Psalms 40:7-8 (WEB):
(7) Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
(8) I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
(8) I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
Jesus spoke the words that God told him to speak, but nevertheless God's law was written in his heart - he was in total harmony with God and delighted to do His will. John 17 (WEB):
(6) I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.
(7) Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you,
(8) for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
(9) I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
(10) All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
(11) I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
(7) Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you,
(8) for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
(9) I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
(10) All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
(11) I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
(22) The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
(23) I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.
(24) Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
(25) Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
(26) I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
(23) I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.
(24) Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
(25) Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
(26) I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
That translation gives the opposite meaning to the true meaning! For example, the WEB translates Philippians 2:6-7 as:
(6) who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
(7) but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
(7) but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
The context shows that Jesus didn't consider being, becoming or remaining equal with God, but instead willingly surrendered to God's will and became a servant of God (and men). It goes on to say:
(9) Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
(10) that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
(11) and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
(10) that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
(11) and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Everyone should acknowledge that Jesus is Lord, not God, which will give the glory to God. Jesus is Lord (or Master), for God has given him all authority over mankind and the angels. But there is ony one true God, our Father, and Jesus's Father, YHVH.
1 Corinthians 15:27-28 (WEB):
(27) For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.
(28) When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
(28) When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
I concur with Paul in Ephesians 1:17 (WEB), who prayed:
(17) that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
It's by the Spirit through faith; even religious tradition -vehemently pursued - is really an act of the flesh...
