I believe there is a plethora of evidence that Jesus is God.
A "plethora" of evidence? Wow. Like what? You still havent proven anything. You just want Jesus to be God.
I believe God is the creator of all things so this is simply more proof that Jesus is God in the flesh.
Yes, God is the creator of all things. But, Jesus wasnt born yet.... What you just stated doesnt even make sense...... God created everything, so how does Jesus come into play if he wasnt even born yet. Look at what you just wrote..
But also look at 1 Peter and Heb 1 where it says that, "Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you," and "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;"
Jesus was in the mind and plans of God. If Jesus did pre-exist, these verses would be written differently. It would say something like, God always spoke through Jesus since the beginning of time, but it doesnt.
I believe this is the null hypothesis which doesn't work in this case because it is always better to focus on the Father rather than on Jesus so that people won't worship the flesh.
Jesus was flesh and blood. He was like us in nature. Let's not bring in our own words like "God the son" and I think we'll start understanding the bible better......
I believe I have seen many so called ambiguities presented by those opposed to Jesus being God but they are all invalid.
That's because you want to be right. And your actually making ourself believe that Jesus is God because that's what your being taught. Your taking the Son of God and making him God the Son... Get the point?
Like this:
John 14:9 ... he that hath seen me hath seen the Father
John 14:10 ... the words that I say unto you , I speak not from myself but from the Father abiding in Me doeth His works
John 14:11 ... I am in the Father and the Father in Me
John 10:30 I and My Father are one
John 10:33 ... thou being a man makest Thyself God
John 8:58 Jesus said ... before Abraham was born, Jah (Jah is the short form of Jehovah)
John 8:59 They took up stones therefore to cast at Him
Mark 2:5 and Jesus seeing their faith saith ... thy sins are forgiven
Mark 2:7 ... who can forgive sins but one, even God
Mark 10:17 ... good teacher Mark 10:18 Why callest Me good? None is good save one, even God John 10:11 I am the
good shepherd
Mat. 1:21 ... call his name Jesus; for it is He that shall save his people from their sins
Prophecies of the Messiah Jesus
Isa. 45:21 ... I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides Me a just God and savior, there is none besides Me
Isa. 7:14 ... a sign: behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel (God with us)
Isa 9:6 a son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called: Wonderful, Counsellor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace
Attributes of God
Omnipresence
John 1:46 Nathaniel saith unto Him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
John 1:49 Nathaniel answered him, Rabbi thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.
John 1:50 Jesus answered ... thou shalt see greater things than these
Omniscience
Luke 6:8 ...the Pharisees watched Him ... that they might find how to accuse him but He knew their thoughts
John 4:17 ... Thou sayest well, I have no husband
John 4:18 for thou hast had five husbands and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband
Omnipotence
Mark 4:41 ... Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?
(He turned water into wine, multiplied bread, healed the sick and the blind, raised a man who was dead for four days)
Authority
Luke 4:36 ... for with authority and power He commandeth the unclean spirits and they come out
Mat 7:29 for He taught them as one having authority
Mat 28:18 ... Jesus ...spake... saying, all authority hath been given unto Me in heaven and on earth
The "I am" statements of Jesus
John 8:12 ... I am the light of the world
John 14:6 ... I am the way, the truth and the life
John 6:35 ... I am the bread of life
John 10:9 I am the door, by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved
John 11:25 ... I am the resurrection and the life
John 15:1 I am the true vine (this is a reference to Jesus being the Paraclete)