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1 | Did Jesus experence real temptation? | Heb 4:15 | brazos | 164385 | ||
This is a serious question. The whole question is "Did Jesus experience temptation as humans experience it?" I really do not understand or even see how He could have come close to experencing temptation to the degree and depth in which we experence it. Jesus did not have a natural inclination to sin as we do. Jesus did not even have the ability to sin. We do. Jesus hates sin and can not tolorate it. We do not always hate sin and are usually attracted to it. Jesus never fell to temptation over and over again there by making the temptation more inticing and resistance to it weaker. I am a born again Christian who has repented of my sins and am trusting in the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, for the redemption of my sins. I am a babe in Christ earnestly seeking answers to questions I have concerning His word and His character. Any help in understanding this would be gratefully accepted. I want to walk as closely with Jesus as I can. My intentions are not to offend anyone or to be irreverent. I just want to know Jesus and know about Jesus. Praise be to God, Brazos |
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2 | Did Jesus experence real temptation? | Heb 4:15 | BradK | 164386 | ||
Hi Brazos, Consider Heb. 4:15 "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." The question really is how do we understand this passage. It touches upon what's called, "the Impeccability of Christ": The Impeccability of Christ The meaning of impeccability has also been debated. Some, of course, do not think Christ was sinless, but among those who do there are two views of impeccability. One says that He was able not to sin while the other states that He was not able to sin. In either case He did not sin, though one viewpoint involves the possibility that He could have. That idea is usually held because it is hard to understand how His temptations could have been real if He could not have sinned. That He did not sin and that He was tempted are facts agreed on. How could the temptations have been real if He could not have sinned? Part of the answer lies in discovering what Hebrews 4:15 says and what it does not say. Literally, the verse reads this way: “ ... having been tested according to all, according to likeness, apart from sin.” It does not say that Christ was tempted with a view to succumbing to sin. He was tested with a view to proving He was sinless. It does not say that He was tested in every particular specific test that man can be put to. It does say that His tests were in all the areas in which a man can be tested: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. The particular tests within those areas were entirely different for Him from the ones for us. The phrase “according to likeness” apparently means that He could be tested because He took the likeness of sinful flesh. “Apart from sin” means that, having no sin nature, He could not have been tested from that avenue, as we can and usually are. His temptations were really not to see if He could sin, but to prove that He could not. Nevertheless, they were real, for the reality of a test does not lie either in the moral nature of the one tested or in the ability to yield to it. And, of course, His ability to sympathize with us does not demand a one-to-one correspondence in the particulars of the tests." [Ryrie, C. C.: A Survey of Bible Doctrine] There is a lot to chew on here, but I trust this will help you in the answering of your question. BradK |
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