text: christians: is jesus god? i believe that jesus himself is god, but this verse of the bible confused me, it's written after jesus ascended to heaven, you know that obviously. this is what it says:   1 john 4:12: no one has ever seen god. but if we love each other, god lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.   but didn't jesus say before that he's the invisible image of god, and the the father and him are one. what does that verse mean? just like doubting thomas said when he saw the nail prints in jesus hands, "i believe, my lord & my god!".  jesus replied, "blessed are you for you have seen and believed, but more blessed are those who believe who have not seen...".  it is written that jesus is the express image of god.  if we see jesus we see the father.  no one has ever seen god the father (except for jesus) in vision  etc. because he is too bright & strong.  nothing can give father god justice. jesus only is the express image of god the father.  because the father & the son are one.  this is a godly spiritual unity.  people have seen god only the word part of the trinity in old testament (when jacob fought god & his hip went out of joint & his name was exalted to israel, when yahweh & angels visited abraham on the way to judge sodom & ghomora, when haggar saw god & didn't die, when the pillar of cloud by day or pillar of fire by night,  when moses saw god, etc...) and in new testament as jesus christ.  god's love is in us and is the holy spirit seal on every born of god christian.   when jesus said on the cross, "my god... that was singular god el.  not elohim (plural of el).  because when jesus bore our sins on the cross there was a separation from god the father.  god broke for us.