Why Did Jesus Pray to His Father? | Episode 181

If Jesus is God, why did He pray? Jesus' prayers in the Gospels, particularly in John 17, would seem to present a conundrum for Oneness Pentecostals due to their insistence that there is no separation of persons in the Godhead. Not surprisingly, this is one of the most frequently cited objections by Oneness critics. Dr. David K. Bernard answers this important question regarding the identity and nature of Jesus Christ.

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[bretmavrick-phip]

I enjoy these deep teachings watching some over and over, bro, David has a Life Long experience in these deep studies and thankful their open to the public, as he opened up unto us the scriptures, Regardless of some nay sayers who have eyes ears that neither hear or see, the natural man recieveth not, the things of the spirit, unless the Father draw him, ye uncircumcised in heart if you hear not, mystery incarnate God🙏🙏

[GrannyMae]

The flesh (son) cried out to the Spirit in Him (father), just as He said to His disciples, "the father IN me doeth the works".

[GunNut]

My sister is Pentecostal too, but she doesn't go to a Oneness church. I struggle to explain things like this in terms she can understand. You are a great reference for me to help show the truth. Thank you.

[virginiabranch]

Jesus I just can’t find the right words to explain just how much these videos mean to me… hallelujah 🙌🏻 Jesus!!

[sotopr]

There is one God and his name is Jesus.

[SharonHenscheid]

This Biblical doctrine set me free from the Catholic Trinidadian religion .. THANK YOU JESUS 🙌

[vedastekanamugire]

Amen, God bless you. Loving you from Rwanda, Africa

[CaptShriver]

Isaiah 9:6 gives you 2 fathers. If Jesus is the everlasting father then who is the father father? You can't have two fathers in the godhead. There's only one in the godhead. An absolute sense of every word one. Amen. Brother Bernard, God bless you for all eternity, I appreciate your teaching. And the revelation of Jesus Christ

[davidderitis]

Jesus, the Son of God, prayed and received strength and help as a MAN, fully human as we are! He was subject to temptation, and all points of that as we are, yet without sin. He hungered, thirsted, grieved, got tired and angry as we do because, although He was God manifest in the flesh, He was still fully man, and needed to pray to the eternal, omnipresent Spirit of God, just as we need to now! REMEMBER, THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, and every doctrine we have must first be based on that !!

[euston]

6:39 - _"Jesus is a man praying to God."_

Actually, "the man Christ Jesus" is *God* manifested in genuine human form *praying to God.*

8:21 - _"Do we say Jesus prayed to himself? No."_

If Jesus was not praying to himself, then he was praying to someone else or something else. So Dr. Bernard is simply wrong.

When Jesus was on earth, manifested in genuine human form, he was also in heaven. *So yes, Jesus prayed to **_himself._* And no wonder...

JOHN 2:19 (KJV)
_Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days _*_*I*_*_ will raise it up._

That's Jesus, promising he would die *_and_** raise **_himself_** from the dead.*

[DreamaKayRichards]

Amen! Greatly explained! God bless you!

[xGlidr]

After the resurrection is Jesus now in heaven on the throne by himself or is there still God in the Spirit and the Manifested Jesus Christ?

[berniepenner]

This is excellent. There seems to be a shift toward more clarity in the classical "Incarnation theory". It seems using the term "identity of GOD" to equate with Logos is a more robust view of what becomes flesh as well as how the manifestation takes place. Much difficulty arises if we simply or crassly transition from John 1:1 to vs14 without considering GOD is SPIRIT and He cannot change bodily or "incarnate" as SPIRIT but to see the identity of GOD becomes one with the identity of a human is indeed consistent with other Apostolic proclamation such as Acts 2:36 and 1 Cor 15:45.

[bretmavrick-phip]

Psalms, 110:1, , , why do Trinns find it impossible for God speaking with God, counsels within his own Will.😮

[derekbaker]

There is only one God and Jesus Christ is his name. Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 9:6 & Revelation 4:2.

[bretmavrick-phip]

Jesus was, son of man, son of David, son of GOD, God in Flesh, incarnate Oneness Mystery God, incarnation, Mystery, his human nature prayed, see, 1Tim, 3:16, Isa, 9:6, , , , 🙏✝️♥️

[slove]

Dr David Bernard is the BEST Oneness Theologian EVER! 💥💯

[bretmavrick-phip]

As oneness mystery believers, ie, SHEMA, , , we simply fully agree with how the first century Apostles spoke about the Godhead and Not inject conjecture of some man made Trinitarian Apostles never used any Trinity terms ❤🙏

[bretmavrick-phip]

1 Tim, 3:16, , , , and without controversy, GREAT is the faith in the Scriptures, , , do Not rely on your own earthly non-spiritual incarnation, We see in parts, , , , MYSTERY, . Paul spoke it as MYSTERY in several places in the New Testament ❤❤❤

[rykellim]

Hi all, recently, I heard the Orthodox accuse the Catholic understanding of the Trinity as being "essentially modalistic". I thought about this charge for a while, and I think it is worth thinking about it further.