Josiah Concept Ministries

This portion is easy to answer:

But let’s say he doesn’t. Let’s say this Christian is merely speculating based upon what he knows of Jesus’ life. And, as a Christian, let’s say you think he’s wrong. Why is his opinion “beyond offensive”? It seems like it has some reasonable historical data to back it up. And even if you do, in fact, believe God really hates homosexuality, is it that hard to believe that Jesus might not agree with every single opinion of his Father? Maybe they differed on this particular issue. Maybe they didn’t, and Jesus took just as hard a line on this as God allegedly did. But this statement by a Christian isn’t completely without merit. (source)

Well, Jesus and His Father not being in complete agreement. That sentiment betrays Jeff’s misunderstanding of what the Trinity actually is. Each Person–Father, Son, and Spirit–is an individual person with all of the faculties of a person. But each is of the same substance: God.

I’ve covered elsewhere that each Person of the Trinity has a unique ministry, and the idea that each is present with the others during the execution of these ministries actually strengthens the notion of each Person’s individuality rather than diminishing it. Jesus, as if proving Jeff’s point that He has a different will than His Father, prayed on the night of His execution, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done” (Lk 22:42).

Jesus is nothing if not consistent. It is pointless to argue whether or not He had different opinions than His Father. He consistently argued, and prayed for, His Father’s will–not His own–to be done.  Jesus’ own opinion is moot in this case.  Jesus would have wanted whatever His Father would have wanted.