tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post7944534358147258398..comments2024-03-26T17:30:22.600-08:00Comments on Way Up North: Question: Was Jesus Capable of Sinning?Rev. Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-82312219245031178132013-03-27T08:14:39.881-08:002013-03-27T08:14:39.881-08:00Thanks, Sarge. I'm glad you liked it.Thanks, Sarge. I'm glad you liked it.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-70321959693302944572013-03-27T08:13:49.492-08:002013-03-27T08:13:49.492-08:00Wow. Just wow.
Thanks Rev. Very fitting for this ...Wow. Just wow.<br /><br />Thanks Rev. Very fitting for this week!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-30247008037095285742013-03-27T05:58:56.428-08:002013-03-27T05:58:56.428-08:00drjim, I've never thought of myself as a theol...drjim, I've never thought of myself as a theologian; I just love digging into God's Word while praying for revelation into His nature. But I appreciate what you said.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-11192584476369924252013-03-26T20:26:42.542-08:002013-03-26T20:26:42.542-08:00"Qualified to answer"?
Uhhh....I don..."Qualified to answer"?<br /><br />Uhhh....I don't think I'm even qualified to ASK such deep questions!<br /><br />Interesting stuff, Rev. I'll leave the deep thinking about such things to the theologians such as you!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-34395501348181915322013-03-26T18:49:44.254-08:002013-03-26T18:49:44.254-08:00Exactly, sir. He chose not to yield, to show us th...Exactly, sir. He chose not to yield, to show us that we can, too.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-19232138162777671222013-03-26T17:00:56.940-08:002013-03-26T17:00:56.940-08:00Interesting question, and I'm sure he DID smil...Interesting question, and I'm sure he DID smile, but did not yield to temptation!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-68272663845554179282013-03-26T08:20:52.621-08:002013-03-26T08:20:52.621-08:00Perfect illustration, Matt. Thanks!Perfect illustration, Matt. Thanks!Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-59756646069329072732013-03-26T08:19:57.730-08:002013-03-26T08:19:57.730-08:00In line with your answer to PP (and PH's comme...In line with your answer to PP (and PH's comment) was the short concise answer to all this.<br /><br />The ol' devil isn't going to waste time tempting us in ways in which we aren't vulnerable.<br /><br />For example he isn't going to tempt Bill Gates to go rob a bank. He doesn't need that bit of fiat money. He'll find some other way in which he can tempt that man.<br /><br />He will come after us in the ways we are vulnerable.<br /><br />Jesus had been fasting for 40 days when Satan (the guy with the suspiciously familiar looking face wearing a hood... a bit of humor here, folks) tempted him to turn those rocks in front of him to bread. Why tempt him in this manner if he couldn't sin?<br /><br />In the hours before his crucifixion, when he prayed to God (the Father),"not my will but yours" here is a classic example of his humanity (his physical concerns of torture and dying) tempting him to do his own will and not the Father's will.<br /><br />Thus, the answer has to be YES. These two examples alone, prove he could have taken a selfishly sinful path of action.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967355941603195101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-63748684452107705172013-03-26T07:56:02.164-08:002013-03-26T07:56:02.164-08:00Exactly, PH. Thanks.Exactly, PH. Thanks.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-76202224547956185242013-03-26T07:53:25.201-08:002013-03-26T07:53:25.201-08:00Jesus of Nazareth in his humanity was as vulnerabl...Jesus of Nazareth in his humanity was as vulnerable to temptation as we are. But he always said "Yes" to the Father's will. Through that "Yes", the perfect "Yes" of the Cross, we know that we are also capable of saying "Yes."ProudHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14305205710265854978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-15739210780204897332013-03-26T07:36:42.046-08:002013-03-26T07:36:42.046-08:00Preppy, understood. If He couldn't sin, then h...Preppy, understood. If He couldn't sin, then his life here was rather pointless, and only His death would matter.<br /><br />But His life matters because "He was tempted in all points as we are", yet lived without sin - showing us that it's a choice we can make, with the Holy Spirit's help. Are we always successful? No, but we keep trying. :)Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860897900615196454.post-32290574461552554212013-03-26T06:47:04.669-08:002013-03-26T06:47:04.669-08:00Interesting question. One I am not qualified to an...Interesting question. One I am not qualified to answer certainly.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.com