Jesus is God

I am a Catholic hence I am a Trinitarian. I hold the position that Jesus is God in a trinitarian sense ( The Father, Son and Holy Spirit all EQUALLY and FULLY God). I hope this helps you out. 1- Let us begin with who the messiah will be as far as prophecy is concerned Isaiah 9:6 "For us a child is born,to us a child is given, and the governments will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." We see that messiah will be MIGHTY GOD, the prophecy holds the position that messiah will be God as one of his name/titles that he shall be called is MIGHTY GOD. Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will be called Immanuel" We see messiah will bear the title "Immanuel" which means "God with us". The prophecy tells us that messiah will be "God with us". 2- Messiah has the attributes of God ** Micah 5:2 tells us of the pre-existence of messiah. It claims the eternalness of messiah as it says, "But you , Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler of Israel, whose origins are from old, from days of eternity." Compare Micah 5:2 with John 8:58 where Jesus says "I tell you before Abraham was born, I AM.". See also Ephesians 1:3-14 and Colossians 1:15-19. ** We see messiah will be the true and only Son of God, being God Himself. Psalms 2:7 " I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He ( The Father) said to me, "You are MY SON, today I have begotten you."" Proverbs 30:4 "Who has gone up to heaven and gone down? Who has gathered up wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has wrapped up waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and the name of HIS SON? Tell me if you know!" Compare Proverbs 30:4 and Psalm 2:7 with Luke 1:32 where the Archangel Gabriel says, "He will be great, and will be called SON OF THE MOST HIGH". Also compare Psalms 2:7 with Mathew 3:17 where God the Father says " This is MY SON, in whom I am well pleased". ** The prophecies concerning messiah become even more blatant in stating that messiah will be God Himself and bear God's name. Isaiah 9:6 blatantly says messiah will be " Mighty God". Jeremiah 23:6 is even more blatant as it says this concerning messiah: "In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called : THE LORD our Righteousness." We know the name of God , YHWH, is above all names. Let us see what the apostle of God, Paul had to say about Jesus in Philippians 2:9 , " Therefore God ( The Father) exalted him ( Jesus the Son) to the highest place and gave him the NAME that is ABOVE every name". Now we see God the Father gave Jesus the name YHWH which is the name above every name. But only God bears the name of God, yet Jesus as seen bears the name of God too, hence Jesus HAS to be God... God in the form of the Son as the trinity doctrine teaches. Now my opponent and I both believe that Jesus is messiah. BUT LOOK, we see that in Hebrews 1:8 that GOD THE FATHER calls the Son( Jesus) God!! Hebrews 1:8 "But about the Son he( God the Father) says, "Your throne, O GOD, will last forever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom." The Father as seen calls Jesus, The Son, God!! The apostle John in the book of Revelation sees Jesus face to face in a vision and calls Jesus God! Revelation 1:8 " "I am the Alpha and the Omega". say the LORD GOD, " who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty"" We see that Jesus confesses himself to be God too as he declares himself as "the Almighty"! We see in Philippians 2:6 Jesus is God , " who ( Jesus) , being in the very nature GOD did not consider equality with God ( the Father) something to be grasped". ** Jesus' claims to divinity We see In John 10:30 that Jesus claims deity by saying " I and the Father are one!" Now we see that the jews understood exactly what Jesus was saying in verse 30 and hence began to stone him. Jesus then replies in verse 32, " I have shown you many great miracles from the Father, for which one of these do you stone me?" The jews then say in verse 33, " we are note stoning you for any of these, but for BLASPHEMY, because you, a mere man, are CLAIMING TO BE GOD." Evidently the jews see that Jesus was claiming to be God/deity because Jesus does not Rebuke their accusations against him or say that the jews incorrectly misunderstood him when he said " I and the Father are one". He does NOT at all reject their interpretations of his words in verse 30 but ON THE CONTRARY , he affirms the jews accusations and goes on to support his claims of deity in the proceeding verses in 34-39. Hence the jews continued to stone him after verse 39. They correctly thought that Jesus was claiming deity in verse 30 and thus blaspheming. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THE PASSAGE john 10:30-39 MAKES SENSE. ** We see Jesus uses the name of God in reference to himself. Jesus used the name of God as revealed in Exodus 3:14 , " I Am Who I AM" or in shortened form , " I Am" in reference to himself! John 8:58 " Before Abraham was born, I AM". The Jews then pick up stone in an attempt to stone him. But why do they do this? They Knew exactly what Jesus was claiming. Instead of Jesus saying " Before Abraham was, I WAS or I EXISTED", Jesus uses " I AM", a present tense statement connoting eternal existence. He evidently used the name to refer to himself hence the jews evidently were offended by this and tried to stone him for they thought he was blaspheming. Jesus as seen is God References: *www.bprc.org/topics/fulfill.html *www.biblequery.org/ntmss.htm *www.answering-islam.org/Q-A-panel/nowhere.html *www.answering-islam.org/Who/i_am.html *www.answering-islam.org/Who/jesus_monogenes.html *www. scripturecatholic.com/jesus_christ_divinity.html