The Gospel Of John Christ: The Divinity Of Christ

John’s gospel is different than the other three gospels in the New Testament. John is dated between the years 90 and 110 AD. It stands alone from the other three and is referred to as the spiritual gospel because it tells the story of Jesus in a symbolic way that differs from the other three gospels, such as the death of Jesus. It is believed that John wrote his gospel at the request of the ministers of the numerous churches of Asia, in disagreement to the sacrilege of Corinthus and the Ebionites, who held that Jesus was a mere man. One of the major themes in John is the divinity of Christ. The question “Who is this man, or who is Christ” can be answered in this Gospel. John starts out by telling the reader that Christ is God,

At least fourteen times Christ is referred to as God. Christ called himself the giving eternal life (John 10:27-28), the way the truth and the life (John 14:6). Christ also called himself the bread of life (John 6:35, 51) which is a clear comparison to God giving manna for the Israelites to eat while they were in the wilderness. However, the most compelling evidence that Christ was God in the flesh is that he referred to himself as the “I Am” (John 18:5) just as he did in Exodus 3:14, God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. Say this to the people of Israel: I AM has sent me to

Christ said, “Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.” The key point here is the shared glory; Christ said the glory we shared. Looking at Isaiah 42:8 God said, “I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols.” When Christ stated that he shared the glory with God, he was declaring that he was with God and that he was God. This points back to the first few verses of John when he said, “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). With everything covered in the Gospel of John, from Christ’s divinity to his salvation for the world there are a couple of questions that need to be answered. One would be “What is the significance of Jesus walking on water?” The second question would be “Why did Jesus turn water into wine?” Was this symbolic or was it just more proof of Christ’s awesome