Proverbs 18:2

Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.

Matthew 10:34

Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

From Background Notes [BN] for December 22nd & 23rd written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Those words from the lips of Jesus might strike us as an odd vocational statement from the person we call “Prince of Peace.”

John 16:27

“… the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God”

From Background Notes [BN] for December 8^th & 9^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Using the material from John’s Gospel as the basis, we summarize Jesus’ central understanding of his relationship to God as Father. Jesus comes into the world as a human so that the he might reveal the true nature of God as the Everlasting Father.

John 17:11

Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.

From Background Notes [BN] for December 8^th & 9^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

In John 17 we have Jesus’ longest prayer. Often called the “High Priestly Prayer,” Jesus reveals the most intimate moments between himself and the Father as he prays for:

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known

From Background Notes [BN] for December 8^th & 9^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Jesus, as the Word-become-flesh, has a unique relationship to God: He is the Son “at the Father’s side.”

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

From Background Notes [BN] for December 8^th & 9^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

The first part of this passage makes distinctions between the Word and God; between logos and theos. It also shows the essential unity of Word and God. We have the Word with God, and then we have the Word indentified with God.

Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

From Background Notes [BN] for December 8^th & 9^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

So, isn’t saying that Jesus is the Everlasting Father “confound the persons” because it confuses Father with Son?