In John 10:30, Does It Mean that Christ and His Father are One God?

Question: In John 10:30, Does It Mean that Christ and His Father are One God?

John 10:30 says: "I and the Father are one."

Answer 

By simply looking at the statement, you can actually asked several questions to verify what did Christ really mean when He said, "I and the Father are one."

1. Is Christ and the Father one God? The Bible clearly tell us that there is only one true God and this one true God is the Father. The Bible doesn't say that the only true God is the Father and Christ.
2. Is Christ the Father? The answer is No. Christ is not the Father. Check this post >>, "Is Christ the Father?"

What does it really mean when Christ said,"I and the Father are one"?

To answer the question, you just read back from verse 26 to 30.  Christ was talking here about His sheep. In verse 28, Christ said that "And I give them life everlasting; and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand." And then in verse 29 Christ said, "That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father."

In other words, Christ said that He is taking care of His sheep and no one can pluck them out from Him. These sheep are given by His Father to Him. The Father is greater than all. So, no one can snatch them from the hands of the Father.

Christ clearly differentiate Him from the Father by saying that the sheep were given to Him by the Father. The Father is the "GIVER" and Christ is the "RECEIVER." Christ even said that the Father is greater than all, which means the Father is even greater than Him. So, it is really clear that Christ and the Father are not same.

But what did Christ really mean when He said, that He and the Father are one? Christ was not saying that He and the Father are one GOD. He did not even say that He and the Father in a way that Christ is the Father. What Christ really mean is that He and the Father are one in action or they are united in taking care of the sheep.

Remember Christ said that no one can pluck the sheep out of Christ's sheep. Christ is taking care of the sheep. But He is not alone, because the Father who gave the sheep to Christ is taking care of them too. That's why Christ said that no one can snatch the sheep out of the Father's hands. So, in conclusion, Christ said, "I and the Father are one." In some other translation (GL Translation), the verse has been rendered, "I and the Father are one in accord."

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