Deity of Christ
If Jesus is God's servant, then he cannot also be the Son of God.
Quick answer
This is a false dichotomy, as being a servant does not negate Jesus' identity as the Son of God. The Scriptures affirm that Jesus is both God's unique Son and a servant who willingly chose this role to fulfill God's plan of salvation.
Full argument
Key verses
Mark 10:45bible
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
John 13:14-15bible
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.
Philippians 2:6-8bible
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant.
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