The Authority of God the Father and the Submission of Jesus Christ the Son - a podcast by Craig Scott

The Authority ofGod the Father

The United Church of God believes and teaches that God is the sovereign of the universe, existing without beginning or end, and supreme above all. God is spirit and cannot be contained or described in terms of atoms, molecules, or mechanical processes like math or physics. God exists in a different realm from human beings, who are flesh, made up of atoms, molecules and subject to mechanical processes like physics John 4:24 “tells us God is spirit”… 1 Corinthians 15:50 “tells us flesh and blood cannot inherit the KOG”.

There is a vast difference in who and what we humans are, compared to who and what God is. Full comprehension is out of reach… what understanding we do have, our ideas, and our experience of God are based on God's revelation to us through the written word of the Bible.

The bible shows God as"the Father" and"the Son" [which/who is Jesus Christ].This is howGod wishes to be understood… through the means of a family relationship.But not who came first: father or the son... rather it is to be understood in terms of authority... authority that is expressed in love andobedience that is filled with love and respect.

That there is a Father, and Son,was not previously understood in the OT scriptures. It is a teachingtransmitted to usbyJesus and fromthe Church of God.

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