Top Ten Reasons why Jesus is God

This keeps coming up on thread after thread, so I thought I'd capture it here where I can link to it in the future.

As it might appear on David Letterman, I give you...

10 - Thomas called Him God

Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!" Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." -- John 20:27-28

9 - Peter called Him God

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours -- 2 Peter 1:1

8 - Paul called Him God

…while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ... - Titus 2:13

7 - John called Him God

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. -- John 1:1-3
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father,
full of grace and truth. -- John 1:14

6 - Isaiah called Him God

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.

5 - Jews wanted to stone Him for claiming to be God

In his defense Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working." For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. -- John 5:18
But Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?” "We are not stoning you for any good work,"

they replied, "but for blasphemy, because
you, a mere man, claim to be God." - John 10:33

4 - He gave life and forgave sins, something only God can do.

My sheep listen to my voice;
I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish;
no one will snatch them out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me,
is greater than all;
no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.
I and the Father are one." - John 10:27-28

3 - Jesus' blood is God's blood

Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. -- Acts 20:28

2 - Jesus called Himself "I AM" and the "Alpha & Omega", both Titles for God

"Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!” At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds. - John 8:58
"Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. **I am **
the Alpha and the Omega,
the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End. -- Rev 22:12

1 - God the Father called Him God

For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father" ? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son" ?

And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him.” In speaking of the angels he says, "He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire."

But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. - Hebrews 1:5-8

Thanks to this link for pulling this together: