Jesus Christ is God in the flesh.

The Supremacy of Christ Colossians 1:15 He is the the image of the invisible God (WHY THE IMAGE IF HE IS GOD?), the firstborn (READ-PRIMOGENITURE IS A COMMON LAW STATUS WHICH GIVES HIM THE RIGHT TO INHERIT THESE THINGS AS GOD WOULD ALLOW; NOTE- YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE FIRSTBORN TO CLAIM OR BE GIVEN CLAIM TO PRIMOGENITURE; SEE: JACOB VS ESAU; ISAAC VS ISHMAEL; YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE FIRST BORN, RATHER THE MOST FAVORED) over all creation (TO HAVE PRIMOGENITURE OVER CREATION HE MUST ALSO BE A PART OF IT). For by him all things were created: things in heaven and in Earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities: all things were created by him and for him (THIS ENTIRE STATEMENT CONTRADICTS JESUS'S OWN STATEMENTS- UNLESS PAUL IS REFERRING TO THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH HE APPARENTLY DOES NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND; IN ANY CASE, JESUS HIMSELF HAS REFUTED THIS POINT- Rev.1:1-6; Matt 7:21; Matt 10:32-33; Mark 10:17-18; Isaiah 11:1-3 {not the words of Jesus himself, but it shows how he would fear God rather than BE God}; John 14:28; John 8:28; Matthew 24:36) -Now, my opponent claims that this verse is irrefutable proof that Jesus is God… HOWEVER there are similar verses throughout the bible attributing these same virtues, authority, and rights to others- EVEN SATAN! This can only mean that Jesus himself was not the "owner" of any authority, rather a recipient like all others before him: -Luke 4:5-6; Luke 10:18-20; John 12:49… There are many other texts in the Old Testament attributing the primogeniture to Abraham, Isaac, and then to Jacob. Jesus was not alone in this authority, and was simply the heir, as he was the Messiah and heir to the throne of David. Jesus Accepted Worship: In response to your claim that Jesus never accepted worship you are clearly mistaken (YOU CAN'T JUST STATE I AM MISTAKEN GIVEN THE FACT THAT I LAID OUT AN ETYMOLOGICAL DECLARATION OF WHY I DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERM "WORSHIP" IN THE SENSE YOU "WORSHIP" GOD ALMIGHTY. MANY KINGS ACCEPTED "WORSHIP" IN SOME FORM, BUT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS ACCEPTING WORSHIP AS GOD YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ETYMOLOGY, AS WELL AS THE CONTEXT. ETYMOLOGICALLY THE WORD CAN BE TRANSLATED AS ANYTHING FROM A SIMPLE KISS OF THE HAND, TO REVERENCE AS A GOD, BUT IN CONTEXT IT IS CLEAR THAT JESUS REFUTED ANY CLAIM THAT HE IS EQUAL TO GOD), you have still not answered the question about why did Thomas say my Lord and my God. (FIRST OF ALL, THE CONTEXT OF THIS EXPRESSION CAN BE TRANSLATED ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN BELIEFS. IT CAN BE TAKEN AS AN EXCLAMATION- UNLESS OF COURSE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE CRY OUT ‘MY GOD'… I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME… SHOULD I TAKE IT AS PEOPLE CALLING ME GOD???) Now we can confuse our audience with translations and tenses in order to try and win an argument but lets debate honestly(THAT IS A DIRTY AD-HOMINEM ATTACK. I AM NOT TRYING TO CONFUSE, RATHER EDUCATE. UNLESS YOU ARE ASSERTING THAT ENGLISH IS THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE BIBLE, THEN IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHY THINGS WERE TRANSLATED THE WAY THEY WERE. INDEED I POINTED OUT IN MY LAST ARGUMENT THAT THE KJV OF THE BIBLE WAS TRANSLATED OVER A THOUSAND YEARS AFTER CHRISTIANITY WAS ESTABLISHED AS A DOMINANT WORLD RELIGION, AND A THOUSAND YEARS AFTER THE NICENE CREED. IT IS ONLY LOGICAL THAT THE TRANSLATOR'S VERSION BE CONSISTENT WITH HIS OWN BELIEFS, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THE WORDS AND EXAMINE THEIR ETYMOLOGY SO AS TO CLARIFY MISCONCEPTIONS, MISUNDERSTANDINGS, MISTRANSLATIONS, AND APPARENT HIPOCRICIES WITHIN THE TEXT OF THE BIBLE… UNLESS YOU DENY THERE ARE ANY…) Now why didn't Jesus have this same response to Thomas when he worshiped him? (AGAIN, JESUS WASN'T WORSHIPPED AS A GOD). Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and him only you shall serve.'" (Matthew 4:10) (THIS IS NOT AN ORDER FOR SATAN TO WORSHIP HIM…) The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one (Mark 12:32) (RIGHT… HE DIDN'T SAY I AM GOD…) -I didn't respond to your other comments because they are subject to your own interpretation and you are ignoring everything in my last argument. Jesus Omniscient: Well he knew he would die when he told the pharisees to destroy his temple and after three days he would raise it up again or what about (THIS IS CALLED PROPHECY. I HAVE NEVER DENIED JESUS WAS A PROPHET… ARE YOU CLAIMING EVERY PROPHET IS GOD???) The Woman at the Well. John 4: 16 AGAIN, PROPHECY Now either Jesus either had a private investigator following this woman or he has omniscient power(SO, AGAIN, ARE ALL THE OTHER PROPHETS GOD???) Forgiveness of Sin: You have cited no examples of this but are making false claims, I have not addressed the issue of sin because that is not what the focus of the debate is about (INDEED IF YOU BELIEVE JESUS IS GOD AND ENDOWED WITH THE POWER TO FORGIVE ALL SIN THROUGH HIS DEATH AS GOD THEN IT HAS VERY MUCH EVERYTHING TO DO WITH SIN). You are attacking the faith term to simply distract from the validity of my claims and garner support(I AM ATTACKING THE FAITH CLAIM BECAUSE YOU MADE NO SCRIPTURAL REFERENCE). If you want to debate the forgiveness of sin challenge me to the different debate about sin, this debate is about Jesus being God in the flesh (AND AGAIN YOU CONTRADICT YOURSELF). Immanuel: God is with us ok it means literally the same as God with us it just depends on the version of the bible you looking at. Same thing, straw man argument (YOU COMPLETELY IGNORED MY ARGUMENT. YOUR POINT IS IN SAYING THAT HIS NAME IS HIS VIRTUE- GOD IS WITH US TO YOU MEANS JESUS IS GOD. I REFUTED THAT BY SHOWING THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD, AND HOW LEAVING OUT A SIMPLE WORD CAN CHANGE THE INTENDED TRANSLATION AS WITH ELIJAH AND ELISHAH). -My friend, you have argued beautifully for your beliefs, but in claiming to believe the truth through faith, through a refusal to learn you actually ignore the truth. There is a ton of scripture documenting Jesus's denial of being God, being equal to God, and his deference to the will of God. You cannot do any of these things if in fact you ARE God. You have failed to prove Jesus accepted worship as a God, other than instances in which he received some form of worship (I am not going to give you the dozens of definition of the English as well as Greek word, proskuneo) similar to that of past Prophets, Kings, and emissaries of God. -One thing both of us have failed to point out, Jesus demonstrated no abilities superior to past prophets. Though he rose the dead, he never actually created life. Moses transformed a dead piece of wood into a living snake before it devoured two other snakes and transformed back into a piece of wood. Jesus died, and returned from the dead, but Enoch never saw death. Jesus prayed for his enemies to be removed from his mist, but Elijah destroyed his with fire from heaven. Jesus, again, raised the dead… but so did both Elijah and Elishah. Jesus' dead body never brought anyone back from the dead, but Elishah's did. Elishah also foretold the future, healed the blind, healed lepers, and fed hundreds with a few loafs of bread. Now, I am not claiming that these prophets are greater prophets than Jesus, just that his miracles were no more grand than theirs… how could this be if he is God himself??? -You are getting pretty redundant with your arguments as you have no scholastic response to my challenges, other than more texts… I have not refuted the fact that you can take any text out of context and mold it to mean anything. What is EXPLICIT in the bible is Jesus' claims that he is NOT God, NOT equal to God, and that he is SUBORDINATE to God. You are staking your faith on the implicit, and it is only implicit because of your preconceived notions of faith.