The Old Testament forbids giving worship to anyone other than God (Exodus 20:1-4; Deuteronomy 5:6-9), Jesus accepts worship (Matthew 8:2; 14:33; 15:25; 20:20; 28:17; Mark 5:6). The disciples attributes to him titles the Old Testament reserved for God, such as, "the first and the last" (Revelation 1:17; 2:8; 22:13)," "the true light" (1 John 1:9), the "rock" 1( Corinthians 10:4; 1 Peter 2:6-8; Psalm 18:2; 95:1), the "bridegroom" (Ephesians 5:28-33, Revelation 21:2), "the chief Shepherd" (1 Peter 5:40 and "the great shepherd" (Hebrews 13:20).
They attributed to Jesus the divine activities of creating (John 1:3, Colossians 1:15-16), redeeming (Hosea 13:14; Psalm 130:7), forgiveness (Acts 5:31; Colossians 3:13; Psalm 130:4; Jeremiah 31:34), and judging (John 5:26). They used titles of deity for Jesus. Thomas declared: "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:28). Paul calls Jesus, "the one in whom the fullness of deity dwells bodily"
(Colossians 2:9). In Titus, Jesus is called, "our great God and Savior" (2:13), and the writer to the Hebrews says of Him, "Your throne, O God, is forever" (Hebrews 1:8). Paul says that, before Christ existed as a human being, He existed as God" (Philippians 2:5-8). Hebrews 1:5 says that Christ reflects God's glory of God, bears the stamp of His nature and upholds the universe. The prologue to John's Gospel also minces no words, stating, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was with God.' (John 1:1).
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