What is the difference? They seem more like two aspects of the same thing. Your question was about whether Jesus "exercised faith", and that is what I attempted to answer.dwight92070 wrote:Dwight: To be "faithful to Him" is not the same as having "faith in Him". Those are totally different.Si wrote:It says it in Hebrews 3,
Hebrews 3 NKJV, "1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, 2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. "
Earlier you said:
Hebrews 3:1-2 shows how Jesus exercised faith pretty clearly. Jesus having faith in the Father is not having faith in himself, because they are two separate persons. The plan of redemption over and over was an act of obedience of the Son to the Father. This requires, among other things, faith in the Father, especially given his emptied, vulnerable state. Jesus in every way provided an example for us. If the center of the Christian life is faith, would Christ not be the shining example of that faithfulness that we are to have? Jesus took up his cross willingly, and we are commanded to do the same. Faith is more than just "belief". It is also trust, confidence, loyalty, etc. Jesus, tempted in all ways as we are, lived up to those perfectly. It seems to me that such would require a great deal of faith.dwight92070 wrote:I don't see in scripture where He exercised faith, because He was God in the flesh. Would Jesus have faith in Himself?"
For the record, I am not defending one reading or another of the thread topic, I don't know enough about Greek to make an educated guess. I am just defending the notion that Jesus had faith.