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There are a number of religions which
acknowledge the life of Jesus. Some believe that He was
a great teacher inspired by God. The Islamic faith
believes that Jesus was a Prophet of God. To most
Christians today, Jesus is widely accepted as God, but
did the early Christians believe that? There are a
variety of ideas and philosophies about who Jesus is,
but only one can be true. Just what does the Bible say
about Him? What claims, if any, did Jesus, Himself make?
Is Jesus the Son of God? If He is the Son of God, does
that make Him God? Was He merely a man? Was He really
born of a virgin? Is He a created being like the angels?
Was He really crucified? Was He resurrected from the
grave? Does He have the power to forgive sin? Where is
He now? Is He coming back to the earth? Bible
Translation: NASV
DEFINITIONS
The Old Testament of the Bible is
written primarily in Hebrew and the New Testament in
Greek.
God: Hebrew-“Elohim” A
uniplural noun. The “im” makes the word plural. For
example, a single angel may be called a “Cherub” but
more than one are called “Cherubim.” While on the cross
Jesus cried out to God using the singular form of Elohim
saying “Elohi, Elohi.”
YHWH- These are the consonants which some believe to be
the proper name of God. The vowels are not positively
known but some speculate the name to be “Yahweh”with the
vowels added. It is usually translated into the English
“Lord” in Scripture. The meaning of this name is “I AM,
that I AM.” In its fullest it means “I WILL BE WHATEVER
I AM NEEDED TO BE.” So when man needed a Savior, God
became “I AM Savior” and when man needed a healer God
became “I AM your Healer”, etc.
God: Greek- “Theos”. This word is not only used to
identify the God of Israel but also in reference to
pagan gods. The real point is that there is no God but
the true God
. Jesus: Hebrew -“Yeshuah” meaning “salvation.”
THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF
JESUS
1. Did Jesus pre-exist?
John 1:2 / Colossians 1:17 -“He is before all things”,
Literally -“He
has existed prior to.” /
John 17:18, 24 / 1 Peter 1:1-11 / 1 Peter 1:20 / John
8:51-59 / Luke 1:26-36 / John 1:19-34 / Hebrews 2:9
Was Jesus in the beginning with God? __________
Scripture__________
Did Jesus exist before the creation of the earth? __________
Scripture__________
Who sent Jesus into the world? __________
Scripture__________
Jesus was known by God before the ___________ of the
world
Scripture__________
Did the spirit of Christ speak through the Old Testament
Prophets? __________
Scripture__________
Did Jesus claim that He existed before Abraham? __________
Scripture__________
Was John the Baptist born before Jesus? __________
Scripture__________
Did the Baptist say that Jesus existed before him? __________
Scripture__________
Did the Baptist say that Jesus was the “Son of God”? __________
Scripture__________
Who was made a “little while lower than the angels”? __________
Scripture__________
2. Did Jesus pre-exist as God?
John 1:1 / John 20:19-28 / Philippians 2:5-8 / Matthew
16:13-17 / John 17:1-5 / Isaiah 12:2 / Matthew 27:54 /
Luke 1:35 / Luke 22:66-70 / 1 Timothy 1:15-17 /
Revelation 17:14 / 1 Timothy 6:14-16 / Hebrews 1:5
Who is the “Word”? __________
Scripture__________
Is the Word God? __________
Scripture__________
Who said to Jesus, -“My Lord and my God”? __________
Scripture__________
Did Jesus exist in the form of God, being equal with
God? __________
Scripture__________
Who said that the Son of Man was the “Son of the Living
God”? __________
Scripture__________
Was Jesus glorified with the Father before the
foundation of the world? __________
Scripture__________
According to Isaiah, who “became Salvation”? __________
Scripture__________
Who did the Roman Centurion say Jesus was? __________
Scripture__________
Who said “the Holy Child shall be called the Son of
God”? __________
Scripture__________
Did Jesus claim to be God? __________
Scripture__________
What Apostle called Jesus “King eternal, immortal,
invisible, the only God”? __________
Scripture__________
Who is the “Lamb. . .the King of Kings and Lord of
Lords”? __________
Scripture__________
Who did Paul say possessed immortality and dwells in
unapproachable light? __________
Scripture__________
Did the Father ever say to an angel “You are My Son”? __________
Scripture__________
3. Who did the unclean
spirits say that Jesus was?
Mark 3:11 / Mark 5:1-8 / Luke 4:41 / Luke 8:26-28
What did the demons call Jesus? __________
Scripture__________
Who did Legion say Jesus was? __________
Scripture__________
Did the fallen angels know that Jesus was the Christ? __________
Scripture__________
Were the demons fearful of Jesus, - why? __________
Scripture__________
IS GOD ONE?
4. Does the Bible say that God is
“One”?
Deuteronomy 6:4 / Mark 12:29
5. Does the Bible teach that God is one Person?
Genesis 1:26 / Genesis 3:22 / John 1:1-2 / John 14:7-11
/ John 17:22 / John 14:28 / Matthew 24:36
Who said, “Let US make man in OUR image”? __________
Scripture__________
In the Book of Genesis, did God speak to God? __________
Scripture__________
According to the Apostle John, who was in the beginning
with God? __________
Scripture__________
Was the “Word” with God but also God? __________
Scripture__________
Is the Father and the Son one? __________
Scripture__________
Speaking of the Father and the Son, who said, “We are
one”? __________
Scripture__________
Does God reveal Himself as more of a family than a
single Personage? __________
Does God reveal Himself as the Father and the Son? __________
Are they separate entities who can speak to one another? __________
Is the Father greater than the Son? __________
Scripture__________
Can God the Father know something God the Son does not
know? __________
Scripture__________
WHO HAS SEEN FATHER GOD?
6. What did Jesus say regarding
the Father?
John 1:18 / John 6:41-46 / 1 John 4:12
Who has seen the Father? __________
Scripture__________
Who has not seen the Father, nor heard His voice? __________
Scripture__________
WHO INTERACTED WITH MAN?
If no one has seen the Father, nor
heard His voice, who appeared and spoke to men?
7. Did Jesus create the universe
and all that there is?
John 1:1-5, 10, 14, 17 / Colossians 1:13-19 / Colossians
2:8-10 / Hebrews 1:1-13
Did the Word create all things? __________
Scripture__________
Is the Word the “Life” and the “Light of men”? __________
Scripture__________
Did the Word become flesh and dwell among men? __________
Scripture__________
The Word was God and became a man, who was this man? __________
Scripture__________
Of Jesus, who said, -“all things have been created
through Him and for Him”? __________
Scripture__________
In whom dwells the fulness of deity? __________
Scripture__________
Who is the “radiance” of the Father’s glory? __________
Scripture__________
Who is the “exact representation” of the Father’s
nature? __________
Scripture__________
Who upholds ALL THINGS by the Word of His power? __________
Scripture__________
Who has sat down at the “Right hand of Majesty”? __________
Scripture__________
Do the angels worship Jesus? __________
Scripture__________
8. Who was it that appeared and spoke to Adam,
Abraham, Moses, etc?
Genesis 2:15-17 / Genesis 4:6-7 / Genesis 6:13-21 /
Genesis 12:1-4 / Genesis 18:10 / Exodus 3:3-6 / Exodus
20:1-17 / Numbers 12:6-8 / Exodus 24:9-11 / Isaiah 6
Did God speak to Adam in the Garden of Eden? __________
Scripture__________
Did God speak to Adam’s son Cain? __________
Scripture__________
Did God speak to Noah? __________
Scripture__________
Did God speak to Abraham? __________
Scripture__________
Did Sarah hear the voice of God? __________
Scripture__________
Did God speak to Moses? __________
Scripture__________
Did God speak directly to the Children of Israel at Mt.
Sinai? __________
Scripture__________
Who spoke “face to face” or “mouth to mouth” with God? __________
Scripture__________
Did Moses behold the form of the Lord? __________
Scripture__________
Did the Seventy Elders of Israel see the Lord? __________
Scripture__________
MIRACLES OF JESUS
John
2:1-11 / Matthew 8:1-3 / Luke 8:22-25 / Matthew 14:16-21
/ Matthew 14:22-33 / John 9:1-41 / John 11:1-44 / John
5:5-17
In what city did Jesus turn water into wine? __________
Scripture__________
After preaching the sermon on the mount Jesus healed a
man of what disease? __________
Scripture__________
Where was Jesus when He rebuked the wind saying “Peace?
Be still!”? __________
Scripture__________
With what did Jesus feed more than 5000 men and their
families? __________
Scripture__________
Did Jesus walk on water? __________
Scripture__________
How did Jesus heal a man who had been born blind? __________
Scripture__________
Jesus raised a man who had been dead for four days -What
was his name? __________
Scripture__________
Jesus healed an invalid who had been ill
for how many years? __________
Scripture__________
DOES JESUS HAVE THE POWER
TO FORGIVE SIN?
Matthew 9:2-6 / Mark 2:5
/ Luke 5:24 / Luke 7:48 / Luke 23:34
FINAL COMMENTS
The Bible records that the Lord God appeared and spoke
to many people through the ages. He appeared and spoke
to the Prophets and some of the Kings of Israel. Since
Jesus said that no one has seen nor heard the Father, we
must conclude that it was God the Son whom they saw and
heard. It was Jesus, as God who spoke the Ten
Commandments from Mt. Sinai, and Jesus whom Isaiah saw
high and lifted up as he entered the Temple of God. It
was Jesus who walked and talked with Adam and Eve in the
Garden. It was Jesus who parted the Red Sea. It was
Jesus who created all things which exist, and it is He
who upholds it all with the Word of His power. It was
Jesus who existed in the form of God and was equal with
the Father until He emptied Himself to become flesh and
die for the sins of man. This Jesus is not only our
Savior and Lord, He was, is and will forever be, God.
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