Jesus listening to the Father


John 5:19 . . . Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

John 5:30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

John 8:15-16 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one. But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.

John 8:28 Jesus therefore said to them, “. . . I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.”

John 14:10 . . . The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.

Note also this prophecy of the Messiah:

Isaiah 11:3 His delight will be in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

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