Just Trying to Be a Good Father

Originally Posted by Brother Strange

Chan...

Would it be within the realm of your thinking that Jesus, as a young boy was tested by other boys?

Was he? We don't know one way or the other.

If so, what do you suppose he did?

I suppose that, like the Bible says, He was without sin.

What does it mean to you that he LEARNED obedience?

It means what the Bible says: "In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. 9And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him."

What does it mean to you that he GREW in statue and wisdom?

It means what it says: "And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man."

Or....

Do you believe that Jesus was some freaky humanoid totally unlike any of us when we were boys...apart from the perverted world mind of today?

I believe it is wrong to suggest that Jesus was a mischevious boy like so many boys today. I believe it's wrong to suggest that mischief is somehow appropriate.