I and My Father are One

“I and my Father are One.” Jn10:30

                Jesus claimed to be God. There is no question. Several times the religious leaders of His day tried to kill Him because His claim. Eventually they would crucify Him under the charge of claiming to be God’s Son. Jesus knew who He was and where He came from.

                The doctrine of the trinity is greatly supported by this passage. God in three distinct persons. Yet they are One. In First John it says similar; “and the three are One.” At the baptism we get another view of this. The Father is speaking from Heaven, the Holy Spirit is descending as a dove and Jesus is coming out of the water. We see them separate. Yet the claim is they are one. Jesus spoke of the Holy Spirit as “another” Comforter. The word for “another” means of the same substance, of the essence, of the same material. Jesus words “I will come to you” are fulfilled through the Holy Spirit.

                Who is in your heart? Is it God or Jesus or the Holy Spirit? They are the same. Jesus is saying that He is God and He does the work of God. The proof is in what He did and said. It is still powerful today.