Jesus the Son of God, claimed that He was truly God (cf. John 5:17-18; 8:24, 58; 10:30; 13:19; 18:5-6, 8) and possesses the very attributes of God:
- He is the monogenēs theos, “unique/one and only God” that was sent from the Father and came down rom heaven (John 1:18; 3:16; 6:38)
- He is truly God and truly man, God the Son (John 1:1; 5:17-18; 8:24, 58; 20:28; Rom. 9:5; 1 Cor. 2:8; Phil. 2:6-11; Col. 2:9; Titus 2:13; Jude 1:4; Heb. 1:3, 8-13; 1 John 5:20)
- He is the Son, a distinct person from the Father and not the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19; John 1:1; 17:5; 2 Cor. 13:14; 2 John 1:13).
- He is the Creator of all things (John 1:3; Col. 1:16-17; Heb. 1:2, 10)
- He was worshiped as God (Dan. 7:13-14; Matt. 14:33; John 9:35-38; Heb. 1:6; Rev. 5:13-14)
- He preexisted with and shared glory with the Father before time (Micah 5:2; John 1:1; 13:3; 6:38; 17:5)
- He is immutable (Heb. 1:10-12; 13:8)
- He has the power to forgive sins (Matt. 9:6)
- He is greater than the temple (Matt. 12:6)
- He is Lord of the Sabbath (Matt. 12:8)
- He is the King of a kingdom and the angels are His and they will gather His elect (Matt. 13:41; Mark 13:27)
- He is the Messiah, the Son of the living God (Matt. 16:13-17)
- He died and was raised from the dead (Matt. 17:9, 22-23; 19;26:2; Mark 8:31; 9:31; Luke 9:22; 18:31-33; John 2:19ff.)
- He is omnipresent (Matt. 28:20; John 14:23)
- He is omniscient (John 2:24-25; 6:64; 16:30; 21:17)
- His is omnipotent (Matt. 8:27; 9:6; 28:18; Heb. 7:25)
- He gave His life as a ransom for many (Isa. 53:11; Mark. 10:45)
- He gives eternal life (Luke 10:21-22; John 10:27-28)
Virtually every NT book teaches the full deity of the Son, Jesus Christ, explicitly or implicitly. Jesus Christ is the second person of the Holy Trinity. The Son is truly God and truly man coexisting with the Father; sent by the Father to redeem the elect of God by His sacrificial death on the cross (cf. Mark 10:45; Rom. 5:9-11; 8:32), which He is the only mediator between the Father and man (cf. 1 Tim. 2:5).
Thus, the Christ of biblical revelation is the divine Son, a personal self-aware subject, distinct from the Father and the Holy Spirit. This is the Christ that saves; this is the Christ that Paul and the other NT authors preached—thus, this is the Christ we must proclaim! – – Blessed Trinity.