This thread is to provide Biblical Evidences/Proofs of the Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, namely that He is (1) the Son of God (2) God (3) True God, (4) the Lord, etc. It can be useful in spreading the Gospel to (1) Jews (2) Muslims (3) JWs (Jehovah's Witnesses), (4) Arians etc. When providing a proof, please continue the numbering from the verses already provided by others. I'll start off with a few.
I. The First Proof: John 1:1 - Saint John the Apostle explicitly declares that Jesus Christ, the Eternal Word, was with God, and was God:
"1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
This verses clearly declares:
(1) Jesus Christ existed in or from the Beginning, like God in Gen 1:1, i.e. He is the Eternal God.
(2) This is confirmed in the 2nd part of the verse, He was the Eternal Word with the Eternal God.
(3) And in the third part of the verse, it is stated most explicitly, the Eternal Word, the Divine Logos, Our Lord Jesus Christ, was God. "And the Word was God" - the Word, Jesus Christ, was and is God.
Let no one therefore dare to say the Bible does not declare Jesus Christ to be God, for it most emphatically and plainly does in this passage. Let no one claim Christians allegedly invented the Divinity of Christ 300 or 500 years later, when here, this First Century Document and Gospel and First Century direct Apostle of Lord Jesus Christ, clearly declares it. St. John teaches that Jesus is God.
Q.E.D.
Please share your own verses. I will add more references and verses as we go along. May Christ Almighty bless you.
