John 8:40 is Not Unitarian (English)

John 8:40 will be one of the most cited passages by Unitarians para isupport ang kanilang mga views on the nature of God and Christ; where Christ said to the Jews that “but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.” (Jn. 8:40, New Revised Standard Version). The main reason why Unitarians would use this (specially the Iglesia ni Cristo or INC) is the wording where Jesus said that he is "a man" who is telling the truth. Others would jump to conclusions and eisegete the passage by saying "Jesus is a man and he says he's telling the truth that he is a man" that you can here from several articles by INC apologist that relies upon eisegesis and not to a meaningful representation of the Christology of the text.

 
Firstly, this passage is not mainly a referent on the manners of the ontology of Jesus Christ and hisnature but that Jesus replies on Jews who say "Abraham is our father" (v. 39) but yet does not follow what Abraham did and he said as like "if Abraham is your father, you should be doing the works of Abraham . If you are Abraham's children, why are you trying to me, a man who is telling the truth?", Jesus uses this to show the irony of the claims of the Jews as a reason to reject what Jesus says. Jesus as well applies this to God the Father and them where if they were God's children, they should have loved Jesus and accepted his message (vv. 41-47). This passage do not mainly refer to ontology, if you read it in context; as Unitarians specially the Iglesia ni Cristo—constantly misread Scripture for their own Theology that has a Low Christology (when John and other writings in the New Testament have a High Christology). Even though this tells us about the ontology of Jesus Christ, Jesus here is in his incarnate state where he emptied himself and lived as a mortal man as we are for the Atonement to be fulfilled (Jn. 1:14; Phil. 2:5-11; Heb. 2:7-9). Unitarians however fail to address the High Christology of the Gospels and other New Testament writings and the pre-existent glory of Jesus Christ as Jehovah and Jesus as exalted by Heavenly Father above everyone and gave him the name above every name (Jn. 17:5-26; Phil. 2:5-11). The Pre-existence, Incarnation, and Exaltation of Jesus Christ must be always considered when it comes to his Deity. John 8:40 does not disprove that Jesus is Divine, and we see in the Bible that He is.
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