Quote
Greeneaglz said:
Tried to answer from work but for some reason I could not post on this site!!! Yep HS teaches through the Word.

Which gets me thinkin. When Jesus saw what the Father did and only did what he saw the Father doing it... just what did He see, and how? He quoted scripture constantly so did He see it through the scriptures? He did have a great understanding of the scriptures even as a child. If this knowledge was from the Holy Spirit from birth, then is the Holy Spirit coming to rest on Jesus when he is baptised, just a sign that He was the Son of God? Surely He already had the Holy Spirit.
Greeneaglz,

Can you provide a passage where it mentions Jesus "seeing" what the Father did and only "doing" what he saw Him doing? Just curious! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/evilgrin.gif" alt="" />

As to the Holy Spirit coming down and resting on Him (Matt 3:16) at His baptism . . . I do believe that this had at least a two-fold significance: 1) Authentication by God that He was indeed the One sent, aka: Messiah. This served the same purpose as the gift of tongues given to the Apostles, i.e., authenticating their divine calling of God. 2) Empowering Christ for the work of His earthly ministry which was before Him; teaching, healing, resisting the temptation of the Evil One and which terminated at the cross.

In His grace,

PS.... re: not being able to post at work. This may be due to "cookies" and/or "referrers" being blocked in a security setting. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[Linked Image]

simul iustus et peccator

[Linked Image]