Search results
Hebrews 4:15 says He was tempted in every way that we are but without sin. Well that doesn't just limit it to a certain "level" of temptation. Just as we can't say, murder of a child is a worse sin than lying in the eyes of the Lord, we cannot say that Jesus was tempted of ALL THINGS but not those really yukky hard to think about temptations.
- Three Reasons Jesus Couldn’T Sin
- Real Temptations, For Us
- Real Humanity, For Us
The question needs to be answered in the negative for three reasons, which I will refer to as his person, his Paraclete, and his purpose.
Christ underwent temptations as our mediator (Rom. 8:2–4). He did this in our place, as our representative. And as he was tempted, the Spirit was active. Consider the wilderness temptations. After Jesus’s anointing by the Spirit at his baptism, the Spirit leads him out to the wilderness to be tempted. While Jesus didn’t have a fallen nature, so no ...
A common objection to Christ’s impeccability is that if Jesus could not sin, this would make his humanity less. After all, Adam (the first human) could sin, and (as we know all too well) so can we. But is this ability essential to our humanity? If the ability to sin is taken away, does that make us less human? Every picture of a full human life in ...
Sep 2, 2019 · Scripture is clear that Jesus, the sinless Son of God, was tempted to sin (Matthew 4:1–11; Mark 1:13; Luke 4:2; 22:28; Hebrews 2:18). 1 In addition, the author of the book of Hebrews assures Christians that it is because he was “tempted as we are” (Hebrews 4:15) that our ascended Savior is able to sympathize with our weaknesses as fallen people. However, the same verse adds that the ...
Oct 14, 2024 · When resisting temptation, we must use the sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6:17). Jesus’ sympathy with our weaknesses is comforting. When we are tempted, Jesus is near to help us. The “grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16, ESV) is extended to us because Jesus was tempted, yet without sin.
Jun 3, 2021 · (2) The truth that Jesus was truly tempted. Jesus was completely sinless: Hebrews 4:15: yet without sin. 2 Corinthians 5:21: Him who knew no sin. 1 Peter 2:22: Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth. 1 John 3:5: He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. 1 Peter 1:19: without blemish and without spot
On the one hand, Jesus is like us in every way, being tempted as we are yet without sin. On the other hand, God is not capable of being tempted. This is the paradox of Jesus’ temptations.
People also ask
Was Jesus tempted to sin?
Was Jesus tempted?
Could Jesus have sinned?
Did Jesus have a fallen nature?
Does Jesus know what it is like to undergo Temptations?
Why is Jesus sinless?
Oct 14, 2024 · God knows and understands what it is like to be tempted. Jesus can empathize with our temptations because He knows, not because He has “experienced” all the same things we have. Jesus knows what it is like to be tempted, but He does not know what it is like to sin. This does not prevent Him from assisting us.
