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How do Trinitarians explain the Bible's mentioning ONLY the Father's will (but NOT the Son's or the Holy Spirit's wills) that should be done?

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### This question is addressed to Trinitarians If we have God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, and God the Son (God the Trinity sharing the same essence and all of them being God), **why does the Bible insist that it is ONLY the Will of the Father that matters and should be done**? Not the will of the Trinity, not the will of the Son, nor of the Holy Spirit; and certainly not the will of "God" in the Triune sense? **Why is the will of *only one of the three* singled out as having preeminence over the other two yet they are equal? Why do the other two subject their wills to the one?** ### Bible references **On the primacy of the Father's will** - Matthew 7:21 – “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, **but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.”** - Matthew 12:50 – “**For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother**.” - Ephesians 6:6 – “Not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, **doing the will of God from the heart**.” **Jesus Does the Will of the Father** - John 4:34 – “Jesus said to them, ‘**My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work**.’” - John 5:30 – “I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge, and My judgment is just, **because I seek not My own will but the will of Him who sent Me**.” - John 6:38-40 – “**For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will but the will of Him who sent Me**. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I should lose nothing of all that He has given Me, but raise it up on the last day.” **In Heaven, Only the Will of the Father Is Done** - Matthew 6:10 – “Your kingdom come, **Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven**.” - Psalm 103:20-21 – “Bless the Lord, O you His angels, you mighty ones who do His word, obeying the voice of His word! **Bless the Lord, all His hosts, His ministers, who do His will**!”
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Mar 22, 2025, 06:38 AM
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