The Father is Greater than I

John 14:28

"You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I."

Argument:

• If Jesus is God and the Father is God, how could the Father be greater than the Son?

Rebuttal:

• The Father is not greater in nature, but Jesus meant only that the Father is greater in office
• In the same Gospel, jesus claimed to be “I AM” or Yahweh of the Old Testament(Exodus 3:14)
• Jesus also claimed to be equal with Godin John 10:30, 33
• Jesus also says, “He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him” (John 5:23)
• Refer to the Jesus is God section of the Trinity section