Let me start off by saying God Blesses us in mysterious ways. I've been praying for a new job; preferably in a law office somewhere. I've also been praying for kids and a deeper faith. I've prayed for God to take away my spirit of laziness and just dive into reading the Bible and studying its word. I've made plans that I never followed, bought books that would take me step by step through the word that I never finished and just kinda chalked it up to...I wasn't going to be the best child of God because I never really studied the word.
Don't get me wrong...I believe..with all my heart believe. I pray everyday...multiple times a day (even though I still don't feel like I am sufficient in that area.) I go to church, I'm active in the church, but I KNEW that because I wasn't diving into the word like we've been taught to that I was missing some crucial part of my faith and it was haunting me.
So back to the mysterious blessings...on June 6th I was offered a job with a construction company. I snapped it up! Working in this office has been so enjoyable I can't begin to tell you how much this company has blessed me! It is a Godly office. Everyone is a believer and spends time during their day pouring over the Bible. The owner has a home church and spends a lot of time preparing lessons and such during the week. My boss...the Office Manager...has asked me so many faith questions that get me thinking and encourages me to read this portion or that and to have a deeper relationship with Christ. I've started leaving my Bible at work along with a study by Beth Moore that I am working through on my own called Living Free. It's here that I come to my Biblical Question....in the study...Beth Moore refers to Jesus as God quite frequently. It started my brain buzzing and I've never heard it put that way.
I've always been taught Jesus is the son of God. But there are strong arguments out there that Jesus is God because of the miracles he could perform. God is also referred to as I AM and Alpha and Omega and in Revelations 22:13 & 16 Jesus calls himself the Alpha and Omega. And I can't find the scripture again but refers to himself as I AM also. I guess my questions are:
1) Have I been living under a rock or not listening to the word and Jesus really is God?
2) Do you believe Jesus is God?
3) Would you help me with some scripture that supports or disproves that Jesus is God?
I'm actually shook up about this because I feel as if I've missed some really important piece of my belief system. HELP...anyone?
