The Witnesses to Christ (Hey! Is that a new denomination?)

There are many witnesses to Who Jesus is.

• Moses: Jesus is that Prophet that he spoke of.
• John the Baptist: He testified that "This is the Son of God"
• The prophets: They all spoke of a deliverer to come and described His character in spiritual and historic terms, such as His birthplace.
• God: "This is My beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased."
• Jesus Himself: He says however that His testimony is not valid, legally.
• The angels who spoke of Him to Mary, Joseph, and later, the shepherds at Bethlehem. These shepherds may have been the shepherds required to inspect the Temple Sacrificial Lambs and thus the Lamb of God.
• The miracles He performed (signs). Raising the dead is tricky if you're not God.

This is going to be a thread through this gospel. Jesus is going to be asked repeatedly to prove Who He says He is.
If anyone ever tells you that the Bible or Jesus doesn't claim that Jesus is God, not just a "son of God", ask them if they can read English and if they can: send them here.


Let's address something here.
Jesus is God. He is also the Son of God. How does that work?
As God, when He came to earth and was born of Mary, He became Someone's Son.
Mary is an obvious choice for mom. Joseph is obviously not the dad. So He is the Son of God, The human expression of God, sinless and perfect. God. But also a Son.
The only begotten Son of God. Not the only Son of God. But the begotten Son is the heir, and if the only begotten Son, then the sole heir of all that God has and is.
Accept no substitutes.