He also said ..... and read this very carefully,
Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
I and the Father are one."
Read the context! in which sense did he say that...
Let's start from verse 23
John 10:23
"and Jesus walked in Solomon porch (meaning in the temple of Jerusalem)
He is walking, He is alone! Jesus was not with his disciples. Than Jews came, they surrounded him because this man Jesus a mighty messenger of God provoke by the Jews and he criticized them very strongly, he say you generation of vipers, you wicked and adulterous generation, you fools and Jews are not the people who forgives you for that, they are un forgiven people.
So, now they have their own time, they have an opportunity that here is a man and he is alone let's give him a good bashing so they surround him and they say:
John 10:24
"How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."
means they say how long you keep us in doubt, if you are a Christ tell us plainly man in other words you a re talking ambiguously, you are not putting for your claim clear enough. That's the allegation the charge. So, Jesus says:
John 10:25-30
Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these testify of Me. "But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep. "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand; My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand
"I and the Father are one." (That is the context)
Meaning once a person has accepting faith, God sees to it that he remains in faith and I as a teacher, as a master remains in faith we are both one in this to see that the man remains in faith not in omnipotence, not in omnition.
One in this to see that the man remains in faith!
But the Jews were looking for trouble, they are out for a fight and there is saying if you are looking for trouble you don't have to go very far, so they picked up stone again to stone him (Verse 31) So Jesus say:
John 10:31-32
The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"
So they say:
John 10:33
The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God."
What does Jesus says to that?
You see, the first false charge was that he is talking ambiguously and 2nd false charge now you blaspheme, you are claiming to be God when you are a man. Now what is the answer? Look if I am a God, I said I am a God, if you say Zee are you a student I say yes I am a student with no hesitation. why should I start beating arround the bush if I am.
So, Jew say you blaspheme, Jesus say:
John 10:34
Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I SAID, YOU ARE GODS '?
The Law in Hebrew is (Torah) is it not written in your law, He was sarcastic, it is not written in your law because Torah is also his law because Jesus say in:
Mathew 5:17
Think not that I come to destroy the law or the prophets; I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
He was sarcastic, He says look in your law in other words he say look in your book and he quotes from:
Psalms 82:6
"I said, You are "Gods"; you are all sons of the Most High."
He is quoting from the 82 Psalms where God speak to the Jews, He says behold ye are Gods and all of you the children of most High. That's the quotation in other word he is quoting from 82 psalms that this is our language we talk like that. To the judge we say Mi Lord, Mi Lord means my lord, my lord. What does this mean if we say Mi Lord? It doesn't mean He is our lord its kind of respect we give that's our way to speak.
So, Jesus is reminding them is it not written in your law I said Ye are Gods. If "He" God Almighty call them Gods unto whom the word God came, prophets have called Gods. In the book of Exodus, God speak to Moses, Behold I have made you a God to Pharaoh.
Exodus 7:1
Then the LORD said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.
Is he God? Is Moses God?
So. in other words this is the genius of the language we talk like that but we didn't mean that. If "He "God" call them God unto whom the word of God came and the scripture cannot be broken means you can't contradict me. You can't contradict what I am telling you, that's what Jesus told the Jews.
John 10:35-36
"If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God '?
That means nothing man, look if a man call God you take no exception to that, why you taking exception to me, when I say, I am son of God that's what he is telling them because God have sons by the tons in the Bible.
So, this is how he is reasoning, If Jesus was God, He say I am God, what can I say but he say nothing of a kind.
In the context it is not what you understand!
