silentreader wrote: .. Another somewhat similar interesting statement by Jesus,
Matthew 20:23English Standard Version (ESV)
23 He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
English Standard Version (ESV)
Jesus consistently, without fail, honors God, His Father.
Jesus states He is God, while never suggesting He is above, separate, or outside, God.
i accept this as part of the miracle that is God, that humans can glimpse, but not know in full.
what is the purpose of Jesus on earth? Jesus is the One Way; Jesus modeled on earth how we are to live out His commands.
He did not just say, "You do as I say." He modeled how to do it, in words and actions. to the extreme. that word, "humility."
The Greatest Commandment
…37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’…
Not words alone. Words HE lived on earth.
Jesus is Lord,
and, Jesus never failed to keep God, His Father, at center, in His unique perspective, as Son of God, and, Lord, too. Jesus is ever humble to His Father.
for me, it's spectacular.
when i read how Jesus (perfectly) honors His Father, as only He can, i marvel at it.
God is not represented in scriptures exactly like Jesus, neither is the Holy Spirit.
three parts of the one God.