A Short: Jesus is God

 

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Jesus is God

    In John 17:1-5, “When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.”

    Notice that Jesus said,“the glory” he had “with” the Father “before the world existed.” The glory that he had “with” the Father. The glory Jesus had “with” the Father that he wants to return to. The glory Jesus shared “with” the Father. The same Glory as the Father. The same level of Glory. The Glory only God can have. Not the glory of creation, but the Glory of God. Jesus said “glorify me in your own presence.” Together in the Father’s “own presence” that he wants to return to. A “presence” and “glory” that the Father and Son shared together “before the world existed.”