Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: bgsuvax!kutz@cis.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth J. Kutz) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Could Jesus have sinned? Message-ID: Date: 26 May 91 05:19:36 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh. Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Hi Dave: Thanks for sending me that interesting book report. One comment I would like to make. You quoted Ezek 28:15 which says Lucifer was "perfect in your ways". It does not say Lucifer was perfect which was your conclusion. Perfect, if I understand the word, carries with it the notion that there is nothing (*nothing*) wrong. No weakness that can be exploited. Webster's says "being entirely without fault or defect". I agree that Jesus was tempted, and he felt what temptation was like. But I don't believe he could have sinned. To conclude Jesus could have sinned (such a conclusion is not in Scripture) is to conclude that God can violate His nature which is inherently, perfectly holy. To conclude Jesus could have sinned (again, that conclusion is not in Scripture) is to conclude that he was born of a "corruptable seed". He was not. He was born of an incorruptable seed. Jesus did not inherit original sin because it was the Holy Spirit that implanted the seed. -- Kenneth J. Kutz Internet kutz@andy.bgsu.edu Systems Programmer BITNET KUTZ@ANDY University Computer Services UUCP ...!osu-cis!bgsuvax!kutz Bowling Green State Univ. US Mail 238 Math Science, BG OH 43403