11. To understand Jesus’ teachings, you must understand that he was on this earth to speak for God and that God told Jesus what to say and do. Jesus was obedient to God. John 8:27, 38
a. “But as My Father taught ME, I speak these things”. John 8:27 Paraphrased with some discernment, Jesus states: “But as God taught me, I have told you verbatim”.
b. Note: There is much confusion about Jesus’ ministry and who he was. However, to understand Jesus simply requires that you read the words of Jesus and pay close attention to them. Many Christians say that John 1:1-3 is proof that Jesus is God in the flesh. Quite the opposite message exists when you read what the Apostles said Jesus spoke along with Jesus’ actual words [from God] that he spoke in Revelation chapters 1-3.
12. To understand John 1:1-3 [“and the Word was God”] you have to understand Revelation 3:14 in that Jesus was the “beginning of all that God has made”. New Century Version
a. Note: The Amplified version of Revelation 3:14 reads “the Origin and Beginning and Author of God’s creation”. Jesus describes himself as “The words of the Amen” in RSV.
b. Jesus does not state in Rev 3:14 that he was God. Instead, Jesus states clearly that he was the instrument that God used when God made His creation. That is why John 1:3 states, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made”.
c. Note: As an exercise in discernment, view John 1:1-3 in NKJV as shown below in D) as written and then paraphrased in E) with the new knowledge that Jesus was: 1) the beginning of all that God has made [Rev 3:14]; 2) an instrument used by God in the rest of the creation [Rev 3:14, John 1:3]; and, 3) that Jesus only spoke those words that were given to him by God to speak [John 8:27, 38].
d. Written text of John 1:1-3 NKJV: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”
e. Paraphrased: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [Jesus] was in the beginning with God. All things were made through [Jesus], and without [Jesus] nothing was made that was made.”
f. Comment: The fact that Jesus as the Word of God was originally within God does not negate the words of Jesus that testify that he [Jesus] is not God and that Jesus was the “very beginning of God’s creations.” The first thing that God did was to put HIS Word into HIS first creation [Jesus], who was then used as an instrument in the rest of God’s creation. While this explanation might be controversial to some people, it does not require that you be brain dead by ignoring what Jesus actually did say in the Bible for the sake of getting along with any denomination’s man made doctrines on the trinity concept.
13. The phrase “I and my Father are one” in John 10:30 does not mean Jesus is God.
a. It is a spiritual analogy like the one Jesus used to explain why a husband and wife were of one flesh. “So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.” Matthew 19:5
b. Likewise, you are not GOD simply because Jesus said that you, he and the Father are “made perfect in one” or that the Father and Jesus would make their home with you. You can become one flesh with God and Jesus in this same spiritual sense if you choose.
i. “We will come to [you] and make Our home with [you].” John 14:23
