John 10:30-38
Jesus and the Father are One and Understand that the Father is in Jesus and He is in the Father
30 I and the Father are one.”
31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”
33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods”’? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside— 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. 38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
When Jesus prayed for all believers, in John chapter seventeen, He tells us about His Relationship with His Father...He prays “My prayer is not for them alone...I pray also for those who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in Me and I AM in You...May they also be in us so that the world may believe that You have sent Me...I have given them the glory that you gave Me, that they may be one as We are One— I in them and you in Me—so that they may be brought to complete unity...Then the world will know that you sent Me and have LOVED them even as You have LOVED me....
By making this prayer and statement we can believe that Jesus and the Father are Divine and are One...Jesus had said earlier, "I and the Father are One."...When He said this He was making a profound statement about His Own Divine Nature plus His relationship with God...This statement is found in the Gospel of John, specifically in both chapters 10 and 17...
There are several ways to look at this statement, but the most common understanding is that Jesus is claiming to be Fully Divine, Equal to God His Father...This is a bold claim that has been the subject of much theological debate and discussion throughout history for two thousand years...
Jesus could mean that He is the Unity of Divine Essence with God...Jesus seems to assert that He and the Father share the same Divine Essence and Nature...This means that they are not two Separate Beings, but rather Two Aspects of the One True Living God...
We might believe by Jesus saying this, He has Co-Equality with God, His Father...Jesus was claiming to be Co-Equal with His Father, very well could mean that they have the same power, authority, and glory...
Believers believe that Jesus is a statement meaning that Jesus is consubstantial with His Father...To say that Jesus is “consubstantial with the Father” is to say nothing other than He is of the same Nature as God His Father...The term "consubstantial" is often used to describe the relationship between Jesus and the Father...So Jesus being consubstantial with His Father means that they are of the same Substance or Nature...This means that they are not two Separate Beings, but rather Two Aspects of the One True Living God...
Later in these verses Jesus adds another statement that is Mysteriously Divine as the statement above...Another statement that sounds like He and God are so much, and very much alike...He says, "Understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father," He is emphasizing the profound Unity and Oneness He shares with God His Father...This statement is found in the Gospel of John, again specifically in chapters 10 and 17...
We are reading in these verses that there is this inseparable bond between Jesus and His Father...Jesus wants to emphasize the inseparable bond that is between Himself and His Father...This suggests that they are intimately United, sharing the same thoughts, feelings, and purposes...
In essence, Jesus' statement about the Father being in Him and He in the Father is a powerful affirmation of His Divine nature and His relationship with God His Father...This is a central tenet of Christian theology and has been the subject of much discussion and interpretation throughout history...It's important to note that these statements that "I and the Father are One" and "Understand that the Father is in Me and I in the Father" is a central tenet of Christian theology, and these verses have been interpreted and understood in different ways by various denominations and individuals over the past two thousand years...