Jesus the only God
After knowing Jesus for come years I started getting confirmation in my heart that Jesus is God and almost 8-9 years after knowing and walking with Jesus I decided to take baptism and read bible. Before this, I was testing Him whether He is God and whether He is able to answer people’s prayers. I found convincing myself and recalling those miracles and the voice I heard during my prayers whenever I would be in a difficult situations or circumstances. To my relief I would always get encouraged looking back from where I started my walk with Christ.
I belong to a Hindu family so whenever I happen to meet my friends and relatives, they would question me about my faith in Christ Jesus. I would try to convince that Jesus is the is a real God but all in vain. I often used to ponder on the questions raised by my relatives whether Jesus is God or just messenger of God as people of other religions claim for Jesus Christ. So I started to ask Holy Spirit about it and it so happened that while reading The Bible Holy Spirit started talking to me and highlighting the verses to assure me that Jesus and God are same. It is written in John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him.
This verse says that He was in this world and we know that Jesus was on this earth and God the Father never came in this world.. then the verse says that the world was created through Him. It means the world was created through the one who came to the earth and that is JESUS. We all believe irrespective of our religion that there is one supreme God who has created this world and everything that is found on this earth and by, no other means this world could have been created, so it is to clear that Jesus is God and through Him this world was created.
We all know that only God can give us eternal life for which people of all religions pray to their Gods and worship them, They all want to please their gods to get eternal life. But according
to John 3:36 Whoever believes in the son has eternal life, whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life……clearly indicating that only through Jesus, the Son (or God as pagans claim), we are eligible to receive eternal life. It again proves that Jesus is God who gives eternal life to those who believe Him.
In verse John 8:19 (b) – Jesus says,
“You know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would know My Father also.
In the verse given Jesus wants to tell people that if they know Jesus then it is same as knowing God, the Father. We can never make such claims for our relationship with our earthly father as we are two separate individuals. No matter how likeness or similarities we have with our earthy father still there would be many things which make us different from our Father. We can never say that if people know us they know our Father also. but since Jesus and Father are same, He boldly claims that knowing Him (Jesus) means knowing the Father
In John 14:7, Jesus says,
If you had known Me, you would have brown My Father also. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him
Here Jesus is again reassuring His disciples that knowing and seeing Jesus means knowing God and seeing God, the Father. We know that the disciples had never met with God The Father but they had seen only Jesus with them, still Jesus tells them that they had known and seen God the Father indicating that God, the Father and Jesus are same
John 14:9-10 says the same where Jesus says,
“Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, Show us the Father”? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me?.
Now the ultimate statement by Jesus in
John 10:30
“I and the Father are one.”
Halleluiah! Jesus means God, the Father. So we are praying to true God, the creator of this entire universe Jesus Christ.
Now all those who are from gentile background would be glad to know this because when people come to Christ from different religion they are confused whether they are on the right track or not. After knowing these verses I am sure all would be delighted.
Prayer-
Thank You, Father for Your words which are our life. Thank You God, for sending your son Jesus to give us your word and eternal life and helping us to know you through Him. Amen.
Sol.Richa Jain