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The Divinity of Jesus

Christians believe that Jesus is an eternal God, the second person of the divine Trinity
who, more than two thousand years ago, chose to take on a human body and was born
of the Virgin Mary. As recorded in the Gospels, this doctrine, like the one previously
discussed, contradicts the words attributed to Jesus. In fact, that Jesus never claimed
divinity; instead he affirmed the divinity of God alone, saying to those around him, "Why
do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God." (Mark 10/18) Thus,
if Jesus Christ refused to be called "good", would he have accepted to be called "God"?
Speaking of God, Jesus said, "My Father and your Father, and to My God and your
God." (John 20/17) He made it very clear that he could not do anything without the will
of God who had sent him: "I can of Myself do nothing.[1] As I hear, I judge; and
My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of
the Father who sent Me." (John 5/30) He states that the words he speaks are not his
but were revealed to him by God, "For I have not spoken on My own authority; but
the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I
should speak." (John 12/49)
Also in John 7/17-18, Jesus states, "If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know
concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own
authority. He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks
the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him."
Jesus also states that God is greater than him. According to John 14/28, "I am going
to the Father, for My Father is greater than I." Jesus did things only for the good
pleasure of God who sent him, "'And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has
not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.' As He spoke
these words, many believed in Him." (John 8/29-30) According to Luke 4/43, Jesus
came to preach the Kingdom of God, "But He said to them, 'I must preach the
kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been
sent.'"
In addition, Jesus states that entering the kingdom of heaven is dependent upon doing
the will of God: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the
kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father which in
heaven."[2] (Matthew 7/21) Again he says, "For whoever does the will of God is
My brother and My sister and mother."[3] (Mark 3/35)