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Katididaustralia 66F
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12/1/2014 4:14 pm
In What Way Are Jesus And His Father One?


"I and the Father are one," said Jesus. (John 10:30)
Some quote this text to prove that Jesus and His Father are two parts of a triune God.
Is that what Jesus meant by this statement?

Let us look at the context.

At John 10:25, Jesus stated that He did works in the name of His Father and from verses 27 to 29, He talked about symbolic sheep whom His Father had given Him. Both statements by Jesus would have made little sense to His listeners if He and His Father were one and the same person. Instead, Jesus said, in effect, 'My Father and I are so close-knit that no one can take away the sheep from me, just as no one can take them away from my Father.'
It is much like a saying to his father's enemy, 'If you attack my father, you attack me'. No one would conclude that his and his father were the same person but all could perceive the strong bond of unity between them.

Jesus and His Father, Jehovah God, are also "one" in the sense that they are on complete agreement as to intentions, standards and values.

In contrast with satan the devil and the first human couple, Adam and Eve, Jesus never wanted to become independent of God. "The cannot do a single thing of His own initiative but only what He beholds the Father doing." Jesus explain. "For whatever things that One does these things the also does in like manner." (John 5:19; 14:10; 17:8)
This strong bond of unity, however, does not make God and His , Jesus, indistinguishable from each other. They are two individuals. Each one has His own distinct personality.
Jesus has His own feelings, thoughts, experiences and free will.
Nevertheless, He chose to submit His will to that of His Father.
According to Luke 22:42, Jesus said: "Let not my will but yours take place." These words would have been meaningless if His will could not differ from His Father's.
If Jesus and His Father were really one person, why did Jesus pray to God and humbly admit to not knowing things that only His father knew? (Matthew 24:36)

Members of many religions worship gods that are depicted as quarreling and fighting with their own family members. In Greek mythology, for example, Cronus overthrew his father, Uranus, and devoured his own . How different this is from the oneness based on true love between Jehovah God and His , Jesus! In fact, we have the incomparable privilege of being in union with these two highest Persons in all the universe!
Regarding His followers, Jesus prayed: "I make request....that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am in union with you, that they also may be in union with us." (John 17:20+21)

By the reckoning of those arguing the trinity dogma, this would make all those in christendom to be gods with the Father, and Holy Spirit, thus making God, not just a triune but a multi-headed or multi-faceted monster.

Thus, when Jesus said, "I and the Father are one," he was speaking, not of a mysterious trinity, but of a wonderful unity.
The closest bond possible between two persons.