As Jesus is the cornerstone upon which the Church is built, so are his teachings the unifying cornerstone of Christian doctrine.

I and the Father are one

What did Jesus mean when that he and the Father are one (John 10:22-30)? He called the angels his angels (Matthew 13:41) but they are God’s angels (Luke 12:8-9; 15:10). Jesus also said that he is the resurrection and the life (John 11:25). John wrote that the word [Jesus] was God (John 1:1). We also read Jesus as an exact representation of God’s nature (Hebrews 1:2-3, 8). Paul wrote that in Jesus the fullness of deity dwells bodily (Colossians 1:15-20; 2:9). Jesus is the judge (2 Timothy 4:1; 2 Corinthians 5:10). Paul also wrote that Jesus had the form or nature of God before his birth (Philippians 2:5-11). So when Thomas called Jesus my Lord and my God (John 20:28) he was stating a fact of Christianity.

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