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It says in the New Testament that Jesus waa tempted at all points, but did not sin.
(Hebrews 4:15
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.)
Now I ask myself. Isn't a sin something that starts in the mind?
Jesus says it is:
(Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart)
If thinking a wrong action is the same as committing the action itself, then Jesus couldn't be tempted to sin at any point. Because he couldn't have any sin enter his mind, even for a brief moment to choose to say no.
So how was Jesus tempted like us?
(Hebrews 4:15
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.)
Now I ask myself. Isn't a sin something that starts in the mind?
Jesus says it is:
(Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart)
If thinking a wrong action is the same as committing the action itself, then Jesus couldn't be tempted to sin at any point. Because he couldn't have any sin enter his mind, even for a brief moment to choose to say no.
So how was Jesus tempted like us?