jesus is the same as jehovah? i worship jesus but i am confused, any help?

Question

i am confused now because i saw a video wich says that jesus, jehova and god is the same, also they give more names, can you help me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtpQlELd7q0

Answer 1

What is this trash of a video?

Answer 2

Yes; according to Christian doctrine, "Jesus" is made of same substance (First Council of Nicea) as "Jehovah" (G-d). Therefore when you refer to Jesus, you also refer to G-d. Is not the nose, ears and mouth from the same person?



Answer by Jonny B causes more confusion (as unfortunately so do most on Y/A R&S). What Jonny B states is false:

"Hebrews were forbidden from speaking the name of God the word Jehovah was created from a composit of the two words used for the name of God."



Jonny B answer causes more confusion by stating falsehood of name "Jehovah". It is confusing and false.



Trinity defines three partrs of the same: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There are names for these parts: G-d, Jesus and so forth.



The name "Jehovah" is an English formation of the Hebrew word (Hebrew) Yud Hey Vuv Hey. This is the trancendent name of (English) G-d. The trancendent name is both a tetragramaton and acronym. The acronym is composed of four Hebrew words meaning "Was", "Is" and "Will be".



The name "Jehovah" in English has no equivalent pronunciation in Hebrew. In other words the name "Jehovah" is an English only word. It never appeared before in Scripture or any ancient languages until the usage of English.



In ancient Hebrew language, nearly all words have a holy meaning and a holy pronunciation in the way they are said.



English words have no holy meanings in pronunciation unless pronounced exactly like ancient Hebrew language. English words don't sound like Hebrew words and have no holy pronunciation.



The English word "Jehovah" does not sound like any ancient Hebrew word.

Answer 3

The truth is not confusing:



(Psalm 7:17) 17 I shall laud Jehovah according to his righteousness, And I will make melody to the name of Jehovah the Most High.



(Psalm 83:18) 18 That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.



(Luke 1:31-32) . . .and you are to call his name Jesus. 32 This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; and Jehovah God will give him the throne of David his father,



Jesus is Jehovah's First born Son, the beginning of the creation by God.



Jehovah is the only true God, the One that sent His Son to die for us.



Paul tells us that if we believe the glory of Jesus to greater or less than an image of God, we are blinded and are an unbeliever.



(2 Cor 4: 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. )



You can misapply all the scriptures you want, but that doesn't change the fact that Jesus is the reflection of God and not God himself.



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Answer 4

Jehovah is God Almighty. - Exodus 6:3, KJV.



Jesus is the Son of the Highest, or Most High. - Luke 1:32, KJV



Jehovah is the Highest or the Most High. - Psalm 83:18, KJV.



Therefore, Jesus is the Son of Jehovah God, but not he is not Jehovah.

Answer 5

God goes by many names, jehova, alpha & omega, ect. Jesus was God's son, but he was with the father when the world was created, therefore He also is God. God includes the following: father son and holy spirit all of which equal and mean God, don't be confused read Toziers books and you will get some clarity

Answer 6

Jesus is Jehova..

Jehova, meaning God,..

God has many names..

Let's take this for instance, Jehova Jireh, meaning God our provider..

There are still many names mentioned in the bible.

But Jehova is I guess a Hebrew term for God..

So when you worship Jesus, it must be in the spirit and in truth.

Jesus is the image of Jehova..

Jehova God is the Father..

Jesus is the God the Son.



They are the same God. They are ONE..

They both exist..

When you pray, ask for the Spirit of God to reveal everything to you..

Answer 7

Because the ancient Hebrews were forbidden from speaking the name of God the word Jehovah was created from a composit of the two words used for the name of God.

Answer 8

The authority of the name of the son of God is above all other authority and powers.



In all protocols of human interaction, when it is said, "I ... in the name of ...," the name means, in the authority of.



God made the name of Jesus higher than any other name because he has given it to us so that we can use it to overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, by the authority that Jesus Christ has by being sovereign over all that is.

Answer 9

I'd be confused too if I got my info from YouTube.



I do not believe that Jesus and Jehovah are the same. Jesus is Jehovah's son. The other names you may have heard were likely just titles

Answer 10

Jehovah is not God. Yahweh is God! Yahweh, Yeshua and the holy ghost are the same.



The term Jehovah, is a Erroneous Hybrid form for the divine name which originated in the mistaken idea that the consonants of Tetragrammaton, YHWH (really pronounced "Yahweh"), were to be read with the vowel points found with them in the MT, which really gives the vowels which are to be read with the substituted word ‘dny, (Adonai, "Lord"). The proper vowels for the latter word are a-o-a, but since the first consonant in YHWH is not a guttural, the vowel e is placed under it (to be read after it) instead of the vowel a; thus, by combining these vowels with the consonants of the Tetragrammaton, the mongrel form, "Yehowah," came into being, which with the English consonant j in place of y and with the German pronunciation of w as v, produced in turn the quaint form of "Jehovah." Even the Jews today such as Saul Lieberman, M.A., D.H.L., Ph.D. Late Distinguished Service Professor of Talmud and Rector of the Rabbinical School, Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Author of Greek in Jewish Palestine and Hellenism in Jewish Palestine. admit The name Jehovah was:



The original pronunciation of YHWH was probably YaHWeH. This seems to be the case by examining Jewish names. Many names contain part of the divine name, i.e. yah, and by examing the vowels that they used to construct their names with the divine abbreviation attached, we can get a feel for how YWHW was originally pronounced. We conclude from the examining names such as Joshua, Jehoshaphat, Elijah, and even the word hallelujah (hallel=praise; yah=Yahweh), that YH was pronounced as yah. We also have evidence that Yahweh is probably the correct pronunciation from examining the Greek’s tranliteration of the divine name as iaoue or iabe.

Answer 11

First off they ARE NOT the same, Jesus said that Jehovah was greater than he was, how can you be greater than yourself? John 14:28 says YOU heard that I said to YOU, I am going away and I am coming [back] to YOU. If YOU loved me, YOU would rejoice that I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.



And Jesus never wanted anybody to worship him.

When Satan the Devil tempted Jesus to try to have him worship the adversary, Jesus did not say to the Tempter, ‘Worship me,’ but said, “It is Jehovah your God you must worship [proskyne′ō], and it is to him alone you must render sacred service [latreu′ō].” (Matt. 4:10, NW; Luke 4:8) Jesus, speaking and including himself, said to the Samaritan woman: “You worship [proskyne′ō] what you do not know; we worship [proskyne′ō] what we know, because salvation originates with the Jews. . . . the genuine worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth. . . . God is a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth.” (John 4:22-24, NW) Jesus, even after his glorification in heaven, did not change from directing worship to God his Father rather than to himself. In the Revelation, which God gave Jesus, the pure worship is shown as due to be given to the Most High God, Jehovah. (See Revelation 4:10; 5:14; 7:11; 11:16; 14:7; 15:4; 19:4, 10.) And when John fell down at the feet of the angel whom Jesus sent to deliver the revelation, the angel said to John: “Worship God.” (Rev. 19:10; 22:9) Thus the worship was to be rendered to Jehovah God, although blessing, glory and praise were to be ascribed to the glorified Jesus, the Lamb, as well as to God his Father.



Consequently, since the Scriptures teach that Jesus Christ is not a trinitarian co-person with God the Father, but is a distinct person, the Son of God, the answer to the above question must be that no distinct worship is to be rendered to Jesus Christ now glorified in heaven. Our worship is to go to Jehovah God. However, we show the proper regard for God’s only-begotten Son by rendering our worship to God through and in the name of Jesus Christ. Even now when we kneel in prayer, as Paul did according to Ephesians 3:14-19, we offer prayer in the name of Jesus Christ in obedience to his own directions (John 15:16; 16:23-26), but the prayer itself is addressed, not to Jesus, but to God his Father. In this way we keep things in their relative positions.





“Not a God of Confusion”



HOW could such a confusing doctrine originate? The Catholic Encyclopedia claims: “A dogma so mysterious presupposes a Divine revelation.” Catholic scholars Karl Rahner and Herbert Vorgrimler state in their Theological Dictionary: “The Trinity is a mystery . . . in the strict sense . . . , which could not be known without revelation, and even after revelation cannot become wholly intelligible.”



However, contending that since the Trinity is such a confusing mystery, it must have come from divine revelation creates another major problem. Why? Because divine revelation itself does not allow for such a view of God: “God is not a God of confusion.”—1 Corinthians 14:33, Revised Standard Version (RS).



In view of that statement, would God be responsible for a doctrine about himself that is so confusing that even Hebrew, Greek, and Latin scholars cannot really explain it?



Furthermore, do people have to be theologians ‘to know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent’? (John 17:3, JB) If that were the case, why did so few of the educated Jewish religious leaders recognize Jesus as the Messiah? His faithful disciples were, instead, humble farmers, fishermen, tax collectors, housewives. Those common people were so certain of what Jesus taught about God that they could teach it to others and were even willing to die for their belief.—Matthew 15:1-9; 21:23-32, 43; 23:13-36; John 7:45-49; Acts 4:13.



Hope this helps.



PLEASE STOP WATCHING VIDEOS AND THE LIKE THAT ARE CONFUSING YOU,



God doesn't want you to be confused.

Answer 12

According to bible Jesus worshipped God!

Answer 13

hold up isn't jesus 1/3 of god?

son of god?

not fully god by himself cuz he needs the other 2(ghost/father)

Answer 14

Now any human must say Y ahweh to respect Him. Don't directly speak his name starting from Je............

Answer 15

That was one of the stupidest videos I have ever seen.

Answer 16

try reading your Bible instead of getting your information from youtube

Answer 17

you answered your own question

Answer 18

According to the doctrine of Trinity , God is THREE DIFFERENT PERSONS (God the Son, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit) each are FULLY GOD and Almighty.



The Bible says in Deut 6:4 Listen, O Israel: Jehovah our God is ONE Jehovah.



Notice in Deut 6:4 it used “IS” and only ONE person is involved. If there are three Jehovah then it should have used ARE for THREE persons.



There is ONLY ONE JEHOVAH, who is God Almighty.



Illustrations like the egg (egg yolk, white,shell), man (body, spirit, etc) even conflict with the doctrine of Trinity because it shows that GOD is COMPOSED OF PARTS but according to the Trinity each person is a WHOLE/FULLY GOD.





The trinity doctrine is not a true Christian teaching that;s why it is not taught in the Bible. Have you ever wondered why reincarnation is not found the Bible too?



It is senseless to conclude that when two persons have the same title and attributes that they are of the same nature. Jesus is called King of kings, which is also the same title that Nebuchadnezzar used. Using the logic that you presented, you are making Nebuchadnezzar God also if that's the case. Dan 2:37





Jesus is the firstborn of all creation. Col 1.



JWs believe that Jesus is the only Begotten Son of God (See also Acts 13:33 uses begotten), our King and Lord and Savior, the Christ, the Word, and was born of virgin birth thru Mary. Jesus is the Son of God who became flesh. Jesus was a god who eventually became Mighty God as stated in John 1:1 and Isa 9:6. Notice FUTURE tense in Isa 9:6 (will/shall). Jesus as the Word has been with God in the beginning. John 1:1 didn’t say that the Word, is “BEFORE the Beginning” but used the word “IN”, thus bound by that time, which is the “in the beginning”. Also notice that in John 1:1 it says “Word was”. Notice “was” which is in past tense, instead of “IS”. So Jesus was a god, who eventually became Mighty God.





Notice too, that Jehovah is called “God of gods” , it doesn’t mean that the other gods do not exist.Just like saying “King of kings” the other kings do exist. If you also say that “Jesus is my best friend”, it doesn’t’ mean that the “Father” Jehovah, and other human friends are false friends.



Why is Jehovah called “God of gods” acc to Deut 10:17? If the “gods” are all false gods, then are you saying that Jehovah is the God of “false” gods? Someone cannot be called God of “gods” if these other “gods” do not exist same as saying King of kings if other kings do not exist.



The Bible doesn’t support the idea of Trinity nor says that Jesus is the Almighty God.



The Bible also doesn’t use the terms “God-Man” TriUne God, Trinity, Three Persons in One God , Three in One God , TriUne characters of God, and other terminologies that Trinitarians invented. Why do you think you can’t find the word “reincarnation” in the Bible? The reason why you can’t find the word “reincarnation” in the Bible is the same reason why you can’t find the word “Trinity” in the Bible.





Isa 44:6 states that there is no other God besides him.

- This is what Jehovah has said, the King of Israel and the Repurchaser of him, Jehovah of armies, ‘I am the first and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.



This means that there is no other God, who is Almighty, and the Repurchaser. Notice the phrase it used, “I AM” and “ME”. DO you use the phrases “I am” and “ME” for THREE PERSONS? The phrase “I am” is not used for THREE PERSONS and to ONLY ONE PERSON.



Because it uses the phrase "I am" AND “ME” and “NO GOD BESIDES ME” in Isa 44:6, so there is no room for OTHER persons who are part of God, isn't it? So Isa 44:6 PROVES that God is only ONE PERSON, not THREE



IF only one person is talking in Isa 44:6 and he said “Besides ME, there is NO GOD” then if there’s still TWO OTHER PERSONS who is God, then you are saying that God is telling a lie.



God is not a liar, so it is the Trinity doctrine that is wrong.



Isa 63:16 - 16 For you are our Father; although Abraham himself may not have known us and Israel himself may not recognize us, you, O Jehovah, are our Father.



Jesus said at John 20:17 “‘I am ascending to my Father and YOUR Father and to my God and YOUR God.’” Notice Jesus has a God, whom he called “My God” and who is also his Father.



At Luk23:46 it states 46 And Jesus called with a loud voice and said: “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” This was quoted from Psalms 31:5. So you can tell that Jesus called to his Father when he was about to die. “Into your hand I entrust my spirit.” The text continues “You have redeemed me, O Jehovah the God of truth.”





Note that Jesus calls his Father, My God. www.dictionary.com defines God also as “one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe”



So basically, Jesus said “My God” means “My Supreme Being and CREATOR”







Gen 1:26 states “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness..”



Does this verse make God composed of THREE persons?



Please notice this.



The Mother said “Let US make a cake”, Is the Mother composed of THREE PERSONS? Or Is the Mother THREE Mothers?

Or The Mother is only talking to someone else, which let’s say is a daughter.





Here are Bible proofs why the doctrine of Trinity is false.



Isa 44:24 conflicts with the doctrine of the Trinity. In the Trinity’s doctrine, there are THREE CREATORS. But Isa 44:24 states that there is ONLY one CREATOR, Jehovah, he is the only Creator. If what you said was true, then this text doesn’t allow for ANY partners as well because of the term “by MYSELF”. MYSELF is only used for ONE PERSON and NEVER THREE PERSONS.



Acts 2:36 states that God has MADE Jesus both Lord and Christ. The Lordship of Jesus has a beginning because it was MADE by God.



JWs believe in the God the Father, the Son of God (Jesus) and God’s holy spirit. It is just different with the Trinity doctrine which says that those three are “Three Persons in one God” who are all Almighty.





Phil 2:5-7 states



Keep this mental attitude in YOU that was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although he was existing in God’s form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God. 7 No, but he emptied himself and took a slave’s form and came to be in the likeness of men.



Before coming down to earth, Jesus was a spirit, and the Son of God. Jesus emptied himself and left his position and form (form being a spirit, and other positions in heaven) and became like men (Physical).



If Jesus is God Man on earth, then he didn’t really EMPTIED himself. Actually Jesus is the Son of God who EMPTIED himself and became flesh (man). Notice John 3:16 , it is the Son who was sent and not God himself.





Col 2:19.10 states “For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily”. Bodily according to Strong’s dictionary is corporeal or physical. Now, think about this, if this meant that the FULLNESS of the Godhead means FULLNESS OF BEING GOD, then how come Jesus when he was human says, The Father is GREATER than me. Jesus also LEARNED obedience. Jesus when he was a human, doesn’t know the last days’ hour/time. If Jesus’ was fully God when he was human and he has FULLNESS of being God, how come there are these limitations? If there are limitations, or lackness of abilities, then it is not FULL.





Here are the Bible texts that proves that Jesus was created.



1.

John 5:26 states “For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted also to the Son to HAVE LIFE in himself”.

John 6:57 – “… and I LIVE because of the Father”.

Life (eternal life and life to exist) was given by the Father to Jesus, the Son.

2. For Trinitarians, the Son and Father relationship has no beginning. But Heb 1:5, that the Son and Father relationship has a beginning. Notice it uses the words “today” and “I have become”

In Heb 1:5 it states "You are my son; I, TODAY, I have become your father"?.



3. Here’s another Bible text that proves that the Father created Jesus. Notice it uses the words “This day” and begotten/made to prove that the Son has a beginning.

Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten(Gennao) thee. Acts 13:33



The word begotten in Greek is gennao. It means “to be born” –Strong’s dictionary defines this as procreate (properly of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively to regenerate: - bear, beget, be BORN, BRING FORTH, conceive, be delivered of, gender, MAKE, spring.



At Acts 13:33, it states the Father “has MADE/BRING FORTH” the Son. This verse talks about the relationship of God to his Son whom he MADE/BROUGHT FORTH (Gennoa).



4. We have to note that Jesus calls his Father, My God. www.dictionary.com defines God also as “one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe”

, ‘I am ascending to my Father and YOUR Father and to my God and YOUR God.’” - John 20:17

So basically, Jesus said “My God” means “My Supreme Being and CREATOR”







5. Rev 3:14, Jesus is called the “beginning of the CREATION of/by God”.



Jesus being the first or beginning is also qualified (Rev 3:14) . The God the Father is the Beginning and the End, but he is never called, “, the beginning of the creation BY/OF God” only Jesus is called that term. This term can be properly understood as “of the CREATION BY God, Jesus is the beginning”. This basically means Jesus is still part of the CREATION, notice the term OF THE CREATION BY GOD, eventhough he is the beginning, ruler, etc.



Is God composed of THREE PERSONS?



Gen 17:1 states “, then Jehovah appeared to A´bram and said to him: “I am God Almighty”



Now, please use your understanding,



Do you use the phrase “I am

Answer 19

Here is some information on the topic.

Jesus is God ( Jehovah or Yaweh: the intent is the same)



Jesus is God – Prophecies

• Divine Messiah predicted in the Old Testament

Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”1



“Immanuel” literally means: “God with us.” See also Matthew 1:23; Jesus was “God with us.”

• This Messiah would be born a human son, but have a higher nature

Isaiah 9:6: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”



This was a radical statement coming from a monotheistic Jewish prophet -- especially calling a human being “Mighty God”; but one that God fulfilled centuries later in Christ.

• A couple hundred years later, but still more than half a millennium before Jesus walked the earth, more was predicted about the Messiah’s divine nature

Daniel 7:13-14: “There before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven . . . He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.”



“Son of Man” was the primary title Jesus used for Himself -- and this passage shows that this was a clear and strong claim of deity. And in Mark, the earliest of the four Gospels, He also included the unmistakable phrase, “coming on the clouds of heaven” and applied it to Himself (Mark 14:62). His listeners got the point, refused to believe it, and added it to their reasons to try to kill Him.

Jesus is God – His Earthly Ministry

• The baby Jesus worshiped by the Magi

Matthew 2:11: “On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him.”



Along with being led to the site where Jesus was born, these Magi were apparently informed by God about Jesus’ divine identity, and so they responded appropriately by worshiping Him.

• Jesus accepted worship from His disciples

Matthew 14:32-33: “And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, ‘Truly you are the Son of God.’”



In a Jewish culture, only the one true God can be worshiped; their actions show that they acknowledged Jesus as being divine. And Jesus didn’t correct them or say, “Don’t you realize that I’m just a mortal prophet? Stop worshiping me!” Rather, He accepted their worship, knowing He really was God in human flesh.

• Jesus’ claim about Himself

John 8:58-59: "‘I tell you the truth,’ Jesus answered, ‘before Abraham was born, I am!’ At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.”



This is a powerful double claim from Jesus: first, that He pre-existed His human birth and was actually alive and present (as God) before Abraham; second, that His title was “I am” -- which was the same title used for Jehovah God in Exodus 3:14. His listeners again got the point, and picked up stones to execute Him!

• Another of Jesus’ claims of deity

John 10:30-33: “‘I and the Father are one.’ Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, ‘I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?’ ‘We are not stoning you for any of these,’ replied the Jews, ‘but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.’”



It couldn’t be clearer than it is here: Jesus’ highly educated listeners understood His claim of deity. They only had two possible responses: to humble themselves and bow before Him as the Magi and the disciples had done earlier, or reject His claim and judge Him as a blasphemer. Unfortunately they chose the latter option. But notice that Jesus doesn’t argue with their accusation, because it was accurate. He really was claiming to be God!

• Thomas’ response to the resurrected Jesus

John 20:27-29: “Then He said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.’ Thomas said to him, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’"



This disciple realized, because of Jesus’ resurrection, who Jesus really was -- and humbly worshiped Him and declared His true identity: “My Lord and my God!” Jesus not only accepts this declaration, but blesses all of the disciples -- and all of us today -- who come to the same realization and place of humble worship.

Jesus is God – He is Worshipped

• Jesus accepted worship prior to His ascension

Matthew 28:16-17: “Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.”



Note that Jesus was worshiped at His birth, throughout His ministry, after His resurrection, and again here -- right before His physical ascension into heaven. His divine nature, as a member of the Godhead (along with the Father and the Holy Spirit), was never questioned by Him or by those who really knew who He was and followed Him.

• Paul’s understanding as an apostle and leader of the church

Colossians 1:15-16; 2:9: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. . . . For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form. . .”



And in Titus 2:13-14 Paul refers to him as “our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us. . .”



Paul’s letters were some of the earliest Christian writings, with most of them actually pre-dating the four Gospels -- yet they make some of the strongest statements concerning the first church’s clear understanding of Jesus as the Creator; God in human form.

• Jesus will be worshiped by every creature in heaven Revelation 5:13-14: “Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: ‘To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!’ The four living creatures said, ‘Amen,’ and the elders fell down and worshiped.”



The last book in the Bible points prophetically to the time where every living creature will know and acknowledge that Jesus, the “Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29) is also the God who we must praise, honor, and worship -- and certainly no mere mortal whose identity needed upgrading by some Roman emperor hundreds of years after He walked this planet!

Jesus is God – Why this matters so much

But Jesus and His followers made the truth very clear, as we’ve seen in the pages of the earliest records, concerning who He was and is -- and how imperative it is that we understand and embrace that truth. Look at His sobering words about the vital importance of His identity.

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. . . .



“But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going. . .You do not know me or my Father. . .I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins.”



“. . .Even as He spoke, many put their faith in him. To [them] Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’"

- Jesus, recorded in John chapter 8