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What is the significance of Jesus Christ’s claim to be God?
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It shows the uniqueness of Jesus as God to believers. The gospel of John expounds on various traits that make Jesus stand out as God. For instance he is refered to as the bread of life, the light of the world, the vine, the way the truth and the life, the resurecation and the life.
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What is the significance of Jesus Christ’s claim to be God? The significance of Jesus Christ’s claim to be God was to forgive others of their sins, walk out a sacred and divine life through deity, and the working of miracles. Jesus was sent to earth by his Father, God. The Bible states in John 3:17 that God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
Jesus was on a mission for His Father, in heaven. His mission as the son of God was to save the lost. In doing so, Jesus had to leave his heavenly home, live on earth as a human being and announce His true identify as the son of God. He not only claimed to be the son of God but He was God. His mission was to live, die for our sins, and rise from the dead as a sign of having life through eternity. It was very important for Jesus to fulfill this plan. Jesus came to earth as a gift to the world. He died so that we may be forgiven. He arose from the grave so that we may have a place in heaven just as God had promised us. -
It is proof of Jesus’s deity, ability to forgive sin, ability to heal.
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It is very important. The infallibility of the whole Bible hinges upon it. If this claim was false and a lie our faith in Jesus is futile. It and he can not save us.
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If Jesus were not God then my hope is still only for this life. But as God my hope is for eternity.