THE BIBLE PRAYER LINE – Bible Questions Answered
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Bible Questions Answered:
“What was Jesus saying when he said “he and the father are one?”
Rod/ Memphis, Tenn.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
John 10:22-33 NLT
22 It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication.
23 He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.
24 The people surrounded Him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are The Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus replied, “I have already told you, and you don’t believe Me. The proof is the work I do in My Father’s name.
26 But you don’t believe Me because you are not My sheep.
27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from Me,
29 for My Father has given them to Me, and He is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from The Father’s hand.
30 The Father and I are one.”
31 Once again the people picked up stones to kill Him.
32 Jesus said, “At My Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone Me?”
33 They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.”
By Jesus claiming to be one with The Father, He was attesting to His divinity.
Jewish Old Testaments laws concerning blasphemy, such as claiming to be God, was considered blasphemous.
What does The Word say?
The Word:
John 1:1,2,14 KJV
1 In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
14 And The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of The Only Begotten Of The Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:18 NLT
No one has ever seen God. But The Unique One, who is Himself God, is near to The Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.
John 5:16-18 KJV
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay Him, because He had done these things on the sabbath day.
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
John 17:21 KJV
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in Me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent Me.
John 20:27,28 KJV
27 Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold My hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless, but believing.
28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, my Lord and my God.
Philippians 2:5-1:7 KJV
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Colossians 2:90 KJV
9 For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of The Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in Him, which is The Head of all principality and power:
II Peter 1:1 NLT
This letter is from Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ.
I am writing to you who share the same precious faith we have. This faith was given to you because of the justice and fairness of Jesus Christ, our God and Savior.
Prayer:
Acts 20:28 NLT
“So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—His church, purchased with His Own Blood—over which The Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.
