John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
So the Holy Ghost's role is compared to that of a servant relative to the Father, as was Eliezer with Abraham and Isaac, the trio prefiguring the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
I agree & glad that you acknowledge scripture proving this to be the truth.
Of course, the three are equal in essence and glory, and are one in essence, but there is a subordination of roles in the Godhead, hence, my Father is greater than I, etc.
Equal in essence as the Three are of the One God, but there is no scripture citing the glory of the Holy Ghost to be with the Father & the Son. I do see the judgment of God citing the Father's will in how the Father specifically wished to be honored by.
John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. ~ KJV
The Holy Spirit is not directly mentioned to be honored but the Holy Spirit has been "indirectly" mentioned as excluded in order to honor the Father because the latter part of verse 23 states that he that honor not the Son, honor not the Father that has sent Him. That means when a saved believer is honoring the Holy Spirit, that is not honoring the Son nor the Father.
Those led by the Spirit will do the Father's will since the Holy Spirit is leading believers to testify of the Son in seeking His glory & not of Himself in seeking His own glory.
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,
he shall testify of me: 27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. ~ KJV
John 16:14 He shall glorify me...... ~ KJV
Is God confined to His words on what a true witness is?
John 5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. ~ KJV
Jesus said that so what applies to men, God will do.
John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. ~ KJV
The Holy Spirit is the Perfect Witness. He will not step outside of the role He has been sent to do which is to testify of the Son to glorify the Son. Now how can the Holy Spirit accomplish this other than through us?
It is man's assumption outside of scripture that the Holy Spirit being God also, is to be worshiped with the Father & the Son.
Since sinners in the world worship spirits and the spirits behind the idols, God will call them away from those spirits to a personal reconciled relationship with God the Father through His Son. That is the only way the churches will know that the sinner has repented of the practice of seeking spirits & their presence with signs & wonders when our bodies is the temple of the Holy Ghost & that Jesus Christ is in us. Jesus is the Bridegroom. We are the bride. Jesus is how we are married to God the Father by. We have His seal of adoption, the Holy Spirit, for why Heavenward, our worship is on honoring the Son to glorify Him and thereby honoring & glorifying God the Father.
The glory of God rests on His Son Whom the Holy Spirit seeks to lead us to testify of to glorify God by.
John 13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. ~ KJV
It all boils down to heeding His words in John 5:22-23 as verse 22 cites how we will be judged & verse 23 cites the only way to honor the father is by honoring the Son as the judgment is committed unto the Son per verse 22.
John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. ~ KJV
This is why no one can defend the modified Nicene creed of 381 A.D. because scripture cannot support each line given in Nicene creed. There is a web site that lists scriptural references for each line, but nobody bothered to look them up because Matthew 3:16-17 does not teach the practice of the worship of the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son, but is only referring to the 2 Witnesses from Heaven about Jesus as His Son at His water baptism.
Neither does Genesis 1:2 teaches about the Holy Spirit being the Giver of life & so I call every believer to prove all things with Him by His words everything the churches teaches us, assuming it to be scriptural when it is not, because God is coming soon to judge His House as to whether or not they have been abiding in His words rather than outside of His words.
John 15:1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified,
that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. ~ KJV
May God cause the increase.
