How was Jesus God incarnate, when he asked God to forgive them??

Question

Why self-sacrifice? I really mean what's the point, if only to allow the world to be evil for 2000 ++ years.?

Don't get me wrong, i try and believe in 'God' if I didn't I would wage war against injustice -with no prisoners, no mercy, no forgiveness and no remorse. Who knows I still might?

Answer 1

another biblical contradiction.

Answer 2

Again i read a host of answers from people who know very little. I am impressed, however, that they know how to write.

Let me tell you then how this is possible. To the majority of CHristians God is one entity made up of three persons, God the father, God the son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit. This is the concept of the trinity, a concept interesting found in Hinduism as well, - so maybe they had 'good dreams' as CS lewis would have said.

So God the son can ask God the father for assistance. this is in fact God speaking to himself, a very prodund exchange it is too. it is so full of meaning and passion that to contemplate his words on the cross is to reach deep into the mystery that is man and God alike. But at the heart of his words is a plea to end his suffering and lack of understanding of why he suffers - what better way to encapsulate the human condition - the bible is the centre of all literature, it is profound and makes me shake with wonder.

Answer 3

The Christian "mystery" at work here is that Jesus was at the same time both 100% God (divine) and 100% human. Existing in pure human form with human understanding, he would have seen God the Father as something seperate from him. And in trinitarian theology, the three "members" of the Trinity are at the same time seperate and the same. If you can get your mind to think outside the walls of 3 dimensional space, you'll make some headway - it's a toughie.

Answer 4

Jesus is the son of God (our Heavenly Father). While on the cross he asked his Father to forgive them that had condemned and crucified him. Jesus Christ and God are seperate beings.

If you remember when Jesus was baptised (Matthew 3:16-17), there was a voice from Heaven which said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." The voice was that of God...Jesus was in the water and had just been baptized...and the Holy Ghost (aka. Spirit of God) decended like a dove. The tells me that they are each distinct beings. God, the Father. His Son, Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost

Answer 5

because Jesus is not God the only trinity in the Bible was the Blood the Spirit and the Water until the Catholics changed it and in the original God called Jesus the Word and not his son other than in the sense that God is the Father and mankind the Children if he was God how could he pray to god he would be praying too himself

Answer 6

He also said he didn't know the time he was to return, only the Father knew that. Who's voice came down from heaven at his baptism and said he was well pleased while the Holy Ghost also was there. Who was he praying to in John 17, He prayed that his apostles could be one as they (Father and Son) were one. Was that one in body (so now is it Father, Son, Holy Ghost, Peter, James, John, etc) or is it one in purpose. When he ascended they said he was on the right hand of God. Lots of others.

Answer 7

The description of the Christ that God gave to His people hundreds of years before He was born was:

Isa 9:6-7
6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David's throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the LORD Almighty
will accomplish this.
(from New International Version)

There is no way that we can understand how Jesus could be "born" as a child and "given" as a son....and then be called "mighty God, everlasting father, etc"

Nevertheless, it is God's plan and He might explain it to you when you meet Him.

Answer 8

This is a little confusing sometimes. Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. While he was in on earth, he was human. but he was also the Son of God. also, he said "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do"

God incarnate sugguests that Jesus was simply God in human form. But he was God as a human, yet very human while on earth. Hey, i said it was confusing! But its also very true!

Answer 9

I think He was simply emphasizing and perhaps referring to something He had said earlier:

Matthew 12:31
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

He was God made manifest:

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Luke 1
34Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Colossians 2:9
For in him [Christ] dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Answer 10

Holy heck, jesus was not God...come on now people! He wasn't God otherwise he wouldn't have asked God for forgiveness!

Answer 11

God is jesus' father they one and the same, while jesus was here he did not have all his powers. he had to live and die like a mortal. so god in heaven was in control and jesus had to fufill the prophecys that his father had layed down hundreds of years before.