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1 | What was reason for the virgin birth? | Matt 4:1 | BradK | 184942 | ||
Hello stjohn, Welcome from another Northwest native:-) I think the defining verse is Heb. 4:15, which states, "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" Nowhere does scripture teach or even imply that Jesus had a sin nature. Being tempted is not the same as possessing a sin nature. The Immaculate conception bypassed -so-to speak- the imputation of sin. Had He been merely "born of a woman", without the "Holy Spirit coming upon her" ,He could not have fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14. Remember, for Jesus to be our Mediator, He had to fulfill 3 qualifications: 1. He must be a man (Heb. 2:14-16); 2. The Mediator between God and man must be sinless; 3. He had to be Divine As to His sinlessness, A.A. Hodge remarks: "Under the law the victim offered on the altar must be without blemish. Christ, who was to offer Himself unto God as a sacrifice for the sins of the world, must be Himself free from sin. The High Priest, therefore, who becomes us, He whom our necessities demand, must be holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners. (Hebrews vii. 26.) He was, therefore, "without sin." (Hebrews iv. 15; 1 Peter ii. 22.) A sinful Saviour from sin is an impossibility. He could not have access to God. He could not be a sacrifice for sins; and He could not be the source of holiness and eternal life to his people. This sinlessness of our Lord, however, does not amount to absolute impeccability. It was not a non potest peccare. If He was a true man He must have been capable of sinning. That He did not sin under the greatest provocation; that when He was reviled He blessed; when He suffered He threatened not; that He was dumb, as a sheep before its shearers, is held up to us as an example. Temptation implies the possibility of sin. If from the constitution of his person it was impossible for Christ to sin, then his temptation was unreal and without effect, and He cannot sympathize with his people." [Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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2 | What was reason for the virgin birth? | Matt 4:1 | stjohn | 184945 | ||
Hello Brother BradK; thank you for your greeting Neighbor! I have lifted this out of Mr. Hodges' writing This sinlessness of our Lord, however, does not amount to absolute impeccability. It was not a non potest peccare. (If He was a true man He must have been capable of sinning.) That He did not sin under the greatest provocation; that when He was reviled He blessed; when He suffered He threatened not; that He was dumb, as a sheep before its shearers, is held up to us as an example. Temptation implies the possibility of sin. If from the constitution of his person it was impossible for Christ to sin, then his temptation was unreal and without effect, and He cannot sympathize with his people." We all Know that He was sinless, "But How" is the statement that I have indicated possible, If he did not poses this nature? It seems to verify it. God bless stj |
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3 | What was reason for the virgin birth? | Matt 4:1 | BradK | 184958 | ||
Hello stjohn, Not exactly, my friend. We have to be careful here about terms and assumptions! Again, what scripture would show that Christ had a sin nature? Can you demonstrate this absolutely? Put it this way, He had every opportunity TO sin, but He did not! We know He was tempted from accounts such as Matt. 4:1-4 and Heb. 4:15. To say or imply he had a sin nature is to say something entirely foreign to the Word. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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4 | What was reason for the virgin birth? | Matt 4:1 | stjohn | 184960 | ||
Good morning BradK; Please read my post to brother ebrain; I think it explains my position. I couldn't agree more with you about the term... "sin nature"... i.e. ....what we have come to know, what it means to and about us, is most foreign to our Lord and His Word. Because we use it to describe, what it is in us, that makes us sinners. That makes it Impossible, I think, for us to adopt it as a term to describe what it is we are talking about. brother I just don't know what els to call it! Again. Please read my post to ebrain. And thanks Brother! Peace stj |
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