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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: Babbler, You state "With nothing close to worship ever being mentioned in connection with the holy spirit, it seems strange that it was elevated to God status." How so? The Spirits' role is to glorify the Son, not be worshipped on his own: "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you." John 16:14 Interestingly, the personal pronoun is used often of the Holy Spirit in John 14-16. Further, the Holy Spirit is referred to as God in Acts 5:3-4: "But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." The Holy Spirit was not elevated to God status, He is the 3rd Person of the Trinity. In Isaiah 6:8-10 we find the Prophet writing "...that he heard the voice of the Lord (Jehovah)..." Luke records Paul in Acts 28:25ff, in referring to the same passage as saying "The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers, ..." Not Jehovah, but the Holy Spirit- One is essence, three in person if properly understood and we hold to the inerrancy of Scripture:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |