Walking on water
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:05 am
If, by walking on water, Jesus was showing His disciples that He was God, then how did Peter walk on water? Of course Peter couldn't have done that if Jesus had not commanded him to do it, so is Jesus' command proof of His divinity? I'm just thinking out loud here. Peter did walk on water, not because he was God, but because he was exercising faith in what Jesus told him to do. In fact, Jesus gently rebuked him when he became fearful and started to sink - "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"
We know that God does not have faith, i.e. He doesn't need it. Who is God going to put His faith in? Only men can have and need faith, IN HIM. However, Jesus was fully God and fully man, so didn't His fully man side have faith in God? In fact, didn't He do everything BY FAITH IN HIS FATHER? Aside from receiving worship and forgiving sins, didn't He do everything else by faith, as a man, showing us that we can do the same? When He fed the multitude, didn't He tell His disciples, "You give them something to eat?"
If Jesus is our example, isn't it true that He could not "cheat" and exercise divine perogatives to live His life? Otherwise, how could we be expected to follow Him, since we are not God?
We know that God does not have faith, i.e. He doesn't need it. Who is God going to put His faith in? Only men can have and need faith, IN HIM. However, Jesus was fully God and fully man, so didn't His fully man side have faith in God? In fact, didn't He do everything BY FAITH IN HIS FATHER? Aside from receiving worship and forgiving sins, didn't He do everything else by faith, as a man, showing us that we can do the same? When He fed the multitude, didn't He tell His disciples, "You give them something to eat?"
If Jesus is our example, isn't it true that He could not "cheat" and exercise divine perogatives to live His life? Otherwise, how could we be expected to follow Him, since we are not God?