answer is that God didn’t become a man. Instead, he
took on an additional human nature. He experienced
hunger, thirst and death through his humanity but not
his divinity. When Jesus prayed to God, it was simply
God the Son talking to God the Father.
There are different roles for the different members
of the Trinity. The Father is the initiator and the
originator, the Son the responder and the executive,
and the Spirit the one who acts to effect the Father’s
will on earth.
As the Gospel of John makes clear, the divinity
of Christ is not some invention of later Christian
teachers. It is clearly in the Gospels. The councils
beginning with Nicea in AD325 only confirmed and
defined with theological concepts the clear teaching
of the New Testament about the Trinity, incarnation,
divinity of Christ and two natures in one person.
Jesus claimed to be Yahweh, the Messiah-God.
Unlike angels, he accepted worship, requested that
believers pray in his name and demanded that he
be given an honour equal to God.
Fulfilled Old Testament prophecies
What is astonishing to me are the many Old
Testament prophecies that Jesus fulfilled. His story
had been written in the Scriptures long before he
was born.
When you read the Old Testament, you soon
realise that it is all about Jesus. It prophesies
his coming, how he will save us, how he will be
resurrected and how he will rule one day as King.
The accurate fulfilment of the Old Testament
prophecies is one of the greatest proofs to
us of Jesus’ divini ty. ❖
17 He will be a light to the gentiles (Isaiah 60:3; cf. Acts 13:47–48)
18 He will cleanse the temple (Malachi 3:1; cf. Matthew 21:12)
19 He will be rejected by the Jewish people (Psalm 118:22; cf. 1 Peter 2:7)
20 He will die some 483 years after 444 BC (Daniel 9:24–25)
21 He will die a humiliating death (Isaiah 53; cf. Matthew 27)
22 He will be rejected by his own people (Isaiah 53:3; cf. John 1:10–11; 7:5, 48)
23 He will be silent before his accusers (Isaiah 53:7; cf. Matthew 27:12–19)
24 He will be mocked (Psalm 22:7–8; cf. Matthew 27:31)
25 He will be pierced (Zechariah 12:10; cf. John 19:34)
26 He will die with thieves (Isaiah 53:12; cf. Matthew 27:38)
27 He will pray for his persecutors (Isaiah 53:12; cf. Luke 23:34)
28 He will be forsaken by his disciples (Zechariah 13:7; cf. Mark 14:50)
29 He will be buried in a rich man’s tomb (Isaiah 53:9; cf. Matthew 27:57–60)
30 He will rise from the dead (Psalm 2:7; 16:10; cf. Acts 2:31; 13:33; Mark 16:6)
31 He will ascend into heaven (Psalm 68:18; cf. Acts 1:9–10)
32 He will sit at the right hand of God (Psalm 110:1; cf. Hebrews 1:3, 13)
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