2 Timothy 3:16), are when we try to figure them out. "Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!" -(Romans 11:33)

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD.
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts." -(ISAIAH 55:8,9)]