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1 | The Temptation of Christ | Matt 4:1 | Hank | 6081 | ||
Was Jesus' temptation "legitimate" -- was He ever at risk of yielding to Satan? | ||||||
2 | The Temptation of Christ | Matt 4:1 | Reformer Joe | 6135 | ||
No...being holy God, he is incapable of acting against his own nature. He was tempted externally to live out the sinless life and be the suitable atonement for our sins (2 Corinthians 5:21). "Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am being tempted by God'; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust." -- James 1:13-14 The word of God says it all! Jesus is God, and has no lust with which to be enticed or carried away. --Joe! |
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3 | The Temptation of Christ | Matt 4:1 | prayon | 6148 | ||
Joe, but isn't it true that God gave Jesus a mortal body? "Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness", Phil 2:6-7. Although He was and is equal to God, He submitted Himself - made Himself nothing - as He completely surrrendered Himself to the circumstances of God's choice. This tells us that Christ took on the form of the human body along with all it's traits and so was able to be tempted. | ||||||
4 | The Temptation of Christ | Matt 4:1 | Reformer Joe | 6188 | ||
I disagree with the last sentence, Hank. In his earthly incarnation, he made himself completely obedient to the will of the Father, which is exactly what a perfect human being would do. He did not exercise the POWER of His deity, but that is something far different than saying that His CHARACTER was corruptible. As you correctly stated, he completely surrendered himself to God the Father. But being God the Son, he embodied the complete holiness and moral perfection of the Godhead. Saying that evil is possible for Christ because he took on a human body is flirting with gnosticism, too. It is not the material nature of flesh that makes man so prone to sin. It is the spiritually inherited sin nature (Romans 5:12) which Christ does not have, being the eternal Son of God. So what was the purpose of The Spirit leading him to Satan to be tempted (which is something I am sure that Satan immensely enjoyed, even though he knew it would end in failure)? Well, in order for Christ's righteousness to be credited to our account, he had to himself live out the completely sinless life in our place, so that he could die in our place. Christ was exposed to that opportunity to sin, not to test his resolve (remember, this is GOD we are talking about), but rather so that he would glorify His Father by not succumbing and in a very poignant way walking always the path of righteousness. This righteousness that Christ lived out in the wilderness was imputed to us when we became believers, so we should praise God for sending his Son to accomplish for us what it is impossible for us to do! "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin." Hebrews 4:15 Thanks, as always, Hank, for the stimulating discussion! --Joe! |
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