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It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.
John 6:45
When we look at the biblical footnote associated with this passage, we see that Jesus is quoting from the prophet Jeremiah.
“I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach everyone his fellow or everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Jeremiah 31:31-34
This passage, clearly based on the paradigm of oneness, could easily have served as the inspirational model that Jesus followed.
Jeremiah: “I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
Jesus: “The kingdom of God is within you” (Lk 17:21). “But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you” (Matt. 6:6).
Jeremiah: “And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord.”
Jesus: “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me” (Jn 6:45. Direct reference to Jeremiah 31:34).
Jeremiah: “… for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Jesus: And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” The son of man (the human being) has the power on earth to forgive sin. The father of the prodigal son did not acknowledge the obvious sins of his son.