Three cases for the deity of Christ

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made” (John 1:1-3). There are many who question the deity of Christ, questioning whether He was really God. In this particular passage, three cases are given for the deity of “The Word,” which in this passage is referring to Christ, and by looking at these three verses we will see a strong argument that Jesus is truly God.

First of all, verse one, which in my opinion is the strongest argument of the three, plainly states that the Word was God. Jesus Himself claimed to be the Son of God which would make Him God as well. By saying that Jesus is not God, we are saying that the Holy Spirit lied while inspiring John, and that Jesus lied when He claimed to be the Son of God.

Verse two says that “the Word,” or Jesus, was in the beginning with God (the Father). Verse one also expresses the idea that Jesus existed in the beginning, which would be the beginning of time. This proves that Jesus was not just a man, but existed before man was created.

Verse three states, “All things were made through Him and without Him nothing was made that was made.” This proves that Jesus was not like an angel, being created by God as some tend to think, but that all things were created by Him, even the angels themselves. Since Jesus was not created and had a hand in creating all things, He must have always existed, which again proves that He was, is, and will always be God. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).

Jonathan Glaesemann