I'm just going to ask, maybe, the obvious question relating to the original post , How did Jesus keep from sinning? Has anyone gone and asked Jesus Himself. Well those who profess to have a personal relationship with Him. In particular, the one who first asked the question, Hobie. That's if you really want to know the answer. I assume you do otherwise why would you be asking. And I'm confident He will give you a personal direct answer to your question from heaven if you will wait and listen for His reply.
How did Jesus keep from sinning?
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Years ago as a young believer I prayed about this and asked the
Lord to teach me how He never fell in to sin and His answer is in His Word!
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
The definition of resisting the devil... IS submitting yourself to the Lord.
If one goes to Matthew 4 and Luke 4 to read how Jesus was being tempted by the devil... notice how Jesus continually stood on God's Word and would ONLY say what God says in His Word!
The "secret" to not falling in to the devil's tricks is to SUBMIT one's self to the Lord and the way to do that is to follow the model Jesus provides for us when He was being tempted by the devil....
Only THINK what God's Word says!
Only SAY what God's Word says!
Only DO what God's Word says to do!
I know many had an aversion to speaking God's Word (word of faith, see Romans 10:8) but this is exactly what we see Jesus doing! SPEAKING God's Word directly to the devil in opposition to the temptations the devil is trying to get Jesus to fall for.
Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Need peace of mind? Then THINK of what God says about us as Christians.
James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Don't want to be deceived and fall in to sinful behavior?
Then do what Jesus did and DO what God's Word says to do!
This is what I learned as a young believer... rebellion is actually a GOOD thing!
As long as we are in rebellion to that which is in rebellion to the Lord... which is the devil.
Jesus rebelled against the devil and the darkness of this world by SUBMITTING Himself unto the Lord at ALL times and within this submission He found rest and strength to Carry On as NOT being a wayward Son but as God's delight!
He brought continual joy and pleasure unto the Father by ALWAYS remaining in submission to the Father, by ALWAYS walking in agreement with the Will of the Father... God Word is His Will and Jesus is the model we are called to follow! (Romans 8:29, Ephesians 5:1)
And let's not forget Jesus said those that believe will cast the devil out!
Mark 16:17
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall THEY cast out devils
Jesus never told anyone to pray and ask God to get the devil off of them... Paul learned this the hard way!
No, Jesus said YOU cast the devil out! And we do this by using the Mighty Name of Jesus!
Philippians 2:10
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
This is all spiritual warfare... 101 which is rarely taught in any church!
I learned this because early on (bout 1984) back when the devil was kicking me around and had handed me my backside in utter defeat. It was my lack of knowledge at the time that allowed him to do so. (Hosea 4:6)
Now, the devil knows when he comes to my house, he's going to get hurt!... by the Power in God's Living Word!
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I'm just wondering how you know that Jesus and Satan only had 3 conversations when Jesus' Father had Him led by His Spirit to be tempted by Satan. Jesus obviously told people what He experienced but from all that Jesus told people only a few things were eventually selected by only 3 of them and only these 3 guys' records were added to what a few others decided should be in a canon known as the bible. Why only these 3 encounters were selected we may have to ask those who selected them or God Who knows all things.
Again, didn't one of the selected contributors of the bible say that if everything that Jesus did was written down maybe the world couldn't hold the scrolls recording all the details of all those events. So what details are missing, omitted, not selected, even not told by Jesus of that experience in the wilderness. Did Mark, Matthew or Luke accompany Jesus at that time and have a first hand experience of what happened and then record all the details? What is recorded in the bible is so extremely limited so I don't know why some people promote it in such a way to suggest it is exhaustive. Then go that massive step further and claim it's all we need. And there's more.... saying we only need the bible and should not go beyond what is within its covers. This is ridiculous and I feel very sad for such people. But if they want to limit themselves to this book then go ahead. But there is a growing number of God's people who are venturing beyond this limited record and are finding more gems of truth, more revelation and experiencing more of their Creator.
Again, didn't one of the selected contributors of the bible say that if everything that Jesus did was written down maybe the world couldn't hold the scrolls recording all the details of all those events. So what details are missing, omitted, not selected, even not told by Jesus of that experience in the wilderness. Did Mark, Matthew or Luke accompany Jesus at that time and have a first hand experience of what happened and then record all the details? What is recorded in the bible is so extremely limited so I don't know why some people promote it in such a way to suggest it is exhaustive. Then go that massive step further and claim it's all we need. And there's more.... saying we only need the bible and should not go beyond what is within its covers. This is ridiculous and I feel very sad for such people. But if they want to limit themselves to this book then go ahead. But there is a growing number of God's people who are venturing beyond this limited record and are finding more gems of truth, more revelation and experiencing more of their Creator.
Jesus didn't lie about it... that's how we know!
Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Th devil is the one who questions the validity of God's Word claiming it's not true.
The thing to do here is... believe what the Lord says and flush what the devil says down the toilet with your morning constitutional
Hobie it seems as though we are following one another to different forums.
Jesus Christ was a complex person, with two distinct natures~he truly was man, all man, except his father was not Adam, but God, thereby, he did not have sin in his members as we do~as one poster well said, the virgin birth of Christ made this possible.
It is very true that Jesus Christ was God manifested in human flesh~per John 1:14; 1st Timothy 3:16 and other scriptures. The Word which was God in the beginning, joined himself to the tabernacle of Jesus the son of Mary and Joseph ( as he was thought to be ).
During the days of his flesh, these two nature never acted in harmony to secure our eternal salvation~it was Jesus of Nazareth who was born to two poor parents, that grew in wisdom and statues that acted as the surety of God's elect to secure their eternal salvation from sin and condemnation.
His perfect love for God because of his perfect faith in him as HIS GOD, being a man!
Our salvation from sin and condemnation was secured by the faith, obedience, and righteousness of Jesus Christ, who was made in the likeness of sin, to condemn sin in the flesh, that we might be made the righteousness of God through him. Read: Romans 3:21-26; Romans 5:12-19; Romans 8:1-3; Galatians 2:16; 2nd Corinthians 5:21; and many more scriptures.
Yes, Jesus was tempted in all points as we are, yet without sin..... truly he was the Son of God.
Jesus was more than human, it was impossible that He would sin. Yes tempted, He would never yield to temptation as He proved over and over. This shows His true nature was of God, and God can not sin. God also declares what is sin and what is not sin.
He always knew who He was, proven at a young age when He told his parents this,
Luke 2:49
And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”
God can not lie
John 8:29
And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”
John 8:42
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.
Jesus lives or exists because of the Father, like we all do, God as His Father, Christ the Son would have no existence without the Father, Seeing Christ you have seen the Father. And we live because He lives.
John 6:57
As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
John 5:26
For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
John 7:28
Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.
John 7:29
But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
John 17
Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He [a]should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together [b]with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
No, not 'conjecture', it is recorded in scripture...
Mark 3:4
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Notice they could not answer as loving God and your fellow man is the two parts of the Commandments, and thats the "Law" question He was askings....
You just won't admit to Christ breaking the sabbath.
Even as the word says He did.
Good to review again what happened.
God said no work was to be done on the Sabbath day and anyone who did was to be killed.
Jesus worked on the Sabbath day and then the Jews sought to kill Him.
On the Sabbath Day Christ healed people and he told the Jews He was working on the sabbath.
If you truly kept the Sabbath and today no one does, and honestly no one did back then either, you would kill anyone in your group that worked on the Sabbath, in essence you also break the Sabbath law as you do not do as God commanded.
Exodus 35
Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, “These are the words which the Lord has commanded you to do: 2 Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3 You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
John 5
5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.
And that day was the Sabbath. 10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”
11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
15 The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
16 For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, [d]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
This verse here that man Christ healed moved out of his place when Christ told him to
8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.
So Christ broke the sabbath commandment and told the man also to break the sabbath commandment
Exodus 16:29
See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
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Exodus 20:8
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 20:10
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Exodus 31:13
“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
Exodus 31:14
You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Exodus 31:15
Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 31:16
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.
Exodus 35:2
Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
Exodus 35:3
You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
Leviticus 16:31
It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
Leviticus 19:3
‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:30
‘You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 23:3
and on and on
8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.
So Christ broke the sabbath commandment and told the man also to break the sabbath commandment
Exodus 16:29
See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
”
Exodus 20:8
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 20:10
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Exodus 31:13
“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
Exodus 31:14
You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Exodus 31:15
Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 31:16
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.
Exodus 35:2
Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
Exodus 35:3
You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
Leviticus 16:31
It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
Leviticus 19:3
‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:30
‘You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 23:3
‘Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
---------------------------------and on and on
This here is of interest. Christ told the Jews the priests profane the Sabbath as they do work on the Sabbath, yet no one kills them for it.
Jesus tells the Jews, when they tell Him His disciple are gathering grain on the Sabbath to accuse them and Him.
Exodus 31:14
You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Matthew 12:5
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?
Jesus tells the Jews, when they tell Him His disciple are gathering grain on the Sabbath to accuse them and Him.
Exodus 31:14
You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Matthew 12:5
Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?
There is recorded in scripture of a man gathering wood on the Sabbath.....
And what happened to him?
Which commandment did the man break? The Sabbath commandment he did break. What of the first or second commandment in his case?
Numbers 15
Penalty for Violating the Sabbath
32 Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. 34 They put him under guard, because it had not been explained what should be done to him.35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 So, as the Lord commanded Moses, all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died.
Greetings Scott~Jesus was not "more than"~He was 100% man ~also, it is true, very true, he was 100% God. "More than" either way, would mean that it was not man that fulfilled the law in our stead. God did sin, man did, and it was the perfect man who came and fulfilled the law of God's demands perfectly under all types of temptations, without sin.
Jesus was not a private person, but was born, lived and died in our stead, so that we could be accounted the righteousness of God through him. Jesus stood as the head of a elect body chosen by God to be redeemed, what he did, was as though each member of the elect body did. God lay help upon one that was mighty to save~( Read Psalms 89 ) and he fulfilled his holy mission given to him by God.
Scott, I must leave for a short trip, I desire to come back and finish answering you. RB
2 Corinthians 5 says it this way,
16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.
So neither should we as Christ ROSE AGAIN
Christ is no longer a flesh and blood human being, although He once was so.
relevant chapter
13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not [d]imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Regarding the above, flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.
Christ is no longer the way that He was, He was transformed into having a glorified body.
The only relevance Him once being a man still has is here in Hebrews 2, because He still knows exactly what it is like to live here on the earth as a flesh and blood man. Shared is past tense, not present tense as He no longer is flesh and blood anymore. Yes He had to die and only flesh and blood dies like what was required of Him, in His shed blood He established the New covenant. But no longer is he flesh and blood any more.
14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For indeed He does not [h]give aid to angels, but He does [i]give aid to the seed of Abraham. 17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that He Himself has suffered, being [j]tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.
Christ is no longer the way that He was, He was transformed into having a glorified body.
The only relevance Him once being a man still has is here in Hebrews 2, because He still knows exactly what it is like to live here on the earth as a flesh and blood man. Shared is past tense, not present tense as He no longer is flesh and blood anymore. Yes He had to die and only flesh and blood dies like what was required of Him, in His shed blood He established the New covenant. But no longer is he flesh and blood any more.
14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For indeed He does not [h]give aid to angels, but He does [i]give aid to the seed of Abraham. 17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that He Himself has suffered, being [j]tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.
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The obedience that Jesus offered to His Father makes up what we refer to in systematic theology as the work of Christ. However, this work was done by a person, namely, the Son of God, so we cannot separate the person of Christ from what He did. Thus, we should briefly consider Jesus’ identity as the incarnate God-man, the one who is truly God and truly human. When we speak of the incarnation, we are speaking of an event that took place in time. At a particular point in history, God the Son—the second person of the Holy Trinity— took on a human nature without subtracting from Himself any of His divine attributes (John 1:1–14). In Him the whole fullness of deity is pleased to dwell, and this will be so for all eternity (Col. 1:19–20; Heb. 13:8). Yet while the incarnation took place in time, it has its foundation in eternity past in what we call the covenant of redemption, that commitment by the members of the Godhead to one another to send the Son to bear the divine wrath in order to effect reconciliation in the Spirit between the Father and His elect people (John 17).
Paul gives us some of the most profound reflections on the incarnation in the entire New Testament. Philippians 2:5–11 tells us that the Son of God did not consider His equality with God as something to be used solely for His own advantage at the expense of others; instead, He voluntarily condescended and took the form of a servant and became “obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross” (v. 8). In this condescension, our Savior did not surrender any divine attributes such as omniscience or omnipotence, though He did veil His glory. Without giving up His glory, He chose not to fully manifest it to all who saw Him as He walked the earth. But this veiling was only temporary. On account of His work, God exalted the God-man Christ Jesus, rewarding Him for His obedience and revealing Him as the source of eternal salvation for all who believe (vv. 9–11).
Jesus is back with the Father and glorified with the glory that He had with the Father before the world was.
He has finished the job God sent Him to do.
John 17 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He [a]should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together [b]with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
He has finished the job God sent Him to do.
John 17 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He [a]should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together [b]with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
Let's see what we might find in scripture. First off, Jesus had God for His Father from birth. None of us can make that claim. God is spirit, and it is to be considered that, while Jesus was flesh and blood and like man in every physical way, that does not mean His spirit was like ours.
The only reason we think that Jesus was born under the law is because of a comma in our English bible translations. His mother was born under the law, but scripture tells us specifically that Jesus was born as the New Covenant. A comma was inserted in a place where it did not exist in manuscripts. I submit that this comma was an interpretation of a translator.
Ga 4:3–5 - But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
God told us that the New Covenant will be given - a light for the nations. Jesus IS that light.
Is 42:6–7 - I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Is 49:8 Thus says the LORD: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages,
He was not under the old law. He could not be under both covenants at the same time.
We are amazed that Jesus did not sin. I think it important to consider what is written in scripture. I think that, first, when he received the Spirit of His Father at baptism, he received the Spirit "without measure." He received the authority on Earth to do the things that needed to be done at Baptism to prove His ministry of God and announce the Kingdom of God. That may be arguable, but the first recorded miracle performed by Jesus at Cana was after the baptism.
Jn 3:34–35 - For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
As for temptation, Jesus, born of God could not be tempted "by evil."
James 1:13 - Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
It can be inferred that God CAN be tempted - just not by evil.
Mt 4:7 - Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
It is worth noting that Jesus had to be more than "just a man," but He was not God. He was, as He himself claimed, the Son of God.
The only reason we think that Jesus was born under the law is because of a comma in our English bible translations. His mother was born under the law, but scripture tells us specifically that Jesus was born as the New Covenant. A comma was inserted in a place where it did not exist in manuscripts. I submit that this comma was an interpretation of a translator.
Ga 4:3–5 - But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
God told us that the New Covenant will be given - a light for the nations. Jesus IS that light.
Is 42:6–7 - I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Is 49:8 Thus says the LORD: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages,
He was not under the old law. He could not be under both covenants at the same time.
We are amazed that Jesus did not sin. I think it important to consider what is written in scripture. I think that, first, when he received the Spirit of His Father at baptism, he received the Spirit "without measure." He received the authority on Earth to do the things that needed to be done at Baptism to prove His ministry of God and announce the Kingdom of God. That may be arguable, but the first recorded miracle performed by Jesus at Cana was after the baptism.
Jn 3:34–35 - For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
As for temptation, Jesus, born of God could not be tempted "by evil."
James 1:13 - Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
It can be inferred that God CAN be tempted - just not by evil.
Mt 4:7 - Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
It is worth noting that Jesus had to be more than "just a man," but He was not God. He was, as He himself claimed, the Son of God.
You seemed to be questioning whether Jesus knew what He was talking about in the following quote:
I'm just wondering how you know that Jesus and satan only had 3 conversations when Jesus' Father had Him led by His Spirit to be tempted by Satan. Jesus obviously told people what He experienced but from all that Jesus told people only a few things were eventually selected by only 3 of them and only these 3 guys' records were added to what a few others decided should be in a canon known as the bible. Why only these 3 encounters were selected we may have to ask those who selected them or God Who knows all things.
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