So what does Ray mean when he writes this, can anyone explain this to me I know they are not equal because Jesus is not in his full glory(sorry if I said it wrong) Here is what Ray writesThere it is--Jesus Christ HAS A "GOD!" Paul wrote this and all of the above Scriptures AFTER Jesus Christ was resurrected and restored to His previous GLORIES in God. And in His glorified state, Jesus Christ is STILL subjected to HIS GOD! Who wants to be the first blasphemer to even suggest that God the Father "has a God?"!!! But Jesus Christ, DOES have a God! Notice the following:
Eph. 1:3: "Blessed be the God and Father OF our Lord Jesus Christ"
Col. 1:3: "We are thanking the God and Father OF our Lord Jesus Christ"
I Pet. 1:3: "Blessed be the God and Father OF our Lord Jesus Christ"
And remember that these statements concerning Jesus Christ "having a God" were made long after His resurrection and restoration back to His former glories. Today, our Lord STILL HAS A GOD! And need I repeat the fact that the God and Father of Jesus Christ DOES NOT HAVE A GOD?! And someone out there still thinks God is a equilateral trinity?
There is only ONE God (the Father) who manifested Himself among men in the flesh, becoming "the Son".
Christ IS GOD, but He is not the Father; He is not "all" that the Father is (though He HAD all power
given to Him from the Father, who had it to give). Does that make sense?
The Father dwelled in the Son, but the Son is/was not the Father (that Invisible, Holy, God who encompasses ALL)
The Father is greater; greater than the Son; greater than all.
The Son is 'the Word'
OF GOD made flesh, The 'Word' that came 'out of' the Father..... therefore the Father is greater and the Son is subject to the Father; while the Father is subject to no one.
Not ALL that God is was housed in the man Jesus Christ, as I see it. He had all power and all things were put under Him (except the Father), but the Father and ONE TRUE GOD is not a 'man' as Jesus (the Son) was/is.
Sorry, it's hard to articulate it in words the way I understand it in my head. :oops:
Chrissie