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“And Jesus cried out ...” This is the end of Jesus’ public ministry before the cross, the next few chapters will focus on the time Jesus spent with the disciples. This section summarises many of the themes that Jesus has previously spoken about. “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in Him who sent me”. Jesus is not a standalone figure. He was sent by the Father, and He and the Father are one. Jesus is the perfect representation of the Father (Heb 1:3). Belief in God and belief in Jesus are the same thing. We cannot have one without the other.
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When we see Jesus we see the Father. The character of God and the character of Jesus are one and the same. Jesus said only what He heard the Father say, He did only what He saw the Father do. Any “theology” that sees a distinction between Jesus and the Father is fundamentally flawed. These claims made by Jesus were made by none of the prophets, no one else would dare to make them, for anyone else who made them would most definitely be guilty of blasphemy. In this sense the religious leaders were right to accuse Jesus of blasphemy, except for one basic fact, Jesus was actually sent by the Father, He actually is God.
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