John 10:31-36

³¹ The Jews picked up rocks again to stone him.

³² Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many proper works from the Father. Because of which of these works are you stoning me?”

³³ The Jews answered, “We aren’t stoning you for a good work,” “but for blasphemy, because you– being a man– make yourself God.”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, I said, you are gods?

³⁵ If he called those whom the word of God came to ‘gods’– and the Scripture cannot be broken–

³⁶ do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the one the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am God’s Son?

Set apart and sent

Jesus is not downplaying his Sonship to escape the stoning. He is making a point that even the angelic council had been called θεοί (gods) in the Old Testament, with no charge of blasphemy ensuing (Psalm 82:1,6). Likewise, the apostle Paul referred to Satan as the god of this age (2 Cor. 4:4).

Jesus claims to have been set apart and sent by God from heaven. His miracles attest to the truth of that claim. Don’t let a stubborn hold on bad theology keep you from accepting God’s gift.

Lord, open the eyes of those who resist believing in who you are.