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NASB | Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. [Luke 4:1-13] |
Subject: What was the point of the temptation ? |
Bible Note: I couldn’t explain it any better than Matthew Henry, which it was from his commentary on those very scriptures I pulled the quote in my last post. It is speaking of the duality of His nature, being both divine and man. But in His condescension, He never lost His divinity. He willingly humbled Himself. Henry further wrote: “As it respects the divine nature, it could only be the recognizing of his rights, or the display and appearance of the glory he had with the Father before the world was (Joh_17:5), not any new acquisition of glory; and so the Father himself is said to be exalted. But the proper exaltation was of his human nature, which alone seems to be capable of it, though in conjunction with the divine.” – Matthew Henry Don’t look at verses 6 and 7 individually, take them in context with the rest. We already know He is divine by nature. But His human nature was exalted as well. If Christ was both divine and human, and He was exalted having both natures, do you believe He relinquished one of those after exaltation? You made the claim He is different. How do you believe He is different? Maybe in answering that question, I’ll better understand your position. And you dodged the very simple questions I presented in my last post. Since I’m making an effort to answer all of yours, it would be greatly appreciated if you did the same in return. Again, what it comes down to, in relevance to the original post, if Christ could sin, He is not God. In His divinity, sin was not a possibility and He never relinquished His divinity even while humbling Himself as a man. Stand in His grace, WOS |