Today a Muslim friend of mine at work was asking where the Bible recorded that Jesus called himself God. I directed him to John 10:22-33. I hope that he will be challenged in his beliefs by this passage which is very clear on the divinity of Jesus.
[At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple,in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ,tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe.The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father,who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one."
The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?" The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God."]
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