What Does the Bible Teach About the Deity of Christ?
Before negating these Jehovah’s Witnesses’ arguments, let me first affirm that Jesus is God (big “G”). As the Father is God, so Jesus is God. Consider. . . 1. The teaching of Isaiah. Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would be called “Mighty God, Everlasting Father” (9:6). (The Jehovah’s Witnesses try to eliminate the force of Isaiah 9:6 by saying it refers to Jesus “as a Mighty God, but not the Almighty God, Jehovah” (“Make Sure of All Things Hold Fast to What Is Fine,” p. 282). First, Isaiah 9:6 says that Jesus is “Mighty God,” not “a Mighty God.” Second, the Hebrew phrase translated “Mighty God” in Isaiah 9:6 is also found in Isaiah 10:21 and there it does refer to Jehovah. Thus, Jehovah is both “Almighty” and “Mighty” and the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ distinction between the two words is wholly without merit. “Mighty” can’t mean less than “Almighty” and “Mighty.” Even God cannot be almighty and less than almighty at the same time. To my thinking, this quibble says volumes about the weakness o
