– Anastasios
Objection 1: How can Jesus be the son of God and then pretending to be God? Does it mean God has a wife?
Objection 2: Jesus call himself “Son of Man.” Does it mean he is claiming that is not “Son of God”?
On the contrary, Matthew 3:17 states: “[A]nd behold, a voice out of the heavens said, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.’”
I answer that, Jesus has affirmed many times his divinity not only by way of words and concepts that have to be considered in their biblical framework, but also in other ways, as for example fulfilling the prophecies, performing miracles and with the greatest event of all, his resurrection. What normal man or woman has ever come back from death? So not only the words of Jesus confirm his divinity, but also the whole of his life that points in the direction of him being a messianic figure.
Reply to objection 1: Saint Paul in Colossians 2 (6-10) has said: “So, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, rooted in him and built upon him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one captivates you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ. For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power.” He was fully man and fully of God.
In goingfarther.net this interesting explanation is given: “If someone said to you, ‘I am God,’ would you believe him? Many people who believe in one God would think the person is blaspheming. Even if Jesus said the exact words, ‘I am God,’ many people would not have believed Him or even heard what He had to say. Yet, He did give us reasons to believe such a claim without using these words. In Luke 4:8, Jesus says, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” He said and showed many times that He is the Lord. Jesus says, for example, that He is ‘the first and the last’ (Revelation 1:17, 22:13), which God the Father says in Isaiah 44:6. But maybe you’re looking for a place in the Bible where Jesus says, ‘I am God; worship me’ in those exact words. If we suggest that Jesus could only claim to be God by saying that one sentence, we might also ask where He says, ‘I am a great teacher, but not God,’ or, ‘I am just a prophet; don’t worship me.’ The Bible doesn’t say that, either. The good news is that Jesus told us He is God in many different ways! He has made it clear that He and God the Father are one (John 10:30), and says in John 14:6, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.’ Who else could claim these things except God?”
Reply to objection 2: Certainly this is only given to designate the humanity of Jesus. But he also showed divine attributes, as mentioned above.
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