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Pilgrim said:
Please tell me what, in your opinion, the phrase "above every name" means in that passage?

It refers to the name of God, revealing Him in all His majesty.

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I have already chided you that IF you really hold that the "name of Jesus" equates to Him, Jesus Christ, being the only person of the Trinity that possesses ALL the attributes of God, then this is heretical as it exalts Christ above the other two persons.

You continually put words in my mouth, and then you chide me for statements you have made, that is what causes me to <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/giggle.gif" alt="" /> and <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/rofl.gif" alt="" /> I mean no disrespect nor insult by it, but only as lighthearted discussion. Where did I ever say that it is only Christ who possesses all the attributes? Incorporating all His attribute is meant to say that it is in Christ we see most clearly all God's attributes. God is unchanging, the attributes have always been there, but they have not been revealed to the degree they were in Christ Jesus. ergo, a name above all names.

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Let it be known that I take the doctrine of the Trinity very seriously and it is not to be taken lightly here.

In His grace,

I also take the doctrine of the Trinity very seriously. Without the Trinity, there is no salvation. However, if you believe in the Trinity and the oneness/equality of God, then for Jesus to have a name above all names does not make the Godhead of the Trinity and less, if it did that, then there is a breakdown in the equality of the Trinity. What name brings the most glory to the Godhead? What name is most descriptive of who He is? Either Christ is God or He isn't, if He is God, then any name attributed to Him is in effect giving the same name to the Trinity, the three in one God.

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Matt. 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. KJV