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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 am saying that Jesus, while he was here on earth, could have, if he wanted to, given into temptation. After his death, he ascended to the Father and was then no longer able to because his full majesty had been restored and he was "exalted", as Paul puts it in Phillipians 2. The reason why I say this is because Jesus died. He chose to die, but died. If he was God and at his full majesty, he could not have died. Jesus didn't know things, like when the second coming was. Yet, Jesus is God and omniscient. There are inconsistancies about the Life of Jesus and what he was capable of that don't add up with the Doctrine of God found elsewhere. Paul, as I have mentioned before, says in Phillipians 2 that Jesus emptied himself and became the form of Man. Prior to Jesus being here during his earthly life, I believe he could not have given into temptation. After his earthly life, he could not have given into temptation. I believe these whole heartedly. However, the only explaination that I have is that while during his life on earth .. between the time of the virgin birth and the resurrection, Jesus was not at the full glory and majesty that he is at all other times. As such, there are things that would normally be impossible for him, that he was capable of doing so. Now, I am not down playing his divinity. His divine nature made such things as giving into temptation extremely difficult, and very easy for him to resist. Jesus got hungry. Jesus got thirsty. Jesus got hurt. Jesus died. Jesus cried. Jesus got mad. Jesus didn't know certain things. Jesus ran from danger. Do these things sound like attributes of God? Jesusman |