The Divinity of Jesus of Nazareth by Tamice Namae

If Jesus of Nazareth is not Lord, then He is either a liar or a lunatic. The divinity of Jesus is perhaps the most important aspect of His identity and the cornerstone of our worship. If Jesus is not divine then our singing is in vain, our obedience is for nought and our faith is futile. Christians minds through the ages have grappled with this question struggling not only to answer the question of if Christ was divine during his time on the earth, but how he was divine. The patristics left us with a plethora of creeds and treatises that give us a small glimpse into the fight for the identity of Christ and against false ideas about his nature. This paper will attempt to show the ways in which Christ can clearly be seen as divine in the gospels as well as why the orthodox confessions of our faith needed to be established. In addition to that the paper will seek to show why belief in the divinity of Jesus is imperative for our lives and our ministries.   

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