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Subject: Could God be tempted....?
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unquiet1 28.05.10 - 03:57pm
at matthew 4 Jesus is spoken of as being tempted by the devil. after showing Jesus ''all the kingdoms of the world and their glory'' Satan said: ''all these things i will give you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me'' (matthew 4:8,9). Satan was trying to cause Jesus to be disloyal to God.
but wot test of loyalty would that be if Jesus was God....?
Could God rebel against himself....?
NO! *
unquiet1 28.05.10 - 04:02pm
but angels and humans could rebel against God and did. the temptation of Jesus would make sense only if he was, not God, but a separate individual who had his own free will.
someone who could have been disloyal had he chosen to be, such as humans and angels. *
unquiet1 28.05.10 - 04:07pm
on the other hand, it is unimaginable that God could sin and be disloyal to himself.
''perfect is his activity... a God of faithfullness... righteous and upright is he.'' (deuteronomy 32:4) *
unquiet1 28.05.10 - 04:13pm
so if Jesus had been God, he could not have been tempted look at wot James 1:13. *
unquiet1 28.05.10 - 04:21pm
not being God, Jesus could have been disloyal (like adam who was also fully human)(Jesus is called the last adam) . but he remained faithful, saying: '' go away satan! for it is written, 'it is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service''' (matthew 4:10) *
bambaata 2.07.11 - 01:05pm
Unquiet1 why Jesus is called the last adam? Where did you get this info? *
unquiet1 2.07.11 - 11:42pm
mate, i get all my info from the Bible, and if you look at 1st Corinthians close, Paul recognizes an interesting parallel, and a contrast, between Adam and Jesus.
Adam was created immortal a perfect human and sinless.
have a look at 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22 'For since death is through a man(Adam), resurrection of the dead is also through a man(Jesus). 22 For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.'
just like Adam, Jesus had no human father. but wot Paul was saying there just as through our 1st father(Adam) we all die.... through our eternal father(Jesus, see Isaiah 9:6) we can have life.
later Paul even calls Jesus the last Adam.
read 1 Corinthians 15:45. it says...
''It is even so written: 'The first man Adam became a living soul.' The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.'' *
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