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Titus 2:13 Looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus;
Does Jesus posses the attributes of God? We would expect God to be seen as Creator, Judge, Savior being able to forgive sins, omniscient- all knowing, omnipotent - all powerful, omnipresent - the ability to be every where at once, eternal having always existed, and worshipped. As I will show all of these things can be found in Jesus Christ.
Jesus is Creator: (see also Jn.1:3, Heb.1:8-10, 1 Cor.8:6, Is.44:24) Col 1:13-16 For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. And He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-- all things have been created by Him and for Him.
Jesus is Judge: (see also 2 Tim. 4:1, Rom.14:10) John 5:22 "For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,"
Jesus is Savior he can forgive sins: (see also Mk.2:10, Col.2:13) Mark 2:5 And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven." We can forgive someone for sinning against us, but we cannot forgive someone for sinning against God as Jesus did here. Acts 5:30-31 "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross. "He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Jesus is Omniscient (all knowing or all wise): 1 Cor 1:24 to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Jesus is shown in the New Testament to have knowledge far beyond our human understanding. We do not know the heart of every man but in Jn 2:24-25 it says Jesus knew all men and what was in man. In Jn.6:64 we are told Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him. Then in Jn.13:1 we find Jesus knew his hour had come to die and go to the Father.
In Jn.16:30 the disciples said "Now we know that You know all things" Again in Jn.18:4 it says Jesus knew all the things that were about to happen to him. While Jesus was on the cross we are told he knew the Old Testament prophecies concerning himself and our redemption had been fulfilled. Nobody else knew that at that time, yet, he did Jn.19:28.
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