neologist wrote:Who did Jesus obey?
That's a hard one to understand, isn't it? Many questions about Jesus seem difficult. That is because they are difficult and some questions defy an easy answer. Some you have posted previously , like who did Jesus pray to? etc. are like it also.
It seems beyond our comprehension how Jesus could be God and Man both doesn't it? To us , it seems somewhat awkward, and answers to questions like "who did Jesus obey?" and "who did Jesus pray to?" seem to yield an awkward answers when we say "God". But how is it that He prayed to Himself? the logical human mind would ask.
Well, of course, you may realize that God is omnipresent and so for Him to be both in Christ, and in Heaven, really is not that hard to grasp in it's most elementary stages.
Still no answer may seem quite fully satisfactory and we may have to admit that we do not understand everything about God. And that is an uncomfortable admission, because we want to be in control and we want to think that we can have every answer.
But when it comes down to it, we must recognize that what the Bible teaches, not what we can logically lay out in a framework, must be correct.
There are many theological systems , Calvinism, Arminianism, etc that all seem logical to us. They dot the i and cross the t for us and leave us feeling that there is nothing that cannot be answered.
But we do not understand everything about God. But our pride wants to tell us otherwise.
Any teaching that tells us that we understand everything, and here it is all logically laid out, is deceptive and untrue. We do not understand EVERYTHING.
This is not the same as saying that we cannot understand or know ANYTHING about God. Taking up that deception is to fall in the ditch on the other side of the road. We can and do know God, and continue to grow in knowledge of Him.
The Bible presents Jesus as God. Many people have attempted to understand that in various ways for the past 20 centuries. But it has been the consistent teaching of the church from the New Testament, on thru the writings of the Church fathers , down to this present day.
I promise you, Neologist, that I will not have every answer you want and neither will any man living. Only God has all knowledge and understanding and to that state we will not attain.
Satisfied? Nope? Me neither. Keep seeking Him.