[kosta50]

Tanks A-G. The passages where Christ "receives" the Spirit at His Baptism and where Spirit leads Him into the wilderness is not consistent with the Trinitarian understand of God as Christianity believes.

As eternal God, Christ eternally receives the Spirit from the father, and He eternally sends the same Spirit of love to the Father. There never was a time when the Word, Incarnate or not, was without the Spirit.

Christ's divine nature was sufficient to guide Jesus into the desert.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply and summation!

The passages where Christ "receives" the Spirit at His Baptism and where Spirit leads Him into the wilderness is not consistent with the Trinitarian understand of God as Christianity believes.

As eternal God, Christ eternally receives the Spirit from the father, and He eternally sends the same Spirit of love to the Father. There never was a time when the Word, Incarnate or not, was without the Spirit.

Christ's divine nature was sufficient to guide Jesus into the desert.

Again we must part with mutual respect because our spiritual understanding is irreconcilably different.

For the record, I assert that there is no conflict at all. What appears as a conflict is the result of applying Aristotle's Law of Identity (logic) to God.

Further, I maintain that we should not superimpose logic on our understanding of God lest we inadvertently anthropomorphize Him in our minds. Which is to say, a thing is true because God says it.

[.30Carbine]

Christ's divine nature was sufficient to guide Jesus into the desert.

See, now that's just plain talking wisdom right there. Thanks.