Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Could Jesus have sinned? Message-ID: Date: 27 May 91 03:21:08 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Harvey Mudd College Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , bgsuvax!kutz@cis.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth J. Kutz) writes: [a few lines deleted] > 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. This is a question which I have certainly puzzled over on many occasions: I've always puzzled over the temptation narrative with the question "What was Satan thinking? He KNEW who Jesus was, so why is he bothering?" It seems to me that Jesus as fully human _could_ have sinned but Jesus as fully God _would_ not. This to me seems the most likely way to harmonize the two natures. Thoughts? -dh Don Hosek dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu Quixote Digital Typography 714-625-0147