2 Corinthians 1:3New Revised Standard VersionPaul’s Thanksgiving after Affliction3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,Romans 15:6New Revised Standard Version6 so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
A Petrine text uses this Pauline language:
1 Peter 1:3New Revised Standard Version3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Paul believes that Jesus, as Lord, has a God. However, Paul indicates that Jesus' God is his own ''Father''. Jesus as Lord rules over everyone (the only exception is God the Father/ Jesus does not ruler over God the Father). In 1 Corinthians 8:6, Jesus is Lord ( i.e. rules over every creature ) because he created ''all created things''.
In Paul's belief, Jesus' sonship is related to his lordship. Paul believes that Jesus is Lord of all creatures because he is God's ''Son'', the Son through whom God created the universe (Hebrews 1:2).The reason why all angels worship Jesus in verse 6 is because Jesus, as the Son, is the Lord of all angels. Jesus inherits the name ''Lord'' (Hebrews 1:4). In Philippians 2:9-11, God the Father gave to Jesus the name ''Lord''. Both instances (the inheritance of the name/ giving of the name above all names) happened after Jesus died on the cross (''when he had made purification for sins'' Hebrews 1:3). However, Jesus is already deemed as ''Lord'' in his pre-human existence in 1 Corinthians 8:6, Philippians 2:6-7, and here in Hebrews 1:10. God the Father acknowledges that his Son, as Lord, is Creator in Hebrews 1:10.
Hebrews 1:1-6, 1:11New Revised Standard Version1 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. 3 He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains[b] all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. 5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”? 6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.” .....10 And, “In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands;
If God is putting all things under Christ's feet, then it means that Christ isn't that God who put all things under his feet. The New Testament consistently identifies this God as ''the Father of Jesus''. And yes, also as the ''God of Jesus'' (Romans 15:6, 2 Corinthians 1:3, 1 Peter 1:3).
Jesus, as Lord, has his own Father as a God over him. That is to say, Jesus, even in his being God, has a God over him.
Hebrews 1:8
Of the Son, he says: ''Your throne O God is forever and ever.''
Here ''God'' (the Father of the ''son'' in v. 2, ''begotten son'' v. 5) acknowledges that his son is ''God'', having the exact same title ''God'' as him. In the Old Testament, the Israelite king was the original referent who is being called ''god'' in Psalm 45.
God calling others god or even ''gods'' (as in the case of Psalm 82:6 LXX [quoted by Jesus in John 10:34]: ''you are gods'', does not negate the fact that God is one (The Lord our God, the Lord is one, Deuteronomy 6:4 LXX).
The evidence that Jesus and his God (and his Father) are the same Lord God is 1 Corinthians 8:6. Paul applies the Shema's 2 divine titles (''Lord'' and ''God'') with its adjective ''one'' to 2 persons (''the Father'' and ''Jesus Christ'') in 1 Corinthians 8:6.
In Philippians 2:10, Paul says that every knee that bends (mostly likely referring to the every knees of every creature) in the name of Jesus are located in three different locations (in heaven, on earth, and under the earth). All of these creatures that bend their knees in the name of Jesus will also confess Jesus is Lord to God the Father's glory (v. 11). The Father is being highlighted (''to the glory of God the Father'') when every creature worships Jesus as Lord. This is because every creature is worshiping Jesus as one who's carrying in himself God the Father's own name of ''Lord'' (''God gave to him the name above every name'' v. 9).
1 Corinthians 15:27 wherein Paul says that ''everything'' -- except God -- was put under Jesus' feet). Jesus Christ is deemed as ''uncreated'' (not part of ''all created things'' which are subjected to his (Jesus') lordship) in his lordship. Jesus Christ, as the uncreated Lord, has the Father as his own God which only shows functional, not ontological, subordination between them.
