Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: rjb@akgua.att.com (Robert J Brown) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Could Jesus have sinned? Message-ID: Date: 3 Jun 91 03:54:00 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 33 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , bgsuvax!kutz@cis.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth J. Kutz) writes: > > 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 I think we have a real problem here, if Jesus could not have sinned. What are we to make of the Desert Campaign that the devil undertook at the end of the 40 day fast by Jesus ? He tempted Jesus with the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life -- same 3 tricks he used on Adam and Eve (in fact those are the only three he knows besides lying.) Now what you are postulating is that what happened in the Desert was a rigged game and that there were no real choices involved. I choose to believe a more kenotic Christology in that Jesus, the pre-existing Son in the Trinity, emptied Himself of the supernatural empowerments inherent in His position and lived his life as a man. He accomplished everything He did through the power of the Holy Spirit and did it under the Mosaic and Abrahamic Covenants. He bought us the privilige of living our life in that same power, the HS, thru the wonderful gift of Salvation and all that entails. Bobby - akgua!rjb