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Servant
I don't think there's any disagreement about the actual core of this discussion - that God sustains us and cares for us.
I think the issue just revolves around the connotations of the word "servant."
The word can be used in different ways.
The word "servant" often connotes a person who is subservient to someone else, or under someone else's authority.
Obviously, this definition doesn't really fit God in his heavenly glory.
2 Definitions:
A. If we're using the word to mean someone who "cares for, sustains, ministers to"... then God is a servant.
B. If we're using the word to mean someone who is "subservient to, and under authority of someone higher", then God is not a servant.
Jesus:
Please remember, when Jesus was in his earthly form, he fit BOTH definitions... because he put away his divine glory, for a time, and "took on the form of a servant".
Sometimes people are not really disagreeing, they're just looking at the same word in different ways.
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I don't think there's any disagreement about the actual core of this discussion - that God sustains us and cares for us.
I think the issue just revolves around the connotations of the word "servant."
The word can be used in different ways.
The word "servant" often connotes a person who is subservient to someone else, or under someone else's authority.
Obviously, this definition doesn't really fit God in his heavenly glory.
2 Definitions:
A. If we're using the word to mean someone who "cares for, sustains, ministers to"... then God is a servant.
B. If we're using the word to mean someone who is "subservient to, and under authority of someone higher", then God is not a servant.
Jesus:
Please remember, when Jesus was in his earthly form, he fit BOTH definitions... because he put away his divine glory, for a time, and "took on the form of a servant".
Sometimes people are not really disagreeing, they're just looking at the same word in different ways.
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