Is Jesus Christ God?

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?