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NASB | John 14:28 "You heard that I said to you, 'I go away, and I will come to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 14:28 "You heard Me tell you, 'I am going away, and I am coming back to you.' If you [really] loved Me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going [back] to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. |
Subject: Who is Greater Jesus Christ or the Fathe |
Bible Note: Correction: Part 1 of 2 should read part 1 of 3: Part 2 of 3 This is the truth and I am speaking in Christ, without pretence, as my conscience testifies for me in the Holy Spirit; there is great sorrow and unremitting agony in my heart: I could pray that I myself might be accursed and cut off from Christ, if this could benefit the brothers who are my own flesh and blood. They are Israelites; it was they who were adopted as children, the glory was theirs and the covenants; to them were given the Law and the worship of God and the promises. To them belong the fathers and out of them, so far as physical descent is concerned, came Christ who is above all, God, blessed for ever. Amen. (Romans 9:1-5) You see, God’s grace has been revealed, and It has made salvation possible for the whole human race and taught us that what we have to do is to give up everything that does not lead to God, and all our worldly ambitions; we must be self-restrained and live good and religious lives here in this present world, while we are waiting in hope for the blessing which will come with the Appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus. He sacrificed himself for us in order to set us free from all wickedness and to purify a people so that it could be his very own and would have no ambition except to do good. Now this is what you are to say, whether you are giving instruction or correcting errors; you can do so with full authority, and no one is to question it. (Titus 2:11-15) Simon peter, servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith as precious as our own, given through the saving justice of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of our Lord. (2 Peter 1:1-2) Again, how can you separate the Father from the Son: We are well aware that no one who is a child of God sins, because he who was born from God protects him, and the Evil One has no hold over him. We are well aware that we are from God, and the whole world is in the power of the Evil One. We are well aware also that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know the One who is true. We are in the One who is true as we are in his Son, Jesus Christ, he is the true God and this is eternal life. Children, be on your guard against false gods. (1 John 5:18-20) Please meditate on the above passage. Allow the Holy Spirit to enlighten you: to give you enough Faith to Believe the One True God; the Holy Spirit can convict you, if you let Him! God Bless! Angel” It is good to have grammatical knowledge and to be a linguist expert but we must be careful that our zeal to discover the Truth does not take us to the position of the Masters of the Law, the Sadducees, and Pharisees who claiming to have known God were not obedient to the Holy Spirit that spoke through them and would not allow themselves to be convicted of the Truth: Seeing their faith he said, ‘My friend, your sins are forgiven you.’ the scribes and the Pharisees began to think this over. ‘Who is this man, talking blasphemy? Who but God alone can forgive sins?’ But Jesus, aware of their thoughts, made them this reply, ‘What are these thoughts you have in your hearts? (Luke 5:20-22) It was because he did things like this on the Sabbath that the jews began to harass Jesus. His answer to them was, ‘My Father still goes on working, and I am at work, too.’ But that only made the Jews even more intent on killing him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he spoke of God as his own Father and so made himself God’s equal. (John 5:16-18) The Father and I are one. The Jews fetched stones to stone him, so Jesus said to them, ‘I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which one of these are you stoning me?’ The Jews answered him, ‘We are stoning you, not for doing a good work, but for blasphemy; though you are only a man, you claim to be God.’ (John 10:30-33) These people were the religious elite of Jesus’ contemporaries. They confessed with their lips and in their minds that Jesus is God, but, true to their fellowship of power and ego, they adhered to the letter of the Law (circumventing it whenever it benefited them) and refused to allow the Holy Spirit to enlighten their hearts and minds! After Pentecost Peter spelled it out to them: It was you who accused the Holy and Upright One, you who demanded that a murderer should be released to you while you killed the prince of life. God, however, raised him from the dead, and to that fact we are witnesses; (Acts 3:14-15) |