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Originally Posted by aron
... a definition of God by disobedient and fallen creatures is ludicrous. Of course we do it, all the time. I do it. I need to do it: to struggle to make sense of it all, especially God.
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As I said, Lee and his followers deified his definitions of the Spirit, which I find very oriental. Society, especially the society of God, must be very orderly. So God in his wisdom gave us a Maximum Brother who defines the very reality itself for us all. No need to read the Bible for yourself, which might give you strange notions. No; safe to read the interpreted word, interpreted solely by God's present oracle.
Once I got safely past that nonsense, and found myself adrift again, and managed to start reading the Bible, I began to notice things Lee never told me about. Surprise, surprise.
One of these things was the arrangement of the Father, Son, and Spirit. The Son lowered himself, and became completely obedient to the Father. Likewise the Son, when he left, promised that the Spirit would be sent just as he the Son had been sent. So I began to see the Father on the throne, the Son before the throne, walking among the Churches, and the Spirit sent into all the earth. A picture began to emerge in my mind.
And now I want to mention another aspect of this emerging picture. The Roman Centurion said, "I also have servants under me, and I tell this one "go", and he goes, and this one "come" and he comes, and this one "do this" and he does it. You just speak the word and my servant will be healed." (Luke 7:7,8)
Jesus marveled when he heard this word. Not in Israel had he found such faith. The faith expressed here is not just belief, but understanding as well. Jesus was arguably "under" the Father here, just as the centurion was under Caesar. Thus when Jesus spoke, the Father spoke through him, just as Caesar spoke through the centurion. Now, who are the analogous "servants under me" of Jesus? Are there any? I would say yes; that they may be seen in John 1:51.