Answering Trinity Objections

I have a handout for tonight, and I'll ask Cody if you would go ahead and pass this out. Last Saturday evening, I had the opportunity to give a lecture at a Reformation group called Little Germany here in Jacksonville.

And at the end of the lecture, we gave the group about 15 or 20 minutes to ask questions about the lecture. And to be honest with you, that was my favorite part. Because I've lectured on the Trinity many times, I've taught on the subject many times, but it's always nice to hear what people really want to know and what questions they really have.

I thought about, man, we ought to do that on Sunday. I'll just preach for 30 minutes and then give the last, because I usually preach 45 minutes, so I'd give the last 15 minutes to questions. Just kidding, really.

But it really was a nice opportunity to hear what people really want to know. So I want to, because of that, remind you, if you have a question, like, why did my voice just go real high? If you have a question as we're going, please feel free to ask the question.

The difference between tonight and what I did Saturday was that was a lecture format, and I gave a lecture for 45 minutes. That's not what this is supposed to be. I'm teaching, but I want to be able to answer questions.

Yes, ma 'am. I said cancer? That is not what I meant to say. I meant infection. Infection. That's a terrible slip of the tongue. That was a horrible thing to say. No, no, no, no, no. She just had an infection.

And everybody worried. No, well, it had me worried. No, that was a terrible misspeaking. Yes, sir.

You did it a while ago. You started off, Our Father, and you ended it up with, In the Name of Jesus Christ. Yes, sir. And so, of course, we know they have different roles, those three persons. And in the Trinity, they have different roles.

But, you know, I had a friend, and at the time he prayed, he says, In the Name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. And I said, Brother, are you baptizing me or what? You know, I'm just saying, it just seems to me that in his mind, he was leaving out a few of those very important persons.

Well, if he's saying, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, he's not necessarily leaving anyone out. But I do think that he is, I think he's just trying to be very specific, and yet at the same time, somewhat unspecific, somewhat, what's the word I'm looking for?

Yeah, yeah, just because the reality is, when we pray, we are praying to God. God is one in essence. But God is three in person. And in the economics of the Trinity that we have learned throughout the course of this study, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit all have a different role in my redemption.

The Father is the one who elects, and he is the one who sends the Son. The Son is the one who redeems, and the Father and the Son send the Spirit, and the Spirit is the one who regenerates. And so when I pray, I pray under the power of the Spirit, because without the Spirit within me, my prayers would be in vain.

Without the Spirit, people ask, does God hear the prayers of the unsaved? God hears everything because God is omniscient. He knows everything. But when we talk about God hearing prayer, I think what the person's really asking is, does God heed the prayers of the unsaved?

And to that I would say no. I would say that God listens and heeds the prayers of his people who cry out to him by the power of the Spirit. That is by whom we call God Abba, Father. And what Romans 8 tells us, it is by the Spirit that we call God Abba, Father.

And without the Spirit, we can't rightly do that, because that relationship isn't established. So when I pray, I pray in the Spirit, through the Spirit, and I pray by the name of the Son, because the Son has given me access to the Father.

You've heard the story of Abraham Lincoln's son? You ever heard that? Tad was his name, I believe. Tad Lincoln. There was a man who came to visit President Lincoln and couldn't get in, but Tad recognized him and walked out and he said, no, I know this man.

And he took him past the guards and took him past the rooms and took him into his Father. And it was just a good visual picture of what Christ does to us. Here we stand outside and the Son ushers us into the Father.

So that's why when Jesus said, if you ask anything in my name, it isn't a formula. And I do think people get confused about the formulaic nature. I'm going to talk about that Sunday. Because on Sunday, we're going to be looking at the seven sons of Sceva, the seven sons of Sceva who were exorcists.

The only time the word exorcist is used in the Bible is of these men. And they see Paul, who is able to remove demons. So they come up and they say to the demon possessed man, I adjure you by the name of Jesus, who Paul preaches.

And you know what the demon possessed man said? I know Paul. And I know Jesus. But I don't know you. And the story goes in Acts 19 that he prevailed upon them, stripped them naked, and seven bruised naked men ran away beaten up.

That's what the story says. And it's true. We know. But that's the point. It's the name of Jesus is not some mere magical incantation. The title of my sermon Sunday is fake magic versus a real Messiah.

They were trying to use Jesus like it was some type of a formula. And Jesus' name is not a formula. People say I plead the blood. What does that even mean? You're trying to use some kind of magic verbal formula.

That's not the way the Bible works. You can't click like and share and get into heaven. There's no formula. If you're on Facebook, you know that's a silly joke. When people say click this, like it, share it, and God will bless you.

That's not how any of this works. So I think that praying in the Trinitarian name, while not wrong, Irv, I don't think it's wrong. I do think, though, that Jesus tells us to pray in his name because he is the one to whom we gain access to the Father.

Thus, when I pray, I say, Our Father, or I pray, Father, I come to you in Jesus' name. I always say it at the beginning. It's just sort of a habit for me because one of my dear friends who was a mentor to me, he used to do that and it became sort of locked into my noggin.

So I tend to do it at the beginning. I'm coming to you through this, through the gate. Jesus said, I'm the gate. You know, you go through me. And so that's sort of the visual picture that I have. But I don't think it's formulaic.

I don't think when somebody doesn't say in Jesus' name at the end of the prayers, that they're necessarily blaspheming as long as they know who Christ is and they know he's the one who's giving them access to the Father.

Make sense? Well, like I said, he's not doing anything wrong. Yeah, God the Father is God the Father. God the Son is God the Son. I mean, if he wants to invoke the Trinitarian formula in his prayers, not wrong.

I just, not me. Well, tonight we're going to examine some of the arguments against the Trinity. You know, we've already learned a lot. We have learned about what the Trinity is. And for those who were not here last week, I have several of these left.

This is just a little visual guide to helping you understand the Trinity. And what it says at the beginning is that to understand the Trinity is to understand distinctions. God is one category, three and another categories.

In the category of essence or being, he is one, substance. In the category of person, or what we call subsistence, he is three, three persons. One God, three persons share that one nature. So, tonight we're going to look at three common objections.

We're going to look at the common objection from logic, common objections from the Bible, and common objections from history. And we're going to see how far we can get. So let's look at some of the common objections from logic.

Probably the most common objection in this category is the simplest of all to refute, but it is very common. And if you've ever spent any time arguing with somebody about the Trinity, or maybe you're too sanctified to argue, if you've ever spent any time discussing anything with somebody who disagrees on the doctrine of the Trinity, one of the things they will say is this.

They will say the word Trinity is not in the Bible. Have you ever heard that? Have you ever heard somebody make that argument? You've heard somebody say, well I don't believe in the Trinity because it's not in the Bible.

It might go something like this. They'll say, we're supposed to hold the Bible as the sole rule of faith. We shouldn't use non-biblical language to describe our beliefs. And like I said, this comes up a lot more than you might realize.

And the honest truth is that the word Trinity is not a biblical word. It is a conclusion which is reached out of deductive reasoning, but it is not a word that you will find in the Bible. What's the deductive reasoning that leads us to the Trinity?

We've gone over this a hundred times. The Bible teaches God is one. The Bible teaches that there are three persons who are called God. So whatever God is that is one must be different than what God is three.

So we establish the category of God is one in essence or being or nature. God is three in person. So if the Bible teaches that God is one in essence and three in person, and we can establish from scripture that these three persons are co-equal, meaning that there is equality in the Godhead.

That they are co-eternal. There was never a time when Jesus was not. There was never a time when the Holy Spirit was not. But that they all share equal eternality. So we get to that and we say, okay, this is clearly what the Bible is teaching here.

We have a deductive reason to believe in the doctrine of the Trinity. And it should not upset us nor offend us that we use extra biblical language to describe the nature of God. In fact, there are many words that we use to describe God that are not scriptural yet are founded on biblical truth.

Think about this word. Monotheism. What's monotheism? The belief in one God, right? Mono being the singular. Theos being the Greek word for God. Monotheism. Is that word found in the Bible? No. Is it biblical?

Yeah. So if somebody says, well, I'm not a Trinitarian. I'm a monotheist because Trinity is not in the Bible. Well, you just lost your own argument. Because you said I'm a monotheist. Well, that ain't in the Bible either.

There's a lot of words that aren't in the Bible. You know the word atheist is not in the Bible? Agnostic is. Agnosis is a Greek word. It means without knowledge. But it's not used the way we normally use it.

It just means somebody who doesn't know something. We talk about an agnostic as a person who says I don't know if God exists. Which is not really true. Because the Bible says all men know by nature that God exists.

They deny it. They suppress it. But it's not that they don't know it. But agnosis is in the Scripture. But atheist, we don't see that in the Scripture. An atheist is a person who what? Who fulfills the requirements of Psalm 14.

What does Psalm 14 say? Boy, you, man. That is right. That's the national verse for April 1st. April Fool's Day. The fool has said in his own heart there is no God. But the word atheist isn't in Scripture.

But the description of an atheist is. The person who says there is no God. So we have words that are not in the Bible. Here's a big one that's not in the Bible. In this language. How about the word incarnation?

Do you believe in the incarnation? Well you should because the Bible says the word became flesh. John 1 .14 Incarnation as a word is not in the Bible. But you believe in it. What's that? Omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent.

These words are words that we use to describe Biblical concepts. But they are not Biblical words. And if somebody says I'm only going to use Biblical words to describe what I believe about God. Say okay, the Bible says God is one.

The Bible also calls three persons God. So we have to make a distinction between that which is one and that which is three. And we're right back to the Trinity. So whether or not you want to use that word.

I could say hey look at that animal with the long face and the big black eyes. And the hooves and the ears. And somebody says you mean the horse? Oh, but I don't want to use that word. Because I'm against the word.

That's ridiculous. And if it sounds like I'm being facetious, I am. Because that's a ridiculous argument. But it is an argument you hear a lot. I wouldn't even mention it if it weren't something that I believe you would come across.

Spend any time on the internet and look at what some of the people are arguing. R .C. Sproul has a six part series on the Trinity which I recommend. It's on YouTube and it's free. I love free. And you go on to, yeah free is the best.

You go on to YouTube, type in R .C. Sproul Trinity. And you can watch six 22 minute videos of his teaching on the Trinity. And he teaches a lot of what we've already learned. But he also gets a little bit into some of the history of Sibelianism and who Sibelius was.

It's really interesting if you want to learn that. But go down to the comment section. Hold your nose when you do. Because it's terrible. But in the comment section you'll see the people. The Trinity is not in the Bible.

That word is not there so we shouldn't believe it. How ridiculous. But it is one of the arguments. So that is it. That's the first. If we talk about a logical point. They say the word is not in the Bible.

We shouldn't believe it. That is not a good argument. But it is an argument. They're making a logical argument. We should only use biblical words. The word Trinity is not in the Bible. Thus we shouldn't use the word Trinity.

It's logical. It's not correct. Alright. The second one on a logical perspective. A logic based argument. Some would simply say. That the Trinity itself is illogical. Now we have dealt with this quite a bit over the last few weeks.

But I want to just remind you why it is not illogical. Because we discuss this pretty much every week. If we were saying that God is one God. Who is also three Gods. That would be illogical. If we were saying God is one person.

Who is also three persons. That would be illogical. And God is not illogical. People, you ever heard the question. People will say this. It's an atheist question. They'll say I don't believe in your God.

Because you say your God can do anything. And can your God make a stone. That he himself cannot lift. That makes you laugh. But that's. You ever heard that argument. You ever heard somebody ask that question.

No. No. Am I the only one. I promise they are out there. Well but that's the question though. Lee. You've heard that before right. Somebody asked the question. Can God make a stone. That's so big that he can't lift it.

And what they are trying to force you in. Is to a logical paradox. Well if he can make a stone. He can't lift. Then he's not all powerful. Because he can't lift it. But if he can't make a stone. He can't lift.

Then he's not all powerful. Because he can't make it. But I tell people this. God can't put a round peg. Through a square hole. Because God doesn't do that. Which is illogical. Because he created the laws of logic.

So I don't. Yeah God is orderly. And not illogical. And that's why we can understand at least. The essence of what we are saying. About who he is. He's one in one category. And three in another category.

We are not saying that he mixes categories. Or he becomes the square peg in the round hole. We are not saying that. And those who accuse us of that. Every time. Miscommunicate what we are saying. The Muslim thinks we believe in three gods.

In fact if you read the Quran. You will note that within that book. It actually identifies the Trinity. Not as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. But it identifies the Trinity. According to Mohammed.

Of God the Father, God the Son, and Mary. The mother of God. That's how it identifies the Trinity. Because. Well truth be told. Mohammed didn't have a good understanding of what Christians believed. He didn't have a good understanding.

I mean this is coming from him. He didn't quite. But wouldn't you think if you saw some people out there. And the way they treat Mary sometimes. That there would be people who think Mary is the third person in the Trinity.

People who worship her. Light candles to her. Bow down to her. I mean the Pope just tweeted about her. How she's going to give us blessings this year. You know what I mean. It makes sense that Mohammed would make that mistake.

And say yeah well there's a Trinity. There's the Father, the Mother, and the Son. Alright. So we have these logical misunderstandings. Islam looks at Christianity and says it's three gods. You're idol worshippers.

They believe that you have committed shirk. Shirk is the doctrine. It's similar to idolatry. You have given up your monotheism. And you have committed blasphemy. By worshiping someone other than Allah.

When you worship Esau. Which is the Arabic name of Jesus. When you worship Esau as God. You have denied the faith. Because Esau is not God. According to Islam. So they have a logical understanding. And to them it makes sense.

Because they have categorized God. Or categorized the Trinity differently than we have. Because they're saying there are three gods. So again. These are the basic couple of logical arguments that people give.

The one about the Trinity. The one about three and one. And not being the same. And how those things can be rectified. So I want to ask you this question. Now that we're going to move on to objections from the Bible.

But before we do that. Can you think of an objection that someone has given you. A logical objection to the Trinity. That maybe you can answer it. Maybe you can't. But something that someone has brought up to you.

Yes dear. Okay. Now when they. Are you asking this? Or is the person asking you this? Okay. Very good question. And again. We understand. When we talk about God in essence. We're talking about his omnipresence.

That God is everywhere. So there's no question that God is everywhere at one time. But I will say this. In regard to Jesus. When Jesus was on the earth as a man. Even though his nature. That being the nature of God is omnipresent.

He as the man was here. On earth. And that's why when he's praying. He's praying to the Father. There's a passage in the Old Testament. That I like to point out to people. And I don't remember the exact verse.

But you can find it very easily. Because it's where Abraham. Is under the oaks of Mamre. And he's talking to the Theophany. Which is what I believe is the Christophany. Christ has visited him with the two angels.

They're eating. And then the fire has rained down from heaven. On to Sodom. In that scenario. In that story in the scripture. It says that Yahweh in heaven. Rained down fire. And Yahweh was on earth. Watching it.

So there's a good picture there. Of the economic trinity. Because you have the person. Who is the second person in the trinity. Interacting with Abraham. But there was Yahweh on earth. And Yahweh in heaven.

And both are there. There's no division of natures. But there is an economic difference. In what they're doing. The son is there with Abraham. The father is in heaven. Casting down fire on the earth. So I would point to that scripture.

And I would say here's an example. Of where we see the economic difference. In the trinity. But as far as the nature of God. He is all places. At all times. Anyone else have anything. Before we move to the next part.

That was a great question by the way. Thank you. Alright. Well let's look at common objections. From the bible. And boy howdy. We might get through. One whole lesson in one night. Wouldn't that be amazing.

So we go to common objections. From the bible. There are a few verses. Very specific verses. That people will use. To say well here is proof. That the trinity is not true. One of those verses. Is Hebrews chapter 2.

Go to Hebrews chapter 2. And look to verse 9. When you get there. Alright Hebrews 2 .9 says this. But we see him. The him there is Jesus. In context it says. But we see him. Who for a little while. Was made lower than the angels.

Namely Jesus. Crowned with glory and honor. Because of the suffering of death. So that by the grace of God. He might taste death for everyone. You say well how do they use that. To argue against the trinity.

They'll say well here it says. He was made lower than the angels. God cannot. Become lower than the angels. Because he is the creator. So they make the argument. God can't do this. Because he himself.

Is always by virtue of his nature. Going to be greater than all things. So if we're saying Jesus is God. How can he be made lower than the angels. Now here's how this kind of works out practically. Jehovah Witness comes to your door.

Knock, knock, knock. You say I believe Jesus is God. Well why do you believe Jesus is God. Well I believe John 1 .1. Then they're going to take you through the rigmarole. Of the indefinite article and all that.

And they say well let me show you a verse. Let's go to Hebrews. It says right here he was made lower than the angels. See it says he was made. So that's one thing they're going to point out. They're going to say he was made.

And then they're going to go to say. Not only was he made. But he was made lower than the angels. So he could be exalted. God doesn't have to be exalted. He's already over the angels. See they're miscommunicating the purpose of this verse.

One of my favorite passages in the Bible. Has a name. It's called the Carmen Christi. The Carmen Christi. Is in Philippians 2. Five through eight. Have this mind among yourselves. Which was also in Christ Jesus.

Who though he was in the form of God. Did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped. But. What? Made himself nothing. Taking the form of a servant. Being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form.

He humbled himself by becoming obedient. To the point of death. Even death on the cross. See Philippians 2. Answers the question of Hebrews 2. Hebrews 2 says. What does it mean he was made lower than the angels?

Well Philippians says. He was in the form of God. And he humbled himself. And it says he did it. He humbled himself. By becoming a man. How does one become lesser than the angels? By becoming a man. Because in light of the creation order.

Angels are above men. So God in the person of Christ. Becomes a man. And in doing so becomes less. Than the angels. But only for a time. Only for the work and purpose of why he came. There is no doubt.

That when Jesus came. He came as a man. A full man. I've stressed this over the last few weeks. And we cannot give this up. Have we talked about the hypostatic union? I see some. Ok. Ok. That's alright.

Weeks are long. So if I go over a few extra things. It probably won't hurt anybody's feelings. The word. Hypostatic union. Should be in your doctrinal vocabulary. You should at least have a basic understanding.

Of what this means. In fact I know a guy. I don't recommend this. But he is an apologist. And he goes around speaking at churches. And he takes his daughter. And she's a young lady. And he'll ask the group.

Anybody in here know what the hypostatic union is? And everybody goes no. And he'll have his nine year old stand up and say. The hypostatic union is the union of natures. And she just sort of spits out what it is.

And he says. Everybody should know what this nine year old knows. A little embarrassing I guess. But the point is. This is an important thing. The hypostatic union. The word hypostasis. Simply means essence or nature.

A hypostasis. An essence or a nature. And when we speak of the nature. We are talking about Jesus. Who has two natures. God is one in essence. We might say He's one in nature. One in uziah. But He's three in person.

How many persons is Jesus? One. But how many natures is Christ? Two. Huh? He is both God and man. Remember the Athanasian Creed we went over last week? Did we get to the second part? That talked about the human nature of Jesus?

I want to just mention it to you. Because it's on the back of these sheets here. It says. It is necessary to everlasting salvation. That He also believe rightly. About the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the right faith is. That we believe and confess. That our Lord Jesus Christ. The Son of God. Is God and man. God of the substance of the Father. Begotten before the worlds. And man of the substance of His mother.

Born in the world. Perfect God and perfect man. Of a reasonable soul. And human flesh subsisting. Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead. And inferior to the Father touching His manhood. Thus when the scripture says.

The head of every man is Christ. And the head of Christ is God. It says that in Corinthians. And I had a Jehovah Witness point that out to me one time. She says well here. It says right here. It says the head of every man is Christ.

And the head of Christ is God. How can you say Christ is God. If He has a head. God has no head. No authority over Him. And you say this is speaking. Of the humanity. This is speaking of the perfect humanity of Christ.

When Christ came to the earth. He submitted Himself. As a fully man. Man. That's a terrible way of saying that. A fully human man. What is the difference. Between Christ and you. In touching His humanity.

According to the Bible. Well, well. Yes, but I mean. In touching His humanity. The Bible says He was like you in every way. Except what? Except sin. But He said though. And the part I was pointing out though.

Is that He is like us in every way. Save without sin. I mean the Bible goes to a. Why would the Bible go through so much effort. To point out the fact. That He is like us in every way. Except without sin.

Is to point out the fact. That He is like us in every way. He had a heart that beat. He had lungs that breathed.

And He was a perfect sacrifice. But He was a man. Yes sir. The issue of who He was. Like before.

Yeah, oh yeah, well. We are speaking now of the humanity of Christ. The second person of the Trinity. Has always been God. But the second person of the Trinity. Has not always been man. God became flesh.

And dwelt among us. That is what we know. John 1 .14 Yeah, John 1 .14 There was a time. When the second person of the Trinity. Was not a man. He does not have an eternal humanity. He has an eternal divinity.

He took on a human nature. He adopted as it were. A human nature. With all of its frailty. And with its limitations. Thus He could say. This is one of the things. How could you say Jesus is God. If Jesus said.

I do not know when I am going to return. God knows everything. Well it does not make sense. If we are not speaking of a human nature. And Christ when He says things. There are times. When Christ says things.

That touches human nature. And there are times. When Christ says things. That touches divine nature. Like when He said to. Who is it? Philip. I saw you under the tree. Was it Philip or Nathaniel? It was Nathaniel right?

He said I saw you under the tree. But he did not see Him. But he knew. Because of that omniscient nature. He knew. And that is when Nathaniel knew. That he was special. When Jesus did certain things. Like forgive sins.

Of course that is touching. His divine nature. But He had that perfect human nature. I have heard people say this. And I might have mentioned this before. But it is important to remember. Because you might hear somebody argue this.

I have heard people say. Well Jesus cannot be perfectly human. Because He did not sin. And to be human. Is to sin. In fact what is the. To err. Is human. Right? And so they say. For Jesus. If He did not sin.

He was not a real man. And my response to that is very simple. Was Adam not a man before he sinned? Adam was the perfect man. In man terms. In the terms of humanity. He was made a man. Who did not sin.

Until sin came into the world. Jesus as a man. Has the same quality of manhood. That Adam had before the fall. That is why He is called. As you are saying. That is why He is called. The last Adam. There is the first Adam.

Who brings sin into the world. There is the last Adam. Who pays for the sin of His people. That is right. And that. Yeah. That is the argument for the virgin birth. Is because He is born. Not of the seed of Adam.

But of the seed of His Father God. And you know Roman Catholics. Believe that Mary. Is born without sin too. Roman Catholics believe that Mary has no sin. In fact I remember a debate. I think it was Tim Staples.

Was debating James White. And he told a story. That when the lady was. Come to Jesus. And thrown at His feet. And Jesus who is without sin. Cast the first stone. He said a rock flew over His head. And Jesus turned around and said.

Not you mom. It is a terrible Catholic joke. But it is. Indicative of what they believe. You have heard the term immaculate conception. Immaculate conception does not refer to Jesus. The immaculate conception refers to Mary.

The belief that Mary. Was born without sin. And thus became the sinless bearer. And mother of God. That is why I don't use the term immaculate conception. Because it is not talking about the virgin conception of Christ.

It is talking about the sinless conception of Mary. It is not a biblical doctrine. There is nothing in the Bible that says Mary was without sin. The Bible does seem to indicate. That the sin nature is passed from the father.

That Adam sinned. Though he didn't sin first. He is called the first sinner. Because it is his sin. As the federal head of the human race. That is passed to all men. Through the father. And thus Christ coming not from a father.

But from a mother only. He gets the nature of his father. And the nature of his mother. And that is what the Athanasian Creed said. In referring to his divinity. Absolute perfection. In referring to his humanity.

The inferiority of man to God. As creature and creator. So, yes. I would say yes. The Philippians 2 verse. When it says that he made himself nothing. That has been argued up, down, left, right, and sideways.

To try to define how he made himself nothing. We do know that in taking on his human nature. He submitted himself to the will of the father. And he submitted himself in certain ways. But that there were still divine characteristics.

That he exhibited. Such as his ability again to see Nathaniel under the tree. And his ability to make water into wine. And certain characteristics of his nature. We do not believe, at least historically.

Is not believe that Jesus gave up his divinity. But that rather he adopted his humanity. And so there was a perfect union between the two. And yet on earth. There are times when he says things that would touch his human nature.

There are times when he says things that would touch his divine nature. And so we simply make the distinction when we are reading. From what nature is Jesus speaking? Not that the two are divided. But they are not mingled either.

One of the doctrinal arguments of the past was. That the two natures of Christ are not to be divided. But neither are they to be mixed. He is not a God-man hybrid. As some might kind of consider like a hybrid.

Of two things mixing together and becoming one new thing. He is completely God. And he is completely man. And they are not mingled. In fact I do believe going on in the creed. It mentions something about not mingling of the two.

So he maintained a fully divine nature. But did not always exercise the authority of that divinity. In certain situations. He knew he was of his father. And was doing his father's business. So that is a good point.

And that is a question I have had personally. That I don't have an answer to. But I will throw the question out. Maybe you have a good answer. But a question I had was. At what point in Jesus' cognitive development.