Jesus is the Son. The Father is God. The Father confers much which is God-like upon the Son. The Father is sovereign to do this. Jesus can be called divine because of this. To leave no room for confusion and doubt, Jesus insisted the Father is the one true God. For this same reason, to avoid confusion and doubt, Paul persistently called Jesus the Lord. Other Christians later did not keep it so clear. As a result it looked like having other gods beside God. So debates started and the Romans tried to prevent confusion by inventing homoousia, a philosophical Neoplatonist concept which led to catch-word Trinity. Actually lots of differing concepts over the centuries. These were not apostles. The Father, God does not submit to their doctrines and presumptions. The Father is sovereign and says “I am God”, cutting through the confusion caused by non-apostles. He did not send them, so He does not uphold their doctrines and philosophies. We must all get used to His sovereignty and revere and fear it, as Jesus does, as Jesus teaches.
