Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

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Some people say that the “Almighty God stands alone as an eternal and all-powerful being and that Jesus was created by Him" how do we respond to this?
The Holy Book of Colossians 1:15, 16 states, " He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in…
" I am the Alpha and the Omega, the one who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty " (Revelation 1:8) is the first of three times that Almighty God actually…
What does " though He was in the form of God He did not deem equality with God something to be grasped at " (Philippians 2:5,6) mean?
The miracles of our Lord as well as His power to forgive sins (Matthew 9:6) are often quoted in defense of His Divinity. However, please read the following verses:
Holy Gospel of St. John 5:17 " But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working. Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill…
Could Your Grace please list at least five explicit claims by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself as to His Divinity?
Could Your Grace recommend any books on the Divinity of Christ based on His words rather than the the apostles'?
What does our Lord Jesus mean in the Holy Gospel of St. John 10:30, 14:20,17:11,21-23 and 14:20, 17:21? How do we know that this is a claim to divinity and not a…
How do you answer someone who does not believe that Jesus is God?
Did God die on the cross? I understand He is one nature out of two—divinity and humanity in one—while being fully human and fully divine. How can God die? Is it possible?…
I need your help in explaining this verse and how the Lord Jesus does not know the time. "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My…
Someone of a different faith once said to me that Jesus did not actually say to His disciples anything about worshipping Him or the Trinity. Is this true? I know those of…

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