Understanding the Trinity vs Three Manifestations: Did Jesus break the Sabbath? No !! He would never...

Understanding the Trinity vs Three Manifestations: Did Jesus break the Sabbath? No !! He would never...: "John 5:1-24 This is a unique scripture because it shows, again, that Jesus is God, then Jesus says, his Father does the work. Let’s take a..."

Did Jesus break the Sabbath? No !! He would never break His own law.

John 5:1-24

This is a unique scripture because it shows, again, that Jesus is God, then Jesus says, his Father does the work. Let’s take a look at what Jesus did;

1. Jesus healed the impotent man on the Sabbath and told him to take up his bed and walk.  This is a violation of Jewish Law. No work should be done on the Sabbath. Only God would do this because God made the Sabbath.

2. Jesus forgave sin. This is a violation of Jewish Law – Only God can forgive sin

3. Jesus called God his Father. This is a violation of Jewish Law – No man should say, “God is his Father, for this is blasphemy. This makes that man equal with God.

4. Jesus tells the Jews that he only does things that he sees the Father do. This is a violation of the Law. No man can say he does what God does without saying he is God or equal with God; this is blasphemy.

We know as Christians that Jesus Christ is God. Therefore he can heal the sick on the Sabbath and tell the impotent man to take up his bed and walk because Jesus, as God, is Lord of the Sabbath. By the same token, only God can forgive sins according to the Jewish tradition. When Jesus forgave the sins of the man, he was demonstrating by his actions that he is God.

When Jesus says God is his Father, he is saying to the Jewish leaders that he is equal with God and he is, in fact, God himself. They understood Jesus to say he is God because the Jews believes in only one God. Therefore, they wanted to kill him for blasphemy

Now look at how Jesus explained to the crowd that he cannot do anything without the Father-Spirit. This is not so difficult to believe since we, as humans, can’t do anything without the Spirit of God. Our natural body is only a shell without the spirit. With our natural spirit we move and have our being.

When Jesus says, I only do what I see the Father do, Jesus is saying in my Spirit form, I have seen many things that I have done before I came to earth. Then Jesus shows us that the Spirit will commit all things to his manifestation as the Son. The Son will be the Judge and if you don’t honor the Son, Natural, then you can’t honor the Father, Spirit, that sent the Son. The Spirit sent the natural body of Jesus. Jesus is also explaining how these two manifestations of himself are working in concert to show us the greatness of his power and the mystery of his nature. We should never be under the impression that this operation of God is two or three persons.

These are manifestations of the same God. God can be in heaven as a Spirit and be on earth as a man at the same time. Jesus has a dual nature. Spirit and Man. Therefore, we should honor Jesus as God, (Natural), thereby honoring the Father as God, (Spiritual). (John 1:1, 14). In other words, we have the same God with a dual nature. Look at the power of the dual nature of God in verse 21. Jesus shows us that God, (Spirit), can raise the dead and he as a man  (Natural) can raise the dead. Jesus explains that God, the Spirit, will show his flesh greater works than this and you will be amazed. Understanding that Jesus is the one and only Lord God Almighty is the premise for this book that God has given me. The scriptures testify that Jesus Christ is God and Lord of the Sabbath  (I Corinthians 10:4, Revelation 1:8).

This is an edited excerpt from my book, "Understanding the Trinity, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations.  To order call 1-888-260-7715