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To: Palladin
"He was like us in all things but sin".

Are you saying Jesus was subject to the lusts of the flesh --that he was sizing up Martha and Mary-- but he restrained himself?

Yes. He was tempted in ALL POINTS as we are - including that one -- yet remained without sin. I doubt that he conciously "sized them up" but as a physically normal man, he MUST have experienced sexual attraction at some point. But, since he remained unmarried (and was on a mission that precluded marriage), there was never a right context for him to act on those desires.

136 posted on 01/05/2005 2:07:47 PM PST by Rytwyng (we're here, we're Huguenots, get used to us)
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To: Rytwyng

That's an interesting point of view.

I just never thought of Jesus that way.


168 posted on 01/05/2005 7:07:32 PM PST by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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