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What is the significance of Jesus Christ’s claim to be God?
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The significance of Jesus Christ being God is that He is able to forgive us of our sins and heal our broken relationship with our Heavenly Father. The significance of Jesus Chris being man is that we can better relate to Him by knowing that He suffered through the same emotions of sadness, grief, anger, rejection, betrayal, injustice, love, being tempted by Satan and so much more just like we as humans do.
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So we can relate to him. He is God in human form.
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The significance of Jesus Christ’s claim to be God is that He was both fully human and God. When God became flesh in Jesus Christ, he submitted himself to the pains of this world. God can fully empathize with humans and their “hurt” because He Himself experienced it when He was a man (Jesus).
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Though many came before, and after Jesus, claiming to be the one, Jesus’ claim was evident by the miracles and healings, and the reaction of the religious leaders fulfilling the prophecies.
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Only God could be faultless and blameless enough to pay for our sins and grant us salvation. If it were up to a human, we could not ever be redeemed!