\u201cIn your Scriptures doesn\u2019t God say, \u2018You are gods\u2019? You can\u2019t argue with the Scriptures, and God spoke to those people and called them gods. So why do you accuse me of a terrible sin for saying that I am the Son of God? After all, it is the Father who prepared me for this work. He is also the one who sent me into the world. If I don\u2019t do as my Father does, you should not believe me. But if I do what my Father does, you should believe because of that, even if you don\u2019t have faith in me. Then you will know for certain that the Father is one with me, and I am one with the Father.\u201d <\/p>\n
\tAgain they wanted to arrest Jesus. But he escaped and crossed the Jordan to the place where John had earlier been baptizing. While Jesus was there, many people came to him. They were saying, \u201cJohn didn\u2019t work any miracles, but everything he said about Jesus is true.\u201d A lot of those people also put their faith in Jesus. (John 10:34-42)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\tIn Jesus\u2019 day, the Caesar of Rome believed himself to be a god. So had many other kings throughout history. Jesus told his critics that even God called some of them \u201cgods.\u201d Of course, when God called the kings \u201cgods,\u201d he was being sarcastic. In Psalm 82, God referred to the kings of the Earth as \u201cgods\u201d as he criticized them for their actions. In Ezekiel\u2019s prophesy, God addressed the king of Tyre as a \u201cgod\u201d and then inquired if he\u2019d continue to insist on his divinity in the face of those who killed him.<\/p>\n
\tWhy did Jesus reference such Old Testament usage to respond to the criticism of a religious establishment objecting to Jesus\u2019 claim to be God? The religious leaders of Israel would never accuse God of blasphemy for calling monarchs \u201cgods.\u201d They understood the reason God did it. Therefore, Jesus suggested that they should not be so quick to judge him a blasphemer. Instead, they needed to consider the miracles that Jesus was performing, miracles that went far beyond any miracles ever performed by anyone. Unlike the kings of the world who claimed to be God, Jesus had proof.<\/p>\n
\tJesus said that he is God. He challenged those around him to either believe or not, based on what he said and based on what he did. Jesus\u2019 challenge remains for those who hear him today.<\/p>\n
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