Is Jesus Christ, God?

Many of us believe in Jesus Christ as God for one simple and recurring theme in the bible, especially in the New Testament--the truth that Jesus is the Son of God. Christian groups around the world, including the Catholic Church, equate the status of deity to Christ simply on the basis of many apostles referring to Jesus as "son of God". Is being a "son of God" automatically makes one, a god?


Is this term "son of God", applies only to Christ in the bible? No.


Several references in the bible point to angels and archangels as "sons of God". In the book of Genesis, angels and the hosts of heaven are referred to as "sons of God". Abraham, one of God's prophets, was once referred to as a "friend of God". Is the statement "son of God" a status that is bestowed by birth or this is earned?


Apostle Paul, in his writings, refer to Christ as a "son of God". John, a dear apostle of Christ, even described Jesus as the "only begotten son of God". When one uses the term "begotten", it connotes being born with it, meaning, being born as a god. But, is this exclusive only to Christ?


In the first letter of John, chapter 3:1-2, it is written:

" Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God's children; and that is what we are...My dear people, we are already the children of God but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed; all we know is, that when it is revealed we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is."

Paul wrote in Hebrews 12:7, that God treats the true believers as "sons". How did the apostles and the early believers of God thru Christ became "children of God"? The answer is explicit in the next passage:

" Surely everyone who entertains this hope, must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ." (1 John 3:3)

How does purification of oneself comes about? 1 Peter 1: 22 writes that the first stage of purification is thru obedience to the truth. What is the truth?


The truth is, that we must all live in the light. This means believers must be in union with God thru Christ (1 John 1:5-7). Living in the light means walking in the light. What is walking in the light means?


It means living a righteous life, acknowledging that Jesus came in the flesh, and brought the message of salvation to the world. After gaining this faith, building it up by following the law through obedience, thereby building love in him. When love has already been planted in the heart of the believer, he automatically lives or walks in the light until the final day of judgment. 


When someone purifies himself like Christ, and believes that "Jesus is the Christ" is a "begotten by God" (1 John 5:1). What these passages say is that Jesus became a begotten son of God when he purified himself before God. How did Jesus purified himself before God, the Father? 


Paul wrote in Hebrews 12:2 that Jesus was the one who "leads us in our faith and brings it to perfection." He further writes that Jesus was the "great shepherd of the sheep by the blood that sealed on eternal covenant" (Hebrews 13:20). It was Christ who sealed the new covenant by his deathly sacrifice. (Hebrews 9:15). Christ was a mediator "so that the people who were called to an eternal inheritance may actually receive what was promised: his death took place to cancel the sings that infringed the earlier covenant.(Hebrews 9:15-17).


How did a mediator become god? Christ was never really a god. He was made as an example of how one, a being in the flesh, becomes a son of God. The life of Jesus was a guide towards how man can save himself from everlasting death and for an eternal residence in the New Heavens that God already assigned as a gift to those who believe.