1. Explicit "Doctrinal Statements
a. Mt. 1:13 -
"God with us"
b. Jn. 1:1, 18 - "The Word was God"
c. Rom. 9:5 - "God blessed forever"
d. 1 Tim. 3:16 - "God in the flesh"
e. Col. 2:9 - Fullness of the Godhead"
f. Tit. 2:13 - "God and Savior"
g. Jas. 2:1 - "Lord of Glory"
h. 1 Jn. 5:20 - "The true God"
i. Isa. 9:6 - "Mighty God"
j. 2 Pet. 1:1 - "God and Savior"
k. Rev. 1:8, 17-18; 21:6; 22:12-20 - "First and Last"
2. Called "Image" or "First-Born" (not "First-Created")
a. Col. 1:15
b. 2 Cor. 4:4
c. Heb. 1:3-6
d. Psm. 89:27
3. Jesus' Own Claims
a. Jn. 5:17-18-
Called God His own Father
b. Jn. 10:30-
"I and the Father are one"
c. Jn. 16:15-
"All things the Father has are mine"
d. Jn. 8:24, 58;
18:5-6; Mk. 14:62- "I Am"
4. Jesus Separates Himself From Mankind
a. Lk. 11:13 -
"You being evil" (not "we")
b. Jn. 2:24-25
- Did not entrust Himself to man
c. Jn. 3:7 - "You
must be born again"
5. What Contemporaries Thought of Jesus
a. His Friends:
i. Thomas-
Jn. 20:28- "My Lord and My God"
ii. Paul-
Ac. 20:28- God spent His own blood
b. His Father-
Heb. 1:8- "Your throne, O God"
c. Government:
i. Pilate-
Jn. 19:19, 22- "King of the Jews"
ii. Centurion-
Mt. 27:54- "Son of God
d. Enemies:
i. Attempts to execute Him for His claims to deity- Jn. 5:18; 10:35; Mk. 14:63
6. Eternal Pre-Existence
a. Mi. 5:2- "From
the days of eternity"
b. Isa. 9:5- "Father of eternity"
c. Jn. 1:1-2-
"In the beginning"
d. Jn. 1:15- "He
was before me"
e. Jn. 8:58- "Before
Abraham"
f. Jn. 17:5- "Before
the world"
g. Rev. 1:8- "Who
is, was, is to come"
7. OT Passages Referring to YHWH Specifically Applied to Jesus by NT Writers
a. Mt. 1:23/Isa.
7:14- "God with us"
b. Mt. 11:10/Mal.
3:1- "Messenger to clear way
c. Jn. 1:23/Isa.
40:3- "Straighten the way of the Lord"
d. Rom. 10:13/Joel
2:32- Believe on Him
e. Phil. 2:10/Isa.
45:23- Knees bow to Him
f. Heb. 1:6/Psm.
97:5, 7- Worship Him
g. Heb. 1:8/Psm.
45:6- "Thy throne, O God"
h. Heb. 1:10-12/Psm.
102:24-27- Made the heavens
i. Rev. 1:7/Zech
12:10- the Pierced One
j. Rev. 15:3-4/Dt.
32:3-4- Song of Moses/the Lamb
8. OT Titles Referring to YHWH Specifically Applied to Jesus by NT Writers
a. Rev. 1:17;
2:8; 22:13/Isa. 41:4; 48:12- First and Last
b. Jn. 8:24, 58/Ex.
3:14; Dt. 32:39; Isa. 43:10- "I Am"
c. Jn. 5:22; 2
Tim. 4:1/Gen. 18:25; Psm. 50:4, 6 - Judge
d. Jn. 1:9; 8:12;
9:5/Psm. 27:1; Isa. 60:19- Light
e. Lk. 2:11; Jn.
1:29; Tit. 3:4, 6/Isa. 43:3, 11; 45:2- Savior
f. 1 Cor. 10:4/
Isa. 28:16; Psm. 78:35- Rock
g. Jn. 10:11,
16; Heb. 13:20/Gen. 49:24; Psm 23:1- Shepherd
h. Mt. 2:2, Ac.
17:7; Rev. 17:14/Psm. 5:2; Isa. 43:15- King
i. Mk. 2:18-19;
2 Cor. 11:2/Hos. 2:16; Isa. 62:5- Husband
j. Ac. 9:34/Psm.
103:3- Healer
k. Jn. 1:1; Tit.
2:13/Gen. 1:1; Dt. 6:4; Psm. 45:6-7- God
l. Mt. 12:8; Rom.
10:12; Phil. 2:10-11/Isa. 45:23-Lord
m. Eph. 1:7; Heb.
9:12/Psm. 130:7-8; Isa. 48:17-Redeemer
n. Rom. 3:21-22/Isa.
45:24-Our Righteousness
9. Placed on Par with the Father and the Holy Spirit
a. Trinitarian Events/Formulas
i. Lk. 1:35-
Incarnation
ii. Mt. 3:16-
Baptism of Jesus
iii. Mt. 28:19-
Baptism of believers
iv. 2 Cor.
13:14- Benediction
v. 1 Cor.
12:4-6- Gifts, service, working
b. The Three Working Together
i. Gen. 1:26;
3:22- Creation
ii. Eph. 2:18,
22- Access to the Father/Built into dwelling
iii. Eph.
3:14-17- We are strengthened
iv. Heb. 2:3-4-
Word announced, testified to
v. Ac. 3:26;
Jn. 2:19; 1 Pet. 3:18- Resurrection of Jesus
vi. Jn. 14:26;
15:26- Jesus sends the Holy Spirit from the Father.
c. Parallels Between the Father and the Son
i. Jn. 5:23-
Honor the Son as the Father
ii. Jn. 8:19,
24- Know the Son/Know the Father
iii. Jn. 14:1-
Trust in God/Trust in Jesus
iv. Jn. 14:9-
See Jesus/See the Father
v. Mt. 11:27-
Only the Son knows the Father
vi. 1 Cor.
8:6- For Whom we exist/Through Whom we exist
10. Jesus in the OT (a sampling)
a. Isa. 9:6- Counselor,
God, Father
b. Isa. 49:7-
Lord and His Holy One
c. Psm. 110:1-
Lord said to my Lord
d. Zech. 13:7-
My Shepherd and Associate
11. Divine Actions
a. Jn. 1:3; Col.
1:16- Creator
b. Ac. 5:31; Mk.
2:5-10; Lk. 5:20-24; Col 2:13- Forgives sins
c. Mt. 14:33;
28:9; Jn. 9:38; Heb. 1:6- Receives worship
d. Ac. 7:59; Jn.
14:14; 2 Pet. 3:18- Receives prayer
e. Jn. 1:4; 5:21;
11:25; 14:6- Gives life, light
f. Jn. 3:13; 6:51-
From heaven
g. 1 Thes. 3:13;
Zech. 14:4-5- Will come on the clouds
h. Jn. 5:27-29-
Will raise all men
i. Jn. 17:2- Gives
eternal life
j. Jn. 14:27;
16:33; Rom. 15:33- Gives peace
k. Col. 1:17;
Heb. 1:3- Upholds all things
l. Mt. 23:34-37;
Jn. 7:46- Speaks with divine authority
12. Divine Attributes
a. Jn. 1:15; 30;
6:62; 17:5- Pre-existence
b. Jn. 2:19; 10:17-18;
5:26- Self-existence
c. Isa. 9:6; Mi.
5:2; 1 Jn. 1:2; 8:58; 17:5, 24- Eternal
d. Mt. 18:20;
28:20; Jn. 3:13; Eph. 3:17; 4:10- Omnipresent
e. Mt. 9:4; 12:25;
Mk. 2:8; Lk. 6:8; 9:47-Omniscient
f. Mt. 28:18;
Lk. 21:15; Jn. 1:3; 10:18; Jude 24- Omnipotent
g. Heb. 1:11-12;
13:8- Unchangeable (Immutable)
h. Jn. 6:69; 8:46;
Mt. 27:3-4; Lk. 23:22, 41- Holiness
Sources:
* Personal
Freedom Outreach -Tract
* McDowell,
Jesus-A Biblical Defense of His Deity, 1983