The Deity of Christ (Luke 20:41-44) - 11/10/24

INTRO

• Jesus poses a question.

• Quoting from Psalm 110:1-7

• He is the son of David and the Son of God.

• He is laying the foundation of who He is (His identity)

•  What He has come to accomplish (His work)

• He is claiming His deity.

The New Testament asserts that Jesus Christ is equal to and identical with God, performing works that only God can do. As the Son, he is distinct from the Father, yet he is of identical being with Him and the Holy Spirit. (Robert Letham)

The Deity of Christ

His Attributes

He is omniscient

• John 4:16–18 – [16] Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” [17] The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; [18] for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” (ESV)
  

He is omnipresence

• Matthew 28:18–20 – [18] And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. [19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (ESV)
  

He is omnipotent

• Philippians 3:20–21 – [20] But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [21] who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. (ESV)
  

He is immutable

• Hebrews 13:8 – Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (ESV)

His Works

He Is Creator

• Colossians 1:15-20

• 1 Corinthians 8:6 – yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. (ESV)
  

He is Judge

• John 5:22-30
  

He is Savior

• Matthew 1:21 – She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
  

The Father sends, the Son goes and accomplishes our salvation, and the Spirit applies the great work of salvation to our hearts.[1]

He is creator, judge and savior. Do we perceive that as true? Do we receive Him as such?

[1] Thomas R. Schreiner, “Luke,” in Matthew–Luke, ed. Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton Jr., and Jay Sklar, vol. VIII, ESV Expository Commentary (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2021), 1036.