Did Jesus Ever Explicitly Say, "i Am God, Worship Me"?
1) Direct answer
No, the exact sentence “I am God, worship me” is not recorded in Scripture. But Jesus clearly revealed Himself as God manifested in flesh, received worship, and spoke words that only God can speak.
2) Scriptural explanation
- He identified Himself with the divine Name: “Before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). They took up stones because they knew what He was claiming.
- He made Himself one with the Father: “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30). The Jews answered, “because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God” (John 10:33).
- He said, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father… the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works” (John 14:9-10).
- The Bible declares: “In the beginning was the Word… and the Word was God… And the Word was made flesh” (John 1:1,14). “God was manifest in the flesh” (1 Timothy 3:16). “In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9). “Emmanuel… God with us” (Matthew 1:23).
- He accepted worship: “They that were in the ship came and worshipped him” (Matthew 14:33). The disciples “held him by the feet, and worshipped him” (Matthew 28:9,17). The healed man said, “Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him” (John 9:38). Thomas said to Him, “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28), and Jesus did not rebuke him—He blessed that confession (John 20:29).
- He forgave sins, which only God can do: “Thy sins be forgiven thee… that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins” (Mark 2:5-10).
- He demanded the honor due to God: “That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father” (John 5:23).
3) Simple clarifying logic
Now notice, Jesus didn’t have to use a man-made phrase. He spoke in Bible language and did God’s works. If He were not God manifested, He would have refused worship as angels and apostles did (Revelation 19:10; Acts 10:25-26). Instead, He received it. He forgave sins. He claimed the “I AM.” He said the Father dwelling in Him did the works. It’s not three Gods, and it’s not three persons. The one God, the Father, was above us, then came and was manifested in the Son, and now dwells in us by the Holy Spirit. The body was the Son; the indwelling was God.
4) Reinforcing statement
So while the exact sentence isn’t printed, the testimony of Scripture is plain: Jesus Christ is God revealed in flesh and worthy of worship.
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Earnestly contending for the faith once delivered
55-0815 §29
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself. I only do what the Father shows Me to do. I see a vision, and then I go do what He shows Me." How many understands that? Hold up your hand. Thank you. That was Jesus yesterday. That's Jesus today. That's Jesus forever. He can only do as God will show. He saw visions. Look at Him. Nowhere in the Bible did Jesus ever perform a miracle or do anything unless first God showed Him by a vision. That's His own Word. Amen. "I only do what the father shows m...
My commission
51-0505 §22
Now, that same... And in our Master doing those things, and making those predictions, and saying only what the Father showed Him. Only... He knew where two mules was tied one time. He knew where there was an upper room to be made ready and a man would be packing a pitcher. Well, I've been accused of being a spiritualist. I've been accused of being a medium. And somebody told me the other day that ... said, "Do you belong to..." Was there ever a group of people owned this church called "I AM," or something like that...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever
52-1027 §22
...down. Read the chapter, and you'll find out when they were in question about Him on the Sabbath and so forth, listen, what He said: St. John 5:19 and 20: "Verily, verily I say unto you. The Son could do nothing in Himself but what He sees the Father doing. Whatsoever the Father doeth, He showeth the Son. And these things doeth the Son also. And He'll show you greater things than the healing of this diabetic, that you may marvel." Jesus plainly stated that there wasn't one thing that He did without first He saw the...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever
58-0312 §47
Now, when Jesus went down ... one time He crossed the sea. He crossed over, and a little priest said, "Come to my daughter. She's laying sick." And a woman that was in menopause, and she had a blood issue for many years, she touched His garment, and turned around and went back out in the audience. Jesus stopped and said, "Who touched Me?" And every one of them denied it. But Jesus was endued with a Spirit of God! He was a man Himself, but He was God inwardly. Do you believe that? Today in this modern age, when they...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever
61-0205E §69
Now a minister said to me not long ago, when I made that remark, he said, "Do you mean that that man was God?" I said, "Abraham said He was. He was called Elohim. See if it isn't right. Elohim." He said, "In a body of flesh?" I said, "Absolutely. You don't know how great our God is." I said, "I can see Him walk out of heaven, reach out... We're made out of sixteen elements---petroleum, potash, and cosmic light, and petroleum. He just got a handful of that. "Whew," said, "Step in here, Gabriel." Reached over and got...