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26 But athe Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will bsend in My name, cHe will teach you all things, and bring to your dremembrance all things that I said to you.  
27 aPeace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.  
28 You have heard Me asay to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because1 I said, b‘I am going to the Father,’ for cMy Father is greater than I.  
29 “And anow I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe.  
30 I will no longer talk much with you, afor the ruler of this world is coming, and he has bnothing in Me.  
31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and aas the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here. 
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What Does John 14:28 Mean?

The verse shows the Father and the Son are not co-equal. They are equal as God, but the Father is greater in authority and responsibility. Government exists within the God Family, with the Son taking orders from the Father. In I Corinthians 11:3, the Father is the Head over all creation, and the head of Christ is the Father. Jesus admitted His dependence on the Father and rejoiced to return to heaven and rejoin His Father after their 33-and-a-half-year separation, a glorious homecoming.




John 14:28

To further confound the Trinity doctrine, this verse says that the Father and the Son are not even co-equal! They are equal in terms of what they are—They are God (even as we humans are equal in terms of what we are—we are human beings). But the Father is greater; He is superior in terms of authority and responsibility. There is government even within the God Family, and the Son takes orders from the Father. They are not equal in every area.

And if the Holy Spirit exists at all as a personality, then it is not co-equal either. Again, if it exists as a personality, it may be equal in terms of being God, but it is not equal in terms of authority and responsibility.

In I Corinthians 11:3, Paul gives a clear order of authority and responsibility. The Father is the Head over all creation. As he puts it so simply, the head even of Christ is the Father.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Holy Spirit

Related Topics: Authority, God the Father Greater | Holy Spirit | Holy Spirit as Force | Holy Spirit as Power | Superiority of God the Father | Supreme God | Trinity




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing John 14:28:

Genesis 1:26


 
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