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Mr. Funk does not believe that Jesus is God or the Eternal Judge in the future. Would Jesus be insulted? Apparently, Mr. Funk did not read the passage of our study or he has chosen to ignore it. Let’s see what Jesus said about Himself.
Jesus Mimics The Father. Our study is found in John 5:19-47 and it starts with these words,
Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. (NASB) John 5:19 The religious leaders had accused Jesus of breaking the Sabbath laws by healing, feasting, and telling a paralyzed man to carry his pallet. So Jesus responded by informing them that He only does what He sees God the Father doing. Jesus uses a simple word when He says that He does what He “sees” the Father doing. It reminds us of a little baby trying to walk just like his/her parents. Babies are great imitators. That is how they learn to walk and speak. Later on in life, they imitate some aspects of our character that we did not know was obvious to others - some bad and some good. So Jesus imitated the Father. Whatever the Father did, He did too! That is, He never acted independently of the Father. Jesus was telling the religious leaders that when they criticize Him, they are criticizing God the Father, because Jesus was just copying the Father’s actions.
The Trinity. What did Jesus mean when He spoke of the “Father”? For some this can be confusing. Jesus was not referring to another God. There are not two gods - Jesus and God the Father. Later in one of our future studies, we will read the following words,
Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD . . .’” (NASB) Mark 12:29 |
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