According to the Bible (Old & New Testament) Jesus Christ is God

Before I continue with my argument, as a Baha'i, my answers will, to some extent, reflect the Baha'i perspective on the station of Jesus Christ and I will do my best to approach this debate from a logical point of view as well. My fellow opponent has referred to the relationship between the title Son of God and Son of Man. He has touched on important points but I will also provide my perspective before addressing his arguments. I think it would important to share with you the description of Christ, as it is provided in the Baha'i Writings: "Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole of Creation wept with a great weeping. By sacrificing Himself, however, a fresh capacity was infused into all created things. Its evidences, as witnessed in all the peoples of the earth, are now manifest before thee. The deepest wisdom which the sages have uttered, the profoundest learning which any mind hath unfolded, the arts which the ablest hands have produced, the influence exerted by the most potent of rulers, are but manifestations of the quickening power released by His transcendent, His all-pervasive, and resplendent spirit...He it is who purified the world. Blessed the man who, with a face beaming with light, hath turned towards Him." The above passage from the Baha'i Writings specifically affirms the title Son of Man (or Son of Humanity, as some modern Christian theologians prefer to translate it) as referring to Jesus Christ. The Humanity of Jesus: We have to understand that, Christ, despite His status as Messenger of God, had a very human side as well. The trials Jesus had to endure, ultimately shows us His sacrifice for us, but it confirms His station as being separate from God who had sent Him to share His Message. In the Bible, there are multiple instances where we see Jesus praying to God, asking permission from God, pleading with God and so on. One such example is Mk 6:46, where Jesus is going to the mountain to pray. When prayer is being done, there is a logic behind such an action that relates to the simple concept of conversation. Prayer, is spiritual conversation, in this case with God, so when Jesus takes the time to go to the mountain to pray, He is not praying to Himself, but rather a Greater Authority that has chosen Him (Christ) to be His Messenger. Another example that covers the humanity of Jesus is in Mk 15:34, where the fear in Jesus' voice echoes as He proclaims Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? This fear of abandonment is likened unto a child forgotten by his parent in an endless forest. It wouldn't be appropriate to portray the Messenger of God as a fearful one but the only humanly-close example that can be given is a child forgotten in a forest. The question is, "who is He talking to?". The answer is clearly not Himself because I would be very doubtful that you would agree that Jesus had some kind of "divine monologue". The only scriptural and logical answer would be a second party, which is a recipient to such a question. This recipient is undeniably God. The most significant of these verses attesting to His humanity is Matt 26:36-44, where He is in the garden of Gethsemane. In Mk 15:34, He displayed his fear of of abandonment, but now He displays His natural fear of death, a fear which any human has. This can be confirmed when Jesus Himself says, not only to God, but to Peter and the 2 sons of Zebedee, "My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death". He then proceeds to fall on His face in Submission and begging (not asking), but begging, "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt". He tells Peter that His actions is a result of His weak flesh in conflict with His willing spirit to do God's Will. Jesus did this 3 times repeating the same thing, but to no avail. In conclusion of this section, Jesus Christ has displayed his humanity and devotion to the Will of God, by praying (Mk 6:46), displaying fear of abandonment (Mk 15:34), and His fear of death (Matt 26:36-44). He justifies His actions to Peter by explaining that His flesh can't handle the will of His spirit to proceed with the Will of God, the Sender of His Message. Logically and psychologically, it would be quite useless for a Messenger of God to have a monologue with Himself on the matters that surround Him, when He has a direct source of Abundant Info which is God who sent Him. Jesus as a Prophet and Apostle: This section is quite important, because just as He was the Son of God and Son of Man, He was also a Prophet and an Apostle. Interestingly enough, the Jews were waiting for their Messiah to return as explained in the Book of Daniel, and in multiple areas of the OT it refers to the next Messenger of God who is to come as a Prophet. But let's focus on the OT for a minute here. If we compare Moses to Jesus, in relation to this debate topic, it would be make more sense to call Moses God, and not Jesus because while Paul is recounting the events and stories concerning Jesus Christ, we have God Himself reassuring Moses that He is like God unto the Pharaoh, and Aaron is His prophet. So in terms of the whole situation, Jesus does not get the firsthand treatment like Moses got because we have to remind ourselves that in Exodus 4:16, God Himself is showing Moses what it's like to run things as God with Aaron as His right-hand man. With that being said, I'm sure you disagree with Moses being God and all, but if that is the playing field we're playing on, Moses clearly wins the "God" title over Jesus. But let's look at it this way. Jesus was a Prophet and Apostle as explained in Hebrews 3:1, Luke 4:22-24 and Acts 3:19-22. If all these verses confirm the OT in the sense that Jesus is a Prophet, it would make sense if the OT had said the Messiah would be God as well. Given that Jesus never made no connection, it would be safe to say that scripturally, Jesus was not God. Remind yourself about reason behind the death of Christ and how it was the title Son of God that stirred up the pot. If death was the result of Him saying Son of God, I'm sure His end would have much much worse if He had actually said such a thing as He being God. One Father, Our God, Above All This section will touch on the Biblical reasoning as to the separation between Jesus Christ and God. In the time of Christ, there were individuals that followed many things other than the One True God. This can be confirmed in 1 Cor 8:5-6, where says there is One God, the Father, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.In order to understand this I will provide you with an example that will hopefully describe this. Let's say you meet someone in the coffee shop, and decide to sit down and have a good solid convo with them. You start talking about your jobs and families then decide to show him a pic of your family. He asks "who's that" pointing to your father and you say, "my father". This person, who you've never met before, can only know who your father is through your explanations and descriptions. Do you become your father? No. Do you inherit your father's possessions? No. Do they know your father? Yes, but not to the extent you do. The same goes for Jesus in the sense that, in Palestine (coffee shop) the only mediator between us (the friend) and God (your father) is you (Jesus)...This process is explained in 1 Tim 2:5. In addition to this, James 2:19 says, ""Thou believest that there is one God." It doesn't add "and that God is Jesus Christ". That would be quite strange to think that, given that it is not in the Bible, and it is a point that Jesus Himself gets quite frustrated over when He says in Jn 8:42-43, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say." If this doesn't scream Divine frustration to any reader, then Idk what does because Christ starts yelling in Jn 7:28, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,.." This is another human attribute of Christ for He is clearly cheesed-off. Here are some other verses to consider: John 10:29 Mark 12:32-33 John 14:1 Mark 12:29-30 Ephesians 4:6 We cannot know God: This is an important point to consider that no matter how hard us humans try, our relationship to God will be as close as a coffee table is to it's carpenter. The table will never know the carpenter the way the carpenter knows his creation. But the only way we can is through His Messengers. In Jn 4:24, it states that "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." There is nothing really to comment on this given that Spirits are not physical and God is a Spirit. Jesus is flesh which He has described as weak, so it would be quite odd fore me to take you interpretation over this debate topic than that of Christ Himself. I have almost no characters left but I will be talking about more sections then I will collectively address your arguments one by one. It is fair I do this given that you might want to hear my side of the debate as well. I will leave you with this to think about: In John 8:14 it says, Jesus answered, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going." Jesus says that He knows where He came from and where He's going, but we don't because we don't know Him like He does (Jn 7:28). So the final point is that if Jesus Himself knows that the Father had put all things under His power, and that He had come from God and was returning to God (Jn 13:3), there is no reason why we should refute the things Jesus Himself says He knows. So either you side with yourself, or you trust Christ and side with Him. I choose the latter but what would you choose?