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John 14:24 - Did Jesus Disclaim Being the Word of God?

By Ronald R. Day

John 14:24 - He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me. 

It has been claimed that Jesus, by his words recorded in John 14:24, was denying that he is the Logos of John 1:1-15, and evidently also of Revelation 19:13.

John 1:14,15,29,30 definitely shows that the Logos spoken in John 1:1 is the Son of God, Jesus. Denying that the Logos became flesh, or that when the Logos became flesh he ceased being the Logos does not actually fit what is stated.

The name "Logos of God" -- applied to Jesus -- signifies one who speaks, who delivers, the words of God. Of course, Jesus is not literally "the Word." Revelation 19:13 shows that this is a titular name. A comparison can be made in that Jesus also refers to himself as "the truth". (John 14:6) Does this mean that Jesus is literally "the truth"? Obviously, Jesus is referring to himself as the embodiment of truth related to his God and Father, Jehovah. (Micah 5:4; Ephesians 1:3) Jesus reflects the glory of his God perfectly, and he came to declare the truth about His God. (John 1:18; 1 John 5:20) Thus, in the same manner, Jesus is the embodiment of Word of His God, for he represents his God and speaks the words of his God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Exodus 3:13,14; Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Isaiah 61:1; John 3:34; 5:19; 6:29; 7:16,28; 8:26,28,42; 10:36; 12:44-50; 14:10,24; 17:1,3,8; Acts 3:13-26; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Galatians 4:4; Hebrews 1:1,2; 1 John 4:9,10) This is what Jesus actually claimed in John 14:24, that the words he spoke on behalf of his God were not his own words, but that of his God. Thus, instead of not identifying himself as being the Logos of God, Jesus was actually stating that he is the Logos of his God. 

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