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Do Christians believe Jesus is God?
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Jemimah Wright2024-05-30T08:00:00
The Gospel of John says; ’In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’ Jemimah Wright explains why Christians believe Jesus is the Word who became flesh and dwelt amongst us.
Do Christians believe Jesus is God? Yes they do. Let me explain why.
First of all, it is important to note that there is historical evidence for the life of Jesus. He was not a mythological figure. There are Christian sources on the person of Jesus (the letters of Paul and the Gospels) and there are also Jewish and Roman sources (e.g. Josephus, Suetonius, Tacitus and Pliny the Younger) that mention Jesus.
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