Jesus and His God

John 12:44 - Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me. John 12:45 - He who sees me sees him who sent me.  Some quote the above as proof that Jesus claimed to be Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Exodus 3:14,15) So far, however, we have seen no explanation as to why this scripture should be thought that Jesus was saying that he is God. In some unknown manner, however, many seem to think that since Jesus stated that if one believes in him that such would mean that Jesus was saying that he is God who sent Jesus and that if one sees Jesus, that he was saying that he was God who had sent him Actually, Jesus presents God as being only one person, and distinguishes himself from being God by saying that God had sent him. Prophetically, Jesus is quoted as saying that it was "the Lord Jehovah" who sent him, and he includes himself in referring to the Lord Jehovah as "our God." (Isaiah 61:1,2) Micah 5:2 ide...

Isaiah 43:13 - Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it? -- American Standard Version. John 10:28 - and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.  -- American Standard Version . These two verses are sometimes put together and offered as proof that Jesus is Jehovah. Evidently, since it is Jehovah, the God of Jesus (Micah 5:4), who is speaking in Isaiah 43:13, what is being imagined and assumed is that Jesus, by his words recorded in John 10:28, was declaring himself to be Jehovah of Isaiah 43:13.  Such evidently overlook the fact that it is the God of Jesus who has given the sheep to Jesus, and it is the God and Father of Jesus (Micah 5:4; Ephesians 1:3) who has given to Jesus the authority to judge and thus to give life. (Ezekiel 34:2-24; John 5:19,21-23,27-29; 10:11-17,29) Thus, in verse 29, Jesus, in effect, acknowledges that no one can ...

By Ronald R. Day, Sr. (Needs to be edited) One has claimed that everything in Revelation 1 is about Jesus.  While we are not sure what is meant by the statement, we do know that the comment was made evidently to defend the trinitarian -- or perhaps the oneness -- philosophy. However, we present our responses below: In Revelation 1:1,2 John speaks of (1) God - Jehovah (2) Jesus and (3) himself (4) the angel and (5) the servants of Jesus. In Revelation 1:4,5 John tells who he is writing to and whose message he is writing: the letter is two the seven churches, from (1) He who is, was and is to come, and (2) the seven spirits and (3) Jesus, who is the firstborn of the dead, the ruler of the kings of the earth. He who is, was and is to come is not Jesus, but the one person who is "God" in Revelation 1:1. In Revelation 1:6 John speaks of (1)Jesus who has made his followers to a kingdom of priests and (2) the God of Jesus. In Revelation 1:7 John speaks of (1) the time when Jesus com...