I am in the introduction section because I'm new here.
I just introduced myself and what I belief according to the Bible:
There is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus (1 Tim. 2:5)
[Jesus said,] “the Father is greater than I” (John 14:28)
The head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. (1 Cor. 11:3)
I don't want to discuss this in the Bible forum but privately.
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Welcome Mirjam - I have no problem with you discussing, by way of introduction, your heart for God, but I must admit my mind had a flashback to when I was a kid watching a sci-fi television show called "Lost in Space," where the robot says, "Warning Will Robinson - Warning!"
Might I ask why you would want to not discuss God publicly in the light? But would rather do it behind closed doors privately?
Let's look at (1 Timothy 2:5) for a second...doesn't this verse prove the Godhead Triune and not dispute it? If it proves otherwise how?
Let's also, then, look at (John 14:28). Now keep in mind the context here. Jesus had just said to Philip something you may want to look at closely again - (John 14:8-10): Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know Me, Philip?" Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me?
In the passage section you list in (John 14:28) He is comforting His disciples in regards to leaving them and He is saying because He leaves to the Father who is greater than He - the Holy Spirit being as One with Him and the Father it will not detract from His power but enable His power as God to reign supreme in them as He goes to sit at the Father's right hand empowered by God to do His will as God.
In other words, in comparison to the world, the Father has the means thru the Trinity to make mankind live a part from the world with no harm and to conquer the world and the flesh in the power the Father has given His Son, and thus us according to His will thru His Son in us.. This is not about individual de-rankings and superiorities, it is an inclusion of the power of One to the other! The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost being yet One; and we being a part of this as well as a Child of God in the Kingdom of God.
I will let you explain your point in 1 Corinthians 11:3, for here God gives us a proper alignment to righteousness (a chain of command as it were) for the purpose and intention of love flowing from the Fathers will, not a classification of usefulness or worth.
Anyway, I welcome discussion and discovery together, let us open ourselves bare to the Son so that the Father can show us His will thru the Holy Spirit as we remain in Christ. In Jesus Name I say - Let it be so!
Welcome in...lets pull up a chair and be humble together to His leading..Right!?
. "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that does not bear fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean ... Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me." (John 15).
I pray that God reveals to you The miraculous power of the Trinity in you! May God richly bless you as you live in accordance with the Spirits calling.
