Greater than I; not in nature, but in condition. He is in a glorious and exalted state; I am in a humble and lowly condition, and if ye loved me, ye would rejoice in my going to him, for I shall then be in the same glorious and exalted state in which he is, and in which I was before creation. Chap John 17:5. From that state of glory he would send them the Holy Ghost, and accomplish all which he had promised. When Christ speaks of the Father as greater than himself, he refers not to his own nature, but to his office, condition, and work as Mediator; and it implies no inferiority in his original dignity, wisdom, power, and glory.

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