The Deity of Christ

Bereans House of Worship

23rd of March 2024
Time for Worship
Praise and Prayer Requests
 1. How has the Father shown that His
Son is one person of the Godhead?

"But unto the Son He saith, Thy throne, 0 God, is forever and ever: a
scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Thy kingdom.“
Hebrews 1: 8.
 Godhead Usage in the Bible
Godhead Strong's Root Word Transliter Meaning Translate
Appears in Number ation d as
Acts 17:29 G2304 G2316- theios godlike, divine
theos-a deity divine, a (2x),
general name Godhead
of deities or (1x)
divinities as
used by the
Greeks
Romans 1:20 G2305 G2304- theiotes divinity, divine Godhead
theios- nature (1x)
divinity
Colossians 2:9 G2320 G2304- theotes deity, the state Godhead
theios- of being God (1x)
divinity
2. In what other scripture is the same
truth taught?

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God."
John 1: 1.
Strong’s G2316
 Lexicon :: Strong's G2316 - thes
 θεός
 Transliteration
 theos (Key)
 Pronunciation
 theh'-os
 Part of Speech
 masculine noun
 Root Word (Etymology)
 Of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with ὁ (G3588)) the supreme
Divinity, whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or
resemble him in any way
 Theos
god 2 Corinthians In whom the god of this world hath blinded
4:4 the minds of them which believe not, lest
the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God, should shine
unto them.

godly 2 Corinthias For I am jealous over you with godly

11:2 jealousy: for I have espoused you to one
husband, that I may present you as a
chaste virgin to Christ.

3 John 1:6 Which have borne witness of thy charity

before the church: whom if thou bring
forward on their journey after a godly sort,
thou shalt do well:
Strong’s H430
 ‫ֱא ֹלִהים‬
 Transliteration
 'ĕlōhîm
 Pronunciation
 el-o-heem'
 Part of Speech
 masculine noun
 Root Word (Etymology)
 Plural of ‫( ֱאלֹוַּה‬H433)
Strong’s H430
1. (plural)
1. rulers, judges
2. divine ones
3. angels
4. gods
2. (plural intensive - singular meaning)
1. god, goddess
2. godlike one
3. works or special possessions of God
4. the (true) God
5. God
 Elohim
mighty Genesis 23:6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in
the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us
shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou
mayest bury thy dead.

god or 1 Kings 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have
goddess worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,
Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god
of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my
ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to
keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his
father.

judge(s) Exodus 21:6, Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he
Exodus 22:8-9, shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post;
1Samuel 2:25 and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul;
and he shall serve him for ever.
angels Psalms 8:4-5 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son
of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him
a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him
with glory and honour.
gods Psalm [[A Psalm of Asaph.]] God standeth
82:1,6 in the congregation of the mighty;
he judgeth among the gods...I have
said, Ye are gods; and all of you are
children of the most High.

John Jesus answered them, Is it not

10:34-36 written in your law, I said, Ye are
gods? If he called them gods, unto
whom the word of God came, and
the scripture cannot be broken; Say
ye of him, whom the Father hath
sanctified, and sent into the world,
Thou blasphemest; because I said,
I am the Son of God?
 "God" Usage in the Bible

Strong's Transliteratio Basic meaning

Number n
G2316 Theos a god or
goddess, a
general name of
deities or
divinities
H430 Elohim (plural) judges,
rulers, mighty
ones, divine
ones
3. In what way did Christ refer to the
eternity of His being?

"And now, 0 Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self

with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.“
John 17: 5.
"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be
little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall
He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose
goings forth have been of old, from everlasting." Micah 5:
2. See margin; and Matt. 2: 6; John 8: 58; Ex. 3: 13, 14.
 Proverbs 8

 22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
 23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.
 24When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no
fountains abounding with water.
 25Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;
 26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of
the dust of the world.
 27When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon
the face of the deep,
 28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep
became strong,
 29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress
his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
 30Then I was by him, as a master workman; And I was daily his delight,
Rejoicing always before him,
 31Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.
4. How was Christ begotten in the
flesh?

"And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost
shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall
be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." Luke 1: 35
5. What scripture states that
the Son of God was God
manifested in the flesh?

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God." "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth.“ John 1: 1, 14.
6. What does Christ say is His relation
to the Father?

"I and My Father are one." John 10: 30.

“I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my
judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will,
but the will of him that sent me.” John 5:30
“For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me,
he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and
what I should speak.” John 12:49
7. How was He manifested on earth
as a Saviour?

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2: 11.
“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through
the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful
flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh” Rom 8:3
“For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he
took on him the seed of Abraham.” Hebrews 2:16
8. Why was it necessary that He should be
born thus, and partake of human nature?

"Wherefore in all things it behooved Him to be made like unto His

brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in
things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the
people." Hebrews 2:17.
9. How was He recognized by the
Father while on earth?

"And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is My beloved

Son, in whom I am well pleased.“
Matthew 3: 17.

“Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath

established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and
what is his son's name, If thou canst tell?” Proverbs 30:4
10. What shows that Christ sustains the same
relation to the angels as does the Father?

"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His
angels; and then He shall reward every man according to his works."
Matthew 16: 27. See Matt. 24: 31:
11. How did Christ assert an equal
proprietorship with His Father in the kingdom?

"The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather
out of His kingdom all things 'that offend, and them which do
iniquity."
Matthew 13:41.

“For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are
on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for
Him.” Colossians 1:16
12. To whom do the elect equally
belong?

"And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and
night unto Him, though He bear long with them?''
Luke 18: 7.
"And He [the Son of man] shall send His angels with a
great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together
His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to
the other."
Matthew 24: 31.
13. Who are equally joined in
bestowing the final rewards?

"But without faith it is impossible to please Him [God, the

Father]: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is,
and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him."
Hebrews 11: 6.
"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father
with His angels; and then He shall reward every man
according to his works." Matthew 16: 27.
13. Who are equally joined in bestowing
the final rewards? (continued)

Note-In the texts (Matt. 16:27; 13:41; 24:31) in which Christ refers
to the angels as "His angels" and to the kingdom as "His kingdom"
and to the elect as "His elect," He refers to Himself as" the Son of
man." It thus appears that while He was on earth as a man, He
recognized His essential deity and His equality with His Father in
heaven.
14. What fulness dwells in Christ?

"For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.“

Colossians 2: 9.
“For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.”
Colossians 2:9 New Living translation (NLT)

“Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you,
and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me
hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the
Father?” John 14:9
(Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was
sent from God, have seen him.) John 6:46 NLT
15. What does God (Jehovah) declare
Himself to be?
"Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and His Redeemer
the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and
beside Me there is no God."
Isaiah 44: 6.

Who has performed and done it, Calling the generations

from the beginning? ‘I, the LORD, am the first; And with
the last I am He.’ ” Isaiah 41:4

¿Quién hizo y realizó esto? ¿Quién llama las generaciones

desde el principio? Yo Jehová, el primero, y yo mismo con
los postreros. Isaias 41:4 Reina-Valera 1960
16. In what scripture does Christ
adopt the same expression?

"And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to

give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the
last."
Revelation 22: 12, 13.

“looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,”

Hebrews 12:2
The Alpha and Omega—When the
students of prophecy shall set their
hearts to know the truths of
Revelation, they will realize what an
importance is attached to this search.
Christ Jesus is the Alpha and the
Omega, the Genesis of the Old
Testament, and the Revelation of the
New. Both meet together in Christ.
Adam and God are reconciled by the
obedience of the second Adam, who
accomplished the work of overcoming
the temptations of Satan and
redeeming Adam's disgraceful failure
and fall.
Bible Commentary Vol 6 1092.8
“and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:20
17. Having such a wonderful Saviour,
what are we exhorted to do?

"Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is

passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold
fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which
cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but
was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."
Hebrews 4:14,15