If Jesus says the Father is greater, shouldn’t we take Jesus at his word?
At the moment of “time” regarding +John 14:28, Jesus’ statement was according to his incarnation. He (Jesus) was of the flesh yet The One who sent him was pre-emminent. (Ref: Parable of the vineyard tenants).
Jesus, while being God Incarnate -so as to fulfill the desires of God- was not above The Father. He was “of the flesh”. Numerous times in the Gospels we see that Jesus suppressed His deity so that The Father would be glorified. God then glorified Jesus in His miracles and actions and finally on the Cross.
Jesus raised several from the dead yet, in doing these miracles, always glorified God. Many other instances can be used.
Amen!
Perhaps he was reinforcing the first of the Ten Commandments: “I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other gods before me.”
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If we took him at his word, we wouldn’t be talking about trinities in the first place.