Why does Jesus pray if he's God?

Curiously Kaitlyn

Phil Vischer

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

When Jesus prayed, was he talking to himself? Kaitlyn dives into the deep end of Christian theology, talking about the Trinity, Jesus' humanity, and why "three persons, one God" is both true and mysterious. She explores why Jesus praying in the garden is not God merely talking to himself, but a glimpse into the eternal relationship of Father, Son, and Spirit, and why Jesus' human will matters for how we understand prayer, suffering, and obedience.

0:00 - Intro

1:33 - Why Does Jesus Pray for Us if He's God?

4:59 - The Trinity is one

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19:30 - Jesus' Perfect Human Will

26:34 - It's Not Sinful to be Human

34:00 - End Credits

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Curiously Caitlin, where we try to make theology make sense.
0:06.6	I don't know.
0:10.1	That doesn't make any sense.
0:14.3	Curiously, Kate, yeah.
0:20.0	Welcome back to another episode of Curiously, Caitlin. I am joined once again by producer Mike. Mike, how are you today? Caitlin, I'm doing great because God is great and we're talking about God today. Wow. Yeah, sometimes we can keep things simple. Yeah. I don't. Amen. Yeah. We can keep things.
0:37.9	You're just great.
0:38.9	Just great.
0:39.3	Just great.
0:39.9	Just great. Just I'm great. You're great. Okay. How are you? I just realized I never asked me. That is so, oh my gosh. That is so true. How rude of you. You never do ask me. I'm great. Oh, you just copied what I said.
0:52.9	Yeah, yeah, I'm great.
0:54.0	But it was a genuine answer.
0:55.4	I'm great.
0:55.9	I was going to say you sent me... Oh, you just copied what I said. Yeah, yeah. I'm great. But it was a genuine answer. I'm great. I was going to say you sent me yesterday a video of your youngest child dancing. And it was one of the cutest things I've ever seen. I mean, objectively, it's the cutest video of all time. People are going to say, I'm just saying that because he's my kid. But you're not. It's really, it's adorable.
1:11.6	It's a really cute video.
1:26.8	So that's why I'm great because I recently was blessed with such a cute kid video. Maybe, maybe, no, I was going to say like, ah, subscribe on Patreon. If we get so many, no, I'm not going to farm out my kids. We're not doing that. I don't care if you sign up. you don't get to see the cute video.
1:29.5	Sorry, you got to find a different cute kid.
1:29.5	Anyway, now that... We're not doing that. I don't care if you sign up. You don't get to see the cute video. Sorry, you got to find a different cute kid.
1:34.9	Anyway, now that I don't know how to transition out of this, let's hear today's question.
1:40.7	Why does Jesus have to pray for us when he is God?
1:43.0	Oh, but wait, Caitlin, there's more.
1:45.0	So we have two questions this week.
1:49.2	So this one was, why does Jesus have to pray for us when he's God?
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