So I provide only one verse. So what?
Here is another verse, "So Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing."
And another, "Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son."
And more, "For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man."
And finally, "those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters." By your logic, we are all equal to God.
There is never anywhere in the Bible where the son is even equal to his father. It goes beyond human reason, particularly if you have even a basic understanding of the cultures of biblical times.
I will never forego human reasoning. I'll leave that to you.
You say there is nowhere in the Bible where Jesus Christ is equal to the Father? Well, here is just one passage that proves beyond any doubt to the honest person, EXACTLY that!
"And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb,
be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might forever and ever.” And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped." (Revelation 5:13-14)
Here we have the whole of creation, "Every created thing", ascribe "To Him who sits on the throne
and to the Lamb",
ALL BLESSING and
ALL HONOR, and
ALL GLORY and
ALL MIGHT, and then
WORSHIP!!! In the Greek text, the Greek article "THE" is used repetitively, to show, "
whatever BLESSING and HONOR and GLORY and MIGHT", there is in the world, ALL, belongs to the Father AND the Son EQUALLY. And then they are
WORSHIPED TOGETHER! Let me explain this again for you. WHATEVER is here true of the Father, and true also of the Son, EQUALLY. There is no way that you can make any distinction.
Listen to the Words of Jesus Christ Himself.
"so that all will
honor the Son
even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him." (John 5:23)
The Greek word, "καθώς" (even as), has the meaning, "according as, just as, even as: in the first member of a
comparison". Then we have the Greek "τιμάω" (honor), which means, "to have in honor, to revere, venerate", "to treat with honor, regard, esteem". The word is also used for "exalt, glorify" (so from Homer's time in the Greek usage). Yet in Isaiah 42:8, Yahweh says: "I am the LORD! That is my name!
I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.". Jesus, knowing this, says, if you do not "HONOR", and "GLORIFY" Me, then you cannot the Father. If, Jesus were a created being, as some blaspheme, or in any way inferior to the Father, and not His complete EQUAL, then these words that Jesus spoke would have been blasphemy! He says very clearly in this verse, that ALL WILL HONOR, that is the WHOLE of creation!
God the Father tells ALL of His angels, to WORSHIP the Lord Jesus Christ, something that is ONLY for Almighty God, as Jesus says in Matthew 4:10, "it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only". Look at Hebrews 1:6, "And again, when He brings the firstborn into the world, He says, “Let all God’s angels
worship Him.”. ONLY if Jesus were Himself EQUAL to the Father, could these words have been uttered!
Matthew 28:19 shows that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are 100% EQUAL, as they are EQUALLY YAHWEH.
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And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptise them into the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit".
Note, Jesus says, "
to onoma", "
The Name", that is "
One Name", and not "
ta onomata", the plural, "
The Names", "
Father", "
Son", and "
Holy Spirit". What, then is "
The Name", that Jesus says, belongs to Himself, and the Father and Holy Spirit? We read in Exodus chapter 3, where Moses asks Almighty God for His "
Name". To which God replies, "
Ehyeh ’ăsher ’ehyeh", which is best rendered into English as, "
I am that I am" (ver.14). The Greek version of the Old Testament (The Septuagint), which was done some 150 years before the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, has it, "
ego eimi ho on", "
I am the Eternal One". The Name of God, “
Yahweh” in the Hebrew is, “
the one bringing into life, life-giver, giver of existence, creator, the one who is, i.e., the absolute unchangeable one, the existing, ever living” (F Brown, S R Driver and C A Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon, p.218) When God tells Moses that “
I am has sent you” (verse 14), He is giving His Name, “Yahweh” as the “
Eternal, Self-existing, All-powerful, Creator God”, as He said in Isaiah, “
I am Yahweh, that is My Name” (42:8). The Name which Jesus speaks of in Matthew 28:19, no doubt is "
Yahweh".
It should also be noted, that, even though Jesus says "
Name", (
singular), the Greek text that follows is also very important: "
tou Patros kai tou Huiou kai tou Hagiou Pneumatos", where the Greek "
article" (
tou), is repeated, to show that a "
distinction" of Persons is meant. Yet, as YAHWEH they have ONE NAME. It is impossible for any created being to have the same “Name” of Almighty God. No one doubts that the Father is God, and therefore “
eternal and uncreated” (Yahweh). The fact that here we have both Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, Two distinct Persons, together with the Father, where They have the SAME NAME of ALMIGHTY GOD, can only teach us that the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity is Biblical, and not an invention of the early Church.
They that have ears, let them HEAR!
