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I was listening to relevant radio and a priest was discussing his early doubts about Christ. The question he asked himself was, If Jesus is God why would he pray to Himself? He didn’t go into his conclusion and I was left hanging. Can anyone help me understand this as I find it an interesting question. thx
 
I don’t know what the priest said, but I believe that every word Jesus spoke was for us, not Him. He prayed to His father for our benefit, so that we would have His words on record. He did not need words to speak to His Father, but we need words to have some idea what sort of ideas they are talking about.

My favorite prayer of Jesus was the time He was like turning in His “final exam” to His Father for glorifying – John 17. Clearly Jesus doesn’t need to list off for His Father what He has done and what it means. He is praying in human language because that’s our tongue and He wants to bless us with an interpretation of that prayer. That is very important to me, because it gives us the perfect quick summary of His entire ministry, and what He accomplished, and where that leaves us.

[BIBLEDRB]john 17[/BIBLEDRB]
 
ejp123 said:
I was listening to relevant radio and a priest was discussing his early doubts about Christ. The question he asked himself was, If Jesus is God why would he pray to Himself? He didn’t go into his conclusion and I was left hanging. Can anyone help me understand this as I find it an interesting question. thx
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This would be a more relevant question to ask a Oneness Pentecostal or anyone else adhering to Modalism. For Trinitarians, the answer is a bit more straightforward. Jesus was praying to the Father, not to Himself.
 
TrustinginGod said:
This would be a more relevant question to ask a Oneness Pentecostal or anyone else adhering to Modalism. For Trinitarians, the answer is a bit more straightforward. Jesus was praying to the Father, not to Himself.
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Indeed. If the Father and the Son are two distinct persons, surely they can talk to each other (likewise, prayer is often used for communication by us mortals with our God)? 🙂
 
Trebor135 said:
Indeed. If the Father and the Son are two distinct persons, surely they can talk to each other (likewise, prayer is often used for communication by us mortals with our God)? 🙂
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Why would they speak in any particular human language? God’s native language is silent of human words. They communicate more every instant by just existing than they can communicate by reading an entire encyclopedia to each other. Unless, of course, they were praying in human tongues for the benefit of human observers. Right?

Alan
 
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