Jesus at Gethsemane
Posted on November 7, 2012 by Ramon
Gitamondoc
Abdul Aziz Manzano posted:
Hebrews 5:7 “During the
days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud
cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard
because of his reverent submission.” Who was Jesus praying to when he fell on
his face with loud cries and petitions? Was it himself? Was Jesus crying in
tears to himself pleading to be saved from death? No man, sane or insane, prays
to himself! Surely the answer must be a resounding ‘No.’ Jesus was praying to
“the only true God.” Jesus was the servant of the One Who sent him. Can there
be a clearer proof that Jesus was not God?
MY REPLY: The verse you cited only proves that
Jesus is truly human but this does not prove that He is not God. Jesus
was not praying to himself but to the Father. He can do this since Jesus
and the Father are two distinct persons. In his incarnate form Jesus
prayed to the Father in order to teach us humility in prayer and to show to us
that his human will is in complete dependence and submission to the divine
will. As man Jesus humbled himself as St Paul testifies: “Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But emptied himself,
taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit
found as a man. He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the
death of the cross” (Philippians 2:6-8). In the same letter to the Hebrews
which you quoted as to disprove the divinity of Jesus, St Paul also writes: “in
these days, has spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all
things, by whom also he made the world. Who being the brightness of his glory
and the figure of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his
power” (Hebrews 1:2-3) and also “But to the Son: Your throne, O God, is for
ever and ever: a sceptre of justice is the sceptre of your kingdom” (Hebrews
1:8). But of course you will not accept this verses which will only show your
selective quotations of certain Biblical passages which will serve your
purpose. This manner of yours will also show how your religion has mutilated
the Word of God as revealed in Sacred Scriptures. If you will attempt to quote
the Bible to disprove the divinity of Christ then be sure you are ready to
confront all the other verses which proves that He is divine.
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