Equal with the Father, or Smaller than the Father
2007-01-27 17:52
"You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I." (John 14:28).
The son equal with the Father will be destroyed, but the son smaller than the Father will inherit the eternal life. The son equal with the Father is prideful and arrogant, but the son smaller than the Father is gentle and humble.
The Bible says about the son of perdition, "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
The prideful and arrogant son is deceiving the whole world impersonating Jesus, but the gentle and humble son, also called Jesus, is finding his chosen people in the whole world. So the Bible refers to the prideful and arrogant son as another Jesus. It is written, "For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted--you may well put up with it!" (2 Corinthians 11:4). Now, in the world, another Jesus, the prideful son equal with the Father, is disturbing the whole house of God.
The Lord Jesus spoke about it by a parable, "But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?' 'An enemy did this,' he replied. The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them.'" (Matthew 13:25-29).
So today, the prideful false faith, which is believing in another Jesus, the son equal with the Father, is gaining very much power. Satan who worked toward the first Adam is still powerfully at work among those who do not believe the truth but have pleasure in unrighteousness.
Sin begins with the son of disobedience, who tries to grasp equality with God, but righteousness begins with the son of obedience, who does not try to grasp equality with God but makes himself nothing. It is written, "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God (the form of God), did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death--even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:5-11). Christ, the son smaller than the Father, humbled himself and became obedient to death and produced the righteousness. Obedience is a service that a smaller one offers to a greater one, and that is truth.
Therefore, God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name. All those who believe in this Jesus can be united with him. However, all those who believe in another Jesus, a different spirit and a different gospel cannot be united with Jesus who is gentle and humble.
The creation waits in eager expectation for the gentle and humble sons of God to be revealed, not for the prideful and arrogant sons of perdition. It is written, "The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God." (Romans 8:19-21).
Therefore, the kingdom of God is the humble kingdom where the sons smaller than the Father will live with Christ Jesus. It is written, "When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all." (1 Corinthians 15:28). And also, "I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them." (John 13:16-17). Thank you, our Lord, who is smaller than the Father who sent him.
The son equal with the Father will be destroyed, but the son smaller than the Father will inherit the eternal life. The son equal with the Father is prideful and arrogant, but the son smaller than the Father is gentle and humble.
The Bible says about the son of perdition, "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
The prideful and arrogant son is deceiving the whole world impersonating Jesus, but the gentle and humble son, also called Jesus, is finding his chosen people in the whole world. So the Bible refers to the prideful and arrogant son as another Jesus. It is written, "For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted--you may well put up with it!" (2 Corinthians 11:4). Now, in the world, another Jesus, the prideful son equal with the Father, is disturbing the whole house of God.
The Lord Jesus spoke about it by a parable, "But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?' 'An enemy did this,' he replied. The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them.'" (Matthew 13:25-29).
So today, the prideful false faith, which is believing in another Jesus, the son equal with the Father, is gaining very much power. Satan who worked toward the first Adam is still powerfully at work among those who do not believe the truth but have pleasure in unrighteousness.
Sin begins with the son of disobedience, who tries to grasp equality with God, but righteousness begins with the son of obedience, who does not try to grasp equality with God but makes himself nothing. It is written, "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God (the form of God), did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death--even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:5-11). Christ, the son smaller than the Father, humbled himself and became obedient to death and produced the righteousness. Obedience is a service that a smaller one offers to a greater one, and that is truth.
Therefore, God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name. All those who believe in this Jesus can be united with him. However, all those who believe in another Jesus, a different spirit and a different gospel cannot be united with Jesus who is gentle and humble.
The creation waits in eager expectation for the gentle and humble sons of God to be revealed, not for the prideful and arrogant sons of perdition. It is written, "The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God." (Romans 8:19-21).
Therefore, the kingdom of God is the humble kingdom where the sons smaller than the Father will live with Christ Jesus. It is written, "When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all." (1 Corinthians 15:28). And also, "I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them." (John 13:16-17). Thank you, our Lord, who is smaller than the Father who sent him.
