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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: Father greater than Jesus |
Bible Note: Greetings Babbler! You just gave yourself away with your reference to 'wisdom' in Proverbs. This is a very common JW teaching. So, let me ask you the same question that I have asked every other JW. John 1:1 says that Jesus is God. If you are in fact a JW, you will undoubtedly respond that He is only 'a god', not Jehovah. However, in Isaiah, Jehovah makes the following statements: 1) Is. 45:5 - "I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me," 2) iS. 45:18 - "For this is what the LORD says— he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited — he says: ‘I am the LORD, and there is no other." 3) Is. 45:22 - "Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other." 4) Is. 46:9 - "Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me." 5) Is. 43:10 - "'You are my witnesses,' declares the LORD, 'and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me." The last reference is especially relevant. How can 'Wisdom' be a 'god' that Jehovah created when Jehovah Himself said that there no other god was formed before Him, nor will one be formed after Him? To hold that Jesus was a 'god' created by Jehovah is to make Jehovah a liar. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |