Introduction

Over the past eight weeks, I have obtained a lot of knowledge in reference to the study of Christ and of the Christian revelation concerning God's nature and purpose through the teaching of the Church. Some of the things that I have tried to reflect in depth upon are: Did Jesus claim to be God, and if there was truly a need for Jesus to be born of a virgin as well as does it matter how a Christian lives their life. It is my goal, to demonstrate through what I have learned as well as my own life experiences what is needed to answer these questions.
Section One: Did Jesus Claim to be God?
The first question mentioned above is, Did Jesus claim to be God? Jesus made it very clear through scripture that He was in fact the Son of God and that He too, was one with God. Scripture talks about Jesus being God in the flesh. John 10:30 says, “I and my Father are one.” When Jesus used the word I and my Father, He proclaimed a clear distinction in the two divine persons but in saying they are ‘one’, He proclaimed their unity of nature and equality. I believe whole heartedly that God and Jesus are one in the same for my belief is to not question scripture for that would be a representation of the lack of faith and could be taken to the depths of blasphemy and that is the greatest sin. In our reading, The Deity of Christ, it states, Jesus Christ, the second Person of the Trinity, is equal with the Father in nature, yet the Father sent Him to die for the sins of the world so that Christ is submissive to the Father in duties. Jesus Christ possessed all the divine attributes of the Father, and was one with the Father, yet was separate in person. Throughout Jesus’s life, He was rejected, condemned, retaliated against along with many other negative infractions for claiming to be one with God and it wasn’t until His resurrection that all doubt was removed. In