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Some say because Jesus says "I and the Father are one, then Jesus is the Father and therefore God
On the face of it this might seem like a valid argument, however I will show that this interpretation is an incorrect
conclusion and that John 10:28-30 does NOT show Jesus to be God.
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Before analyzing the passage in question in John 10:28-30, and the relationship of Christ with God, I am going to
provide some evidence that has to be taken into account when interpreting our passage.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

1 Corinthians 6:17
1 Corinthians 12:12
Galatians 3:28
John 17:9-23
John 10:28-30

Part 1 1 Corinthians 6:17

Disciples are "one spirit with Christ."
1 Corinthians 6:15-19 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the
members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is
written, The two will become one flesh.
17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually
immoral person sins against his own body.
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from
You are not your own,

God?

Vs15 Disciples are members of Christ.

The disciples each still remain separate, distinct, unique, individual beings.
Vs16 Disciples being members of Christ is compared directly to being "one" with a prostitute.
The prostitute and the client, although in certain ways becoming one with each other, still remain separate, distinct,
unique, individual beings from each other.
Vs17 The comparison continues
Vs17 The Disciples are "one" spirit with Jesus Christ
Disciples are joined with Christ as "one" in regards to unity: Their thoughts, ideas, beliefs, works, and purpose, are in
agreement.
They disciples and Jesus each still remain separate, distinct, unique, individual beings. Individual spirits
Vs19 It is because we are filled with the Holy Spirit that we are one with Jesus Christ
Summary:
1 Corinthians 6:15-19 Disciples are one with Christ.
Disciples and Jesus Christ are "one," and yet each remains separate, distinct, unique, individual beings. Each disciple
and Jesus Christ still have their own distinct spirits.
The disciples and Jesus are "one" in regards to unity: Their thoughts, ideas, beliefs, works, and purpose, are in
agreement.

Nothing about being "one," results in the disciples being Jesus Christ, or Jesus Christ being the disciples.

Part 2 1 Corinthians 12:12

1 Corinthians 12:7-14 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge
according to the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between
spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he
wills.
12 For

just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are
one body, so it is with Christ.
13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one bodyJews or Greeks, slaves or freeand all were
made
to drink of one Spirit.
14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
Vs7 Each individual disciple spirit is given the manifestation of the Spirit of God, God's Spirit, the Holy Spirit.
Vs8-10 The disciple's are given spiritual gifts from the Spirit of God.
Vs11 Each disciple's spirit is "empowered" by the Holy Spirit of God.
Vs12 The body of Christ is "one" and has many members.
The many members/disciples are "one" body with Christ.
All the individual and distinct spirits along with Christ, make up the body of Christ.
Christ still remains a separate, distinct, unique, and individual being from the other disciples/members.
Nothing about the disciples being "one" with Jesus Christ, makes any of them Jesus Christ.
Vs14 The many members of the body are many
Summary:
1 Corinthians 12:7-14 All the individual and distinct spirits along with Christ, make up the body of Christ.
Christ still remains a separate, distinct, unique, and individual being from the other disciples/members.
Nothing about the disciples being "one" with Jesus Christ, makes any of them Jesus Christ.

Part 3 Galatians 3:28

Galatians 3:25-29 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,
26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are
all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you are Christs, then you are Abrahams offspring, heirs according to promise.
Vs26 We disciples are "in" Christ, and sons of God
Vs28 We disciples are all "one" in Christ
We are both one with each other and we are one with Christ.
Nothing about any of us being one with Christ means we are Christ.
Summary:
Galatians 3:25-29 We disciples are all "one" in Christ
We are both one with each other and we are one with Christ.

Nothing about any of us being one with each other, or one with Christ, means we are each other or we are Christ.

Part 4 John 17:9-23

John 17:9-23 I am praying for them ......
11And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them
in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one
20 I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that
the world may believe that you have sent me.
22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,
23 I
in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and
loved them even as you loved me.
Vs9 Jesus is praying to God the Father
Vs11 All disciples are one, just as God the Father and Jesus are one
Vs20 Jesus asks God the Father for unity of the disciples and future disciples
Vs21 That the disciples can all be "one," in the same way that God the Father is in Christ and Christ in God the
Father.
Vs21 When the disciples are "one" they may also be in God the Father and Jesus the Son.
Vs22 The disciples are "one" in the same way that God the Father and Jesus the Son are "one"
Vs23 Jesus is in the disciples, and God the Father is in Jesus
Summary:
John 17:9-23 The following is true, or was something Jesus prayed to be true:
Disciples are one with each other.
God the Father and Jesus are one.
Both statements are compared directly with each other
The disciples are "one" with each other and yet each remains separate, distinct, unique, individual beings.
The disciples are "one" with each other in regards to unity: Their thoughts, ideas, beliefs, works, and purpose, are in
agreement.
Nothing about being "one" results in a disciple being another disciple.
God the Father and Jesus are "one" with each other and yet each remains separate, distinct, unique, individual beings.
God the Father and Jesus are "one" with each other in regards to unity: Their thoughts, ideas, beliefs, works, and
purpose, are in agreement.
Nothing about being "one" results in God the Father being Jesus, or Jesus being God the Father.

Part 5 John 10:28-30

John 10:28-30 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my
hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of my Fathers
hand. I and the father are one.
John 10:28-30 When Jesus says I and the father are one he is stating that the Father and Jesus are "one" in regards
to unity: Their thoughts, ideas, beliefs, works, and purpose, are in agreement.

Nothing about Jesus being one with the Father makes Jesus the Father or the Father Jesus.
Summaries and Final Conclusion
Part 1 1 Corinthians 6:15-19 Disciples are one with Christ.
Disciples and Jesus Christ are "one," and yet each remains separate, distinct, unique, individual beings. Each
disciple and Jesus Christ still have their own distinct spirits.
The disciples and Jesus are "one" in regards to unity: Their thoughts, ideas, beliefs, works, and purpose, are in
agreement.
Nothing about being "one," results in the disciples being Jesus Christ, or Jesus Christ being the disciples.
Part 2 1 Corinthians 12:7-14 All the individual and distinct spirits along with Christ, make up the body of Christ.
Christ still remains a separate, distinct, unique, and individual being from the other disciples/members.
Nothing about the disciples being "one" with Jesus Christ, makes any of them Jesus Christ.
Part 3 Galatians 3:25-29 We disciples are all "one" in Christ
We are both one with each other and we are one with Christ.
Nothing about any of us being one with each other, or one with Christ, means we are each other or we are
Christ.
Part 4 John 17:9-23 The following is true, or was something Jesus prayed to be true:
Disciples are one with each other.
God the Father and Jesus are one.
Both statements are compared directly with each other
The disciples are "one" with each other and yet each remains separate, distinct, unique, individual beings.
The disciples are "one" with each other in regards to unity: Their thoughts, ideas, beliefs, works, and
purpose, are in agreement.
Nothing about being "one" results in a disciple being another disciple.
God the Father and Jesus are "one" with each other and yet each remains separate, distinct, unique,
individual beings.
God the Father and Jesus are "one" with each other in regards to unity: Their thoughts, ideas, beliefs,
works, and purpose, are in agreement.
Nothing about being "one" results in God the Father being Jesus, or Jesus being God the Father.
Part 5 Joh John 10:28-30 When Jesus says I and the father are one he is stating that the Father and Jesus are
"one" in regards to unity: Their thoughts, ideas, beliefs, works, and purpose, are in agreement.
Nothing about Jesus being one with the Father makes Jesus the Father or the Father Jesus.
Final Conclusion:
The disciples and Jesus are "one" with each other in regards to unity: Their thoughts, ideas, beliefs, works, and
purpose, are in agreement.
When Jesus says I and the father are one he is stating that the Father and Jesus are "one" in regards to unity: Their
thoughts, ideas, beliefs, works, and purpose, are in agreement.

Nothing about being "one" results in a disciple being another disciple.

Nothing about being "one" results in a disciple being Jesus Christ.
Nothing about being "one" results in Jesus Christ being God the Father, or God the Father being Jesus Christ.
Therefore nothing in John 10:28-30 says that Jesus is God