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[Updated!] Could Christ Have Sinned?: The two Adams
This will be a relatively brief post, but as we’re talking about temptation and Christ and whether or not he could have sinned, I thought I would ask a question that I’ve been thinking about: If we believe that we … Continue reading
Tagged Death, Jesus Christ, Sin, Temptation
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Could Christ Have Sinned?: Understanding Temptation as “trying” or “proving”
In the New Testament, the Greek word peirasmos, is the word that is typically used when we read the words “temptation”, “trial”, or “test”, and it is the idea of trying or testing that I think sums up the nature … Continue reading
Tagged God, Obedience, Sin, Temptation
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Could Christ Have Sinned: Understanding temptation
Before we can get into the issue of answering whether Christ could sin or not, we need to do some groundwork. Specifically, we need to talk about temptation. Let me start out by saying this: I think most Christians would … Continue reading
Tagged Temptation, Theology, Writing
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