tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5610269555278383632..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Jesus as God and ManBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-64627015991800459492020-03-10T21:39:19.572+00:002020-03-10T21:39:19.572+00:00@Joseph - I have covered some of this in earlier p...@Joseph - I have covered some of this in earlier posts <br /><br />https://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/search?q=john+the+baptist<br /><br />From reading the Fourth Gospel, I think we are told that Jesus did not know who he was until the Baptism. <br /><br />I am unsure about the accounts of Jesus's childhood in the other Gospels. The Fourth Gospel author (who I believe to be Lazarus) was the only eye witness we have, who personally knew Jesus. The other Gospels strike me as later compilations, with other agendas, and of lesser validity. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-74437527217046585092020-03-10T21:22:16.046+00:002020-03-10T21:22:16.046+00:00So, according to this idea, twelve year old Jesus ...So, according to this idea, twelve year old Jesus was just doing what a perfect twelve year old would do -- without knowing the grand providential plot line? I guess the Temple story makes sense there.<br /><br />Why, then, would Jesus have gone to John to begin with -- and said what he said? Does it make sense that the Baptist would have known more about Christ's mission than Christ himself before the baptism? That doesn't seem right. I don't know what the Church teaches about Jesus' awareness while growing up as a man. I don't think that I have the right tools to grasp it . . . the Lord being the ultimate <i>sui generis</i>. To what can we adequately compare him?Joseph A.noreply@blogger.com