Luke 22:66-71 ESV  And they led him away to their council…So, they all said, "Are you the Son of God, then?" And he said to them, "You say that I am." Then they said, "What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips."

Many Naysayers today say Jesus never said he was God! Yet, The Jews of Nazareth tried to throw Him off a cliff for just that, and twice more in John 8 and 10 they had stones in hand to stone Him to death, all for Blasphemy. He declared a man to be forgiven, a right only God may grant, and then made the paralyzed man to walk, a miracle Only God could do! Jesus dared to call God His Father and said they were one! Here in this text, we see the long awaited Promised one, rejected by His very own chosen people, who were jealous of his popularity and instead trusted in their own self-righteousness instead of loving the Son of God who was condemned so we never have to be! Jesus made it clear, either you recognize Him as the incontrovertible Messiah and Son of God, the only one who can save you! Or you judge Him unworthy of your love, loyalty and obedience. Remember, you will be judged by your own words!