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Originally Posted by consapente89
Was Jesus, being God in the flesh, tempted with sin? We know that satan came to Jesus for the purpose of tempting him. He was tempted in the 3 areas that man is tempted. However, was he actually tempted internally to sin? I personally don’t believe Jesus had Adam’s sin nature, as he was the second Adam. So was his sinlessness a choice or was it due to his divine nature? Was it even possible for Jesus to chose sin?
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What does "tempted internally to sin" mean?
There is no such thing as "inherited sin nature". Sinlessness is a moral virtue, and therefore is dependent on a choice of the will. Sin is a voluntary act or choice of the will, and so is obedience. If obedience is truly involuntary, then there would be no moral virtue to holiness or righteousness.
Dogs and cats do not sin, but they have no moral virtue, as holiness or righteousness. There is no praise or blame attached to their behavior, in a moral sense. Why? Because they are not subjects of moral law. And why is that? Because they have no ability or capacity to know right from wrong, and to choose good and refuse evil.
Jesus has free will. He is not a robot, cat, or dog. His temptations were not a sham. And His holiness is likewise real.
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