Is Jesus Really God? What the Bible Actually Says

Did Jesus ever actually claim to be God? Or was the Trinity invented by Constantine at the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325?

In this episode of PraiseHim Club, we open the Bible carefully — John 1, John 8, John 20, Mark 14, Philippians 2, Colossians 1 — and walk through three layers of biblical evidence: what Jesus claimed about Himself, what Jesus received from His first followers (worship, prayer, divine titles), and what Jesus did that only God does.

We answer the four strongest objections respectfully:
• The Muslim view (Qur'an, Surah 4:171)
• The Jehovah's Witness reading of John 1:1 ("the Word was a god")
• The Unitarian claim that the Trinity was invented at Nicaea in 325
• Bart Ehrman's argument in How Jesus Became God

Research grounded in Larry Hurtado's Lord Jesus Christ, Richard Bauckham's God Crucified, Michael Bird's How God Became Jesus, and Daniel Wallace's Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics — plus the primary sources below.

Closes with a guide for having this conversation with someone you love, the Gospel, and a prayer.

Chapters
0:00 The question people are actually asking
1:30 Why it matters
2:21 Layer 1 — What Jesus CLAIMED
4:50 Layer 2 — What Jesus RECEIVED
7:32 Layer 3 — What Jesus DID
9:26 Objection 1 — The Muslim view
10:27 Objection 2 — "The Word was a god" (Jehovah's Witnesses)
11:31 Objection 3 — Was the Trinity invented at Nicaea?
12:47 Objection 4 — Bart Ehrman
13:54 Doesn't that mean three Gods?
15:24 How to have this conversation with someone you love
16:58 Why this is the Gospel
18:31 Prayer
19:41 Next episode

Primary sources
• Bible Gateway (NKJV) — https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1%3A1-18&version=NKJV
• Ligonier 2025 State of Theology — https://www.ligonier.org/posts/the-results-from-our-2025-state-of-theology-survey-are-in
• Ligonier — 53% of evangelicals on the Holy Spirit — https://www.ligonier.org/posts/53-of-evangelicals-think-the-holy-spirit-is-a-force-the-state-of-theology
• GotQuestions Top 20 2025 (Trinity at #9) — https://www.gotquestions.org/top20-2025.html
• Qur'an, Surah An-Nisa 4:171 (Ibn Kathir) — https://quran.com/an-nisa/171/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir
• First Council of Nicaea — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea
• Barna — belief in Jesus rises — https://www.barna.com/research/belief-in-jesus-rises/
• Gallup — rise in young men's religiosity — https://news.gallup.com/poll/708410/rise-young-men-religiosity-realigns-gender-gaps.aspx

New here? Start with our apologetics arc:
• Ep 10 — Did Jesus Really Rise From the Dead? https://youtu.be/SG5W2DtZZ9M
• Ep 11 — Does God Exist? The Strongest Evidence https://youtu.be/BAa1tVmLk7Q

Want to know Jesus personally? Start by reading the Gospel of John, and pray: "Lord, I need You. I trust You. Save me."

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