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Feb 07, 2024

Is Jesus God in Matthew, Mark and Luke?

by Street Theologian streettheologian.substack.com

The evidence for the deity of Christ is overwhelming. Jesus is called God with us (Mt. 1:23), is paralleled with God (Lk. 8:37-39), and promises to be omnipresent until the end of the age (Mt. 28:20). His words, like God’s, will not pass away (Lk. 21:33, Is. 40:8).

Jesus applies OT passages about YHWH to himself (Mt. 21:16, Ps. 8:2, Is. 8:13-15, Lk. 20:18). John the Baptist applies an Isaiah passage on YHWH to Jesus (Mk. 1:1-3, Is. 40:3).

Jesus forgives sins when only God can (Mk. 2:1-10) and is Lord of the God-ordained Sabbath (Mk. 2:27-28). Jesus redefines God's law (Mt. 5:21-28) and is the judge of all (Mt. 7:21-23) determining their eternal destiny.

Jesus receives worship (Mt. 2:11, Lk. 24:52), walks on water (Mk. 6:49-50; Job 9:8) when only God does in the OT, is Lord over nature stilling the storm like YHWH (Ps. 107; Mk. 4:39) and has power over Satan (Mk. 3:27-28).

Jesus is charged with blasphemy for calling himself the Son of Man (Mk. 14:60-64), who, in Daniel 7 has co-rulership with God, an eternal kingdom, comes in the clouds and is served by the nations having power and glory like God alone.