How could God sin? I didn't even
want to put the question mark in.
Posted on 10/31/2013 10:27:20 AM PDT by GonzoII
How could God sin? I didn't even
want to put the question mark in.
(As Hilary would say) “What difference does it make?”
He didn’t. SO there
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What would theology be today if there were no robots?
He was guilty of only one thing:
Love in the first degree.
Luke 4:20-21
20And He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
Jesus is both natural man, being born of a woman, and spiritual man, being born of God. It’s why he is called both Son of man and Son of God.
And we also are both natural and spiritual.
I think Jesus refusal to sin, even though he was met with the same temptations as the rest of us with a natural nature is similar to my experience, of late, with all you can eat chinese food.
Here’s how it works:
When I was younger, I LOVED all-you-can-eat chinese for all sorts of reasons, but I always felt lousy for hours after gourging myself.
So I am of two minds before I make the decision to get the food: It’s really good and I’ll really enjoy it, but I’m gonna feel lousy afterward. Think of the former as the “natural” man not caring about the consequences but wanting that yummy food. And he is at war with the “spiritual” man who knows that in the long run I am going to be sorry I at the food.
As I have gotten older, the latter wins. The former submits because he has been controlled by the wisdom of the “spiritual”.
So, Jesus knew what was on the line. He saw hot women. He saw chances to save himself and destroy the plan, but the spiritual side successfully subdued the human side.
And how fierce was this battle? He sweat blood.
Next - Can God make a rock so big he cannot lift it?
Yes.
It’s about his control over the space/time continuum, Mr. Carlin...
A presupposition does not a truth make but it sure can shape your lens.
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.” (Heb. 4:15, NRSV; cf. 2:18).
I’ll keep the above and whoever wants can keep all those other words (there are a lot).
As scripture testifies, His seed remained within Him ... when Moses received the tablets, he brought humankind a written description of what God IS NOT ... God is not a liar, therefore He cannot lie. We humans on the other hand ...
Seriously though, anyone who questions just one religion (Judeo-Christianity) and ignores Islam is suspect in my book.
Christ on Earth was both fully human and fully divine.
Humanity is able to sin.
His divine nature allowed him to transcend his humanity.
According to Mohammad Jesus DID sin when he “lied” about being God. Don’t TELL me Muslims and Christians have ANYTHING in common.
Blaspheme of the highest order.
What? You mean you’re gonna argue with chrislam?
The problem is with the question. Rocks exist because God created them. God created them during His creation whose final act of creating was to breathe life into man. At the end of each day of creation God "saw that it was good".
God had a purpose for his creation, rocks included, which God accomplished in the beginning.The question rejects God's stated purpose for His creation and implies that God can and will act without purpose.
At the risk of creating a bad analogy to demonstrate the silliness of the question: Could the contractor build an elevator that goes to the 150th floor of a 100 story building? Perhaps, but why in the world would he want to?
Sorry I distracted you from the first moronic question.
Next - Can God make a rock so big he cannot lift it?
Yes.
It’s about his control over the space/time continuum, Mr. Carlin...
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