Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: uflorida!novavax!gowj@gatech.edu (James Gow) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Could Jesus have sinned? Message-ID: Date: 3 Jun 91 06:04:37 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article bgsuvax!kutz@cis.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth J. Kutz) writes: >Hi Dave: > >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. If you believe in the inerrancy of scriputure then you believe Jesus did not sin see ref: Hebrews 4:15 "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." 1 John 3:5 "And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin." To conclude that Jesus sinned is only ot entertain the errancy of scripture. linc james