Some have raised the question whether or not Jesus was fully aware of His Own Deity. Was He aware of Who He was? Was Jesus aware of His Deity? Was Jesus aware of His Mission? What does the Bible say about this? To answer these questions, we can look at what Jesus said and taught about Himself in the Gospels.

During His ministry, Jesus called on men to follow Him. There are several references we can look at: Matthew 4:18-19 [“And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.’”]; also Matthew 8:12-22 [see verse 22: “But Jesus said to him, ‘Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’”]; Matthew 9:9 [“As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, ‘Follow Me.’ So he arose and followed Him.”]; Mark 1:16 and following [see verse 17: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.’”].

Also, Jesus accepted Peter’s confession of Him as the Son of God, Matthew 16, verse 16 and following [“Simon Peter answered and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in heaven.’”].

At His trial before Pilot, Jesus implied Sonship to God, Matthew 26, verse 64 [“Jesus said to him, ‘It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.’”].

Also, Jesus cast out demons by the power and the authority of God, Matthew 12, verse 22 and following [“Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.”].

Jesus claimed power to forgive sins, Matthew 9:2 through 6 [see verse 2: “Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, ‘Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.’”].

On one occasion, Jesus was in Nazareth, the town where He grew up. On the Sabbath, He went to the synagogue, and stood up to read. He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. He found and read the Scriptures concerning the Messiah, “And He began to say to them, ‘Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing,’”Luke 4:21. He had made His claim that He was the Messiah.

Jesus said that He was “Lord of the Sabbath,” Mark 2, verse 28 [“Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”].

And, while on the cross, Jesus didn’t just make the claim that He could forgive sin; He showed His power to forgive sin, Luke 23:39 through 43 [see verses 33-34: “ And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. Then Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.’ And they divided His garments and cast lots.”].

So Jesus clearly was aware of Who He was and of What He was about. Jesus was aware of His Own Deity.

Let’s look at the PERSON and the WORK of Jesus Christ. Jesus made claims that He was greater than others. For example, in Matthew 12:41 and 42, Jesus said that He was greater than both Jonah and Solomon [“The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.”].

Also, Jesus would say that He was greater than the Temple of the Jews, Matthew 12, verse 6 [“Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple.”].

And in His sermon on the Mount, Jesus demonstrated, and showed through what He said, that He was greater than Moses and the Law of Moses, Matthew, chapters 5, 6 and 7.

And He topped all of this by claiming that God had given Him all authority in heaven and on the earth, Matthew 28:18 and 19 [“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…’”].