JESUS IS GOD

Proclamation:

"In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God." John 1:1

Explanation:

These words were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by the Apostle John, the youngest of the twelve disciples and the one who refers to himself as the disciple whom Jesus loved. (John 13:23)  The Book of The Bible entitled “John”, or “The Gospel According to John”, was written to believers so that they would know that Jesus is God. (John 20:31)  Here John states that in the beginning of everything was The Word.  The Word was there at the beginning with God, and in fact he states that The Word was God.  To make sure that the people understood that he was referring to Jesus, he later said that The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)  This verse refers to The Son of God and His human birth via the virgin Mary.  Some Bible scholars believe that The Son of God is called “The Word” because we use our words explain our minds to others and He was sent to us to reveal the mind of God, The Father, to the world.

Application:

God is.  He exists, He is real, and He is alive.  God was, God is, and God always will be.  He existed before time began and He will exist after time ends.  He created time. (Genesis 1:14)  Everything that was made He created by speaking it into existence. (Genesis 1:3 and John 1:3)  Jesus was there with God at the very beginning.  “The Word” refers to Jesus, The Christ, The Son of God.  Jesus is God.  "For there are three that bear witness in heaven, The Father, The Word, and The Holy Ghost; and these three are one." (1 John 5:7)  Jesus said, “I and My Father are one.” (Matthew 10:30)  There exists God, The Father, The Word of God, and The Spirit of God, three attributes of one God.  As human beings we have only a limited capacity for understanding and some things about God we just don’t understand.  However, we are blessed for believing without seeing for ourselves. (John 20:29)  Jesus is God.  The Bible says it, I believe it, and that settles it!

God The Father God The Son And God The Holy Spirit These Three Are One

"For there are three that bear witness in heaven: The Father, The Word, and The Holy Spirit; and these three are one."  1 John 5:7 (NKJV)

The Apostle John, who wrote so that all would believe that Jesus, The Christ, is God, states here that there are three witnesses in heaven who attest to the fact that Jesus is God.  God, The Father, spoke from heaven and said that Jesus was His beloved Son. (Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5, Mark 9:7, Luke 9:35, and 2 Peter 1:17)  Jesus, The Son of God, is The Word of God (John 1:1 and 1:14), and He said "I and My Father are one." (John 10:30, John 10:38, John 14:10, John 17:11, and John 17:22)  Jesus, The Word, also said, he that has seen Him, has seen God, The Father. (John 14:9)  God, The Holy Spirit, descended from heaven and came to rest upon Him. (Matthew 1:32, Mark 1:10, and Luke 1:32)  The Holy Spirit came, at the request of Jesus, and gave power to the disciples of Jesus. (John 14:26, John 15:26, and John 16:7) 

We speak about God The Father, and God The Son, and God The Holy Spirit, as if They were three separate beings, but They are not separate.  There is one "triune" God, The Holy Trinity.  One God with three functions.  Jesus mentions all three and delineates Their role in accomplishing something. (John 14:26 and John 15:26)  In the beginning, God said let Us make man in Our image. (Genesis 1:26)  In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth and The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:1-2)  The Apostle John said in the beginning was The Word, The Word was with God, and The Word was God. (John 1:1)  The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)  Jesus was God in flesh, which He put on for our salvation.  A believer believes that Jesus is The Son of God and believes that Jesus is God.  Jesus said, "I do not pray for these alone (referring to His disciples), but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me."

MERRY CHRISTMAS Jesus Is The Reason For The Season

"In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.  Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made." ... "The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us."  John 1:1-3 & 14 (NIV)
The Apostle John testified that Jesus was there from the beginning.  He made the heavens and the earth and everything therein.  Jesus Christ was, is, and always will be God.  He put on human flesh and dwelt among men.  This was made possible by the immaculate conception. (Luke 1:30-35)

We celebrate Christmas to commemorate the day that The Son of God was born of a virgin, after being conceived by an act of The Holy Spirit.  We celebrate the day that Jesus Christ clothed Himself in human flesh and lived among mankind.  The heavenly plan was for Him to be born, to live, to teach, to die, and to be raised up from the dead in order to provide us with a chance for salvation.  If we confess our sins and believe in Him, we will be saved. (Romans 10:9-10)  We thank God for making all of this possible.