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- They are equal in terms of what they are—They are God (even as we humans are equal in terms of what we are—we are human beings). But the Father is greater; He is superior in terms of authority and responsibility.
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Jul 27, 2022 · Answer. The phrase “the Father is greater than I” ( John 14:28) was spoken by Jesus during the upper room discourse, and the greater context is the promising of the Holy Spirit to the disciples after Jesus’ resurrection.
- Who is God the Father?
God the Father is the first Person of the Trinity and serves...
- Subordination
God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit all have...
- Who is God the Father?
- The Equality Verses
- The Inferiority Verses
- A Theological Rule
- Conclusion
If the Bible only had verses that said the Father is greater than Jesus, then we might need to conclude that the Son relates to the Father as an inferior, a servant, or subordinate. But Scripture also has verses like: “he was in the form of God” and did “not count equality with God a thing to be grasped” (Phil 2:6). John tells us that “the Word was...
The Bible answers that question. Christ becomes inferior to the Father when he becomes human, and only in his humanity is he inferior. Paul tells us that although Christ was in the form of God, he emptied himself “by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men” (Phil 2:8). Because Christ took “the form of a servant,” he becomes ...
Good Bible readers have then observed a biblical rule: the Son is equal to the Father according to his divinity and less than the Father according to his humanity. Augustine of Hippo (AD 354–430), for example, states in his book on the Trinity: “In the form of a servant which he took he is the Father’s inferior; in the form of God in which he exist...
These orthodox Christians knew that we cannot affirm the language that the pastors in Sirmium used in 357: “the Father is greater, and the Son subordinatedto the Father together with all things which the Father has subordinatedto Him.” That way of putting things contradicts the Bible itself since it only provides half the picture. The confession of...
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Mar 4, 2021 · It is clear that a Father is "superior" in rank to His Son. Example: A general is superior to a private in rank, but not in nature nor essence; they are both male, human beings, and physical. Also, Jesus has divested Himself of His omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience in order to Incarnate Himself and die as a human being.
- The answer is both! However, the Spirit comes specifically from the Father, even if it is the Son who is sending Him, as we can read here: John 15:...
- I am unaware of anything in Scripture that even remotely forces one to choose between who sends the Holy Spirit, Father or Son! It can surely be ei...
- Before answering whom it is who sends the Spirit, one must be careful to understand the relationship between the Father and the Son. The Son is hum...
- Therefore, since He has been exalted at the right hand of God, and has received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has poured out t...
- The Father promised, and it is the Son who gives and who baptizes. He (the Spirit) is from the Father's bosom, but His Word (Jesus) does the giving...
- This answer is inspired by Ashley Roberts' comment. John 14: 26 But the Helper , the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name , He will...
- Short answer, the milk : The Spirit of God is the Father's consciousness that He shares perfectly with His begotten Son, who then shares his spiri...
Oct 16, 2023 · Since Scripture does not separate the Father and Son from the Spirit, we must tread carefully. Before we examine how the Son relates to the Father, we must consider the doctrine of the Trinity, the Three Persons of the Godhead: God the Father, God the Son...
Mar 26, 2012 · While John 17:5 and other verses point to Christ’s deity, critics often highlight John 14:28, which reads, “The Father is greater than I.” Was Jesus a lesser God? Was he equal to the Father, or was he some sort of junior God, possessing the attributes of deity and yet somehow failing to match the total sketch of the divine that the Old ...
