Is Jesus Christ God? Before that question can be answered,
there is another question: Does God really exist? According to David Hume,
British philosopher, people who believe that God does exist cannot give any
logical evidence about the existance of God to everyone in this world. Yet
people who believe that God does not exist cannot convince everyone, especially
the believer, that God does not exist. Moreover, the whole universe must be
created by someone. That is The Creator, theos.
The Empirical Life of Jesus
In this case, let us consider that God does exist. And then, is Jesus
Christ God? We know from historical sources that Jesus was the son of Mary and
Joseph,the carpenter. He was a Rabbi and He had taught His followers for three
years. Then He was considered as heretic and troublemaker by the Jews. Because
of those reasons He was crucified to death. But then His corpse was gone and
some people reported that He was alive.
The Believers and The Unbelievers
That biblical story has become the evidence that Jesus
Christ is The Son of God, God who became a man. He is the savior who had been
promised to men. His miracles which were made in the name of God The Father and
His resurrection proved that He was sent by God to reconcile God and men. No
one except Him could overcome and arise from the death. But this is only for
those who believe in Him and the stories
of Hebrew Bible. People who have already believed in Eastern Philosophies and
Religions have different stories in their minds and those stories emerged
almost in the same time with the birth of Judaism. There were also people who
had already become the follower of tribal religions and believed in different
stories. That makes sense if they do not believe in Hebrew’s stories. Is Jesus
Christ God, especially for them?
The divinity of Jesus
People may believe in whatever they want to believe in, so do
we. It is true that faith seeks understanding. But understanding cannot produce
faith. Is Jesus Christ God? If Jesus Christ is God, He will still be God even
if all people in this world do not believe that He is God. For God is not
created by human. The creator creates the creations, instead. He will not lose
His divinity just because people do not believe that He is The Divine. So, it
would be better if we bring love and peace in this world as Jesus did instead
of Christianizing people by force. Well, is Jesus Christ God for you?
