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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: One of the many "roles" of the holy spirit is to glorify the Son. But does this make it God? Ananias "lied" or attempted to deceive by falsehood, the holy spirit. This can apply to words or actions, from a root that means untrue, i.e. erroneous, deceitful or wicked. (Strong's Concordance) Persons that operate from the position that holy spirit is a person do so because of the personification of it by Jesus when speaking of it. They go so far as to view descriptive titles as Comforter and Helper as personal names. But if one operates from the position that holy spirit is God's power, then one can still see how Ananias could "lie" of attempt to deceive the holy spirit. God's power had supported the arrangement of these disciples and now Ananias sought to work around it. When one sins against the holy spirit, he sins against God, thus it's worse than a sin against Jesus. (Matt 12:32) Wisdom is personified at Proverbs 8. People are aware of this poetic usage. But Solomon was not just being poetic. This "wisdom" as Master Worker was fond of the sons of men. People don't want to admit that these verses describe Jesus, including his beginning. I've learned that they do understand the concept of an inanimate object being spoken of as a person, but when to make a literal application and when not is the tricky part. My method is to let the overwhelming weight of Scripture dictate. The holy spirit can only be viewed as a thing, used by God to accomplish his will - not to be worshiped as His equal being. |