The believers of Islam, Jehovah’s witnesses, Iglesia Ni Cristo and other antichrist groups used to quote John 5:30 in trying to disprove the divinity of Jesus.
[John 5:30] By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
ANSWER: The answer of the question is in the verse itself. As you can notice in the verse above, there is a reason why Jesus can do nothing, it is because he seeks to please the Father who sent him. Obviously, this doesn’t mean he cannot do anything for he can perform miracles and even raising corpses. What he meant is that all of his works and words are in accordance with the will of the Father. If you want to please your earthly father, you need to heed his advice and do his will, and that’s what Jesus did. You can violate your father’s commandment, but only you chose to follow it in order to please him. Below are verses telling Jesus is doing the will of the Father;
[John 6:38] For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
[John 14:10] Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
[John 5:19] So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
COMMENT: . . . I am in the Father and the Father is in me . . . the Father who dwells in me does his works . . . Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. These statements emphasize that there is oneness of the Father and Jesus. In fact Jesus said that He and the Father are one (John 10:30).
Another reason why Jesus had said he can do nothing was because he exalted or glorified the Father. If you humble yourself to your fellow, it will exalt him. The Father commanded Jesus to glorfy Him (Psalm 50:15), and in return, He will glorify the Son (John 12:28).
Read: The Father and the Son were glorifying each other.
Jesus went to Earth to bring the New Covenant, to build his Church, to speak the words of the Father, to show miracles esp. by healing, to save mankind by perfect obedience of the law, and to set himself as an example how people should live in relation with God. Jesus did all these works in the service of the Father.
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Jesus is The Servant of God & Only A Prophet ?
Isaiah 52:13-15 & 53 have sub-titles Jesus is Jehovah’s servant. Isaiah just received a revelation that the Masiah/ The Holy One will be disfigured/ suffered during his mission by our transgression.
Jesus only a prophet ?
Moses jst received the prophecy 1446-1406 yrs before Jesus was born in c.4 BC. Moses was still far from the fulfilment of the prophecy Deuteronomy 18:18. After he leaving earth other prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Micah continued the Messianic prophecy.
When the fulfilment already fulfilled Jesus did his ministry & miracles. The blurry vision/ prophecy about the Masiah (or muslim call him as prophet only) became clear. People saw his debates, witnessed & experienced his miracles.
The Jewish religious leaders who refused him argued with him. In John 10:22-42
Jesus declared himself as Yahweh whn he replied them I AM, the same way as Yahweh the God tht was worshiped by Abraham, Ishaq & Yakub (definitely not allah Sayeen/ Seen the Arabian moon 🌙 god) in Exodus 3:15-16.
In John 17:10, 11c, 10:30, 38, 14:20 Jesus said I and tge Father (Yahweh) are one.
They kept rejecting him then Jesus said, 37″…even though you do not belum me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father (Yahweh) is in me, and I in the Father. ” 39 Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. John 10:37b -39. For full story (the debate between Jesus wth the Jewish religious leaders) please read John 10:22-39.
*His disciples saw him tht Jesus is not jst a prophet* (1 of his prophecies is the ransacked of Jerusalem was general Titus Flavius Vespasianus in AD 70 which took happened around 42 yrs after his crucifixion, resurrection & ascension to heaven in front of his followers) *but also as God* (the Word made flesh John 1:14, Q 3:45, 39 & 4:171). He raised Lazarus from the death, did miracles in his own authority, raised from his death by himself & showing himself in front of his disciples. **No any prophet who has God’s attributes except Jesus himself.*
Jesus is God made visible to us (Colossians 1:15). For God so loved the world He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but has eternal life (John 3:16). Muslim reject the verse. How come God reincarnated to be a man ? The answer has just mentioned. allah Ta’ala. allah only dwells in heaven because he doesn’t care with his creation. *No salvation in islam but allah can be a stone as Manat’s vagina to erase muslims’ sins.*
*https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2010:22-39&version=NIV
Moses jst received the prophecy 1446-1406 yrs before Jesus was born in c.4 BC. Moses was still far from the fulfilment of the prophecy Deuteronomy 18:18. After he leaving earth other prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Micah prophesied the Messiah.
When the fulfilment already fulfilled Jesus did his ministry & miracles. The blurry vision/ prohecise about the Masiah (or muslim call him as prophet only) became clear. People saw his debates, witnessed & experienced his miracles.
The Jewish religious leaders who refused him argued with him. In John 10:22-42
Jesus declared himself as Yahweh whn he replied them I AM, the same way as Yahweh the God tht was worshiped by Abraham, Ishaq & Yakub (definitely not allah Sayeen/ Seen the Arabian moon 🌙 god) in Exodus 3:15-16.
In John 17:10, 11c, 10:30, 38, 14:20 Jesus said I and the Father (Yahweh) are one.
They kept rejecting him then Jesus said, 37″…even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father (Yahweh) is in me, and I in the Father. ” 39 Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. John 10:37b -39. For full story (the debate between Jesus wth the Jewish religious leaders) please read John 10:22-39.
*His disciples saw him tht Jesus is not jst a prophet* (1 of his prophecies is the ransacked of Jerusalem was general Titus Flavius Vespasianus in AD 70 which took happened around 42 yrs after hus crucifixion, resurrection & ascension to heaven in front of his followers) *but also as God* (the Word made flesh John 1:14, Q 3:45, 39 & 4:171). He raised Lazarus from the death, did miracles in his own authority, raised from his death by himself & showing himself in front of his disciples. **No any prophet who has God’s attributes except Jesus.*
*https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2010:22-39&version=NIV
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