Christian doctrine holds that Jesus is God, the second Person of the Trinity, fully divine and fully human. Scripture affirms the Word’s deity: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1) and Thomas’s confession, “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28). Colossians states, “For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9).
Other passages underline unity with the Father and the authority of Christ: “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30), and the author of Hebrews calls Jesus the exact representation of God’s being (Hebrews 1:3). Philippians 2:6-11 portrays the divine posture and exaltation of Christ, showing both humiliation and glorification as part of God’s redemptive work.
The early church wrestled with this truth and articulated it in creeds to preserve salvation history. At the Council of Nicaea (325) the church affirmed that the Son is “of one substance” with the Father to refute Arianism; defenders such as Athanasius endured exile yet insisted on Christ’s true deity. Early Christian worship and liturgy likewise addressed Jesus as God (John 20:28; Romans 9:5).
This doctrine matters because if Jesus is God, then his life, death, and resurrection accomplish reconciliation between God and humanity. That conviction shapes prayer, worship, and trust in the sufficiency of Christ’s work for salvation (Romans 5:8; Colossians 1:19-20). Believers are called to respond in faith and worship the one who is both God and Savior.
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