Claim 8 of 15 · Case 12 · Jehovah’s Witnesses
The New Testament repeatedly shows Jesus doing and receiving things that Scripture reserves for God alone.
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Rather than searching for a single sentence where Jesus says “I am God,” notice a pattern that runs across several books. He forgives sins, he accepts worship, he takes the divine name on his own lips, and he is called God to his face without objecting. Each entry below is a competing explanation of who Jesus is, laid out fairly and then answered from the text.
The full case is made in The Trinity, claims 2 and 3 (Jesus forgives sins on his own authority and receives worship); this claim keeps only what is specific to this audience.
Backed by 4 pieces of evidence
The Gospel of Mark, chapter 2, verses 5 to 7
The agent reading struggles here because Jesus does not say God has forgiven the man. He pronounces the forgiveness himself, and the trained scribes treat that as something only God can do. The reaction of the experts is the tell.
The Gospel of John, chapter 8, verses 58 to 59
The mere pre-existence reading does not explain the crowd’s response. They immediately pick up stones, the penalty for blasphemy, so they heard far more than a claim to be old. They heard the divine name.
The Gospel of John, chapter 20, verse 28
The text says Thomas said it “to him,” meaning to Jesus, and Jesus accepts it and blesses those who will believe. A faithful Jew would have refused worship meant for God. Jesus receives it.
The Letter to the Hebrews, chapter 1, verse 6
This is decisive against identifying Jesus with an angel. In Revelation 22, an angel refuses worship and tells John to worship God instead, yet here God commands angels to worship the Son. The one worshiped by angels is not himself an angel.