Jesus Christ is God

I have given cogent rebuttals to all of Con's arguments: John 1:1The use of upper case and lower case in the English language is to distinguish between proper nouns and common nouns and in Christian Theology, monotheism is taught and therefore, this usage in English is applied.Proper Noun ( specific) - The only true God.Common Noun ( general) - false gods and people gods in title. In 2 Corinthians 4:4, the "theos" there is Satan and obviously, he is a false god.In John 10:35, God's people have a title "gods" due to their function not nature. The Unique Sonship of JesusCon wrote: Another argument I can claim that Jesus was not the only offspring of God according to the Bible, Genesis 6:2 "the sons of God...", Romans 8:14 "For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.", Luke 3:38 "...the son of Adam, the son of God."Pslam 82:6 "I say, “You are gods,children of the Most High, all of you;"We conclude that Jesus is not the only offspring of God according to the Bible.Response:I totally agree that Jesus is not the only-offspring of God based on the Scriptures but as I already explained in Round 2, Jesus is "the only-offspring who is God by nature" ( John 1:18). John 5:30I agree that with the verse and in fact, the immediate context is on my side: John 5:19 (NIV) 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also doesSee? The Son is Almighty because he can only do what his Father can do.For sure, his Father can do anything (i.e. Almighty). John 20:17The reason why Jesus call his Father as his "God" is because he's the incarnate Son based on John 1:14.This doesn't make him not God by nature but rather, it proves that he's also truly human aside from being truly God.John 7:16The doctrine (i.e. teaching) Jesus taught is not from him but from the Father. This doesn't make him not God by nature but rather, it only proves that he and the Father are distinct persons who has different roles.Matthew 19:16-17 May I ask Con a Question? Is Jesus not good? He's even asking the question in purpose of why is he called good not that he has heard a balsphemy!It means that he is pointing to his godhood as the "must" be motive of calling him good. John 13:3Con said: If Jesus was indeed God, then he would have gave himself all things, which is illogical, thus we can understand that Jesus throughout the Gospels he makes distinction between him and God, which clearly makes the words of Paul false.Response: Trinitarians believe that the Father and the Son are NOT the same person but rather, they are two persons, distinct and of same nature. Colossians 2:9 Con's argument holds no water.There's a Bible translation that did translate "theotetos" as divine nature:For the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity ( Good News Bible). Theotetos means "deity, Godhead" or God's very nature itself not just an attribute or quality.The following English-Greek Bible Dictionaries concur: Deity, divinity, used as an abstract noun for qeoV (BAGD) Deity, i.e., the state of being God, Godhead: Col 2:9...Syn. qeothV, qeiothV: qeot. deity differs from qeiot. divinity as essence differs from quality or attribute (Thayer) Divinity ... The one God, to whom all deity belongs, has given this fullness of deity to the incarnate Christ. (TDNT) Deity, divine nature, divine being...'all the fullness of divine nature' Col 2:9...The expression 'divine nature' may be rendered in a number of languages as 'just what God is like' or 'how God is' or 'what God is' (Louw & Nida). Louw & Nida do not semantically distinguish theotes, theiotes, andtheios, treating them each as synonymous with "diving nature" as they define it here. Con wrote: Pslam 146:Jesus is the son of man, the OT tells us not to trust the son of man The New Testament makes it very clear that Jesus is the son of man(Matthew 8:20 Matthew 9:6 Matthew 12:8 Luke 9:44 Luke 9:22 John 5:27)The Old Testament tells us not to put our trust in the son of man:Psalms 1461 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.So note, Jesus is the son of man, the OT tells us not to put our trust in the son of man; therefore we cannot place our trust in Jesus so he cannot be God. The OT is basically saying that you shouldn"t put your trust in men as you do with God, so hence we cannot put our trust in Jesus in the same way we do with God since Jesus is just a man, and he cannot really save us. So hence Jesus cannot be God. Response: The very words of Jesus suffices: Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me ( John 14:1 NLT).Con wrote: The OT also tells us that there is no help in the son of man, therefore this means Jesus cannot help anybody, therefore he is not God since God can help all. So we cannot place our trust in Jesus, nor can he help us, therefore he cannot be God according to the OT. Hebrews 2:16 suffices: New International VersionFor surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants.New Living TranslationWe also know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the descendants of Abraham.English Standard VersionFor surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham.New American Standard Bible For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. AuthorityTrinitarianism teaches that the Son has his authority from the Father. This doesn't mean he has no divine ability but rather, it only means that he is a true Son who is under the Father yet of same nature with him ( John 5:19,30).Con wrote: Son of Man is a worm to God:Job 25:4-6 KJV "4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?"Response: Why did Jesus call Himself a worm? Psalm 22:6 “But I am a worm and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.” We return now to Christ’s experience. In being made sin and the accursed thing, He calls himself a worm and no man. What a radical statement to make… He is calling Himself the lowest form of life, a worm! And not just any worm but a particular kind of worm [1]- a scarlet worm (coccus ilicus). The scarlet worm is a beautiful type of the Lord Jesus in His death. In order for this worm to bring forth life (reproduce), it attaches itself to the trunk of a tree, lays its eggs and dies. In dying it stains the tree scarlet. In the scarlet worm we have a picture of life coming only out of death. Just as the Lord Jesus was willing to lay aside His life to bring forth many sons unto glory so too this worm lays aside the right to live to bring forth life. In the process of dying the worm stained the tree scarlet which is a graphic picture of Christ’s shed blood on the cross. Jesus was a man, but not any kind of man; conceived of the Holy Spirit, born without sin, the only perfect man who ever walked on earth in all that He said and did. When He came into the world He said, (Heb 10.5) “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire but a body you have prepared for me ...Then I said, Behold, I have come – In the volume of the book it is written of me to do your will O God”. [1]The Hebrew word for "worm" in Psalm 22:6 is from the word ‘towla’, which refers to a particular type of worm, known as the ‘coccus ilicis’. It was the scarlet worm, and was commonly used in Israel to make scarlet dye. Source: John 14:28The Father is greater than the Son in position,rank and role NOT and NEVER in nature because in John 5:18 it is clear that the Son is equal to the Father in nature. Conclusion:None of Con's arguments conflict with Trinitarianism. In fact, he misunderstood Trinitarianism as Sabellianism (Oneness Theology) due to his pre-conceived idea of a Unitarian deity.