With any amount of Bible study, one is soon confronted with someone named Jesus. It is accepted as historical fact that Jesus lived in the area and time as claimed by the Bible. Some claim that He was only a great prophet, a very good man, or a very wise teacher. Jesus and His teachings was then, and has always been, very controversial.

John 5:18 says:

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

In John 5:21-24 Jesus said:

21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.    22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgement unto the Son:    23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.   24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

In John 10:30 Jesus said, "I and my Father are one." In verse 33 the Jews accused Him, "for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God." In verse 36 Jesus boldly proclaimed Himself to be "the Son of God." Jesus said, "No man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John 14:6). John 1:1-14 declares that Jesus, there called, "the Word," was "in the beginning" before creation and that He "was God" (v.1). Verse 3 declares Jesus to be Creator. Verse 3 says, "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." Verse 10 says, "the world was made by him." Verse 14 says that He "was made flesh, and dwelt among us."

1 In the beginning was the Word. and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.   2 The same was in the beginning with God.   3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.    4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.   5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.         6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.    7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.   8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.    9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.   10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.   12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:    13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.     14 And the Word was made flesh, and and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. [John 1:1-14]

In Matthew 1:20-21, before the birth of Jesus, "the angel of the Lord" said:

Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

In Isaiah 7:14 another name of description of Jesus was prophesied hundreds of years earlier:

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Back to Matthew 1, verses 22-23, speaking of verses 20-21 and referring to the prophecy of Isaiah, says:

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

His name, being interpreted is, "God with us." In Colossians 1:12-17 the Bible says that Jesus "is the image of the invisible God.":

12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:   13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:    14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:   15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:   16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:   17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

In Hebrews 1:1-3 the Bible claims Jesus to be "the express image" of the person of God.:

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,   2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;    3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;