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NASB | Hebrews 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted [knowing exactly how it feels to be human] in every respect as we are, yet without [committing any] sin. |
Subject: How can Jesus be tempted if He is God? |
Bible Note: What we do never see in Scripture, RevC, is Jesus saying "I am the Father." He says that the Father and he are one (one God, no problem here--I agree that it doesn't mean simply unity of purpose). Jesus also says that the Father is in Him and he is in the Father. If one takes that to mean that the Jesus is the Father, then we have additional problems to deal with things like John 14:20, where Jesus says He is in his Father and that followers of Jesus are in him and that Jesus is in them. If we are in Jesus and Jesus is in us in the same way that Jesus is in his Father, by your interpretation we are Jesus also, and therefore God! I know you don't believe in the deity of mankind, so how can you interpret Jesus being in the Father one way, and us being in Jesus in a different way within the very same verse? To address your 4 points: 1. Who is this Comforter? The Holy Spirit. So is Jesus sending himself? Is the Father sending himself? If the Holy Spirit is Jesus, what is the point of Him ascending and coming back ten days later? Couldn't he have just "changed offices" here? It seems that if I adopt a Oneness view, Jesus is involved in some big-time slight of hand when a plain reading of the text would indicate a distinction between the three. Why would he be so confusing if you are right? 2. It doesn't say in John 6:44 that the Father alone draws men, but rather no man is drawn unless the Father draws him. Trinitarians have no problem in stating that both the Father and the Son draw men. 3. The Father and the Son raising us together is not a problem for Trinitarians. Incidentally, 1 Cor 6:14 talks about God (the Father) raising the Lord (Jesus). Again we have the subject-object ditinction we see throughout the entire New Testament when it comes to different persons of the Trinity. 4. Again, all three persons have their part in sanctification. That does not mean that they are the same person, only that all three persons are one God. What also concerns me is your last paragraph. You say he "is both Spirit and flesh, God and man, Father and Son." While I certainly agree that God the Son took on a second nature, are you saying that Jesus' Sonship is only his human nature? Please clarify. --Joe! |