9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11 (King James Version)ĥ Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Yet the Bible clearly teaches that although He was God He did to a large degree lay down His divine power and authority, except when it was appropriate. It is an easy matter to prove that Jesus Christ is not God by decontextualizing verses where He spoke as a man to His heavenly Father. Don’t let anyone sway you from this Truth. Anything less would have been unworthy to pay for our sins, and insufficient for our justification.
AKA the visible manifestation of God Himself. But rather it says that He actually IS the image of God. Notice that it doesn’t say He was made in the image of God, like it says we are in the book of Genesis. The Bible even goes on to say that Jesus is the image of the invisible God. He also claimed the authority of God, said He was to be worshiped as God, honored as God, and glorified as God. Jesus claimed equality with God the Father, saying such things as “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came into existence, ‘I AM.’ Which is who how God the Father identified Himself in the Old Testament in Exodus 3:14.