(Abdul Dawood;41473)
Hallo Mazhar!At first glance, verse 30 ' I and the Father are one. ' does not seem to be a claim of divinity until we see the response of the Jews in the following verses:31Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, 32but Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?" 33"We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God." Following this, Jesus does not refute them or correct them about him not being God. Also, if he was merely claiming that he was in fellowship with God only, the Jews would not have wanted to stone him.
Dear brother,you need to analyze it honestly within the context of the bible.To get at the context of 10:30, we have to begin from verse 23 which reads:23. "And Jesus (pbuh) walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch."John, or whoever he was, who wrote this story, does not tell us the reason for Jesus (pbuh) tempting the devil by walking alone in the lion’s den. Now, we do not expect the Jews to miss a golden opportunity to get even with Jesus (pbuh). Perhaps, he was emboldened by the manner in which he had literally whipped the Jews single-handed in the temple, and upset the tables of the money-changers at the beginning of his ministry (John 2:15).24. "Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly."They surrounded him, they began accusing him and provoking him; saying that he had not put forth his claim plainly enough, clearly enough. That he was talking ambiguously. But Jesus (pbuh) could not afford to provoke them any further, there were too many of them.25. Jesus (pbuh) answered them, ‘I told ye, and you believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me’.26. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.’Jesus (pbuh) refutes the false charge of his enemies that he was ambiguous. He says that he did tell them clearly enough, yet they would not listen to him,He further justifies by saying,27. "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:28. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man PLUCK THEM OUT OF MY HAND.29. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to PLUCK THEM OUT OF MY FATHER’S HAND."How can anyone be so blind as not to see the exactness of the ending of the last two verses? He is telling the Jews and recording for posterity, the real unity or relationship between the Father and the son.30. "I and my Father are one."This is the purpose of the "Father" AND the "son" AND the "Holy Ghost" AND of every man AND every woman of faith. The same John explains:"That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us …." (John 17:21)"I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one …." (John 17:23)If Jesus is "ONE" with God, and if that "ONENESS" makes him God, then the traitor Judas, and the doubting Thomas, and the satanic Peter, plus the other nine who deserted him when he was most in need are God(s), because the same ONENESS which he claimed with God in John 10:30, now he claims for all "who forsook him and fled" (Mark 14:50) – all "ye of little faith" (Matthew 8:26) – ALL "O faithless and perverse generation" (Luke 9:41The expression "I and my Father are one," was very innocent, meaning nothing more than a common purpose with God. But the Jews were looking for trouble and any excuse would do, therefore:31. "The Jews took up stones again to stone him.32. Jesus answered them, "Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?"33. The Jews answered him, saying, ‘For a good word we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.’"In verse 24 above the Jews falsely alleged that Jesus was talking ambiguously. When that charge was ably refuted, they then accused him of blasphemy which. So they say that Jesus is claiming to be God – "I and my Father are one". 34. "Jesus answered them, ‘Is it not written in your law, I SAID, YE ARE GODS?35. If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;36. Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?’"