Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 06065 The relationship between temptation and sin is one of the most practically important questions in Christian theology, precisely because every believer is tempted and every believer needs to understand what temptation is, what it is not, and how it relates to sin. The discussion is considerably deepened — and genuinely complicated — by…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 02030 James 1:13 states it plainly: “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.” That sounds straightforward enough. Yet the same New Testament that gives us that verse also tells us that Jesus was tempted…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 3030 The temptation of Jesus in the wilderness raises a profound question. If Jesus is God, and God cannot sin, then was His temptation genuine? Can a temptation be real if there is no possibility of yielding to it? Some argue that if Jesus could not sin, His temptation was merely a show, a…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 3008 This question has been debated by theologians throughout Church history. If Jesus could not have sinned, was His temptation genuine? If He could have sinned, what would that mean for His deity? These are not idle speculations but touch on the very nature of Christ and the reality of His victory over sin….