"Jesus was human... so therefore he cannot be God or the Son of God"
Even given the evidence of the resurrection, many still question how Jesus can be human, and yet still be the Son of God.
-Jesus clearly claimed to be the Son of God, and we see that in:John 2: 18-22, 5: 17-23, 8:23, 8:58, 10: 25-38, 12: 44-45, 13:13, 19-20, 14: 6-11, 17:5,
Matthew 10:40, 28: 18-19,
Mark 14: 60-62,
Luke 5: 20-26, 6:5, 10:16, and
Revelation 22: 12-13.
In John chapter 5 alone, Jesus makes 6 claims to equality with God; He is equal with God in his:
1) Person
2) Works
3) Power and sovereignty
4) Judgement
5) Honor
6) and that He has resurrection power.
-It should be noted that the person clearly understood Jesus' claim to deity, as they recognized that Jesus was claiming attributes of God in the Old Testament (John 19:7).
-Over 300 OT prophesies speak of the coming Messiah ("Christ") and describe him as a man that stands above all other men and would have divine attributes.
-In Matthew 26:64, Jesus is making a claim of deity and is even clearer as he says that he will be seen "sitting on the right hand of God and coming on the clouds of heaven." In Matthew 24: 30-31, Jesus uses similar language about his Second Coming on clouds. The person absolutely understood that it was only God himself who came on clouds - often a motif in the OT about God's coming in judgement against those who disobeyed.
-Mark 12: 1-9, Jesus tells a parable of the wicked tenants of the vineyard. Here Jesus correlates Israel was the vineyard, God as the owner, the figure of a son, etc. The parable tells us that Jesus thought of himself as God's only Son, distinct from all other prophets, God's final messenger, and even the heir of Israel itself. So this parable discloses to us that Jesus believed and taught that he was the only Son of God.
-In Luke 12: 8-9, Jesus claims the authority to stand in God's place and speak to us and bring us to salvation. In John 17:3, Jesus places himself and the Father together as the source of eternal life, affirming his own deity.
-Given such claims, there are 3 possibilities as to His identity. Either Jesus was a (a) liar, (b) lunatic, or (c) Lord.
(A) If Jesus is a liar, then He has deceived more people than any other human. He could not be the greatest liar that ever lived, and also be a great moral teacher. His character is evidence of a person of absolute virtue and integrity. His instruction was pure and profound. He was not a liar.
(B) O. Quentin Hyder, a psychiatrist in New York City, analyzed the records of Jesus' behavior, personality and relationships for symptoms of psychiatric disorders. He said that the evidence does not support the notion that Jesus was a lunatic. Hyder concluded by saying, "A person is free to maintain that Jesus, out of honest delusion, made His claim to deity. But if one takes this position, he does so without any psychological evidence in its support and, indeed, in spite of considerable evidence to the contrary."
-Jesus lived a sinless, perfect life. His closest companions confirmed this:
1 Peter 1: 18-19, 2: 21-24,
2 Corinthians 5:21,
Hebrews 4:15, 7: 26-27,
1 John 2:1, 3:5.
-Even His enemies, those who betrayed and crucified Him, acknowledged His perfect life:
Matthew 27: 3-4,
Luke 23: 14-15,
John 8:46.
-Jesus' words, His character, and His influence all attest that Jesus was more than a mortal man.
-Jesus' sinless life proves he was from God and was the Messiah as was predicted in the Old Testament (Isaiah 53:9).
-Jesus has all of the attributes of deity, including
1) Omnipotence - Matthew 28:18,
2) Omniscience - John 1:48,
3) Omnipresence - Matthew 18:20.
-Jesus did the works of deity, including
1) Creation - John 1:3,
2) Raising the dead - John 11: 43-44,
3) and is assigned power to judge the living and the dead - 2 Thessalonians 1: 7-8.
-And He was worshiped as deity - Matthew 14:33.