John 3:34,35 – The Spirit Given to Jesus Without Measure

John 3:34 – For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
John 3:35 – The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

John tells us that Jesus is the one whom God has sent and who speaks the words of God. This fulfills Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Jesus is the prophet of whom Yahweh says: “I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.” (Deuteronomy 18:18) And Yahweh gives to Jesus the spirit without limit, so that Jesus can accomplish all the things that Yahweh has put into his hand. (Colossians 2:9,10)

That God has given “all things” into his hand does not mean that Jesus is or became his God who has put all things in his hand, since, as Paul says, “it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.” (1 Corinthians 15:27)  Additionally, it should be apparent that if the “all things” spoken of here were put into the hands of Jesus, then Jesus did not have this authority/power of himself, but it is “given” to him, which shows that Jesus is not God Almighty. “Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine,” says Yahweh. (Job 41:11; Romans 11:35; see 1 Chronicles 29:11,12; John 10:29; 14:28) Thus through this, as well as many other scriptures, the holy spirit reveals that Jesus is not Yahweh.

One has stated: “If Jesus has the the spirit without measure of the only true God then he is immeasurably the only true God, as God is spirit.” This logic is from one who believes in some form of the “oneness” doctrine. From the oneness viewpoint, it evidently would suggest that there was a time when Jesus was not the only true God, and that thus, upon being giving unlimited spirit by his God, Jesus became his God who had given him this spirit. The trinitarian who would try to use this scripture to prove that Jesus is God runs into even greater difficulty, for such an application would have lead to the conclusion that the only true God gave to Himself that which he already had, which is nonsense. Additionally, if the trinitarian should argue that The Father gave this unlimited access to the human Jesus, as opposed to the alledged “God” Jesus, in an effort to try to prove the trinity, then one would be lead to conclude that the human Jesus was the God Jesus.

Regarding the first proposition, scripturally, Jesus is never depicted as becoming his God, nor his Father. The whole idea has to be read into the scriptures. Nor does Jesus’ being given unlimited access to God’s holy spirit mean that Jesus became his God who gave to him this unlimited access. It is claimed that our usage of unlimited access is really “limited”, evidently because we deny that this means that Jesus became his God. To us, unlimited does not mean limited. Our use of “unlimited” does not mean that we are placing limits upon the spirit that is given to Jesus by the only true God. Nevertheless, the thought seems to be that in some vague manner “without measure” means that Jesus received his Father’s spirit, and not only received it, but that he became all of his Father’s spirit, and thus he became the Father. Such an idea is not at all to be found in the Bible, however, except in the imaginations of those who read such into various scriptures. Without measure does not mean that Jesus became his own Father.

Regardless, the fact that the only true God has given to another His holy spirit without measure does not in any way mean that Jesus ever was, is, or that he will ever be, the only true God who has given to Jesus. All that is given to Jesus does not mean that Jesus becomes the One who has given all that has been given to Jesus. The being of the only true God is always excepted in all that is given to Jesus.
This in no wise places a limit upon Jesus’ access to his God’s holy spirit. — 1 Corinthians 15:27.

From the trinitarian standpoint, the very fact is that only true God would already have his holy spirit without measure, and would not need to be given the holy spirit at all. The very fact is that since Jesus was given this holy spirit by the only true God proves that Jesus is not the only true God who gave the holy spirit to him.

One might also wish to examine the studies listed at:

http://www.agsconsulting.com/htdbv5/kjv0043.htm#0110

The author there presents a slightly different viewpoint than what we have presented here.