In the Garden of Gesthemene, He asked the Father, "Father, if Thou art willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Thine be done.” (Luke 22:42)
If God and Jesus are the same, wasn't he simply following His own will then? Or could He not follow His own will, as I understand to be implied here, because of the will of His Father?
And a related question - why did He ask His Father "My God, My God, Why have You forsaken Me?" (Matthew 27:26)
If Jesus and God are the same, then didn't He abandon Himself?
And there are numerous other passages where Jesus distinguishes Himself as the "Son," separate from the Father.
I was raised as a Christian, but I was NEVER taught that Jesus and God are the same. I was taught that Jesus was the Son of God, "God made flesh" and "God made man."
So - where does Jesus Himself claim that He and God are the same?
(Please don't tell me who the Apostles or any others claim that He is - please refer to Jesus' own statements).
2006-07-23
13:54:25
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