Is Jesus God?

"My dear," Teabing declared, "until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by His followers as a mortal prophet. . . a great and powerful man, but a man nevertheless. A mortal."

"Not the Son of God?"

"Right," Teabing said. "Jesus' establishment as the Son of God was officially proposed and voted on by the Council of Nicaea."

"Hold on. You're saying Jesus divinity was the result of a vote?"

The Da Vinci Code p. 233

Is Jesus God?

Consider This: Jesus was viewed as divine from the very beginning of Christianity. He is referred to as God at least seven times in the New Testament and Lord as a divine title many other times.

Consider This: The earliest documents from the Christian church ascribe to Jesus divine status.

Consider This: The entire flow of the Old Testament requires that God come into the world, as Immanuel (God-with-us e.g. Isaiah 7:14).

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"Many scholars claim that the early Church literally stole Jesus from His original followers."

Sir Leigh Teabing, The Da Vinci Code p. 233

Is Jesus God?

Consider This: Even non-Christian writings from Romans such as Celsus, Pliny and Lucian state that the Christians venerated Jesus as God.

Consider This: Jesus' original followers were routinely martyred for their belief that Jesus was God - a belief they would not recant even unto death.

Consider This: It is always possible to find someone holding such a view, but to claim there are many is simply untrue.

Do you agree that the evidence for Jesus' divinity is strong, and that, while entertaining, the claims in the Da Vinci Code have no foundation? Have you come to a place where you are open to considering Jesus as truly God?

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