John 14
8 Philip *said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus *said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and
yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how
can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me?
The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father
and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
Instead of John arguing that Christ's commandments should never be thought of as "God's Commandments" - John argues that they cannot be anything OTHER than the Word of the Father.
The Father's commands are the Ten Commandments. Exodus 20
As are Christ's - Hebrews 8 says it is Christ speaking at Sinai
Hebrews 8
8 Now the main point in what has been said
is this: we have
such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2
a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that
this high priest (Christ) also have something to offer. 4
Now if He (Christ) were on earth, He (Christ) would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; 5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned
by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “See,” He (Christ) says, “that you make all things according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” 6 But now
He (Christ)
has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He (Christ) is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
7 For if that first
covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.
8 For finding fault with them,
He (
Christ) says,
“Behold, days are coming, says the Lord (YHWH),
When I (Christ) will effect a new covenant
With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
9 Not like
the covenant which I (Christ) made with their fathers
On the day
when I (Christ) took them by the hand
To lead them out of the land of Egypt;
For they did not
continue in My (Christ's) covenant,
And I did not care for them, says the Lord (Christ).
10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds,
And I will write them on their hearts.
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
It was Christ at Sinai according to Hebrews 8.
It was Christ "every day" in the wilderness wanderings of Israel.
1 Cor 10
For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and all ate the
same spiritual food; 4 and all drank
the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the
Rock was Christ
So that is "Christ" saying "
Do not take God's name in vain" Ex 20:7 according to Hebrews 8.