Simplified Answers
by Gordon on Dec.07, 2009, under Christianity
Two questions from a reader. Below each question is my simplified answer.
Did Jesus have the potential to sin?
“You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.” (1 John 3:5 NASB)
Often times the answers in philosophy and theology are a matter of semantics. Suffice it to say that no matter the circumstance or imagined world he would not sin.
Does being tempted mean one is sinning?
“But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin…” (James 1: 14-15 NASB)
When we are unwilling to extinguish our temptation, whether it is a fiery dart from Satan or our own flesh, and instead entertain it, then we are sinning. To be tempted is to live in this fallen world. To sin is to allow temptation even a moment of acceptance.
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December 9th, 2009 on 10:00 pm
Nor COULD he sin – an impossibility – yet he was fully human. Blows my mind. Great answers. For all the skeptics out there check out http://www.skepticscorner.org.