If Christ was Divine, How Could He Have Been Tempted?

by leavingwt 141 Replies latest jw friends

  • littlebird
    littlebird

    Im with you on this one, Tammy. JWoods comments are some of why Im not sure about the trinity teaching.

    Tammy, Im sending you a pm.

  • snowbird
    snowbird
    The one God foretold who would be loyal and faithful, who would save mankind... to have him turn to the darkside? It seems sort of a like a last ditch effort, because if Christ did as God said through to His death, then God was right, and its only a matter of time until Satan is gone.

    Tammy

    Yes! Yes! Yes!

    It was a last-ditch effort. A fruitless one at that.

    I believe that's why Jesus' death was over-kill to the nth degree.

    It's as if all the forces of darkness were unleashed upon that one Person.

    Yet, He withstood it!

    What a Man!

    Syl

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt
    Thanks for this thread - LeavingWT. It leaves much foundation for thought...

    You're welcome. I came across this topic while reading a book on Sunday and I decided to throw it out there, so that we could all (possibly) learn something new.

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    http://kenosis.info/index.shtml

    Good, good information here.

    The sun also rises, the world continues to turn ...

    Syl

  • tec
    tec

    Tammy, Im sending you a pm.

    I sent you one back :)

  • littlebird
    littlebird

    Thank you , snowbird, I bookmarked it. Tammy thanks, Im checking it now.

  • VoidEater
    VoidEater

    God tempts no one beyond their ability. 1 Corinthians 10:13.

    There is no such thing as "tests".

  • JWoods
    JWoods

    God tempts no one beyond their ability.

    Except, perhaps, for Adam & Eve?

  • THE GLADIATOR
    THE GLADIATOR

    Except, perhaps, for Adam & Eve?

    Ooh! Good point. Wish I had thought of that.

  • PSacramento
    PSacramento

    Except, perhaps, for Adam & Eve?

    Interesting, even though the temptation was Satan's, one wonders if God had never mentioned the tree of knowledge, if there would have been any temptation at all, or if the true temptation was in what God said and not Satan.

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