Okay, back to our question: Did Jesus think he was God? Well, to begin with, there is no reason to see Jesus as anything other than a good monotheist. Jesus proclaimed the kingdom of God (Mark 1:14–15), he prayed to God as Father (Mark 14:36; Matt 6:9–13/Luke 11:1–4; John 11:41–42), he affirmed the Jewish confession of God’s oneness, the Shema (Deut 6:4; Mark 12:29–30), and he called for steadfast devotion to God (Matt 6:24/Luke 16:13).
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