Jesus: God, prophet or teacher?

Was Jesus actually God or just a good teacher? Maybe just a prophet? I’ve been studying Colossians 1–2 and I think it’s gives one of the clearest pictures of who Jesus was. Paul does not describe Jesus as merely a good teacher, a prophet, a spiritual guide, or even just the Messiah. He describes Him in ways that would’ve sounded shocking, even dangerous to both Jews and Romans listening at the…