I would need some confusing "logic" to justify my christian beliefs... Wouldn't I?
2007-05-20 03:35:36 · 23 answers · asked by mick rogers 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It a metaphor for Astronomy...let it go already.
2007-05-20 03:38:44 · answer #1 · answered by Mizz SJG 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus left aside His Godly attributes and came down to earth as a mere human being. All the miracles He did He had done them as a Man enpowered by the fullness of the Holy Spirit in Him. Satan could tempt Jesus as a Man and not in His position as God.
2007-05-20 03:41:21 · answer #2 · answered by seekfind 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, well I do not anyway. Satan tempted the MAN Jesus, not the God Jesus...or however you want to put that.
I know its hard to understand, but I do not justify my Christian beliefs...to others or myself. I have chosen to believe by Faith, so there is not need for justification.
I do understand that not everyone feels as I do.
The Ol' Hippie Jesus Freak
Grace and Peace
Peg
2007-05-20 03:40:27 · answer #3 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus came to the earth as a man and experienced all and more that we go through, yet He "never" sinned. The point of Jesus being tempted and overcoming ( which He did) proves that with God, we too, don't have to give in to sin. We have the power to say no, as Jesus demonstrates.
2007-05-20 03:46:33 · answer #4 · answered by HeVn Bd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AT Matt. 4:1, 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 what test of loyalty would that be if Jesus were God? Could God rebel against himself? No, 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, one who could have been disloyal had he chosen to be, such as an angel or a human.
On the other hand, it is unimaginable that God could sin and be disloyal to himself. "Perfect is his activity . . . A God of faithfulness, . . . righteous and upright is he." (Deuteronomy 32:4) So if Jesus had been God, he could not have been tempted.—James 1:13.
Not being God, Jesus could have been disloyal. 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.
2007-05-20 03:40:28 · answer #5 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satan temted Jesus in Jesus humanity. Jesus is 100% human also. Only without sin nature, like the 1st Adam before the fall. The seed of the Woman had to overcome the serpents deception to overcome the curse of death (Genesis 3:15). So this is Jesus humanity, like the 1st Adam, who was a man anointed by the Holy Spirit. So, satan tempted Jesus in Jesus humanity. There is no victory over temptation & death if the Deity of Jesus overcame the devils temtation. Jesus did this for us & not for himself.
The God head is Father, Word & Holy Spirit & these three are One 1Jn5.
What was new 2000 yrs ago, is the Word of God came from heaven to earth & became one of us. Jesus Christ is 100% human also. Yet without sin. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin. The righteous must die for the unrighteous. See the wages of sin is death. And sin is the power of death. Jesus, in His humanity, was without sin & so death couldn't keep Jesus in the grave, and Jesus raised from the dead victorious for us. So, we also will overcome death completely, when all us who believe in Him will be part of the 1st resurrection, standing whole before God; spirit, soul & (uncorruptible) body.
When Jesus ascended, He said, "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded uou: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the ages. In this verse the Word is the Son. So you could also write the Name of the Father, Word/Son & Holy Spirit.
God highly exalted Jesus in His Resurrected Humanity, with the Name above all names. That at the Name of Yeshua, every knee shall bow & tongue confess Yeshua Messiah is Yahweh. YHVH is the Name above all Names. So also, the resurrected Jesus stands at the right hand of God and is Yahweh with Yahweh Elohim the Father, Word & Holy Spirit.
If you really ask God in prayer for understanding this, this should make sense to you.
2007-05-20 03:50:54 · answer #6 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2007-05-20 03:40:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
because of the fact He replaced into interior the human form while He walked the earth, that's an ingredient of the reason He got here- to instruct us how we human beings can and could stay. we are all tempted by using devil, purely as Jesus replaced into interior the backyard of Gethsemane, yet God does not enable us to be tempted with greater desirable than we are in a position to deal with- He constantly makes the thank you to flee it, because it says so in His be conscious. this is not a sin to be tempted, yet giving into the temptation IS sin.
2017-01-10 10:16:29 · answer #8 · answered by ayachi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you would not need logic to justify it. The temptation was there, due to all of us will be tempted at one time or another. kind of like I would never ask you to do something I would not due myself. God lets us know this.
2007-05-20 03:39:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the living word of God...did not even satan misquote the word of God in the garden..this is what he does, twist the word to deceive...he is a liar and the father of all lies
2007-05-20 03:44:51 · answer #10 · answered by ✞ Ephesians 2:8 ✞ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a human being,He was thirsty,hungry and got angry too.He cried and complaint to Father in Heaven" why have you forsaken me, if possible take away this cup from me etc". All this shows that he was human. Naturally he had could be tempted too.
2007-05-20 03:44:39 · answer #11 · answered by cupid 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋