Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"

    Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."

[so right here is where most of you get tripped up, with the wording of 'Son' and 'Father' I guess you assume that because Jesus calls himself the son, that means he is like a son in an earthly family, but this is only a 'title.' It is a way for us to identify with Jesus' identity.]

    Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."

[So even the disciples are confused, granted it is not an easy concept to grasp. But how else do we think of the trinity? The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, are they 3 "gods" or are they 3 pieces of 1 God, or do we say that they are all one in the same…. God. Ask yourself, do you worship 1 God or 2 or 3? Christianity is "monotheistic" meaning, one God, one receiver of worship.]

    Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?  Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. Very truly I tell you, all who have faith in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

[Read Jesus' own words – Philip says, "Show us God the Father," and Jesus waves his hands and says, "Hellooo, it's me! If you have seen me, you have seen 'God.']

Paul writes in the beginning of Colossians 1:15-20

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.

[In other words, Jesus is the "picture" of God in Heaven. From Jesus the Earth was made, meaning, Christ is the creator.]

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

[Read that again, God has all of his "fullness" dwell in Christ. In other words, Jesus is "fully" God. And Christ is before ALL THINGS. Nothing is before God. Read the first line of the bible, "In the beginning....God."]

And from the mouths of his own followers: John 1:1-5

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

[Who is the word of God? Jesus - and the word WAS God. Meaning the same. Not of equal standing as two separate deities, but one. These are just a few passages in the myriad of scripture where Jesus talks about his Diety. But we know that he was executed by the Sanhedrin and it was not for being a man who said nice words and who told people to love one another.

Jesus was arrested by the religious leaders because of who he claimed to be. Jesus believed he was God, who do you believe he is? God created the world – so only God can save it.

Who do you claim Jesus to be?

A prophet?

A holy man?

Merely the 'son' of God and thus a lesser separate deity?

Surprisingly, all of this was settled at the first council of Nicea in 325. The purpose of the council was to resolve disagreements in the Church of Alexandria over the nature of Jesus in relationship to the Father; in particular, whether Jesus was of the same substance as God the Father or merely of similar substance. In other words, were they one in the same? St. Alexander of Alexandria and Athanasius took the first position; the popular presbyter Arius, from whom the term Arian controversy comes, took the second. The council decided against the Arians overwhelmingly (of the estimated 250-318 attendees, all but 2 voted against Arius)

Most Christian denominations claim Jesus as God. Who does not? Most Jews, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Uniterians and Muslims. But then with that, most Christians do not consider those faith practices to be faithful to scripture. While each has verses to support what they believe, they ignore the rest that show Christ to be both fully God and fully human.

If you still have more questions about sin, or grace, or why God had to send himself as the 'Son' to forgive us rather than just to simply do it with a wave of his hand.

If you have more questions about who Christ is. I would suggest that you read; Why God became Man by Anselm.

And here is another good article: How are God and Yeshua one?

Here is a great chart: Jesus is God

Do not allow my persuasive writing style to overcome your skepticism: weigh my words, check my facts, and accept only what passes muster. Don't agree with me without first putting me to the test, which is your duty according to 1 John 4:1-3.