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Did Jesus Pray?

11/3/2013

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If Jesus is God, then who did He pray to?
b
y Matt Slick


This is a very common question. The answer is found in understanding the Trinity and the incarnation of Jesus.



The Trinity

The Trinity is the doctrine that there is only one God in all existence. This one God exists as three persons: The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are not three gods, but one God. Each is a separate person, yet each of them is, in essence, divine in nature.

A close analogy of the Trinity can be found by looking at the concept of  time. Time is past, present, and future. There are three "aspects" or "parts" of  time. This does not mean that there are three "times," but only one. Each is separate, in a sense, yet each shares the same nature, or essence. In a similar way, the Trinity is three separate persons who share the same nature.

The Incarnation
The doctrine of the incarnation in Christian teaching is that Jesus, who is the second person of the Trinity, added to himself human nature and became a man.

The Bible says that Jesus is God in flesh, "In the  beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.....and the word became flesh and dwelt among us," (John 1:1, 14);  and, "For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form," (Col. 2:9).  Jesus, therefore, has two natures. He is both God and man.

Jesus is completely human, but He also has a divine nature.

As a man, Jesus needed to pray. When He was praying he was not praying to
Himself, but to God the Father.

GOD
He is worshiped (
Matt.  2:2,11;  14:33; 28:9)
He  is prayed to (
Acts  7:59; 1 Cor. 1:2)
He was called God (
John 20:28;  Heb. 1:8)
He was called Son of God (
Mark  1:1)
He is sinless (
1 Pet. 2:22; Heb.  4:15)
He knew all things (
John 21:17)
He gives eternal life (
John 10:28;  17:2)
The fullness of deity dwells in Him (
Col. 2:9)

MAN
He worshiped the Father (John 17)
He prayed to the Father (
John  17:1)
He was called man (
Mark 15:39; John  19:5).
He was called Son of Man (
John 9:35-37)
He was tempted (
Matt. 4:1)
He grew in wisdom (
Luke  2:52)
He died (
Rom. 5:8)
He has a body of flesh and bones (
Luke  24:39)

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