"And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." Matthew 26:39
Here in this verse we see two things: (1) Jesus bowed down on his face and prayed in submission to his GOD in obedience. (2) Jesus was begging his GOD to let the cup pass away from him. Jesus did not have the power to will it for himself and make the cup pass away from Jesus. GOD had to do it for Jesus !. How can Jesus be the Creator of this Universe, the all knowing, most powerful??!!
2006-09-03 13:34:31 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If Some people says that ,, Jesus prayed for communication, then he can very well communicate with his own essence without praying. If he prayed for communication then why did he need to bow down?
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2006-09-03 13:35:39 · update #1
There was no need for God to bow down. God can very well show to peoples through His messengers. For example, Moses pbuh, Haroon pbuh, Abraham pbuh, Joshua pbuh, etc prayed to God by felling on their faces. People knew how to fell on their faces. Jesus pbuh fell on his face to pray to one True God. As other messengers of God did before him.
EXODUS 34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
NUMBERS 20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
GENESIS 17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
JOSHUA 5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?
2006-09-03 13:41:13 · update #2
he's not God, he's Christ. wen he was praying, he was praying 2 our Heavenly Father. it wouldnt make sense if he was praying 2 himself.
2006-09-03 13:38:29 · answer #1 · answered by Madison 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
He was praying to the Father, he is God after all. In the same vein, why did the Father call the Son God and say that the creation is the work of the Son's hand?
Hebrews 1:8: But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9: Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10: And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
2006-09-03 20:42:40 · answer #2 · answered by parepidemos_00 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
jesus was both man and god in one being. he was also teaching his disciples in the best way possible - example. and oh yeah, sure...everything about jesus just screams "EGOMANIAC"! yeah, every egomaniac washes other people's feet. at least try to use some semblance of linear thought.
BTW, jesus didn't leave people the option of just thinking of him as a great man or teacher. he declared in no uncertain terms that he was God. which is why when he called himself I AM, the pharisees and teachers of the law were so incensed. I AM in the hebrew language is the word Yahweh. (yeah i know that isn't the proper spelling). jesus was calling himself god the creator, beginning and end. so stop everybody ignoring the fact that jesus considered himself the creator of the universe. believe what you want to, but base your beliefs on accurate understanding of whatever scripture you are reading.
2006-09-03 20:51:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This ridiculous question is obviously posted by someone that actually believes the idea posed by Emperor Constantine in the fourth century that "God" has three faces/heads/minds (whatever) which is a pagan doctrine that goes all the way to 6 centuries before Christ came here. Try psalms 83:18 if you want to know who he was talking to.
2006-09-03 20:49:45 · answer #4 · answered by Mike C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you so dull? Do you not know that The Lord was tempted? Do you not know that in his flesh he wanted to live? Wouldn't you? He was limited by his human flesh and ended up dying a cruel death and what's more suffered separation from God on our behalf. Get with it man. Christ had only to ask and the world would have been smitted. Satan wanted Yeshua to give into his flesh. That would be the ultimate overwhelming victory that would have turned the entire realm into his domain.
2006-09-03 20:43:10 · answer #5 · answered by Bimpster 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus isn't God, he is the perfect human son of God. As for your explanation the Bible is open for interpratation despite what us Catholics say. And Jesus didn't create the Universe, GOD DID! Good point tho.
2006-09-03 20:39:21 · answer #6 · answered by galinuva2004 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since the Bible affirms that Jesus is God, it is often perplexing to note that Jesus addresses God in prayer. The answer to this, as well as to all references to Jesus as tired, hungry, weeping, lacking knowledge, etc., is that Jesus was a true man, as well as God. The second Person of the Trinity, God the Son, took upon Himself complete humanity, except for our sinful nature, when He was conceived in Mary. He is described by theologians as one Divine Person having two natures, divine and human—the God-man.
Passages of Scripture which describe Jesus' limitations are referring to His humanity. He lived His life as a true man, depending upon His heavenly Father day by day, just as we are expected to do. Many believe that even His miracles and supernatural knowledge were enabled by the Holy Spirit, not accomplished by switching back and forth between His divine and human natures. When Jesus cried from the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" He was expressing from His human consciousness the terrible sense of being separated from His heavenly Father as He suffered the penalty for the world's sin. He, of course, with respect to His divine nature, could not suffer or die. In all of this great mystery, we have only glimmers of truth which is beyond human comprehension.
2006-09-03 20:49:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is one point that confirms the trinity, God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit.
2006-09-03 20:46:49 · answer #8 · answered by thomasnotdoubting 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your right. Jesus is Gods Son. He was Praying to God ..
2006-09-03 21:00:10 · answer #9 · answered by Windwispers 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ is not God.
God raised Jesus Christ from the dead, and all who believe that and that Christ is the Lord are saved.
That's the best thing for anyone to believe in their whole life. Try it - it's not gonig to hurt you.
2006-09-03 20:45:08 · answer #10 · answered by stybaj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is NOT God. Jesus was created in Gods image, as Gods SON. If Jesus was GOD, he wouldn't be JESUS. He did not create the Universe GOD did.
2006-09-03 20:42:27 · answer #11 · answered by PeachyFixation 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋