I think subconsciously we believe there is a 'hierarchy in the Godhead'. Father, Son, Holy Spirit. But there is not. There is mutuality.
From Pagan Christianity:
"John 14:28 and 1 Corinthians 11:3 have the view of the Son's temporal relationship as a human being who voluntarily submitted Himself to His Father's will. In the Godhead, the Son and Father experience communality and mutual submission.
It is for the reason that biblical orthodoxy rejects the eternal subordination of the Son of God. It instead accepts the temporal subordination of the Son in His incarnation.
As theologian Kevin Giles say, "Historic orthodoxy has never accepted hierarchical ordering in the Trinity." To paraphrase the Athanasian Creed, the Son is only inferior to the Father in relation to His manhood; He is equal with the Father in relation to the Godhead."
A child of God- beloved, holy, righteous, blameless, healed, forgiven, brand new, sheep, salt, light, a branch, temple of God, reconciled, a saint, God's workmanship, hidden with Christ in God, an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life, a partaker, a living stone- crucified with Christ, I no longer live but Christ lives IN ME!
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