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Qasim786 said:where Jesus says i and the father are one. The word one is used to denote one in purpose. Both in 17:21 and 10:30. He is not claiming to be the same as God!
One response to this that I found-
"I and the Father are one." There are those who would limit this oneness between the Father and Son to unity of will and designâ€â€the Unitarian interpretation of the passage. Dr. John Brown has refuted the error of this so ably and simply that we transcribe from his exposition: "Harmony of will and design, is not the thing spoken of here; but harmony or union of power and operation. Our Lord first says of Himself, ‘I give unto my sheep eternal life, and none shall pluck them out of my hand.’ He then says the same thing of the Fatherâ€â€Ã¢â‚¬ËœNone is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.’ He plainly, then, ascribes the same thing to Himself that He does to the Father, not the same will, but the same workâ€â€the same work of power, therefore the same Power. He mentions the reason why none can pluck them out of the Father’s hands,â€â€because He is the Almighty, and no created Power is able to resist Him. The thing spoken of is power,â€â€Power irresistible. And in order to prove that none can pluck them out of HIS hand, He adds, ‘I and the Father are one.’ One in what? unquestionably in the work of power whereby He protects His sheep and does not suffer them to be plucked out of His hand. What the Father is, that the Son is. What the work of the Father is, that the work of the Son is. As the Father is almighty, so is the Son likewise. As nothing can resist the Father, so nothing can resist the Son. Whatsoever the Father hath, the Son hath likewise. The Father is in the Son, and the Son in the Father. These two are oneâ€â€in nature, perfection and glory."
http://www.pbministries.org/books/pink/John/john_36.htm