Category: Deity of Christ

The Lord Jesus – the Maker and Ruler of Creation

The New Testament clearly identifies Jesus as Yahweh—the eternal Creator who made and sustains all things and rules the seas. See the scriptural evidence from John, Colossians, Hebrews, and the walking-on-water theophany.

The Markan Jesus – The Physical Embodiment and Visible Appearance of Israel’s God

In this short post, I will present evidence from the Gospel of Mark that clearly identifies Jesus as none other than the God of Israel incarnate. In Mark, Jesus performs two actions that the Hebrew Bible explicitly reserves for YHWH alone: calming the wind and sea with a mere word, and walking on water. 1. … Continue reading The Markan Jesus – The Physical Embodiment and Visible Appearance of Israel’s God →

John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus, Pt. 2

John’s Gospel explicitly teaches that Jesus must be worshiped and honored exactly as the Father is. Part 2 examines John 5:23, prayer to Jesus, the Divine Son of Man, Isaiah’s vision, and Thomas’s confession “My Lord and my God!”

Honoring Jesus as God: “That All May Honor the Son Just as They Honor the Father” (John 5:23)

Jesus declares in John 5:23 that all must honor the Son just as they honor the Father. A detailed biblical examination of this astonishing claim and its implications for the deity of Christ.

John’s Gospel & the Worship of Jesus, Pt. 1

Does the man born blind truly worship Jesus in John 9:38–39? Most Bibles include the powerful words “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him – but a few very early manuscripts (P⁷⁵, Sinaiticus) omit them. Is this a later liturgical addition tied to ancient baptismal practice, or did an early copyist accidentally delete a genuine reading? This in-depth study examines the manuscript evidence (99.5%+ support the longer text), explains why the story feels incomplete without it, and evaluates leading scholars (Comfort, Snapp, Carson, NET Bible). Discover why the worship of Jesus in John 9 stands on solid ground – and why John’s soaring Christology remains unshaken either way. Part 1 of 2.