13The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”14Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going. 15You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. 16But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. 17In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. 18I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”
The Holy Bible : Today's New International Version. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005), Jn 8:13-18.
This is a debate going on between Jesus and the Pharisees - a common event when Jesus walked the earth. Jesus states that his own testimony is not valid, i.e. by itself. He quotes Deuteronomy to establish that the testimony of two witnesses is true. He then calls upon the Father as a second witness. If Jesus and the Father are the same person, then Jesus attempted to pull a fast one on the Pharisees. Jesus would have been lying. It would be like Clark Kent calling upon Superman to be a second witness. It just doesn't work.
There are many more passages that support the idea that while Jesus is God, Jesus and the Father are not the same person. You see, the Trinity is not a problem, it is the only solution that makes all the biblical texts make sense.
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