The We have a We hear people today making the claim that God has many names, that all religions are essentially just different paths to the same God. True Christians will not make this claim and today

on Truth for Life Weekend we'll find out why.

Alistair Begg is continuing a series titled, Who Is Jesus?

We said last time that the fundamental question was,

did Jesus himself ever claim to be God? People will

respond to our affirmations and protestations by saying, well we understand that

you believe him to be God, but we are not sure that he himself regarded himself as God.

And so taking up the challenge, we addressed it, looking first of all last time at a number of

the indirect claims which Jesus made to deity.

We then proceeded from there to begin the first two of six direct claims made by Christ in addressing the whole question of the fact that he was both God and man.

And having dealt with one in Chapter 5 of John's Gospel and then in the 8th chapter of John's Gospel.

We come now to the 10th chapter and particularly to verse 29 and the declaration which comes just in one simple sentence in verse 30. Jesus

is speaking of the fact that he has sheep who listen to his voice and in verse

29 he says of them my father who has given

them to me is greater than all no one can snatch them out of my father's hand

I and the father are one.

Now the word which is used there for one is not in the masculine,

it is in the neuter and it is significant insofar as the claim which

Jesus was making was simply this to be one in substance and essence with God the Father. And as a result of making that affirmation,

he was met with a quite violent reaction. In verse 31, the Jews again picked up stones to stone him.

And Jesus said to them, I've shown you many miracles from the Father,

for which of these do you stone me?

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