The Awareness of Jesus When an Infant

[Coder]

Merry Christmas!

I would not be suprised if many of us had questions about God being in human form as an infant and youth. We are taught by scripture that Jesus grew in wisdom.

In pondering this, I had some thoughts that perhaps others can comment on.

I thought that perhaps Jesus as the divine Son was in no way limited in His knowledge, divinity, and power even though in the form of the infant. The infant ***as a human ***however was not yet fully mindful of His mission. As a man he grew to become aware of the fullness of His mission. My thesis is that the Divine Human nature was spiritually guided by the Divine Son as one person. The human nature was perfect but not fully aware and the divine Son was always fully in power and knew that he was in the form of a human nature that needed to “grow”.

I have know idea if I am right. What is our theology regarding this?

Thank you and God bless you.

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Merry Christmas!

I would not be suprised if many of us had questions about God being in human form as an infant and youth. We are taught by scripture that he grew in wisdom.

In pondering this, I had some thoughts that perhaps others can comment on.

I thought that perhaps Jesus as the divine Son was in no way limited in His knowledge, divinity, and power even though in the form of the infant. The infant ***as a human ***however was not yet fully mindful of His mission. As a man he grew to become aware of the fullness of His mission. My thesis is that the Divine Human nature was spiritually guided by the Divine Son as one person. The human nature was perfect but not fully aware and the divine Son was always fully in power and knew that he was in the form of a human nature that needed to “grow”.

I have know idea if I am right. What is our theology regarding this?

Thank you and God bless you.

The knowledge Christ had through his Divine nature was infinitely perfect, from Eternity.

The knowledge Christ had through his human nature was not infinite.

Three kinds of knowledge:

Celestial- His soul from the moment of it’s existence enjoyed, like the angels the immediate vision of God, and in that vision beheld all things past, present, and to come.

Infused- His soul was endowed with all that knowledge which God gave the angels at their creation.

Experimental- His soul had the ordinary knowledge which men obtain in everyday life from the use of their senses and reason. However we must understand that all the knowledge so acquired was already in his possession through other channels.

 

[Coder]

Helpful. Thank you!

 

[DrewC]

I think He knew when he was a little child. For example when He was a child and His parents lost him for a few days He said to them “you should have known I would be in My Fathers house”.