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Because Jesus is God...
In
Him all
the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form. (Col. 2:9)
He
is the image of the invisible God... (Col 1:15)
He
is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of
God's nature. (Heb 1:3)
He
upholds all things by the word of His power. (Heb 1:3)
The
Father says to Jesus, the Son, "Thy throne, O God, is
forever and ever." (Heb 1:8)
He
is called 'Immanuel' – "God with us."
(Mt 1:23)
He
has the same name as God in the Old Testament - 'I
AM':
a.
"Before Abraham was born, I Am." (Jn 8:58)
b.
God said to Moses "I AM who I AM." (Ex 3:14)
He
will come to have first place in all things. (Col
1:18)
He
is the Creator of all things and all things were created through
Him and for Him. (Col 1:16; Jn 1:3)
He
will subdue / subject all things to Himself. (Php 3:21)
He
is the way, and the truth, and the life. (Jn 14:6)
No
one comes to the Father but through Him. (Jn 14:6)
He
tells all to come unto Him, and He will give them rest. (Mt 11:28)
He draws all men to Himself. (Jn 12:32)
The
Father gives men to Him. (Jn 6:37,39; Jn 10:29; Jn 17:2,6)
It
is God who purchased the church with His own blood.
(Acts 20:28)
Every
knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is Lord to
the glory of God the Father. (Php 2:10-11)
His
followers
are complete in Him. (Col 2:10)
He
is the head over all rule and authority. (Col 2:10)
His
followers
are to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus
Christ, Who is Lord and Savior. (2 Pt
3:18)
To
Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.(2
Pt 3:18)
He
is without sin and without any deceit in His mouth. (1 Pt 2:22; 1 Jn
3:3,5)
His
followers count all things as loss in view of the surpassing value of
knowing Him as Lord. (Php 3:8)
His
riches are unfathomable. (Eph 3:8)
The Father and Jesus jointly receive the same power, riches,
wisdom, might, honor, glory, and blessing. (Rev 5:12; Is 42:8;
Jn 5:23)
He
shared glory with the Father since before the world was. (Jn
17:5)
He
is worshiped (Mt 2:2; Jn 20:28; Mt 28:9,17) and we are to "Worship
the LORD our GOD alone."
(Mt 4:10)
The
Father says, "Let all the angels of God worship Jesus." (Heb 1:6)
His goings forth are from long ago, from the days
of eternity (Micah 5:2)
He
is declared unequivocally to be God. (Jn 1:1-3; Titus
2:13)
He
has the power to raise up believers at the last day. (Jn
6:39-40)
The
Jews picked up stones to kill Him because they rightly
understood Him to be making
Himself equal with God. (Jn 10:31-33)
He
is the Good Shepherd (Jn 10:11), God our LORD is our Shepherd. (Ps
23:1)
His
followers
are destined to obtain salvation through Him. (1 Thess 5:9)
He
gives life to whom He wishes. (Jn 5:21)
And
so much more...
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