Matthew 26:28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” Most important reason that Jesus is God is that, if He is not God, His death would not have been sufficient to pay the penalty for sins of the world (1 John 2:2). A created being which Jesus would be if He were not God, could not pay the infinite penalty required for sin against an infinite God. Only God could pay such an infinite penalty. Only God could take on the sins of the world...
