Can Jesus Lie?

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” John 20:17 (NKJV) Recently, at the second of three book signing events in a five day period, my newly released book Jesus’s God And Father: One God And Father Of All, generated an interesting conversation. I heard from an individual, three times mind you, “Jesus was playing a role.” The third time I heard this said, came after this individual actually read John 20:17, directly from my book, for themselves. I asked, “Can Jesus lie?” Up to this point this individual refused to accept the fact of Jesus “ascending to” His “God,” which is exactly what Jesus is saying in John 20:17. After a brief moment of silence, I asked this individual once again, “Can Jesus lie?” “No” was their response, but nothing changed. This individual was bent on believing Jesus is God, and accused me of taking a single verse of Scripture to make my point. I was instructed to spend more time in the Bible to get the rest of the story. Nothing could be more beneficial to one’s well-being than being right by Jesus. Anyone can read the Bible from cover to cover but not until they actually accept it as true, that is believe in Christ Jesus according to the Scriptures, will they come to know who Jesus is. Jesus is the Son of God, not God. God bless. In His Care… Jim