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Did Jesus Claim to Be God? The Explicit Proof from Revelation

The Opening and the Misconception A false belief I had, that many Christians young in faith also hold, is about Jesus’ claim in deity. For the longest I believed that Jesus’ divinity was only inferred and that he never actually vocalized that he actually WAS God. Because Jesus never truly explicitly uses the divine title.  The Foundational Claims: Where Interpretation is Key Interpreting Jesus' Divine Claims We have verses on verses that point to what Jesus said that we then have interpreted as his claim to divinity. Examples of these verses being: John 8:58: "Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM .'" John 10:30: " I and the Father are one ." The Seven "I Am" Sayings: These statements link Jesus directly to divine provision and sustenance: "I am the bread of life " (John 6:35) "I am the light of the world " (John 8:12) "I am the door/gate " (John 10:9) "I am the good shep...
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Fear of the Lord and combating sin

My cry has been for the body of Christ. The more that I surrender myself to God, the more at peace I am, but the more frustrated I personally become. The frustration I have is towards the body of Christ, which has allowed society to redefine what sin is and has allowed tolerance and compromise. In the book of Revelation, we see Jesus addressing tolerance and mentioning how it is wrong to tolerate sin in those who claim to be His.   To the church in Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17) Jesus acknowledges that they live in a city “where Satan has his throne,” and even in that, they stood firm in the fact that God exists and that Jesus is the true messiah. Their faith did not waver.  But the bone that Christ is picking at them for is the fact that they are tolerating false teachings, which is leading them to idolatry and making it seem to them that sexual immorality is not that big of a deal. Jesus says to them, “Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight a...

What 1 Week given to the Lord has taught me

Fully surrendering to the Lord!  What has this meant to me, for me, and what did the Lord teach me?  YouTube Video Link:  I FULLY surrendered my life to God for a week... Here is what I learned! Bellow will be the written base of what I go over in the video.  How has the past week helped me? Growing closer to God Praying more Took time and genuinely call upon the Lord when temptation rises and rebuke the enemy when he is trying to infiltrate my mind and my heart. Taking captive and learning to take captive every single thought.  'For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, ' – II Corinthians 10:3-5 Reading more By making it an emphasis to read often, I have grown to love hearing the voic...