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NASB | Luke 2:52 ¶ And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 2:52 ¶ And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and men. [1 Sam 2:26] |
Subject: How can God (Jesus) increase in wisdom? |
Bible Note: Dear Nate, You wrotr: "But maybe you can explain this to me. If the Two of them ARE indeed actually One. Then why was Jesus's sweat "...like drops of blood" in the Mount of Olives (or Garden of Gethsemane)as written in Luke 22:44? In this same scripture Christ went back to the Father and prayed 3 times for God to "...take this cup from me; yet not my will, but Yours be done" (NIV version)." Rather than go into a lenghty exposition on Luke 22:44 (in which I would have stressed the dual nature of the God-Man Jesus Christ), permit to use our Lords own statement about Himself and His relationship with the Father: Jhn 10:30 "I and [my] Father are one." Jesus is fully God and fully man at the same time! The fact that our comparatively puny minds can't grasp this truth is no good reason for not believing it. If you can't trust what He said regarding His nature, how can one trust Himfor salvation? How do you explain Jesus' claim to unity with God the Father? John |