Differences Between God and
Jesus
by Nelvan Evans, California
GOD is immortal — Jesus, the Son of God, died
1 Timothy 1:17 To the King of the ages, immortal,
invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and
ever.
[1 Timothy 6:16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. ESV]
1 Corinthians 15:3 Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures
Romans 5:10 We were reconciled to God through the
death of His Son.
God is self-sufficient — Jesus is GOD-dependent
Acts 2:36 Therefore let the entire house of Israel
know with certainty that God has made him both Lord
and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.
Acts 5:31 God exalted him at his right hand as
Leader and Savior that he might give repentance to Israel
and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 2:33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of
God, and having received from the Father the promise of
the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both see
and hear.
John 17:2 since you have given him authority over
all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given
him.
John 5:27 and he has given him authority to execute
judgment, because he is the Son of man.
Romans 2:16 on the day when, according to my
gospel, God, through Jesus Christ, will judge the secret
thoughts of all.
2 Corinthians 13:4 For he was crucified in
weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we are
weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him
by the power of God.
John 5:22 The Father judges no one but has given all
judgment to the Son.
God is eternal — Jesus is begotten (=brought into existence)
Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of time had
come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the
law.
Matthew 1:1 An account of the genealogy [origin] of
Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Luke 1:31 And now, you will conceive in your womb
and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.
Luke 1:32 He will be great, and will be called the
Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him
the throne of his ancestor David.
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1 John 5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ
is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the
child begotten of Him.
GOD is invisible — Jesus is visible
John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The
only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He
has declared Him.
1 Timothy 1:17 To the King of the ages, immortal,
invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and
ever.
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GOD is holy — Jesus became sin for us
1 Peter 1:15-16 As He who called you is holy, you
also be holy in all your conduct, for it is written, “You
shall be holy, for I am holy.”
Leviticus 11:44 For I am YAHWEH your God;
sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy.
2 Corinthians 5:21 For our sake he made him to be
sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the
righteousness of God.
God is all-knowing — Jesus is not
Job 21:22 Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that
he judges those that are on high?
Psalm 147:4 He counts the number of the stars; He
calls them all by name.
Acts 1:7 Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know the
times or periods that the Father has set by his own
authority.”
Mark 13:32 “But of that day or hour no one knows,
not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father
alone.”
Mark 5:31 And his disciples said to him, “You see
the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, ‘Who
touched me?’” (Jesus did not know who had touched him,
Luke 8:45)
Luke 2:40 The child continued to grow and become
strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was
upon him.
Luke 2:52 And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and
stature, and in favor with God and men.
Jesus is a man — GOD is not
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie,
nor a son of man, that He should repent; has He said, and
will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not
make it good?
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Acts 2:22 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus
the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles
and wonders and signs which God performed through him
in your midst, just as you yourselves know.”
Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of YAHWEH is upon me,
because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the
poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to
the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.”
Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about
doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the
devil, for God was with him.
Matthew 12:18 “Here is my servant, whom I have
chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I
will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice
to the Gentiles.”
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one
mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus.
the man Christ Jesus.
Jesus prays to his GOD and Father
Matthew 27:46 And about three o’clock Jesus cried
with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is,
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Matthew 6:9 “Pray then in this way: Our Father in
heaven, hallowed be your name.
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GOD cannot be tempted — Jesus was tempted
James 1:13 No one, when tempted, should say, “I am
being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by
evil and he himself tempts no one.
Luke 4:1-2 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned
from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the
wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the
devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when
they were over, he was famished.
GOD is the Almighty — Jesus is the Son of GOD, servant, sent, appointed, anointed, approved, prophet, priest, and king of David’s throne
John 20:21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with
you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
1 Corinthians 15:20-28 But in fact Christ has been
raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have
died. For since death came through a human being, the
resurrection of the dead has also come through a human
being;
for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in
Christ.
But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then
at his coming those who belong to Christ.
Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom
to God the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and
every authority and power.
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies
under his feet.
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
For “God has put all things in subjection under his
feet.” But when it says, “All things are put in subjection,”
it is plain that this does not include the one who put all
things in subjection under him.
When all things are subjected to him, then the Son
himself will also be subjected to the one who put all
things in subjection under him, so that God may be all in
all.
GOD has no God — Jesus has a God
2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father of the Lord
Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not
lying.
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is
above all and through all and in all.
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a
new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead.
John 20:17 Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me,
because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to
my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my
Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
[Revelation 3:12 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. ESV]
Some editing has been done.