Jesus sin?

[Searching_for_Christ]

ok, the title is kinda..well I didn't know how else to title this thread, and I'm sure it will get a good amount of responses. Firstly I'm going to say this now..I'm not accusing Christ of sinning, I'm asking a question about why something he did WASN'T a sin

What usually happens when I start strongly considering coming back to the flock is my mind races to everything I wish to have answered or any doubts that may come to mind.

This question may seem "overdone" possibly, but I figured I would just ask it. Why was it not a sin for Jesus to abandon his parents when he was a child? he stayed back in the temple and scared his parents half to death, why was this not a sin?

Thank you to all who shall respond

 

[salida]

God can't sin-Jesus was 100% God and 100% man.

 

[Searching_for_Christ]

God can't sin-Jesus was 100% God and 100% man.

no offense, but this isn't a good explanation The reason I ask the question in the first place is because depending on the answer it either validates or invalidates the claim that Jesus was sinless

 

[Van]

Hi Searching for Christ,

"Why was it not a sin for Jesus to abandon his parents when he was a child? he stayed back in the temple and scared his parents half to death, why was this not a sin?"

The scripture being evaluated is Luke 2:41-50

For something to be a sin, it must be inconsistent with the will of God, hence to miss the mark. Clearly the will of God is to honor our parents. And as a child, that would include obeying our parents even when we do not understand the reason for their direction.

So if Jesus "abandoned" his earthly parents, that would seem to be a sin according to my understanding. Scripture does not say exactly where Jesus was when the parents departed, but it is a reasonable assumption that he was in the Temple, listening and learning, and that he did not know that his parents were leaving. We do know that the parents supposed he was in the group of departing folks, but there is nothing in the text to suggest they had told Jesus to be with the caravan. Note that Jesus said, "did you not know I would be in my Father's house", suggesting they had not given Him contradictory direction.

But I think it does not do the passage justice to just dismiss the event as a miscommunication whose fault is the parents. What do we do when we are conflicted, God seeming to want us to do two contradictory things? Jesus did not say He was in His Father's house because He was having fun. Or had chosen to be absent from the caravan group due to thoughtlessness. No, Jesus says, Why were you searching for Me, did you not know that I must be in my Father's house.

Here we come to the crux, Jesus made a choice to be obedient to His purpose, necessary because it would be a sin to stray, even though it put the burden to ensure He was with the caravan on His parents. And we know, because God accepted His sacrifice, as a lamb without blemish, that God's grace resolved the conflict.

And that is small potatoes, when you consider the sufficiency of God's grace to resolve our sins.

May God Bless

 

[mont974x4]

I think the issue is how you are viewing the situation in question. It is OK, it's just a matter of reading about the event through our modern western eyes, and we need to be aware of that and overcome it at times. The culture of the time was much more about community than our modern isolationist tendency can grasp. It was nothing for Him to be away from His parents like this. Yes, they panicked when they realized He was not in the crowd of travelers, but it is not as though He ran away or decieved anyone.

Add that to what Van is suggesting and I would suggest that we have more complete understanding of why there is no sin issue to contend with in this passage.

 

[nathanlandon1]

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[drich0150]

Why was it not a sin for Jesus to abandon his parents when he was a child? he stayed back in the temple and scared his parents half to death, why was this not a sin?

A sin is anything not in the expressed will of God.

Can you point to anything in God's expressed will (The Law) that says
it is a sin for a child to spend time in the temple bring glory to God, with or without his parents knowledge?

Even if a child gets caught up in the toy section of the local Wal-mart, rather than the temple do you think that is a sin? i would think it is more loosely a parenting issue rather than a sinful child issue. Luke tells us that Marry thought Jesus to be with Joseph, and Joseph thought he was with Marry. Jesus had nothing to do with that.