Just for the Record

Jesus is not a created being. He was with the Father in the beginning and will be forever. "In the beginning was the Word, 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. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. (Jn 1:1)"

Jesus was (is) God in the fullest sense. It seems that the light shines in the darkness, but even the light understands it not. To deny that Jesus is God is to deny the crux of the gospel. Even Jehovah's witnesses, Mormons, Muslims, and New Age leaders will agree that Jesus is the Son of God, but not that He IS God.

There are those that say Jesus never claimed equality with God, but still profess that the Bible is inerrent. They are not misunderstanding the word, they are actively seeking to lead people astray, and those that follow should beware. Jesus didn't say, "I and my Father are as one," he said, "I and my Father are one. (Jn 10:30)" Don't be surprised that people, even so called Christians, are angered when this claim is made today, because when Jesus said it, those who heard his words "picked up stones to stone him...Because you, a mere man, claim to be God. (Jn 10:30,33)"

Someone who claims that Jesus is anything other than what He claimed to be is making the gospel null and void, and denying God himself. This isn't controversy, it's not a misunderstanding, it's heresy, plain and simple. Jesus said, "He who hates me hates my Father. (Jn 15:23)"

I urge you, if you have any question of Jesus' position, read the book of John as a whole. Ask the Holy spirit to guide you as you read.