Jesus is not the Father. Jesus was fully human and had no additional information than
any other man. But Jesus was not the Father.
Nowhere did I say that Jesus is the Father. I am saying that Jesus said He is one with the Father according to John 10:30. I believe in the Trinity (
1 John 5:7 KJB). I believe the Lord our God is one God and yet He is also exists as three distinct persons (i.e. the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost). The Word was God, and the Word was WITH God (John 1:1-2). Jesus is the Word or the Eternal Logos that was made flesh (John 1:14). God was manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16). The second person of the Trinity (God) was manifest in the flesh.
I believe Jesus suppressed His Omniscience during His earthly ministry but that does not mean He lost His Omniscience.
In fact, Jesus had power as God during His earthly ministry.
1. Jesus said He has power to raise the dead to life just as the Father had power to raise the dead (
John 5:21).
2.
Hebrews 1:3 talks about how Christ held all things together by the word of His power when He purged us of our sins.
3. Jesus said, He would raise up this Temple (His body) three days later (
John 2:19).
4. Jesus had the power to forgive sins and give eternal life (
Mark 2:7) (
Luke 7:44-50) (
John 14:6).
5 Jesus had power to take away the sins of the entire world (
John 1:29).
6. Jesus Christ said wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them (
Matthew 18:20). This was said to the people he was around and not to just us today.
7. Jesus knew men's thoughts (
Matthew 9:4) (
Matthew 12:25) (
Mark 2:8) (
Luke 5:22) (
Luke 6:8) (
Luke 9:47) (
Luke 24:38).
8. Jesus knew about the lives of others (
John 2:24) (
John 4:17-18) (
John 4:29) (
John 6:64).
You said:
But He did have perfect Faith and trusted the Father. He trusted the
father perfectly.
This sounds like a topic for another thread. In fact, I created one so as to discuss it there.
Did Jesus have faith? (Note: I am not asking because I don’t know).
You said:
Jesus’ three prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane
Jesus’ three prayers on the Cross:
Yes. Jesus was human. However, while this may not have been your intention, but by your reply, it gave me the impression that your rebuttal on my points of glorifying Christ’s deity was an attempt on your part to suggest that Jesus was only human (because you did not acknowledge or agree with any reference to His deity) making it appear like you do not believe Jesus is God. Surely I hope that is not what you are saying. For Jesus was God Almighty in the flesh. Jesus is both God and human. He was the God man.
As for Matthew 27:46:
Why did Jesus say "My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?"
Well, for one, there is a big difference between making an assertion and asking a question. Secondly, Jesus was referencing Scripture as a fulfillment of prophecy (Psalms 22:1). Thirdly, Jesus also said these words as if it was you and me in His place saying these words. For He was taking on our sins and our punishment.
In fact, when look at Psalms 22, we can see that the response to the first verse where the psalmist cries out the prophetic words, "Why have you forsaken me?" there is an answer in verse 24. Here's the answer to the question of Jesus, the question of the psalmist and the question of every person who has ever felt abandoned by the Father: For he (God the Father) has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
God the Father forsaking His own Son? Impossible! God the Father was "in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself" (2 Corinthians 5:19)! It is possible Jesus may have felt a separation from the Father at the time (But Jesus knew better because of the Scriptures). It seemed like the Father had forsaken Him, but He hadn't! Nor will He ever forsake you (if you have a broken heart before Him).
In short, I would say that Jesus was speaking these words as if it was me or you while the Judgment of sin was being laid upon Him while He was upon the cross before He died and paid the penalty for us. For Jesus needed to be our substitute to pay the penalty for our sin.
Source Used:
Dr. Steve McVey: Did The Father Forsake Jesus On the Cross? No!
(Not all views or beliefs by this author or website may reflect my views or beliefs; I am merely agreeing with the truth in the portion of the article I quoted here).