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rick:
Mat 4:1  Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert. He was taken there to be tempted by the devil.

God cannot be tempted nor does God tempt anyone, furthermore Christ was completely human but did not possess a carnal mind, in other words Christ had the mind of God .

So how can it be possible that He was tempted ?  :-\

wat:
Perhaps it's similar to God being wearied and cursed.

http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,6033.msg48753.html#msg48753

John from Kentucky:
God did not tempt Jesus.  Satan did.  That is why the twisted serpent was created---to do those things that God Himself will not do.

Jesus is God.  But the Scriptures tell us that when He appeared as a human, that He emptied Himself of all His Godly powers and appeared in the form of a servant, as a human being.  As a human being, Jesus could be tempted, but since He had the Spirit of God without measure, He was able to resist all temptations and not sin.

Kat:

Hi Rick,

Because Jesus was born into a flesh and blood body, He was fully human, made lower than the angels (Heb 2:7, 9) but retained the mind of God (Col. 2:9). A main point of His being in the flesh was to experience the weaknesses of the flesh, as we do... He became weary (John 4:6), thirsty (John 19:28), and hungry, He experienced human emotions, He marvel (Matt. 8:10), wept (John 11:35). I think it's important to realize that Jesus was fully human like we are and He was not above suffering or trials because He was God.

Now in the temptations of Matt 4, those weaknesses of His flesh was tested by Satan, first with the strong hunger pain He must have been feeling. And then in verse 6 Satan tried to persuade Jesus to prove He was the Son of God by throwing Himself off the pinnacle of the temple, and bring about a miraculous intervention to be saved. And finally in verses 8-9 "the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me," was this an attempt to get Jesus to forsake the brutal crucifixion He knew was approaching, by offering Him the world before that? Of course it didn't work, Jesus knew the subtle way Satan worked and none of Satan temptation could turn our Savior from His destiny, thankfully.

Christ is now our Great High Priest, and because He lived a full human life subject to the weaknesses of the flesh that we all have, BUT overcame them all and never sinned. He was willing to come into the flesh and live as a perfect man (that only He/God could do) and top it off by suffering crucifixion to pay the penalty for the sins we cannot resist. Now He is able to totally sympathize with us, as He felt the pulls of the flesh too, BUT He could resist whatever He faced, because He was God and had the Spirit without measure (John 3:34).

John 16:33  I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

Heb 2:17  Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
v. 18  For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Heb 4:14  Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
v. 15  For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

rick:
Hi Kat also everyone else too.

What I was thinking was, when Jesus was going through His earthly ministry He had  the mind of God, Jesus did not have a carnal mind as I /we do.

So when I’m tempted or anyone else is tempted it would not be the same for Jesus. Jesus is God and God cannot be tempted.

I agree that for the first time Jesus who is God had experience for the first time what it felt like to be hungry as we do or what pain felt like as we do.

The bible says God cannot be tempted and Jesus is God, I believe Jesus could not have know what its like to be human until He took on the form of flesh as we are. But can Jesus identified with everything that we flesh and blood human beings go through?

How about lust ? Was God tempted with lust but overcame it, was He tempted in the way I am tested with lust as a man who has a carnal mind ?

I’m not saying Jesus/ God does not love us, He die for us to prove His love for us, I understand that.

I am carnal and can be tempted but when I’m spiritual I would hope its different and I cannot be tempted by anything.  ::)

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