JESUS
If we investigate the NT we find numerous examples of who Jesus thought he was. ... They claim that since it is not in the biography of Jesus himself it should not be used. ... Therefore, they provide an even better source for what the eyewitnesses thought about Jesus. ... So the rest of the NT cannot be discounted as a witness about Jesus. The following are some of the NT scriptures that point directly to Jesus as God. One Three separate occasions the Jewish leaders sought to stone Jesus explicitly because he claimed to be God: John 5:16-18 John 8:54-58 John 10:29-33 In various other places, Jesus exhibits the qualities of God, such as omnipotence, an eternal nature and omniscience. Omnipotence John 6:40 Jesus could raise the dead. John 10:17-18 Jesus had the power to lay down his own life and take it up again. Colossians 1:15-20 Jesus created all things in the universe. ... Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same, yesterday, today forever. ... Luke 5:21-25 Jesus knew their thoughts. Luke 11:16-17 Jesus again knew the thoughts of others. Other scriptures that claim that Jesus is God are: Titus 2:13-14 the glorious appearing of our great God and savior Jesus Christ.