John 7:16 (NKJV)
"Jesus answered them and said, 'My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.'"
Yeshua says it plain, right there in the temple: "My doctrine is not Mine." (Read that again, slowly.) He is not being humble for effect. He is TELLING you who he is — and who he is NOT.
God does not disclaim authorship. God does not point past themselves and say, this belongs to the One who SENT Me. A prophet does. A messenger does. A man carrying Another's words, exactly as he was given them, does (and that is precisely the job God described in Deuteronomy 18:18).
So why did later religion hear "not Mine" and preach "He is God" anyway? Because a prophet you have to LISTEN to is harder than a god you can worship from a distance. Yeshua kept handing the glory back. Believe him the first time.
— Jillian Devona Rogers
Written November 9, 2026
