If your immediate answer is 'no' then let me ask you to define what a sinful nature is. And define what a sinner is. I didn't ask 'was jesus a sinner?' If he didn't then, why have Satan tempt him?
2007-03-22 03:44:41 · 18 answers · asked by Lord Sean 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A sinful nature can be defined by what is sin. The only true wrong in the world is hurting someone (including yourself). Beyond that is only mindless superstition.
2007-03-22 03:53:50 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sin nature basically is that which is antigod in us. It pulls us away from God. It keeps us interested in going our own way. Jesus did not have that. IF Jesus had a sin nature, then he was a sinner. We are not sinners because we do a sin, but because we have that sin nature, therefore we sin.
Satan tempted Jesus, I think, for more reasons than one. You don't have to take this as an expert scriptural analysis, okay?
1) Satan stood to lose a lot of power if Jesus was the Messiah and he knew it.
2) Satan was always trying to make God out to be a liar. This was just another attempt. He fell, so why couldn't God?
3) Satan could have realized that if Jesus wasn't the Messiah, he would fail one of the temptations. He wouldn't have to waste his time on Jesus.
2007-03-22 10:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Jesus Christ didn't have a sinful nature because He was "begotten" of God. Begotten means, "made in the same likeness of" or something to that effect. Jesus Christ had God's spirit within Him. Since God can have no part of sin, He was sinless.
A sinner on the other hand is anybody else in this world. We're all born with a sinful nature-with the tendency for greed (ever seen a baby who won't share a toy?), tendency to lust, lie, steal (even if it's merely a pencil), etc . . .that's all sin.
As for WHY God allowed Satan to tempt Jesus Christ, who the heck knows? Could be any number of reasons. However, it's also not something that's going to affect my faith (nor should it affect anyone's faith.)
2007-03-22 11:57:07 · answer #3 · answered by Evan S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Friend,
Sin is a term used in archery, and means missing the target. If you do not hit the target or deviate from it in any way it is sin.
When Jesus came to Earth he was in Human form, and would have been imperfect as all of us are, but he was also the son of God, and led a blameless and sinless life. indeed this was the point of his life, so that he would be the perfect sacrifice to atone for all sin. To do this, he had to be tempted by satan.
God Bless
2007-03-22 10:59:14 · answer #4 · answered by ianptitchener 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The second part of Isaiah's prophecy regarding the virgin birth addresses this very subject:
7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. 15 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16 For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.
While Jesus was God in the flesh, He was also fully human -- and that includes having free will to choose evil (sin) or good. You correctly pointed out that, had He not had this inate ability to sin, Satan's temptations wouldn't have meant anything to Him.
2007-03-22 10:54:44 · answer #5 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't sin, he was tempted. Being tempted isn't a sin. The tempting of Satan is done to humans, and Jesus was the human form of God. Jesus never sinned though, but you do make a good point. God bless.
2007-03-22 10:48:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jesus was born into the world as a man so that he could experience what we experience every day. Yes he was tempted and he resisted! He had the same temptations we do. That is why he can sit on the right had of God and intercede for us, because he experienced it.
2007-03-22 10:54:28 · answer #7 · answered by Patti T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since Jesus was man, he did have a sinful nature. Satan was tempting him to tap into that sinful nature, which of course he didn't because he is also God.
2007-03-22 10:48:09 · answer #8 · answered by poohb2878 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kind of hard to answer. Jesus suffered all the normal temptations of humanity, so it was possible to tempt him. But because he had such a close relationship with God, he probably was better able to understand the wrongness of giving in to the temptations, so he was able to overcome his human nature. Kind of tricky...
2007-03-22 10:53:11 · answer #9 · answered by John F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Jesus did not have a sin nature.
The primary biblical reason that in Jesus does not have a sinful nature is because Jesus is both God and man in one person. Of course the Christadelphians do not accepted this since they deny the Trinity. Nevertheless, their denial of the deity of Christ does not negate its truth. The Bible says that Jesus is God in flesh.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God....14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth," (John 1:1-2, 14).
"but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior," (Titus 1:3).
For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form," (Col. 2:9).
But of the Son He says, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever..." (Heb. 1:8).
"looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus," (Titus 2:13).
2007-03-22 10:51:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋