False Claim - Jesus never explicitly said "I AM GOD" anywhere in the Bible, therefore Jesus is not God.
This common objection to the deity of Jesus that He did not explicitly say the words…"I AM GOD", is a very poor argument against the deity of Jesus and comes with several problems for its proponents.
1st, Jesus came here for a purpose. All of the prophecies written about Him in the Old Testament needed to be fulfilled in order to provide evidence that He is the Messiah that was prophesied.
You see, the real messiah would produce miracles and fulfill what was prophesied about Him. People needed strong evidence in order to understand that He was the real messiah prophesied in the Old Testament.
Fulfilling all these prophecies would take time, and if Jesus came right out and said, "I AM GOD", the Jews would understand that as blasphemy. They would have stoned him on the spot, and He wouldn’t have had the opportunity to fulfill all of the prophecies written about Him.
2nd, If Jesus said "I AM GOD", people would think He was saying that He was the Father, which wouldn’t be correct. Jesus is God, but not God the Father. Jesus chose His words carefully. He did not want people to believe the false doctrine of modalism.
3rd, The Jews did not fully understand the triune God at that time, as many people still do not today. While there are hints of God being triune in the Old Testament, this doctrine of the Trinity wasn’t made clear until the New Testament was written.
Although Jesus never stated the exact words, "I AM GOD", in the bible, He did allude to being God several times, and other people, like Peter, in 2 Peter 1:1 show that he was called God.
2 Peter 1:1 says,
Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of OUR GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
This is just one of several places in the bible that tell us Jesus is God. Now when you read the New Testament, you see that Jesus claimed to be the Son Of Man from Daniel 7, the First and the Last from Isaiah 44, and our Judge from Isaiah 33. So just because Jesus never said the 3 words "I AM GOD", that does not mean that He didn’t claim to be God.
A few modern day examples clearly show this.
Example #1.
If I told you that I was the Great Bambino, or the Sultan of Swat, or the Colossus of Clout. Who would you think that I am claiming to be?
Example #2
If I told you that I was Cassius Clay, or the Louisville Lip. Who would you think that I am claiming to be?
Example #3
When the bible says that Jesus is our Savior, our Judge, or the First and the Last. Who is the bible claiming Jesus to be?
Well if you know baseball, boxing, or the bible well enough you would know the answer to each of the 3 examples.
Example #1 answer - Babe Ruth
Example #2 answer - Muhammad Ali
Example #3 answer - God
Now, in all 3 of these examples, were you ever told that the one being discussed was "Babe Ruth", or "Muhammad Ali", or "God"? NO!!
So when you read the bible and ask, Who is Jesus? and the bible tells you that He is the "First and the Last", or "our Savior", or "our Judge" or that He is the "Creator of all things". Who is the bible telling you that Jesus is? It's telling you that Jesus is GOD!!!
So the objection that Jesus is not God because Jesus never explicitly said "I AM GOD" anywhere in the bible is an obvious fallacy.
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Anti Trinitarian Fallacy #2
False Claim - Jesus never explicitly said "I AM GOD" anywhere in the Bible, therefore Jesus is not God.
This common objection to the deity of Jesus that He did not explicitly say the words…"I AM GOD", is a very poor argument against the deity of Jesus and comes with several problems for its proponents.
1st, Jesus came here for a purpose. All of the prophecies written about Him in the Old Testament needed to be fulfilled in order to provide evidence that He is the Messiah that was prophesied.
You see, the real messiah would produce miracles and fulfill what was prophesied about Him. People needed strong evidence in order to understand that He was the real messiah prophesied in the Old Testament.
Fulfilling all these prophecies would take time, and if Jesus came right out and said, "I AM GOD", the Jews would understand that as blasphemy. They would have stoned him on the spot, and He wouldn’t have had the opportunity to fulfill all of the prophecies written about Him.
2nd, If Jesus said "I AM GOD", people would think He was saying that He was the Father, which wouldn’t be correct. Jesus is God, but not God the Father. Jesus chose His words carefully. He did not want people to believe the false doctrine of modalism.
3rd, The Jews did not fully understand the triune God at that time, as many people still do not today. While there are hints of God being triune in the Old Testament, this doctrine of the Trinity wasn’t made clear until the New Testament was written.
Although Jesus never stated the exact words, "I AM GOD", in the bible, He did allude to being God several times, and other people, like Peter, in 2 Peter 1:1 show that he was called God.
2 Peter 1:1 says,
Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of OUR GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
This is just one of several places in the bible that tell us Jesus is God. Now when you read the New Testament, you see that Jesus claimed to be the Son Of Man from Daniel 7, the First and the Last from Isaiah 44, and our Judge from Isaiah 33. So just because Jesus never said the 3 words "I AM GOD", that does not mean that He didn’t claim to be God.
A few modern day examples clearly show this.
Example #1.
If I told you that I was the Great Bambino, or the Sultan of Swat, or the Colossus of Clout. Who would you think that I am claiming to be?
Example #2
If I told you that I was Cassius Clay, or the Louisville Lip. Who would you think that I am claiming to be?
Example #3
When the bible says that Jesus is our Savior, our Judge, or the First and the Last. Who is the bible claiming Jesus to be?
Well if you know baseball, boxing, or the bible well enough you would know the answer to each of the 3 examples.
Example #1 answer - Babe Ruth
Example #2 answer - Muhammad Ali
Example #3 answer - God
Now, in all 3 of these examples, were you ever told that the one being discussed was "Babe Ruth", or "Muhammad Ali", or "God"? NO!!
So when you read the bible and ask, Who is Jesus? and the bible tells you that He is the "First and the Last", or "our Savior", or "our Judge" or that He is the "Creator of all things". Who is the bible telling you that Jesus is? It's telling you that Jesus is GOD!!!
So the objection that Jesus is not God because Jesus never explicitly said "I AM GOD" anywhere in the bible is an obvious fallacy.
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