I came across this post by Tom Raddatz on Facebook.
Let’s compare Jesus’ Attributes with God’s Attributes
and see if we can tell whether or not Jesus is the “true God”…
𝟭.𝗮. Jesus is NOT Almighty (John 5:19, 30 10:29, 14:28, 1Cor 15:27-28),
𝟭.𝗯. God is ALMIGHTY (Gen. 17:1, 35:11, Exodus 6:3, Rev. 21:22).
𝟮.𝗮. Jesus Received Life from God (John 5:26, 12:50),
𝟮.𝗯. God Gave Jesus LIFE (John 5:26, 12:50).
𝟯.𝗮. Jesus Received his Anointing (Acts 10:38 also Hebrews 1:9),
𝟯.𝗯. God Anointed Jesus (Acts 10:38 also Hebrews 1:9).
𝟰.𝗮. Jesus is NOT his own Father (Mat 7:21, 10:32-33, 36, 12:50, 16:17, 18:10, 19, John 20:17,
Acts 13:33, Heb. 1:5, 2 John 1:3),
𝟰.𝗯. God is the Father of Jesus (Rom 15:6, 2Co 1:3, 2Co 11:31, Eph 1:3, Eph 3:14, Col 1:3, 1Pe 1:3).
𝟱.𝗮. Jesus is the Son of Man (Mat 16:13, Mark 14:62),
𝟱.𝗯. God is NOT the Son of Man (Numbers 23:19).
𝟲.𝗮. Jesus is a Man (Mark 15:39, John 8:40, Acts 2:22, Romans 5:15, Heb 10:12),
𝟲.𝗯. God is NOT a Man (Numbers 23:19, Hosea 11:9, John 4:24).
𝟳.𝗮. Jesus is the Son of God (Matt. 16:16, Mark 15:39, John 10:36),
𝟳.𝗯. God is NOT the Son of God (Isaiah 45:22, 46:9 ).
𝟴.𝗮. Jesus was Sacrificed (1Cor 5:7, Eph 5:2, Heb 9:26, 10:12),
𝟴.𝗯. God was NOT Sacrificed (Eph 5:2).
𝟵.𝗮. Jesus Died - 3 Days (Mark 15:39, Acts 4:10, 13:30, 34, 17:31,
Rom 5:8, 4:24, 6:4, 9, 8:11, 10:9, Gal1:1, Eph 1:20, Col 2:12,
1Th 1:10, 2Ti 2:8, 1Pe 1:21, 1Cor 15:3-4),
𝟵.𝗯. God NEVER Died (1Tim 1:17).
𝟭𝟬.𝗮. Jesus had Brothers & Sisters (Matthew 12:50, Mark 3:35, 6:3)
𝟭𝟬.𝗯. God has NO Brothers/Sisters (Isaiah 43:10).
𝟭𝟭.𝗮. Jesus was Resurrected by God (Acts 4:10, 13:30, 34, 17:31, Rom 5:8, 4:24, 6:4, 9, 8:11, 10:9, Gal1:1, Eph 1:20, Col 2:12, 1Th 1:10, 2Ti 2:8, 1Pe 1:21, 1Cor 15:3-4),
𝟭𝟭.𝗯. God Resurrected Jesus (Acts 4:10, 13:30, 34, 17:31, Rom 5:8, 4:24, 6:4, 9, 8:11, 10:9,
Gal1:1, Eph 1:20, Col 2:12, 1Thess 1:10, 2Tim 2:8, 1Pe 1:21, 1Cor 15:3-4).
𝟭𝟮.𝗮. Jesus is our High Priest (Heb 3:1),
𝟭𝟮.𝗯. God was Never our High Priest (Heb 3:1).
𝟭𝟯.𝗮. Jesus was our Apostle (Heb 3:1),
𝟭𝟯.𝗯. God was Never an Apostle (Heb 3:1).
𝟭𝟰.𝗮. Jesus was Tempted by Evil (Mat 4:1, Heb 2:18, 4:15-16),
𝟭𝟰.𝗯. God was Never and Cannot Be Tempted by Evil (James 1:13).
𝟭𝟱.𝗮. Jesus received the holy spirit (Matthew 28:18, Acts 10:38, 1Cor 15:27),
𝟭𝟱.𝗯. God gave Jesus the holy spirit with power (Matthew 28:18, Acts 10:38, 1Cor 15:27-28).
𝟭𝟲.𝗮. Jesus utterly depends on the Father
(John 5:19-30, 5:26, John 8:29, John 15:10, John 14:31, John 10:17–18),
𝟭𝟲.𝗯. God is utterly independent and works all things according to the counsel of his own will
(Exodus 3:14, Eph 1:11, Heb. 2:4, Jam. 1:18).
𝟭𝟳.𝗮. Jesus’ existence depends on the Father (John 5:21, John 10:18),
𝟭𝟳.𝗯. God’s existence originates from and has no source other than Himself (called aseity)
(Exodus 3:14, Psalm 90:2, Isaiah 46:10).
𝟭𝟴.𝗮. Jesus was a sacrifice to God and never demanded or received sacrifices (Heb 10:10, Mat 26:42),
𝟭𝟴.𝗯. God demanded and received sacrifices (Leviticus 1:1-17, 4:1-35, 7:11-38).
𝟭𝟵.𝗮. Jesus prayed to God the Father (Mat 26:42),
𝟭𝟵.𝗯. God the Father prays to no one (Psa 65:2).
𝟮𝟬.𝗮. Jesus was born, meaning he had his literal beginning as a man (Matthew 1:1, John 18:37),
𝟮𝟬.𝗯. God always existed (Psalm 102:25-27).
𝟮𝟭.𝗮. Jesus grew in stature and favor before God and man Luke 2:40, 52),
𝟮𝟭.𝗯. God always was, and never was not, all-knowing (I change not) Job 21:22.
𝟮𝟮.𝗮. Jesus was perfected through suffering (Hebrews 2:10),
𝟮𝟮.𝗯. God was always perfect and didn’t need anything or to go through anything to be perfected.
(God is not a man that he should repent) Job 21:22.
𝟮𝟯.𝗮. Jesus had to sacrifice for his own sins because God laid upon him the sin of us all (Hebrews 5:3, 23. Isaiah 53:12, 2 Cor 5:21, Romans 3:25, Heb 9:14),
𝟮𝟯.𝗯. God never took upon Him any sin (James 1:17, Matt 19:17, 1 John 1:5).
𝟮𝟰.𝗮. Jesus had faith in God to save him (Heb. 5:7),
𝟮𝟰.𝗯. God never needs faith in anyone, neither his son nor anyone else
(Acts 17:25, Job 22:2, Luke 17:10, Romans 11:35-36.
𝟮𝟱.𝗮. Jesus was given all authority by God (Mat. 28:18),
𝟮𝟱.𝗯. God has all authority by nature of His being (Psalm 90:2, Psalm 102:25-27.
𝟮𝟲.𝗮. Jesus’ “all” authority has one exception, God, who gave him his authority (1 Cor. 15:27),
𝟮𝟲.𝗯. God has no one who is excepted from being under His authority (1 Cor. 15:27).
𝟮𝟳.𝗮. Jesus’ office of sonship authority over others will end when God is all in all (1 Cor. 15:28),
𝟮𝟳.𝗯. God’s authority had no beginning and will have no end, ever (1 Cor. 15:28).
