* Because Jesus and the Father are both one and distinct, we can say that God ‘sent his son into the world’ - (John 3:16), and also that Jesus came into the world (1 Tim 1:15) - we are speaking about essentially the same action on the part of God, but on the one hand, God the Father sends, on the other, God the Son comes.

But with the coming of Jesus, this forced Christians to extend their thinking on just what God was like. In the New Testament, Jesus made it clear that not only was he the son of the Father [John 8:42 & 14:9], but he was also God, right from the beginning [John 1:1-3 & 1:14]. The HS becomes significantly more prominent in the New Testament as well.

Heaven is first and foremost the presence of God and since God is Spirit (John 4:24) and exists outside both time and space then heaven can be seen as spiritual and being in heaven as a state of being. Yet the physical resurection of Jesus speaks of a physical reality as, indeed, does our own bodily resurection on the last day.

We also go against God’s goodness and live selfish lives. Because of this God will judge everyone as guilty. For no one has ever lived their life without rejecting God, except Jesus, Romans 3:10-12. In the end all people are judged to be going to …

The gospels describe Jesus being tempted to reject God’s ways, but he resisted. Christians believe Jesus was truly God. The records of his life recount eyewitnesses who observed his power. He displayed power over disease, nature and even death. He was able to cast out demons, exerting authority over powers of evil. Jesus claimed equality with ...

None of us has loved God or our neighbours to the extent that Jesus describes. God holds us responsible for our failure. Jesus teaches about a time in the future when we will all have to come before God in judgement and face the consequences for the way we have lived. This is a serious business. Yet there is a way out

Yet ultimately the Christian witness is that Jesus came to earth as God in the flesh (Philippians 2:5-11) in order to reconcile humanity to himself (Colossians 1:15-20). Hence the reason that Jesus is able to perform miracles is that he is God.

Jesus, according to the Bible, is God’s ultimate means of revealing himself to us (Hebrews 1:1-3). The Gospels make it clear that Jesus is fully God (John 1:1) - so much so, that they refer to Jesus as the Word of God - that ultimate message that proceeds from his mouth. God’s thoughts in human form, if you like.

I want to be able to show them hard evidence that God and Jesus exist, and are Lord, and give them reason to actually turn to the Christian faith (I don’t know how likely that is though, but God can do wonderful things). Any help with what they believe and what Christians should say in response to them would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Josh!

Jesus was there with God the Father when he made the world. And in fact God made the world through Jesus and for Jesus (Colossians 1:16). Jesus proved that he is God when he rose from the dead, and he did many other things that only God can do (for example commanding a storm on the sea to be quiet, Mark 4:35-41). Jesus is absolutely unique in ...