• John 1:1-4
    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
     
  • John 8:56-58
    Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad." Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."
     
  • John 1:14
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
     
  • Philippians 2:6
    who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,
     
  • Matthew 1:23
    "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
     
  • John 10:30-36
    I and My Father are one.' Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’? If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
     
  • John 17:5
    And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
     
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Resources

Jesus Is God

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Jesus Christ is central to the foundation of true faith and salvation, as He claimed to be the God of the Old Testament, a declaration duly reported in the Bible. If He was not who He and the Word of God claim, then He was merely a charlatan who perpetuated a lie that has endured for nearly two thousand years, leaving us without …


Hebrews (Part Nine): Chapter 1: Jesus' Exultation and Christianity's Claims

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is central to the divine proclamation in Psalm 2, where He is twice called God's Son, the Anointed One, and the Messiah. He is the only begotten Son of God, as declared in John 1:17, uniquely identified as the one to whom this proclamation was made, distinct from any angel. Jesus of Nazareth, born …


Fully Man and Fully God?

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

Some in the church of God have begun to doubt the traditional teaching regarding the physical and spiritual makeup of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The phrase "fully man and fully God" has been used to describe Him, raising questions about how He could embody both natures simultaneously. In John 2:19, when Jesus spoke of …


Fully Man and Fully God? (1994)

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

Jesus Christ, identified as God, embodies a profound mystery in His nature and actions. He is recognized as the Word who became flesh and dwelt among us, bearing the name Immanuel, meaning God with us. He Himself declared His eternal existence, stating, "Before Abraham was, I AM." Despite being God, He took on the form of a …


Hebrews (Part Four): Who Was Jesus?

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

Jesus Christ was not merely an extraordinary man; He was unique, great above all others who ever lived. Every characteristic of His attributes is to be admired for His great love and unstinting giving in every aspect of His character, expressed humbly and abundantly for our eternal well-being. Never has such glorious and refined …


Why Hebrews Was Written (Part Ten): Christianity's Claims

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

Jesus Christ, as God, holds a position far superior to the angels, having inherited a more excellent name as described in Hebrews 1:4. He is declared the Son and the Anointed Messiah by God in Psalm 2, long before His human birth, affirming His divine identity as the only begotten Son of God and God Himself, alongside the …


The God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses

Sermonette by David C. Grabbe

Jesus Christ, God, often employs third-person titles and descriptors, which can create the impression that He is speaking of another being. For instance, when He refers to the Helper or the Son of Man, as in Luke 9:26 where He states, "whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed," He uses both …


Jesus' Pre-Existence

Sermon/Bible Study by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Jesus Christ, as presented in the scriptures, is revealed as the eternal God with a preexistent nature. In Matthew 13:53-57, when He taught in His own country, the people were astonished at His wisdom and mighty works, questioning how the carpenter's son could possess such authority, and they were offended at Him. This reaction …



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