Christians love boasting The above statement, some base their entire salvation on this... But with a little study we find this statement is only mentioned in the gospel of john? I mean if this was such a God given message wouldn't all the gospels mention of it? Why didn't mark Matthew or Luke record Jesus uttering such Statement? What happened did the Holy Ghost forget or was it not aware of such an utterance?. What makes this statement dubious is that a few chapters earlier in the same book of john we read Jesus himself testifying:
"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true."
(John 5:31)
Wait a sec Jesus is testifying that if he speaks of himself then his testimony is not true? If Jesus himself is saying he's words don't hold any value then how can you accept him saying he is the truth? Another addition to the statement of Jesus which is rather contradictory and Christians fall into a dilemma is when Jesus praises the Spirit of truth
"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now."But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth"
(John 16:12-13)
If Jesus is suppose to be the truth then why did he say when the spirit of truth comes he will GUIDE YOU TO ALL TRUTH!!! Note Jesus said he will guide to "All TRUTH" this tells us Jesus was not the ultimate truth?
Now I would like to shift the lane and get into some other external scriptures, also I want to address the fact that the gospels and epistles found in the New Testament are not part of the Old Testament sacred scriptures like the Jews believe for instant the Old Testament is broken down in 3 categories these are known as :
THE TORAH ( The Pentateuch 5 Books of Moses )
THE NEVI'IM ( The Prophets )
THE K'TUVIM ( The Scriptures )
Now with theses books also comes the Oral Law which Jews take for Holy Scriptures known as the Mishna/Talmud a collection of books, rules and laws and a deep explanation of the Torah according to Jewish scholar Hyam Maccoby, in Judaism on Trial, quotes Rabbi Yehiel ben Joseph: "Further, without the Talmud, we would not be able to understand passages in the Bible...God has handed this authority to the sages and tradition is a necessity as well as scripture. The Sages also made enactments of their own...anyone who does not study the Talmud cannot understand Scripture."
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Interestingly we read from the Jewish oral holy scriptures ( Talmud) that Moses was the Truth and so was the Torah which Moses had... Both Moses and the Torah are the Truth and that's wasn't said by Moses it was said by Yahweh (inspired words ).... So now we have Moses and his Torah as the truth.. Did Jesus say the gospels are the truth?
He said unto me: 'Come, I will show you the men of Korah that were swallowed up.17 I saw two cracks that emitted smoke. I took a piece of clipped wool, dipped it in water, attached it to the point of a spear and let it in there. And when I took it out it was singed. [Thereupon] he said unto me: 'Listen attentively [to] what you [are about to] hear.' And I heard them say: 'Moses and his Torah are truth and we18 are liars.' He said unto me: 'Every thirty days Gehenna19 causes them to turn back here as [one turns] flesh in a pot,20 and they say thus: "Moses and his law are truth and we18 are liars".' (Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Baba Bathra Folio 74a)
The above passage is sufficient to call Moses the Truth According to Jewish written inspired texts, how about Moses making his way to Yahweh... Yawheh invited seventy elders to go with Moses and worship him from a distance but Moses is exclusively asked to to see Yahweh Alone
Then He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance. "Moses alone, however, shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him." ( Exodus 24:1-3)
also the Torah tells us Yahweh made Moses a god to pharaoh
And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. (Exodus 7:1)
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Christians like isang have no idea how they humiliate themselves when they start assuming that the biblical Jesus was the ONLY way and truth...
Carry on reading to verse 32 There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true. (John 5:32)
"For he who finds me finds life And obtains favor from the LORD. (Proverbs 8:35)
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Solomon is talking about himself if you find him you find life, so what happened to I am the way the truth the life?
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