how could he feel things like fear , pain, loss,lust etc.....Because the whole time he was alive, since he was a child he knew he WAS GOD and could do whatever he wanted beyond the limits of the human imagination. plus he already knew everything that was going to happen to him anyway...us mere huuuumaaans dont have that luxury.
2006-10-09 02:16:22 · 15 answers · asked by Solinari 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus and God are two separate persons. They are not the same.
Jesus did have a prehuman existence before coming down to earth but he is not the same as his Father. They are separate.
Check the Scriptures.
JOHN 1:18 - no man has seen God AT ANY TIME (many saw Jesus)
JOHN 14:28 - the Father is greater than the Son (contradicting the trinity teaching that they are co-equal etc)
there are many more
Jesus is the mediator between God and man
A mediator cannot be one of the two parties, it must be a separate person entirely
To say that Jesus is God actually undermines what Jesus went through for us because like you said - for God to do that it would be nothing.
Also, if Jesus & God are the same, when Jesus died, who resurrected him? And if he resurrected himself - then he didn't really die. It doesn't make sense. Triads of gods were worshiped long before Jesus came to the earth. The Trinity teaching is borrowed from mpaganism.
Do you really think that God finds this acceptable? - No
Jesus did understand what it was like to be human & he suffered an agonizing death on a torture stake for all of us
2006-10-09 03:01:01 · answer #1 · answered by New ♥ System ♥ Lady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was fully man. He felt pain, fear, loss and lust because He was fully human. He was faced with every temptation, and never sinned, and that, because He was fully God. Even knowing everything that was going to happen, He still endured the cross. But then He conquered death. The one thing that is a guarantee with man is that we will eventually die. But Jesus rose from the dead, defying the one thing guaranteed for men, finally proving that He is God. And He lives on still today.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity." Jeremiah 29:11-13
Even before the universe was created, God had you in mind and knew you by name. He has a plan for your life, a good plan. Full of hope and a real future. You are not an accident. He made you on purpose, for a purpose. A special purpose that no one else can fulfill. God loves you and wants you to know Him. And so He came to earth in a physical form, as Jesus. And He wants to wipe every tear from your eye, and every worry from your brow. He promises that He will fill the emptiness in your heart and in your life, so that you will never feel empty again.
"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."Romans 10:9
If you were the only person in all the world, Jesus would have still died for you.
2006-10-09 09:43:18 · answer #2 · answered by Aun 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Atonement. His agony at Gethsemane and on the Cross where He took upon Himself the pains, afflictions, and sorrows of the whole world. It caused Him, even God, to bleed from every pore and suffer more than any mortal man could know. Because He was God and Human He was able to feel pain. Thus, experiencing every kind of fear, pain, loss, lust, etc, He understands what we are going through completely and is able to comfort us when we go to Him. He not only died for us, but suffered for us, that He may know how to help us.
2006-10-09 09:29:42 · answer #3 · answered by AT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have the luxury to be Gods, but we refuse to. We can not accept Godliness, so we go back to the dust. If your understanding is correct that Jesus did not feel pain, fear, loss etc., then he and the Father in heaven were wasting time performing the drama of his suffering for our sins. Jesus told us that we are also Gods, but we can not accept it. We can not believe it. So, Jesus said: let it happen then as we believe.
2006-10-09 09:39:14 · answer #4 · answered by PabloSolutin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah right! The luxury of knowing you were going to be persecuted, tortured and hung by the very people you HAD to save. He was the most perfect child that ever loved, but He was born to a normal woman and had a (earth) father, that is why He came. He knew the cup He had to drink to do His Father's (God's) will~ does that mean He was less human? Not in my eyes, He formatted himself to be human to relate to us. Yes, He had the powers His Father gave Him, but He was so universally wise, He knew when He had to use them and when not to.
Luxury my behind!
2006-10-09 09:24:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the duality of Jesus, that he was 100% human, 100% divine. I don't think that he knew when he was a child what would happen to him on the cross, there's no way he could have understood it. While Jesus' conception was miraculous and holy, it makes more sense to me that Jesus became God's son, and God here on earth when he was baptized.
2006-10-09 09:26:27 · answer #6 · answered by GLSigma3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He became man and as a man he endured fear, pain, lust, temptation, loneliness etc. Being all God and all man he chose to live among us the luxury for him was to leave heaven and be here with us. How is that fair to him??
2006-10-09 09:53:08 · answer #7 · answered by Commander 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus took the form of a human so that He could understand us better. He came from his throne to come and experience the hardships and pains we go through everyday, so that us humans may not judge Him for not understanding what we go through.
2006-10-09 09:24:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do people always try to put limitations on what God/Jesus could or could not do? I believe the word is omniscient.
2006-10-09 09:31:44 · answer #9 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's easier for a human to understand being a fictional character than it is for a fictional character to understand being human I guess.
2006-10-09 09:19:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋