This question came up in Church last Sunday. The Bible says Jesus was tempted in all ways as we are and didn't sin. The question was, could Jesus have sinned (and then would have had to repent) or did the infilled Spirit of God that was in him make it impossible for him to sin?
OH here we go! HEY PP, you said you wanted a fight!.... here is one that will sure to get people going....!
This is where people will divide....because they say the "divine flesh" are lost, but if you don't believe in divine flesh then you believe that Jesus could sin...
Many have split hairs over this and many have disfellowshipped eachother because of something that never even happened! Jesus Christ did not sin, so why bother with it?
I'm not throwing at you, Mosby48..... please don't think I am.... It's just I have personally seen friends divided, preachers against eachother over this very topic....
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I will try to give you my short answer. Buried in it somewhere is what I see as our hope.
Jesus received half his DNA from his mother (Humanity) that is where we gain our kinship to him and he to us.
By virtue of his humanity, he was fully capable of everything we are including sin.
But then there is the other half. Jesus the man received half his DNA from his Father who is God Almighty.
Anything that God does is perfect. Stamped over Jesus humanity is the touch of the divine.
By virtue of his father, Jesus was able to overcome Sin. When we become Sons and Daughters of God, we are given by grace, thru faith, what Jesus was given by birth!
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I will try to give you my short answer. Buried in it somewhere is what I see as our hope.
Jesus received half his DNA from his mother (Humanity) that is where we gain our kinship to him and he to us.
By virtue of his humanity, he was fully capable of everything we are including sin.
But then there is the other half. Jesus the man received half his DNA from his Father who is God Almighty.
Anything that God does is perfect. Stamped over Jesus humanity is the touch of the divine.
By virtue of his father, Jesus was able to overcome Sin. When we become Sons and Daughters of God, we are given by grace, thru faith, what Jesus was given by birth!
nice post ferd man, dt
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I will try to give you my short answer. Buried in it somewhere is what I see as our hope.
Jesus received half his DNA from his mother (Humanity) that is where we gain our kinship to him and he to us.
By virtue of his humanity, he was fully capable of everything we are including sin.
But then there is the other half. Jesus the man received half his DNA from his Father who is God Almighty.
Anything that God does is perfect. Stamped over Jesus humanity is the touch of the divine.
By virtue of his father, Jesus was able to overcome Sin. When we become Sons and Daughters of God, we are given by grace, thru faith, what Jesus was given by birth!
Sounds good to me. I feel that He could have sinned if He wanted, but He did not because of the God factor.
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Let's take this one step further then. Having established that Jesus had the 'capability' to sin, that is, it was not utterly biologically or constitutionally impossible for Him to sin (it was however morally impossible for him to sin, much as it is morally impossible for me to sell my kids to strangers - not physically impossible, but impossible because my will is set and not going to be changed)... having established that Jesus did not sin because He voluntarily submitted to the Father's will in all things, we must conclude it is possible for us too - to walk as He walked, to voluntarily submit our wills to God's in all things.
Christ shows us the way, and shows us what a man looks like walking in the perfect will of God. We can too, if we will but follow Him in faith.
This question came up in Church last Sunday. The Bible says Jesus was tempted in all ways as we are and didn't sin. The question was, could Jesus have sinned (and then would have had to repent) or did the infilled Spirit of God that was in him make it impossible for him to sin?
Let's take this one step further then. Having established that Jesus had the 'capability' to sin, that is, it was not utterly biologically or constitutionally impossible for Him to sin (it was however morally impossible for him to sin, much as it is morally impossible for me to sell my kids to strangers - not physically impossible, but impossible because my will is set and not going to be changed)... having established that Jesus did not sin because He voluntarily submitted to the Father's will in all things, we must conclude it is possible for us too - to walk as He walked, to voluntarily submit our wills to God's in all things.
Christ shows us the way, and shows us what a man looks like walking in the perfect will of God. We can too, if we will but follow Him in faith.
But did Christ have the same sin nature that we have. While he could have chosen to sin he didn't.
Was it easier for Christ not to sin than it is for us not to sin?
I mean WE are not the son of God. Jesus was. I don't see how in the world we could walk a perfect life that Christ walked even if we totally submit our will to the Holy Spirit. We still have this flesh to deal with. That is why Christ came and died on the cross. Because we couldn't follow the righteous law and a blood sacrifice had to be made.
Let's take this one step further then. Having established that Jesus had the 'capability' to sin, that is, it was not utterly biologically or constitutionally impossible for Him to sin (it was however morally impossible for him to sin, much as it is morally impossible for me to sell my kids to strangers - not physically impossible, but impossible because my will is set and not going to be changed)... having established that Jesus did not sin because He voluntarily submitted to the Father's will in all things, we must conclude it is possible for us too - to walk as He walked, to voluntarily submit our wills to God's in all things.
Christ shows us the way, and shows us what a man looks like walking in the perfect will of God. We can too, if we will but follow Him in faith.
In all of what you said, it was his personal decision not sin.
Just as it was his decision to yield to calvary.
Jesus was the only man after Adam.
Who once again had the ability to personally make the decision not to sin (Ever).
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